National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-10-15
NASBY IN IRELAND.
what ID. u. Locke saw Iu That Unhappy
Country-IIis speech.

Country-IIis speech.
The weekly meeting of the Cork Land
League was held on September ~. There was a
large attendance. including Mr.. David X. Locke.
Of the Toledo Bid,ic, and his son. Mr..
Locke. who was loudly ehcered, said he came to
Ireland TO SEQ the scenery, and to begin with. he
did moi know whnt To he thankful about. lie was
n citizen Of the Republic of America. where man
Eets fair days wages for fair days work r'Hcnri
bearrl Ia Dublin he met his old friend. Redpath.
with whom he fought many hard battle for the
rights of man. lie knew nothing about the coun-
try. but he would say to them that he came to
Ireland the worst prejudicci man against the Irish
cause thnt there was between the bright sun above
aud tho depths OF hell below. lie came TO this
country merely 10 sec H. ms any tourist might; and
lie accidentally met Mr. Rrpnth IN Dublin, and
lie said. II was no attcry ofhis for he tMr Locko)
had some power In his own country /" Hear hear ~
lie asked Mr.. Reipath, as he knew something of
the country. TO show him its scenery and not ks
peopir In the Imperial Hotel, in Dublin. Mr.. Rcd
path said he would couviuce him of the troubles
of the people. He asked him to take the train
to Cork aud he would get Jaunting.car and
show him how the renple of ireland live. what
they did. and the treatment they received, and he
could form his own opinions. They came down
to Cork aud took the train to Fermoy, and went on
to the town of Mchelstown. He walked In the
rain six hours and hall, and he snW uORen-he
could hardly tail. about ii-he ,romcn aud children.
and Hey hadn't clothes 10 coper them deceIiy. He
IN honeis that ia America they iooud mol use h
| stable BERKSHIRE pig IN. [" oh, ohi"l He saw n
| farm. and family which had lived upon that land
| for four generations They had taken the stones
| out of It. IIe saw those people, and hey hadni
clothes 10 decely corer heir bodies. AS American
citizen, be should say that he did not know their
troubles nor their laws, or the remedy for their
| troubles; but he should say that no American
would allow his wife or daughter TO so withou,
decent clothes to cover women, and 1t was an in
fernal infamy that no man should put up with
| [Cheers.l
OF President Garfield were then moved and sec
onded In n few appropriate remarks by Mr.. T. Me-
| Swiney, Il. c., Cork.
Mr.. Locke said he agreed with what his friend
| Mr.. moewiney, said. OF course, whatever he had
| expressed found willing response III tne hear
of every American. citizen He knew James A.
Garfield personally, and he was as good q personal
friend as he had ever met in the world. What he
wished TO say to them was that with all the terri
BILE aflliction which his wife was suffering, h,
would have been glad to have seen that wifi,
screwed down In her coffin twenty year
ago rather than have her in the position o.
one of those poor women he saw on Friday. HI
went through Che rain to thirty one cabins on the
mountains with his friend Redpath, and he gave
them his word as gentleman that James A. Gar.
field, who was common man HIMSELF and came
up from low cabin and married his wife because
he loved her, as every decent man loves his wife
would have been glad twenty years ago to have
seen her screwed down In her coffin before she
would be In that position In which saw yester-
day thrty-one Irish women. [" Hear, hearth
On the suggestion of Mr.. p. p. O'Neill. Mr.. Locke
jr., came forward and said that when they wen
home they would use all their influence, and tel
tho votiuQ mon of Amprica how tho old mpn ant
women OF Ireland were suffering, and the younI
men in America would rise in their might ant
do all in their power to hunt out the landlords Il
the very bottom. [Applause.l
The meeting then adjourned.-Dubltn freeman
Journal, Ireland.