The daily gazette., 1881-03-22
LAND LEAGUE MEETING.
LARGE GATHERING, wITn STIRRING
ADDRESSES, AT INSTITUTE HALL.

ADDREssEs, AT INSTITUTE HALL.
Institute Hall was crowded, las,
night, by an audience drawn together by
the announcement that addresses would
be made on the Irish land question by
Pr0f. Atkinson, Col. Z. T. Joyce, OF
Baltimore, and Mrs. Della Parnell.
mother. OF Charles Stewart RarneIl.
Mrs. Parnell, however, was DEF aimed la
Philadelphia by illness.
President Henry C. Turner, of the
wilmington Land League, presided
over the meeting, assisted by other Off
GERS of the League.
Col Joyce was the first intro
duced, and spoke effectively for an hour
upon the Irish question. He first sllud-
ed to the wrongs suffered by the Irish
people, and the great Importance of a
proper solution Of the question affecting
the interests Of these people, now being
agltated by British parliament.
Referring practically TO the results of
the present condition of affairs IN Ire
land, he said that whereas In 1876 there
were grown over 1000 900 tons of pota-
toes, three years later, in 1870, only
about 100000 tons were gathered from
tho same soil. But the rents IN one case
were as great as in the o her; and what
could the people do but starve under
such eli cumstauces Two-thirds Of all
tho land In Ireland Is owned by but
l,042 persons, aud these all Englishmen,
having no sympathy with her people,
who waste the money ground out Of their
Wretchod tenants In luxurious extrava-
gance on the continent. Over 5000, 900
native born Irishmen are tenants of
these ,o42 English lords. Their condi-
tisn is Tar worse than that of slave
was IN our country, for while the slaves
were Kept alive, because of their value
as beasts OF bu den, the tenants could
be evicted at pleasure and their place
supplied by other and more willing
meniAls, So harsh were the landlords
that the tenants was afraid to buy his
wife new dress lest his hard-hearted
master should suspect him of making
money, and raise bis reAt. 10000, 900
are taken Annually out OF Ireland in the
shape of rents, and but little of this
snor nous sum ever finds its way back
into the country.
The speaker also declared that an
EnglishRan has no right to rule Ireland
aud referring TO the late exciting events
in Parliament SAID it was the inalienable
right OF any man to forever oppose a
measure he considered at variance with
every principle oi right and justice. In
conclusion he declared that England
would soon be compelled to grant land
Law liberal IN Its provisions. Col. Joyce's
address was really eloquent al times,
aud was loudly applauded.
Prof. Atkinson was next introduced,
aud also spoke effectively. He alluded
with particularly to Ireland's wrongs,
and quoted with effect the ending 10 ali
English advert sements for female help,
"no Irish Heed apply" as being but one
OF many Instances showing their un-
called for contempt Of people as fully AS
good as themselves. As a counteTbalance
he read the Semlnole's reply as showing
what Ireland thought OF England. He
denounced the present system of land
tenure as case Of burglary, and nothing
less, s,ard sold that if England would oulJ
withdraw her iron heel, oppressed Ire
land would al once rise TO her proper
place among the nations. He concluded
with statement of the manner in which
The land league expended the money sent
TO IL.
First, a portion was spent in enabling
the trAversers TO provide themselves with
able counsel, aud push their cases IL a
successful issue. Again, part was ex-
pended in saving, during the past winter,
The lives of thousands Of starving peas
ants. Part, too, goes to help those i'm.
prisOned by the Governments and finally,
some money is used in printing circulars
and prOclanations, and In paying lectur-
ers.
AT the conclusion of Prof. Adkinson's
address President Turner dismissed the
meeting with few pertinent remarks,
During the evening the audience were
greatly annoyed by the cold condition of
lhe hall, which was aggravated by the
lowering OF the windows. This had the
effect of causing number of persons to
leave the hall, greatly to the annoyance
of those who renamed.