, 1881-01-10
SUFFERING IRELAND.
Leonard swett's Address on the
Woes Of Erin.
Historical Sketch Of the Capture Of
the Land by tho English,
Organization of Branch Land
Leagues.

ton. 49,,
x, inc eh'Ir IT,, was % sake, by Ma. peayey, who IN
marrs.
'' IInnr no.,,, ,,s o,,,.-,roo II, sxo,, mn,
greeted with long and loud applause.
purciy historical, showing % tho successive N means ms
W "n'cu tno nt1t'an oppseator Rtouha ao"n 'ne
OCCUPANTS of the soil nnd drove fnoin from their
homes. Ar Aios tho British haa sa,ned possession
~ ,.o ,o ~ ~ ~. .us ,sun su ,sa ,S "uu ,sa ssu
,'s. wnsis .na" IN .no aaaa 'ney oecuuea were A.
baro.,siy treated.
or oo,,rsc tho Irish people driven out of tho
paie did not like It, and consequently thcy mado
1hccssdnt and intorminablo wnr upon their op-
prcssors This lasted until tho timo OF Queen
T or t9@x i Int Gs nc sSe he
spc,,kur described tho peculiar manner Ia which
q : 9 1h9:e @ ays SsS1"I,s Is ares ii tS
pros!iiF to divids he spalIa With pJ thc d.
Tho speaker m showed how successive conqucata
OF ireland by tto1o Dur,lns and .,nonarrhs had
robbed tho nation Of 1900 oo0 out of Is al0oovO
sn1Gucrors, so TINT m nt,straot Of titc 10 piece
M u I'm soe 9aek cr t6 of
thioves whu tirst stole IL
10 90 with war IN tho old times. The irish wero
Gatn1tn pnnplg; 20 % Tsre tho EnElIsh p 70 tho
WHEN arose 5 il bs reiFn u sreW Into 4 ehatsR
system. s vi WHICH through suggestive M M reigns was
ibis time i series Of cont|seatons- -nomiaaily
aimed Mt tho Catholics. but really intended 10
stcnl tnnd-were iuauFurated by which tho lantla
bGlongInE to Irish Catholics were esehcatcd to
tho State. THESE acta had nothing to do
Wltn true religion: they wcro s!inply tho
lin strnlnr ,,r lantI ti,e conscn,Ienco ~ yvh;ri,
was that by Inc ct,aisoations 1f war u nuu o tIo
tn Fiji ri" ntn H. TX fads ns thntr nnnres.ars ~
and t1 H. o IT, ownora ot H. all Mnrc pGc T.
ren tho Sa was haa to their au
peoe too u icaa cat
M sas ss tRs M1sshb bx s
sssSS sSpplsa and aS{ssRs mo
M she ypls tse ntsh "f,
t,o irisf, penne. md il wnrk wns mt isss HIs.
v Tin anGacyr a1,Huni 1h.t o,,bo,h r,ro5
ana i Wsss , %sre aot tx!ee :. isExe Is issIsaS,
hnlcrs i" tha 9orn .cs aE xl
r..a an9,nn tao n,r ta Go na ,, Wsse
how ssme III p9~sr sd ad IL haa % 1 S
hoIJcrs for the Geneiit Of tbs Iarso .hoi.ioss.
hiaeh Of iii. bud occurred tn lbs lsst twsaty.
bc xa of bis lawn be evetai they sa m
eeNe y. S's II" Ao t%b~a VI
Nu acFcs or eo.-tufnca them out, God Knows
Whcre. Thla was system OF tyranny md OPP
preston Horso thnn WIS esor practlced ~ tho
southern STATES over tho slnve. and tho Itrttteh
nntnn % should 20 moGafoSa fHr IT, ~ sae ~, w.
oa,,aa M , r ~ @ .np ~, No os a ws
calsen W olliy one hAn ont ot VT, Us enoro We
oely e I'M. propofu@1n @ ~ sAyenoioars u tho Fest
mon Hr tto soi,th. aad for forty years thoy wore
an1e III consequence OF taelr wealth.
TO ESENclSE TIE RULING POWER
in tbta co,1utrv. II ,yas tho aamo thing IN I'm.
njaud, Thusc who exercised tyranucal bower
over tho irish wnra tho rich whn bnti thC cpf,trn
over tiie Remainder. before anything couIti l,a
tIono for tho Irish tho shackles Ut both natious
shuulu bo broken. The speaker believed in tho
hutNMtl r,lcc. md tho English would be benefited
by 1t with tho rest OF tho world. Ie followed
that tho three rs wcrc goipF to tight out tho
way to Irish tn1rpeudepee. The Land League
WIS n splendid Heat1on,-tuucn butttr
thnu tho Old ulethol of getting a ghut.
gun ind fighting II out. Seo[nR
Ii1nt they cnuid mi i;uht ffo 1rjtfsh f,nvrr,,.
matt thE irish lenders Jnsortci tho thrco Fl.
| which Wefa: a FnIr price, Fixed tenure, and d
| Free salc, tbs epcaker exnjaIncd tho nlenninr
descendant Of The original thlcf who stpis the
| land,
| The Irish peop,e. hayinp banded tocethor. mt
| to ttUht. but to piny npun thu Eneiis6 Eenpe: