The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-08-15

A few Nv, us Irish patriots held
q conventhun last mite at the ''Star OF Erin"
public house to determine wat to do in
tho pretent emergency. Mr.. Onslaught.
messy ren,aikt that the emergency wuz
grave. Things WIZ comm to "a crisis in
Iceland. 10 WIZ eight weeks ia ar.
reats OF his lvgiGe, and most OF
the public houaes had iesfoosed
him credit. He WAS drsgyin out u preca.
riuus epglsteuce, and The trouble WV that
Erin WIZ not organized. 1t wuz discuur.
sgln to patriot. He had bin In London
Biz months ,ryin 10 organize, but oil the
money that wuz comm from Ameriky
wuz goin to Il lot OF agitators which he did
not know, and no (U'ShsuRhnessy) was
allowed to iaualsh III lodgings and wuz
liable to be turned out any mint. He
hedht even the prics Nv q glBas Nv gin
about his person. How Good Ireland be
liberated wher her cheel sperits wnz bein
so treated?
Mir. MctinneYan remaikt that Their wuz
organic iphen eIutT, but it wuzn't the rite
kind. The money COLLECTED III Auieriky
went to the Paris buruw, and wuz not
appliu! to the REILLY suifrin Irish. He
(NcFinnegaI) wuz Il lrishman, Il deaenl.
ant NV Irish Kings, ez every troo Republi.
kin 1rishman wuz, and he wuz in want NV
the common necesshries NV li.e. liz WIZ
compelled 10 dunk wxler, for not a dol.
lar he'd been scr to him lie he'd more
han half made up his mind 10 abandon
his kentiy to its fate and go into the
patriot blznis in South Ameliky. He who
wood be Tree himself must 90 down into
his own pccke,: How coed ireland ever
hope to be free from tho iIierus! roo! w
the Saxon when her chsmpiona were
compelled to live on cheuce invi,ashuns
to drink and sleep uEde- sIches?l
Tho sekIe!arr vi The mee:in then red a
report shown tho utter diatress and dss.
titOoshen Nv the people Nv all the coun.
Iies in Ireland, anu made u Btirrin speech
in favor Nv organizln committees to kol.
Zee. money Tor their relief.
The Rev. Father Muldoon happened to
drop in, and he cheered us sll very much
by repostin that the collections in Ireland
Nv money for Catholic colleges in Ameriky
Tor the education NV lhe-priesthoud wuz
progresein favor.bly. The amount given
by tho people for this purpose wuz e.
much e. last yesr despite the distrest con.
dishn. The Pope hisself he'd exprest his
satisfaction at The deyoshun NV the Irish
people to the Holy Church.
Sbsmus O'Brien begged leave to say a
few words. He had just returned from
Aneriky, where he had been smoaY the
Irish. tie found them all prosperous, ez u
Io1l, and dom we'll, the natives Of tina:
country acceptin their ruol without
a muimn His etjeslion for the
reliet Nv Ireland nuz 10 take the
none w;ch wuz to be COLLECTED, and
sncse it ia sendin to Ameriky tz meny
Irish people cz possible, kl'lin Two birds
with wu,i stun. Those who went wood
be made Comforts bic, ani 'emiyrtsbun
III 1lelaLd u TO cou'pe ! tho landlords to
give Elm better terms Then he would
He wuz immed.jitly interrupted by
Mr.. O'Shuughneesy:' MIR. US.'s blood
biied A. The 81 %jeslion. Ell the hal, Nv Ire.
land WIZ sent to- Ameiiky, and the half
that remained WIZ made comfortable,
what would BECOME Nv s%ggitashen? Ell
Agitsshen ceased, what would become Nv
Tie ? To yooea money in that way wood
be to, step sgiiashuu for the rites Nv man,
and rednose The champions Nv freedom ii
Ireland to be didn't know wat. Never. He
wuodn't near iiO such, craven connsuls. He
wood stand and DEFY England so..loug:as the
Irish i'll Ametiky would contribute funds
that be nj Z give hia whole mind to it aud
would uevef lower the banner OF iree.
dom siil they STOPPED contriblt,in.' A de.
scendant nv Irieh Kings, he WIZ too much
Nv a friend nv eknliiy to do anything else.
Suf,rin Ireland was necessary for the
spread OF Democratic Government, and
any spjessinn to stop tina, sufrin wux a
stab St'he very vilsis OF tho holy coz.
Mr.. 0'Brien-But ye'rs going to raiee
morey for the good Nv Ireland, amt We?
Wat are you voin to do with i? &
Mr.. Observation-Disclosures here ard
10 Parie. Ireland must.be lree.-in time.
Nj. OBtien-Starvashen will libsrate
en-. r
Then I in,erposed. i remarked to Mr..
O'Brien that stsrvu.hen wsz wat we wuz
tryin TO quad sgln-starvsehen Nv the
associashenh and the subcommittee, to
wich We rhocd allow n reasonable per
centage Nv the colleckshuns.
WuS we not Irishmen and entitled to
releef2 Without funds ther Good BE- no
apitashen and 'eei,sshen wuz the only
remedies for 1reland's. VINE. We are the
agi.aters, and you mustn't muzrle the OK
that treadsl he earn. 9
MIR. O'B.ien remarked that he coodn't
see it in that way ;athat he rather thot it
wood bs a good thing for Ireland Of the
assosiashun shocd stntve to death. And
he left the room %snnounsin lis determi.
nahhen to collect money ennf, hiseelf, to
send over q dczsn families anyhow, and
relieve that number hhoor.
I mover eaw sich 4 impracticahle man.
He is a brick mason with a coed bizaie,
and be- will sc,iily do wathe SEE. and thus
divert money from rs We ahsl iehoo a
cirkolor denuuucin"!in e. y E,slishman
in disguisc, and warnin tho Irish in
Amciiky agin him. We cant permit our.
eelves 10 be iuterierad with.
PETROLEUM Y. Nasty (Agitatot).
P. S.--This miarab!c O'Brien hes ac,i!ly
gone and organized q sosiety nv Irish
mechanics, and merchants lii Lundon,
calm it sn "Emigrashun Aid Sosis,y,'
and with no pay far any uv its officers,
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