Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-28
THE LAND LEAGUE.
The Weekly Meeting with Speeches
Resolutions and New Membership.

The Weekly Meeting with Speeches,
Resolutions and New Membership.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the
Land League was held last evening at the hall
of the League. corner of Seventh and Jackson
streets.
The treasurer's report was read, showing
that the sum of $37.25 had been collected
since the last meeting, and from payments of
dues and new memberships, together with
$3.50 from the Graceville branch of the league,
the amount was swelled to $67.25. 1t was de-
cided to forward the usual G10 remittance to
Dublin.
President MacCarthy read an interesting re-
port showing the workings of the League IL
Dublin
Mr.. VIM Markoe offered the following res
olutions in avgorous and earnest speech,
which were unanimously adopted
ResoiCed, That we hail with unbounded JOY and
with the most profoundg rattu de to Him who over
rdles ell human evets, the news of the virtual ac-
quittal of Chas. Stewart Parnel aad his noble and
patriotic coad tutors in the work Of Irelands redemp
ton from the criminal charges upon which they
have been so uniustly and groundles-ly arragned
in the late public trial before the court OF queens
bench in the city of Dublin; and regard this re-
suit as one OF the ystern rebukes and solemn
warnings admin tered of late to the government of
England, in view of her unconsttu nal and lawless
endeavors to repress every attempt for the redress
of the long continued, yet unbearable grie vances
under which Ireland has groaned and still groans
and that further accept this result as an evidence
that the day past when English tyranny eau crush
out by any pretext of law the efforts OF Irshmen to
secure for themselves the simple natural rights Of
man to life and hberty-etorts made In strict ac-
cordance with those constitutional principles which
have ever been the highest boast of England her
self.
ResOtued, That we look upon the attempt 10 pass
in parliament what is called the coercion bill, as
confession on the part of the English government
that the agitation still in progress IN Ireland has hth
erto been conducted In strict conformity with En-
gsh law, and that. therefore, new methods must be
contrived to make lawless what until now has been
lawful and further accept the attempt evidence
of the continued vitality of what, forty years ago,
Lord Beaconsfeld called, "That irresistible law of
our modern civilization which has decreed that the
system which cannot bear discussion is doomed"
ReS0Ered, That the draft of the coercion bill, as
announced in the public press. Is cruel, wicked
and arbitrary device conceived in the maddened
brain of disappointed rage, avarce and tyranny for
the purpose of comforting upon what to all intents
and purposes, is foreign and hostile power In Ire
land, absolute universal and utterly irresponsible
test whether by act word, against any degree Of
oppression under which Irishmen may suffer, and to
subject them, body, mind and soul, to the simple
whim and caprice Of one man, and that man minion
of the Eng ish government.
ReSokUed, That should such coercion bill be
adopted by parliament the only choice left for Ire
land will be either condition of worse bondage than
she has ever yet experienced or open revolt with
view to the utter extirpation from the lslaud once
and forever, of every vestige of English control.
Eloquent and stirring addresses followed by
the Rev. Father Stanley and VIM. Louis
Kelly both of whom referred to the recent
triumphs of the League in Ireland, and the
action of the League was endorsed in emphatic
and glowing language.
Patriotic songs were rendered by Messrs.
Fitzpatrick, O'Keefe and James Kennedy
In response to invitation forty new men,
bers were inscribed on the roll.
VIM Marlloe spoke of the propriety of
establishing q Woman's Land League, which
will be made the subject of future meeting
1t was also decided to form at least three
branch leagues in st. Paul. The chair an
nounced that the next meeting would be ad-
dressed by Senator Case and Gen. Johnson.
Adjourned until next Wednesday.