The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-07-13
DAVITT IN NEW YORK
80, 900 People in I'm
ion Square.

Ou the evening OF the Otl inst. Mt.
Davitt addressed large crowd in I'm
ion Square, where a large number of
the various labor unions greeted him
with a reception.
MR.. DAYITT'S ADDRESS.
AS Mr.. DaYitt stepped to the front of
| the platform without introduction at
the close of Mr.. McGuire's address he
was greeted with prolonged cheers. He
said:
''FELLOW-CITIZENS AND WORKINGAIEN
| OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK: There are
| two circumstances connected with my
| appearance before you which give me
| some anxiety. The first is that my
voice is so weak that despair of max
ing myself heard at the outskirts of the
| crowd. The second is that l am so ill
formed upon the labor question in Amer.
| lea that my address may not be so profit
able either to you or to myself, as
should like it to be. There is one thing,
| however, that l can do, and that is 10
thank you from the bottom of an Irish
heart tor the generous and hearty well
come you have given to a stranger on
your shores.
There is one sentiment expressed in
the address just read, which gives me
great pleasure. L have experienced the
same pleasure when | have heard that
Ireland. While l have been fighting
the cause for labor and justice in Ire
land, l have fought for it throughout
all the world. By some it may be called
new feature in the Irish movement,
but |, as an Irishman and a Land
Lacquer, feel proud that the Irishmen
of the nineteenth century can do battle
for Ireland against England in their
own country, and in sentiment and
sympathy can leap beyond the insula-
ted borders of their land and can make
a stand for the tOiling millions through
out the world. The land war is a labor
movement. 1t is the uprising of labor
against rotten system of land mOnOp-
oily.
AN IMMORTAL TAX.
"a rent imposed on labor, such as
that imposed by the absentee landlords,
is what | have described in Ireland as
an immortal tax. The manhood of Ire
land has leaped to its feet, and is to-day
halfway on the road to victory. There
is in Ireland distinct labor movement
aside from the purposes of the Land
League. 1t is the effort of the agricul-
tural labOrers and of the artisans for
freedom of labor. As ITishmen, and
| having assisted in the organization of
the Land Leagues, they demand that
they shall be allowed share in the
benefits derived from labor. (Cbeers.)
AS son of labOrer and grandson of
a labOrer, l am anxious that labor should
have share in the spOils of landlord
ism.
THE SOIL AND THE MASSES.
"The only just settlement of the labor
question is one which will give to the
agricultural labOTer and the artisan of
the city a direct benefit of the soil. Ex-
ceptiOn has been taken to my views on
this subject by some sincere men. Do
not let it be supposed that my friend,
the leader of the Land League and the
chosen leader of the Irish people, Chas.
Stewart Parnell-(cheersS lis the least
opposed to the labor movement or that
he will be behind-hand in any efforts in
behalf of the artisan. He has declared
that if justice is not done the labOrer he
| will place himself at the head of the
movement and see that justice is done.
He is man of his word, and | know
that he and every other Land Lacquer
will take the same stand on this ques-
ton as have taken.
THE LABOR MOVEMENT IN ENGLAND.
"Independent of the Irish movement
| there is a similar movement growing
| i'll England. They are not acting in
concert with the Irish, but, as in all
thy. The intelligent Englishmen of
the working classes have awakened to
the fact that English landlOrdism is as
great an evil in England as landlord
ism is in Ireland. When the manhood
of people rises to the consciousness
of an existing evil it goes about repair.
| ing it in practical manner. The Eng
lish people who have encouraged or al
| lowed the Government to tTample on
Ireland may be entitled to censure for
that reason. But the educated working
I classes of England are not actuated by
feeling of animOsity to Ireland. They
believe that Irish labor is entitled to
the same rights as English labor. One
of the discoveries they made is that la
Dor is taxed % per cent, while land is
taxed per cent. The man who pro-
duces everything pays % per cent. for
the support of the Government, while
the idler who governs only pays per
cent.
OVER-TAXATION DISCOVERED.
"The English are making the discOv-
eTV of an Injustice which was diScOv-