Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-28

Gil oi0ssCo A4u ceetb vi AeI peoPic
upon the one absorbing object, OF
resistance to q rule which has al
ways sought to make more CALLING
the bonds Of the oppressor and to
fasten more firmly upon the chill
dren of the soil the chains of
serfdom imposed by heartless and
inexerable invader.
ga people who have been the
oppressed, who have been denied
the commonest rights of manhood
and stripped by the strong arm of
power of their rights and posses
sions, are justified before God and
mankind in resorting to every
means to regain their liberty and
to establish over their soil q sys-
tenn Of government in harmony
with their interests and aspirations
az free people.
4.-Land Is the basis of all wealth
everywhere, but it IL eminently the
source of life and prosperity In y
country like ireland, where agri.
culture Is the almost exclusive in
dustry OF her people; therefore q
policy which gives possession OF the
soil to the few, renders the many
the more helpless serfs OF the land
lords, who are thus empowered to
exercise a refinement of oppression
which leaves the peasantry with
out hope and without reward for
their labor; which produces want
in all seasons, and starvation
whenever there is a partial failure
of the crops; which reduces to the
profoundest depths Of impoverish-
ment the whole people; which Gre
ates suffering, sorrow and death
where u just rule would produce
prosperity, comfort and life; which
causes despair where there should
be happiness-dssolate patches
with ruined cabins where there
should be furnishing farms and
comfortable hemes-cities bereft of
commerce and without manufac-
tories which should be busy marts
and the scenes of active industry
throwing the pail of death over q
country that should be senticnt
with all the manifestations of Wig
oreus life.
5.-When a nation is thus OPP
pressed-when 1t becomes self-svi-
dent that nothing but change OF
rule will redeem it from ruin
when an entire people are crushed
to the earth by bad laws worse ad-
Iuinistefed, and i0rded over by
strangers who have no mercy, no
sympathy, no humanity; the judg-
ment OF mankind does not hesitate
to approve of any method, however
harsh, which people SO oppressed
may adopt to free themselves from
the hateful yoke of their oppres.
sore. Under such stances
"No Rent" becomes hallewed
principle, and If it ia the last
resort of the people of Ireland,
they would be recreaEt to them
selves and their posterity ii they
hesitated to carry it out to the
letter.
cit is the sense Of the people
of Los Angeles that the attention
of Congress be directed to the inn
prisonment without trial ia Ire
land of citizens of the United
States, whose Incarceration has
been procured by a violation of
the rights of hospitality and of the
forms of law existing in all coun-
tries ruled by principles of justice.
Tie the imprisoned martyrs
who are languishing in dungeons
because they have been true not
only to their country but to hui
mainly aud freedom everywhere,
we send the word of encourage
ment and the tribute Of our loftiest
admiration. May Parnell and his
fellow martyrs emerge from their
bailowed cells to behold their
country redeemed from bondage,
and the sorrows of her children
which now rise to heaven in
meurnful supplications, turned
into hosannahs of joy at their
deliverance from the hands of
their oppressors.
8.-We welcome to our city the
distinguished and honorable gen.
tleman who addresses us tonight
In behalf of his countrymen. We
bid him God-speed in his neble
mission, and here pledge him and
his cause our active sympathy and
substantial aid. giving to the
struggling people of ireland,
through good report and evil re-
port, our earnest and heartfelt
prayers for triumph and freedom
new and hereafter for ever more.
A collection was then taken up
which resulted in $3.50, to which
was added a contribution of 500 by
theLand League Of Les AngeI es-er