Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1882-02-28
THOMAS POWER OCONNoR.
The Young Irish Champion Delivers a Thrill
ing Address on the Land League and the
Eo-Rsnt misunderstanding Resolutions
An Emphatic Success.

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Eo-Rsnt misunderstanding Resolutions
An Emphatic Success.
The committee appointed for tina
purpose met the Hon. T. z. O'Con
nor at the railroad depot, on th'
arrival of the train from San Fran
cisco yesterday morning, ane
escorted him to the residence or ex
Governor John @. Downsy, whest
guest he lie during his stay in Lot
Angeles. at IL o'clock the Recep'
ton Committee called on the ais
tinguished visitor in body, 0
number of Irish American eiti'
zens having preceded them to pay
their respects. After the inter
change of appropriate courtesies
Col. J. J. Ay Era, on behalf OF the
Committee, welcomed Mr.. O'Con'
nor to Los Angeles in the follow.
ing address:
ADDRESS OF WELCOME.
Mr.. O'CoNNOR-Sir: In behalf
of the people of Los Angeles we
are proud to welcome to our city Il
gentleman who has so conspicuous.
ly distinguished himself in the
pending struggle Of his country fo'
freedom. Your patriotic course in
Parliament, your eloquent efforts
in the forum, and your manly
writings in the press, have madt
your name n household word
California; and every
Irish heart goes out To you throb
bling with benedictions. We feel
that tits d privilege and an honor
to extend the hand OF welcome to
one who 10 not only firing the
Irish heart in this fai-0f land, but
who il, by his clear-cut logic and
powerful presentation of his strug-
Cling nations cause raising up
new friends 10 her wherever he
goes.
Word has just been flashed across
the cable that Michael Davitt,
in all English prison,
has been elected TO Parliament by
an Irish constituency. What n
galaxy Of names to emblazon the
page OF Irish history! Parnell,
Dillon, Dsvitt-all in Brit
ish jails, yet more powerful
among their kindred people than
the Government which imprisons
theni
"Brighter in dungeons, Liberty, thou art
For there thy habitation is the heart"
a people who are true to tn eli
leaders in the darkest hour, and
who emphasize their determine.
ton to be free by defiantly raising
their imprisoned chiefs TO the
highest civil honors in their gift,
challenge the admiration of man.
kind and draw to their cause the
friends Of Liberty everywhere.
You will find that Ireland's
Wrongs are resented here as else
where in America, and that the
sons of Ireland in Los Angeles are
animated by lofty patriotism in
doing all in their power to redeem
the iend of their birth from the
iron hee! of her oppressors.
Az the honored representative OF
her cause On these Western shores,
we greet you with open hands and
glowing hearts. We give you a
welcome ga CORDIAL as our sympa.
thies are sincere, and We promise
that no effort shall be wanting or
our part TO make your visit to Los
Angeles fraught with results thai
will be gratifying to yourself ane
helpful to the great cause to which
we are all pledged.
again, sir, we bid you welcome
thrice welcome!
MIR. o'CONNOR'S REPLY.
Mr.. O'Connor said he had beer
the recipient of many addresses
since his erlival in America, bu
none of them had SO succinctly ant
SO eloquent!y treated the subject o.
his mission as the one he had jus
listened to. There were many
points in it which 1t would be i'm
possible for him to discuss just now
but he would refer at the present
time to the concise allusi0n of.tht
address to the election of Michae
Davitt. That gentleman's election
presented the anomaly in politics
of one who was u convict and a
felon and yet member of Paflia'
ment, elected to that position
while in an English jail. HI
would not say that the latter honoI
was the highest. He would furth
err allude to tue reference
in the address to the sym
psthy for Ireland in this country
of people who had no Irish bloot
in their veins. he had found tbi
eminently true, and he would say
that it would he wonderful If in &
free country like America the gen
eral sentiment of the people wer'
not in sympathy with "a nation
struggling for its rights. H
could not conceive how any Amer
lean could have other sentiments
A country, whose independence
was based on the principle that al
governments must rest on the con
sent OF the governed, would b.
false to it's own traditions if it dit
not feel an active and warm inter
est in the struggle of th
Irish for rights which evel
the most despotic governments d.
not venture to deny to thei
subjects. Mr.. O'ConDor said h
had found everywhere in Americ'
that the mass Of the people wer
true, in Irelsnd's case, to the in
structiens and doctrines Of tn
great men who had laid the foun
dations of this Republic. Thei
sympsthy are not alone evince,
| in words but by acts. He had pre-
scented to them the condition of hi
country and the attitude of hi
people I'm the present struggle
Unarmed, without a battalion t
place in the field or u hundre,
muskets to distribute among III