The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-06-22
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DAVITT IN FRONT.
His saIve for the Irish Sore.

prolonged greeting as he appeared TO-
night on the platform of the Mechanics
Fair Building, accompanied by JOhI
Boyle OReilly; Mayor Prince presided
When the applause subsidized Davitt read
q carefully prepared address in calm ant
dispassionate language, which was pre-
sentstion of the wrongs and grievance
of Ireland and the remedies which, il
his judgment, should be applied. Ee ex
| planned that his address. was intended fo
an American rather than an Irish audi
ence, and it was an appeal to the under
standing of the American people through
their preEs. The position of the Ameri
can people in the contest is purely 6
judicial one, and public opinion in thii
country will only consider the facts and
statistics IS presented by the Irish Land
| League. The speaker then presented
statistics and argued that landlordism, al
it stands, to-day, is wretched, complete
and unmitigated failure, and it has re.
suited in the pessantry being compelled
to live in. 8 oneroomed hat, on
inferior diet amid sgrarian crimes,
murder and dissfection BE then pro-
ceeded to show that for the last seventy
years millions OF dollars have been ex-
tracted yearly from the labor and soil Of
Irelsnd by some 10. 900 individuals who
contributed scarcely anything to the
country themselves.
Side by side with this vast decline of
Irish wealth during the lest century are
no less than FIVE fsmines. Upwards Of
1000, 600 of oar people have starved dur
ing the period of these famines and mil
lions of pounds have been distracted by
the few thousand landlords and vet
Englishmen Cannot understand why we
want this state of things abolished. The
speaker showed that but one-fourth of
the land of Ireland is under cultivation
and explained the various plans suggested
for remedying these evils, all of which
he thought were too much in the interest
of landlords themselves.
My plan Of settlement is this: Let the
government ISSUE bonds and raise pub
lie loan Of the amount of al40. 900 900,
bearing per cent. interest. Let this
sun be compensation to the landlords
for the lands which their ancestors seized
from the people Of Ireland without any
compensation whatever being rendered.
Let land tax of 10 per cent, or about
one-half, be paid to the landlords to be
substituted for such rent, and to be paid
to the state for the loss of liberal
revenue. Let Ireland have the right of
self-governmeHt and let Ireland be ad-
ministered by an Irish parliament. a
peasant proprietary offers nothing 10 the
industrial non-sgricultursl masses of
Great Britain and Ireland, nevertheless
if this solution of the Irish agrariRn war
is resolved upon or undertaken by the
government in preference to my scheme, |
l shall neither be insane enough or |
stupid enough to thwart set
Element OF the.burning question by any (
blind ldolatry of my own views. Time |
has already indicated my past efforts in
the cause of Irish land reform and can |
we'll afford to wait for the approval
which l am confident will yet be given |
for my plan for final settlement, from !
people whom am proud to feel do not !
me and in whose behalf it is my |
most cherished wish TO devote my ener-I
gies, and, il necessary, sacrifice my life. !
New York 21,-There was a small at
tendance at the citizens reception to
Michael DaVitt to-nisht, owing to the
of the Land League.
Oavitt entered a. o'clock, was cheered,
and introduced by Judge Van Horn.
DAvitt said he appeared to answer GER
tain charges made against him By Ger
ain Irishmen and persons whom be
thought long time were his friends.
These charges are; First, splitting up the
Land League; second, setting up as Par /!
lells rival; third, promulgAting a new
departure; fourth, abandoning the
Land Leagues programme; fifth,
going In for communism; sixth
falling intoithe hands of, Henry George;
seventh, being run by the Irish World;
eighth, intending to start q new fund;
hath, handing over the land of Ireland
o the English government; tenth, sban-
lonlng Irish nationality; eleventh, re-
'udlatlng Irish nationalist; twelfth,
angling for alliance with the people of
England, TO each and all of which no
begged most respectfully to plead not
utility. He never had an idea of rivalry
With Psrnell. The Irish people would
lever accept him as leader, ''becsuse I
'elong to the ranks of the people. Par
ell has all the qualifications OF leader
hip IN the Irish movement and | AN
ontent with being free lance in Ireland's {
ause." On the charge of promul Eating
new departure, ne said it rests for its .
asis upon misconceptiOn of my Liver
ooi speech, an ignorance Of my declara-
ions during the land agitation, and on !
n unjust and uogenerous Interpretation I
ut on my motives by members who call {
themselves my friends, including Mr..
'2rnell. have simply explained in :
liverpool what I first uttered in West
ort. The speaker, denying other
hsrges IN indignant terms, quoted from
Is Livespool speech with reference to
le charge of handing ove= ireland to
ngland, saying: To propose that the 4
nglish government should become the
wner, steward or guardian Of the soil of
'elAnd, would, at first sight, appear anti
atienal sentiment on the land in ques-
on, and one which involves the
rinciple of renunciatistion, and can {
Of be sanctioned by Irishmen,
no belong to the extreme or nationalist
arty; I am convi need, however, that a
I'm consideration Of the question will
issipata the idea that the Naturalization
the land Of Ireland is any more of
cogRition OF England's right to rule us
IAN IS involved the payment of taxes or
calling on its government to advance
le necessary funds for carrying out the
,heme OF peasant propriety. While I :
eld To no lrishman alive in my Rllegi-
ice to the principles ofIrelaud's right 10
'Vern itself, I would infinitely prefer TO
al directly with the English eoyern-
ent than with its exacting and un-
rupulous mercensries, the Irish land
rds. The speaker thought ParnelPs /
iticism Of his latest position was an IN u
il one, and concluded HIS ranarks Nv