Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-21

the side Of ireland. fApplause.J The time
is past when heland,stood aside alone, in the
dark, and deserted, but now we have turned
the electric light on Ireland and all the world
looks on. [Applause Aye, we have
turned the Light on England, too, and the
| world looks on and judges truly. lApplause
| What England does in Ireland, he said, the
world now knows, and the British nation can
no longer hide behind q mask-the assassin
of constitutional liberty. lApplause.l Eng.
land may appear to have her hand on the
throat OF Ireland, but that, he said. Is but
one side of the question, or of the view. 20
to the Englishmen themselves, and see
| whether they feel it honest and digni6ed in
that position. Why. the st. james Gasette
declares England dare not go to war under
any circumstances while Ireland is in its pres
ent state. Russia, Italy, France may say
and do what they please, and England will
stand silent. Aye England may have her
hand at the throat of Ireland, but, my
friends, Ireland has her hand at the throat of
England, too. Great applause.
You can shoot man down, but you cannot
make him pay rent. A magistrate in Ireland
is not man elected by the people or ten
antry, but belongs to landlordism. When I
left Ireland on the 9Th of October / saw the
charred remains of cottages that had been
burned by landlords to keep the tenants from
having a comfortable shelter. That is only
an instance of what is taking place all over
Ireland to-day. But the people are united,
and they are going to stand By each other.
The landlords are blind to tears, blind to
sighs, blind to any species of humanity.
The speaker described some heartrending
scenes of wrongs done by landlords in Ireland
in 1876. LandlordisD, that has killed many
an infant in ireland, is itself to-day miser
able corpse. [Greas applause. The wrongs
Of Ireland are bitter, and no Irishman in
America to-day ever wishes to return to his
native land. And why? The wrongs that
he suffered there are too vivid in his recollec-
ton. The landlords are in bad way, and if
our people will hold out little longer they
will give in. They were spendthrift people
and laid nothing by for rainy day, and
the rainy day is now upon them. They are
heavily mortgaged, are hopelessly involved.
The question new is whether Ireland shall in
the future be ruled by Irishmen in Ireland,
or by the English people in an English Par
lament. The day of English rule in Ireland
is about past, and the sooner she releases her
hold on Ireland the better it will be for both
people. Let US rejoice 10 the hope that after
all the dark scenes of the past that we now
begin to see the dawn of better day.
+. M. Clarken in few brief remarks al
luded TO the speaker of the evening, and ap-
pealed TO the assembly for aid in behalf of the
Land League. A great many contributed.
The contributions amounted to $500.
BANQUET.
At the conclusion of the meeting the guest
of the evening, MIR. O'Connor, was escorted
by the committee in charge and Mayor
Brown, to Peterson's Restaurant, where
they were soon after joined by about fifty
citizens, and the company sat down to
tasteful banquet, the menu consisting of:
Eastern oysters, half shell. (Sauterne.)
Fish-Baked trout, la Viennoise potatoes,
Rissols. (Sauterne.) Crab salad. (Claret.)
Chicken fricassee. (Ciaret) Roast-Tur.
key, stuffed with truffies; English sirloin of
beef. Cold dishes-SmoEed tongue deco
rated hams. (Champagne.) Sweet dishes
ornamental cakes; small fancy cakes. Des-
cream, a la vanilla assorted fruits
coffee tea.
Mayor Brown presided at the head of the
table, supported at the opposite end by Cap
tain J. p. Dalton, with R. NJ. CIarken acting
as toast.master. The table was spread with
excellent taste, and the dishes came to the
board in an exceedingly creditable style,
while the caterers service was prompt aud
ample. After the company had done justice
TO the viands, and when the wine began to
flow and unloosed tongues and quickened
wit, the toasts were called and responded to
after this order:
"our Guest "-Responae by Hon. T. P.
O'Connor.
|The City of Sacramento '-Responas by
Mayor J Q, Brown.
. The Cause We Espouse "-Response : by
P. J. Harney.
q The State of Acknowledgements by
w B. G. Brown
"The Press"-Response by J. A. Woodson
OF the RECORD UNION staff
The Tree Of Liberty y"-Response by Pro-
fessor Hyde.
The Dillon Branch "-Response by Capt.
J. P Dalton
THE Idsh Prisoners "-Rosponse by Gen.
J. Z. Sheehsn.
"The Lsw Response by F. D. Ryan.
Americas Interests in Ireland's Success F"
Response by II. i. Buckley.
Following these came volunteer toasts.
The speeches were pointed, not unenlivoned
by flashes of wit, and were greeted with
rounds of applause. AT . late hour the COM
panv arose.
Mr.. O'Connor leaves here this afternoon
for Msrysville, where he speaks tonight,
and goes thence TO San Francisco.