Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-04-28
AN IRISH DILEMMA,
with John Bull on One Horn and
the Landlords on tha Other.
WHILE PATRICK MllKs THE COW.
Sunset Cox Sends Some Blarney-snthusi-
astic Receptions - Platform on
Which the Irish Party
Should Stand.


astic Receptions - Platform on
Which the Irish Party
Should Stand,
PnIL,pEIrHIA, April 2T.-It was nearly
eleven o'clock before the Irish National
Convention assembled this morning. The
reading of the minutes was dispensed
with. DR.. 0'Rcily announced ths. the
Com nlmi,tee on Resolutions had prepared
report, but was OF yet ready to present il
Col. Michael Boland, Chairman of the Com.
mitree on Organization would not be ready
with their report until after the Commit
tee on Resolutions had reported, as after
long debate the Committee on Organization
had not been quite able to agree on the
number OF officers for the National League,
or its exact scheme Of government.
communication was received from Con-
gressman g. s. Cox, of New York, express.
ing sympathy with the movement for Irish
independence; criticised the Irish situs-
tiCn; condemned the attitude OF the British
Government toward Ireland as the worst
governed country in the world, and pre-
dicied that agitation would result in free
ing Ireland from British oppression.
The communication was loudly ap.
plauded and referred to the Committee on
Rules. A vote OF thanks was accorded Mr..
Cox for his kindly expressions OF sym
paihy.
Father Boylar. of County Cavan Ire
land then addressed the Convention. Amid
much applause, Re said that now John Bull
WI ka hnrn nf Iri ish
dilemna and the landlords on the other,
while Pat would milk the COW. lie com-
plimented the spirit in which the AmeH.
can press bad treated the Irish question.
America had given lrishmen employment,
but lrishmen had done Americas hardest
werk on the fields Of both peace and war.
The entiro Convention arose TO its feet
and cheered Father Boylan Simultaneous
ly.
A delegate, name not announced, began
to criticise the attitude OF Scotchmen tow
ards Ireland snd was called 10 order. Some
confusion eLsued and cries vi question
arose from every side. Horsan, OF New
York, shouted Put the gag. The dele
gate was ruled out of order, and the
motion OF endorsement carried. The con.
yentiCn then took q recess until , p. N. to
allow the Committee on Resolutions to
complete its report.
Irish National Platform.
At2 40 the Chairman OF the Committee
on Resolutions submitted his report Us
follows:
The Irish.American people assembled in
convention at Philadelphia, submit TO the
intelligence and right reason OF their fell
lowmen that the duty Of government Is
to preserve the lives Of the governed, to
defend their liberty, 10 protect their prep.
erty, to MAINTAIN peace and order, To allow
each portion of the people an equitable
and efficient voice in the Legislature, and
to promote the general welfare by wise,
lust and humane laws. We solemnly de-
clare and cite unquestioned history and
universal knowledge OF living men in tes-
timoDy thereof
First-That tie English government has
existed in Ireland, not 10 preserve the Ives
| Of the governed, but to destroy them. E:'-
tire communities il has wantonly massl.
| cred by the sword. To asylums OF terrified
women has deliberately applied the blazing
| torch. Into helpless towns il has dis.
| charged deadly bombs and shells. Through
Consecrated crypts, where age and Infancy
sought shelder, il has sent .ts bloody
| butchers The sacred persons of venerable
| priests IT has stretched upon the rack or
suspended from the gibbtt. Puling babes
have been impaled on the points Of
| its bayonets, because, In their
own words, its emissaries liked
that government. Its gold has
| been folded in lhe hand OF the assassin, AMI
| has rewarded The infamy Of the perjured
| traitor. Its trsagherous falsehood has lured
patriots TO All unsuspectCd death. As if
| tho sword, cannon, torch, scafold, dag ger
| and explosive were not enough, it en- Joys
| the UNIQUE infamy Of being the only SJr.
eminent known to ancient or modern times,
which has employed famine toT the de.
Struction OF those from whom it claimed
allegiance. ForCibly rpLbirg the Irish peo.
| pie Of the fruits Of their own toll, p-pdUced
by their own labor i; las buried, Mt a
| hundred, not thoussrt, hlt mere bsn
million OF Tie Irish I4Ce =. S"!1GLcj and
unCoilined in the grave Oi hunger 1t has
| mercilesSly compelled other millions, IN
compulsory poverty, to seek III alien lands
the bread they were entitled 10 in its own.
| There is no form of cruelty known 70 the
| lowest savage which II has not prac.iced on
| the I-ish in the name OF the highest civil.
2ation. There is no device Of iiendIsh inIa.
nuity il las not adop'ol ~ r"lncc their
nun bcrs. Within taJ year il has 'Ea'sl.
| creed children, and woman's bDiy las
| been he victims Of its lic'n:ci rdhLns.
| Their is no species OF destructive attsck,
| however insidiouS or violent ancient or
modern, whether directed against life or
matter, in any portion Of the globe, for
which its barbarities in Ireland have not
| furnished an example. There Is 10 form
| of retaliation 70 which drsp-ir or ma iness
NAV resort for which English cruelty in
Irelend is not exclusively responsible.
Second-We declare that the English
| Government in Ireland has not defended
| the liberty OF the people, but has annihil-
ated it. The statutes .uuc,ed Since the la
vasi6n amount TO series OF coercion laws,
| framed to deprive the citizens of all yes
| tiges OF personal freedom, and reduce them
| TO outlawry in order TO confiscate their
property and compel them to fee 10 for.
eign lands. Since the beginning OF the
present century. when the Irish Parlia.
ment was abolished. laws for Ireland have
been made in England, and during that
| period habeas corpus and the right OF
trial by jury have been suspended
more than ftty times. Herds Of sol
diers have been loOoSed upon q people
forbidden 10 bear arms, and the state OF
war, with all I's attendant horrors. with
occasionally those OF retaliation, have been
! maintained. To day, representatives oil
the people are in prison, guilti"ss OF crime:
freedom OF speech abolished; freedom OF
press abolished; the right Of peaceab'e
public meetings Is annulled; no mans
house is secure, night or day. from armsi
marauders who msy insult and harass his
family. Without 8 warrant q citizen miy
be thrown into prison. Without counsel
be may be put on mock trial fetore pre-.
judictd Judge and packed jury. On lying
ayernents OF purchased wretrhes his lioer-
ty may be sarrlfced or his lie taken in
The name Of the law.
ThirdIy-Ins.ead OF protecting the prop
erty of the people, the English government
In Ireland has been a conspiracy for It's in
Jury snd ruin. ard OF twenty illion acres
of producing land six million have been
allowed TO lie waste, and the ownership Of
the remainder. generally acquired by forcs
or fraud. have been retained In the hauds
of rsvenous monopolIsu, who annually
drained the country OF Its ley
in the firm of rents no poriion