Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-08
THE IRISH CONVENTION.

The Largest Body Of the Kind
Ever Gathered in America.
CHICAGO, May THE gathering in
Central Music Hall on Saturday even
ing was called to rstify the actions and
methods of the Philadelphia Conven-
tion in the formation of the Irish Ma
tional League of America. On the
platform were members Ct the State
judiciary, the Mayor of the city and
other distinguished gentlemen in addi-
tion to the new President of the League.
The audience was not lacking in en-.
thusiasm. and some sentiments ex
pressed were loudly apl lauded.
Judge Thomas A. Moran of the Cir.
cult Court bench presided, and in ac-
cepting the chair pointed to the fact Of
the inability of Ireland to acquire relief
through the agency of the English Par
lament, and spoke of the unfair repre-
sertation granted the Irish people in
that body. He asserted that the only
hope for Ireland lay in sentiment
which would eventually aot1ats the en-
tire American nation, and which would
compel Ensl md to give Ireland favor
able legislation.
Mayor Harrison said Irish freedom
would have to be won this side OF the
Atlantic. not by throwing bombs. but
bv the force of American opinion favor
able to Irish freedom. /.
Congressman George r. Davis SAID
the honest sentiment OF America was
irresistibly with Ireland in her struggles
for liberty, but he warned his hearers
that any attempt to organize rebei'lon
this side Of the ocean, to be carried on
bv indirect methods. would ALLEVIATE the
sympathies of this people.
SPEECH OF PRESIDENT SULLIVAN.
Alexander Sullivan. the new Presl.
dent Of the Irish National League, was
the last speaker, and his remarks, IN
view of his position. were closely u.s.
tened to. He was greeted with storm
of applause. In the course of his ad-
dress. referring t, his personal charac-
ter. which had been commeLted on since
he was raised to the head OF the new
national organization of lrlshmen, ne
said 81 have known what 1t Is to
have enemies. Iii just, however, that
l should say that many who became so
on mis- taken Impressions OF the clrcnm'
stances. have since become, on nearing
the truth, my warmest friends. FOR
those who remain my enemies IN spite
Of the truth, and who would be the
enemies of any man of my race, have
only that Indifference which becomes a
man. Proceeding 20
ether subject, he said !: The great
convention which assembled at fhila-
delphia was
THE LARGEST REPRESENTATIVE BODY
Which ever came t t'gether IN America
to deliberate upon the condition OF Ire
land. and to tlke such action as would,
in its Judgment, best promote her well
fare. It was essentia lly an American
BODY: American in the simplicity and
straightforwardness Of its proceedingf;
American in its quiet, sturdy behavior;
American in the wide view 1t took OF
political ideas; American In that 1T
owed and properly boasted its first al
lepiauce to the cons titution and laws OF
this republic, and American 10 Its de-
sires to extend the principles OF that
constitution and the blessings OF those
institutions to its enslaved mother
land" He contended that the Phlla-
delphia platform had secured the en-
thusia tic approval OF the American
press, withou5 notable exception, aud
that 1t has won for Ireland, to de-
gree hitherto unattsined. the sympathy
Of mankind. "Yet." said the speaker,
.sfor such is the condition of Ireland TO-
dav. if such platform were put forth
by similarly constituted body in Dub
lin. the entire assemblage would have
been marched under military escort
from the convention hall to the most IL
lustrious abodes the English govern
ment has ever conferred upon lush pa
triots, the jails. The platform declares
in a word that hencefoith
THE IRISH RACE IN EMILE Is UNITED
In its determination to aid our coun-
trymen in their struggle for seif-gov'
ernment by whatever method they
think best for the achievement OF that
end" Continuing, he declared it was
his purpose, in carrying out the wishes
O; the convention, to make the masses
of the American people informed OF the
truth about Ireland, and when they
understood the reasonabl eness Of her
claims they would be united In her
support, ana their will, properly ex-
pressed, the powers Of the British en-
pire could not Withstand. He con.
tended that the method England had
most successfully practiced again t Ire
land was by misrepresentation IN assert,
inc that the land was ove'-popu'st t "a
and emigration a necessity. Yet the
population is only l67 to the square
mile. while in Germany it is 2l3. and
in England and Wales AS. IT is
said" Continued the speaker, that
Ireland, being only an ag,icul ural
couutry. cannot support herss If. 1t IS
true. c. ..mpsr .tiv. lv cps aking. She has
no manufacture, but who DESTROYED
taem? The English government, tnat
Ireland might .bs
THE EXCLUSIVE MARKET
For E,plisb manufat tires. II has been
| s.;a Ireland ia without capital, and that