Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-04-27

addition to the 447 on thu, rolls of tn,
Land League Convention of yesterday
making total representa- ion in the Ma
tlonal Irish Convention as at presen
| constituted of ,155.
At five minutes to seven the convention
was again called to oryk er. Mr.. Fitch
Chairman of the Commit4e on Permanen
| Organization, then presses ated the follow
ing officers for the permi lnent organiza
ton:
Chairman-M. 4. Foral n, of Ohio.
Secretary-J0hn j. Hy nes.
Assistant Secretaries John j. Enright
of Michigan; Edward Fitzwilliams, OF
Massachusetts; COrne Iius Horgan. OF
Pennsylvania.
One Vice President from each delega.
ton, and, in addition, 'atrick Egan. Mrs
Parneli. and Fathers s. tattery and Gala.
CHER, of Australia. Th Vice Presidents
from the Southern Sreates are John II
Parnell, of Georgia, W. j. O'Connor, OF
South Carolina, Patrick McGovern, of
Virginia, and John Fitzgerald. of Lou.
isiana.
The report was adopted.
Father Dornly then presented Hon.
Martin a. Eoran, COngre sSman elect from
Ohio.
Mr.. FOran said that the fact that he
came from Ohio was the only reason he
could think of why he had been accorded
this honor. Many speeches had been
made here, and lie was tempted to saw
there had been speeches enough and it
was now time for work. He should en-
deaVor to be fair to all and
asked for harmony. He said that
there would be ample time for all
to speak under the five minutes rule. The
signers of the Declaration of Indepen-
dence in this city one hundred and SIX
years ago were the forefathers Of Irish
men. No less than ten of them were
Irishmen or the sons of Irishmen. While
1rishmen owed much to America America
owed much to Ireland. The gallant
Montgomery who fell ON the heights of
Abraham, Commodore Barry, General
Jackson, perhaps half of the whole army
were Irishmen. Irishmen would nav their
debt to Ireland without violating their
duty to America, but had right to say
that the spirit of our institutions breathe
liberty everywhere. They asked for Ire
land what Henry Grattan asked TO breathe
the air of liberty. The Irishman may
be in rags, but he shall not be in irons. 1t is
time for the union and unitication of every
Irish society, perhaps, in the whole world
The genius of the Irish people could be
trusted to dictate its policies.
The rules of the temporary organization
were made permanent.
Father Dorney then read from the plat
form the 1O1lOWlng caDlegram:
LONDON, April %.
James MoOaeg, Esq, President irish 4 mericdn
Convention, Philadelphid, Penn, Z. s. A !.
My presence at the opening of the most rep
resentative convention of Irish American
opinion ever assembled being impossible
owing to the necessity of my remaining here
to oppose the criminal code bill, which re Zen
acts permanently the worst provisions of CO.
erciOn and, if passed, will leave constitu-
tiOnal movement at the mercy of the gov
ernment, ! would ask you to lay my
views before the convention. l would respect
fully advise that your platform should be so
framed as to enable us to continue to accept
help from America, and at the same time
avoid any afforded preteXt to the British
Government for entirely suppressing the
national movement in Ireland. In this way
only can unity of movement be preserved
both in Ireland and America. | have perfect
confidence that by prudence. moderation and
irmness the cause of Ireland will continue to-,
advance, and though persecution rests
heavily upon us at present, before many years
have passed we shall have achieved those
great objects for which through many cetu-
ries our race has struggled.
CHARLES STUART PARNELL
The Chairman then ordered the Secre-
tary to call the roll, in order that the
Chairman of each State and Territorial
delegation might name member of his
delegation to serve on the Committee on
the Platform and organization of the Ma
tional Irish League. At the conclusion
Of the roll call, the convention adjourned.
The committees met Immediately after
wards.