The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-05-03
irish national Platform.

Irish National Platform.
At 2:10 the chairman OF the commit
tee on resolutions submitted MS report
The Irish-American people, assem-
bled in convention at Pbiia-
delphia, submit TO the int.lIi-
gence and seuse of right and reason of
their fellow men that the duty ul tine
government is to preserve the lives III as
people and TO defend their liberty; :"
protect their property; To MAINTAIN Ie'"e
and order; to allow each portion oil tIe
people an equal and efficient voice in lis
legislature, and to promote general wei
fare by wise, just and humane laws, We
solemniy declare, and cite history AID
the universal kno Wedge of living men
in testimony thereof:
First-That the English government
had EXISTED in Ireland, not to presrtve
the lives of those governed, hut la de
stroy them. Entire comma
mites have been massacred by
the sword and asylums have
been filled with terrified women.
1t has deliberately applied the bling
torch in helpless towns: it has discharg-
| ed deadly bombs and sli; |,
through the cOnsecrated crypTs
where age and infancy souS II,
shelter; it has sent its bloody butchers
to the sacred persons of venerable
! priests; and stretched them upon the
rack or suspended them from
the gibbet Babies have been i'm
paled on The points OF Its bly0ne, $
because, in their own words, It's emmis
saries liked that government; its gold
has been folded in the hands of the as.
sassin and has rewarded the Iniamy %:
| the perjured traitor; its trrach-
crous fiisehoOd has hurried pa
! riots to- an unsupported death if
| the sword, cannon, torch, SC I'll Ill, Il Is
| ger and explosives were not enough; ii
| enjoys the unique infamy of being The
| only government known TO ancient or
modern times which has employed fam
| inc for the destruction of
those from. whom it claimed
| allegiance, forcIbiy robbing the Irish
people of the fruits their own toll had
| produced by their own labor; it has
| buried not hundreds, not thousands, but
more than million of the
Irish race unshrouded, uncOfHnej,
in the grave of hunger; it has
mercIlessiy compelled other millions IN
| compulsory poverty To seek IN alien
lands bread that they were entitled Ia in
! their own. There is no form of cruelty
known to the lowest savage which il has
not practiced on the Irish people
| in the name of the highest civilization
| there is no device of fiendish ingenuity
il has not adopted TO reduce their num-
hers. Within two years il has
| massacred women and children
whose bodies have been she victims
of ats liceased ruffains. There is
no species Ofdestructive attack, however
| insidious or violent, ancient or modern,
rude or scientific, whether dire. tly
| against life or matter, in any portion of
the globe, for which its barbariiles
In Ireland have not furnished an exam
| pie. There Is no form OF retaliation 10
which despair or madness may resort
for which English cruelty in Ireland is
not exclusively responsible.
Secnnd-We declare that the EBglish
government in ireland has not defended
The liberty of the people hut has annihi-
l*led it, The statut-s enacted since its
| invasion amount TO a series OF coercion
laws, framed 10 deprive citizens of all
! vesiige of personal fFeedom
aud reduce them TO outlawry, IN or
der To Inti-cate their property aud COIN
| pei them TO flee 10 foreign lands. Siuce
| the beginning 'f the present century,
when the lri,n pariiamrht was
abolished. laws for Ireland
have been made in England,
and during that period the habeas
corpus and right of trial by jury have
been suspended. More than fifty times
hordes of soldiers have been looSed upon
| people forbidden bear arms, and a
state of var with alt Its attendent hOT-
| rors, with occasionally those Oi retail
ia;ion, has been maintaiRed. Tndaf rep
! TesentatIves of the people are in prison
gniltless III crime The freedem of
speech has haeR abolished, the iifeedom
81 .he press has been ais'li-Iie,i; lh,.
| right If peacc ahlr public meetings IS an
/ nuI.ej. N, mars house is sernre nigt-t
| ar day from The armed mir ud.Fs. y be-
may Jesuit and haTrass ms i.raiiy
! Without waTrani cii-Z, n may he
thrown n p prison. Nit1ost ,.,'IIns:-l be
may ise put t,n q MEX trial iteidrt' i.F ju-
diced judg S Id packed lri.s "a z
aveTtmeuts nt pnrchas- wtresss-S hIs
thirty may be sacrificed scr his lil. H..
taken, in the name 'lt the law.
frhIrd-TBste.a5 al prsIfes'fIn.S ;hc { mp
t-rty uf the peoplc the EngiIsa gayeTn-
M III IN ireland has been f.,Hsrirurrs
iur injury and rIie; Of 2tIts0a 9tn acre
IT .r,sdu.;ing land OO00D s.sr.=s nav.
been allowed Ia lie wasta Th'
ownership 1f tae remainder is gem Faltl
acquired by i'.rce or fraHI@
AID has bat.n retained IN fIle. hands ~,
var;on- mpnrp"Iixt- wiz. ave anaua l.
sirained the country VI - money 10 the
i form of rents, no portion nf which goes
back TO the irish people In addiJion 10
this Ubiquitous system of taxation
imposed. on the people is gigantic
| buFtlea for the sustenauce of foEiga po-
tensates. for an oppressive coHstabulary,
for salaries u eupernamerary officials
and place men. for pensions 10 English
faVuEites, for blood money tor InfcEEaeTs,
and for 3 vulgar court. whose
extra yigila1ee is equalled only
! be the shame of It's preseocss
The naturally created capital Of the
country is sent to England on one pre-
text or another. and kFioa< 40
Eexchange excspt articles of :.
iish manufactuFe which Irisi IL %
produce for themselves or purchase in