The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-06-24
RA..PHIC
Arthur and the Irish.

Washir gIon. IA large delegation
OF the Irlen Nsuon2l League headed by
Alex Sullivan, called upon President
Arthur this afternoon and presented res
oluuOns concerning assisted emigration
adopted at the recent meeting Uf the
League at Philadelphia. sullivan made
All address in explanation OF the resolu-
lions. 1he President replied in a man
ner veIy pleasing TO the delegates.
The delegation was Composed of the
following gentlemen: Alexander Sulli-
van, D esident of the l-lsh National
League, Chicago; John O'BgrDe, vice.
president, CnciuDsti; Eugene Kelly,
New Yors; James Lynch, New YORK;
Henry Hoguet, New York; William b.
Wallace, New York.
OF the Irish Emlgrant Society, Judge
Rooney, Of Br0Okl} n; j I'm y. Mcclure,
Brooklyn; James Rsynold, of New
Haven; Bernard CallaghSn, Chicago; j.
+. ArmstTo z, Augusta, Ca; Michael
j. Doyle, Savannah, Ca; William j..
Mulburn, Augusta; Ca; Edward John
n, WATERFOWL, VII; Hugh McC frey,
Philadelphia; T. B. Fritz, Boston; John
Fitzgerald, Lincoln, Heb.; John Fshey,
Roc o ester, N. Y; P. Smith, Cleveland,
o.; John Ro4ch, Chester, Pa; Octavus
A. White, New York. Eugene
Kelly, OF New York, was
chairman of the delegation, and Jno. y.
Mcclure of Brooklyn, secretary. The
party were received in the ProsidentS
library and Sullivan addressed the pres
idens. In his argument, which Was long,
comp rehensive, and sustained by coplous
| figures, chiefly stat stical, Sullivan SAID
that the resolution was aimed at the
causes of enforced pauperism, not at Its
Wretched victims; nor was II designed TO
discourage voluntary Asnd beneficial I'M
migration to this country, he said, whose
entire civilized population Is OF Immi-
grant STOCK, whose natural resources are
| only in an infant state of development,
and which will continue to gratefully re-
ceive thofe who freely eever all foreign
| bonds, and undertaking exclusive pollti-
cal allegiance 10 America, will bring TO
the republic loyal hearts and useful
hands; but it is against international
t0uily and an outrage on humanity and
civilization for EnRlsnd TO first reduce
TO pAuperism those Whor0 she claims az
gu jects, then to force tSem as charges
upon the United States. Americans OF
Irish descent are compelled TO send sHnu-
ally to Ireland a. least nve million ooi-
lars to save the lives Of British subjects
in that country and the Government o.
1.-The United States should take such action
"a viii put a stop to tpis iml Oaision. sui
Ilivsn showed that emigration is not
necessity 10 Ireland whose food crops ar
more than enough for much larger pop
ulttIon. and which pays more thar
Thirty million taxes to Eegland over snt
sbove what is returned - Ireland In ex
penditure. Notwithstanding this Iurplu
money, which goes to pay II tee In per
IiAl debt, hslfhe population are iIvlni
mud cabins and are kept in state o
destitution always bordering on fsmInee
line Urged that the United States
s5 psr cent Of whose population are Irlsl
should be moved by humanity TO asl
Eneland to remove the causes which pro
| duce this frightful condition; he citet
nrecedents created by Great Britain II
| Nsnles. Turkey, Bulgaria, Bosnia AM
Herzsgovins. In closing, Sullivan In
troduced 81. L. Hognet. president Q
If the Irish Emigrant Savings EenE
New York, Who said the inmates 6
| n WAREHOUSES; and other dependents VIII
| have be n receiving out door relief L
TreIepd, have bssn aided b7 tn