Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-22
IRELAND'S NEW LEAGUE.
The Executive Committee Issues an Ad-
dress to Erin's Sons EverYwhere.

The Executive Committee Issues an Ad
dress to Erin's Sens Everywhere.
The Executive Council of the Irish Ma
tional League of America met at Detroi
a day or two ago, and transacted mucl
important business. There were presen
Mr.. Patrick Egan, of Dublin; Mr.. Alex
ander Sullivan. President of the Leapue
Rev. DIR. C. O'Reilly, Treasurer; yohn ]
Hynes, Secretary; and W. B. Wallace, O
New York; Rev. Father McKenna, O
Massachusetts; NJ. V. Cannon, of Iowa
James Reynolds, of Connecticut, and j. G.
DOnnelly of Wisconsin. The following
address was approved:
IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE OE AMERICA
PRESIDENTS OFFICE
CHICAGO, May IA, 1888
To the Irish american Societies and MI
Friends Of Ireland:
The convention of the Irish race which
assembled in Philadelphia has passed into
history. The Land League having been
fOrcibly suppressed in Ireland, the Irish
! people, still rising intellectually above the
1orce and tactics of their OppressOrs.
! formed themselves into a new OrganiZa.
| tlon, the Irish National League, preserving
the aims of its predecessors, enlarging its
scope and gathering within its line the
! entlre population except the foreign gar
| rlson and its benefciaries, The Land
League of America, whose glorious. if
brief, career, shall be forever remem-
Dered as splendid testimony of the de-
| votion of sub-divided race toits dis
tressed kindred, ,acceding to the desire its
irish eXemplar, met in preliminary con-
| yentiOn, audited its books, adjourned sine
die, and its delegates, together with those
| OF numerous other iSh-American sOcie-
ties, aggregating more than twelve hum
dred, entered into convention for the
purpose Of uniting all the elements
OF the Irish race in America, the
more efficiently to aid their cOuntrvmen
at nome. The prudence and wisdom
| winch characterized the deliberations of
the great body thus constituted. COM
manded the respect of rejecting men.
UnreserYedly accepting the platform of
the Irish National League of Ire
land, of which Charles Stewart Par
nell is President, it solemnly organized
the irish National League of America:
and thus inaugurated the most COM
| pact, the most cohesive and the most
inspiring movement of the time of
the promotion of an object at once hu-
name and political. That object is the
restoration OF self-gOvernment to a people
whose poverty, frequently descending to
famine and always on the verge of it. is
not due to the soil, but is the result of the
DIlnd VlclOusness of a hostile foreign
power which, annually draining out the
naturally created capital, maintains
system of terror and law
lessness, ruinOus of peace and fatal
barrier i'll the way of industrial and
social development. The substitution bv
legitimate means of national seIf-gOyern-
ment for this cOercive and destructive
force is the chief aim of the Irish National
League. The direction of the movement
IN America was unanimously entrusted,
Oy the convention, to q council consisting
PrpCi6anf nd
seven. This body is now formally organ
lied.
In compliance with the duties imposed
upon us, we request all Irish American
benevolent, temperance, military, litera-
ry, social, patriotic and musical societies.
represented in the convention or desirous
OF atfiliating. with the Irish National
League of OfAmerica, Immediately to send to
the Secretary, Room ), No. 81 Clark street
Chicago, ILL.,, their full name. with time
and place of meeting, the name and cor
rect post of1ce address of their respective
Presidents and Secretaries, that they NAV
be supplied with the platform rules of or
ganizatiOn and literature to be issued in
the future, by means of which the closest
union between this country and Ireland
Will be constantly maintained. Each So
ciety will continue its special work un-
der its own name; but as members of the
Irish National League of America. each
will be designated ''Branch, No. - in
the order i'll which they comply with Sec
ton NJ. OF the plan of organization, We
request that all societies belonging to the
League and all intending to Join it shall
meet singly or in groups on the evening of
tuesday, June 5, for the purpose of rati-
Tying the proceedings of the convention:
and we suggest that, in addition to appro-
pirate addresses, the platform of the
Irish National League of Ireland and the
platform of the Irish National League of
America be read, We earnestly appeal
TO men OF our race, not members of So
cieties, cOnscientiously to consider the
critical condition of their kindred i'm Ire
land at this time. The platform of the
Irish National League is one upon which
all reasonable men OF Irish blood can hon.
estly stand together. Its method is one
by which all can WORK vigorously AMI
efficiently together, Its object is sane
toned by the highest morality, and the
experience of mankind demonstrates that
it may be achieved by persistent, de-
termined and united effort. The sympa-
thy of our American cOuntrymen we
earnestly invite for the just claims of
country whose people in America and in
Ireland have been. from the earliest dawn
of the rebellion in the American colonies
to the latest hour of American indepen-
dence, their staunch and stalwart allies.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, President.
REV. CHAS. OREILLY, DID,, Treas.
JOHN j. HYNEs, Secretary.
The council directed that the Treasurer
remit to Alfred Webb, or to such other
Treasurer or Trustee as during his term
of office may be designated by the Irish
National League, the sum of $1,000 as
frequently as that sum shall be received
by him; providing, however, that smaller
10 fnH i11f bn iYI1C
of Mr.. Parnell any emergency arises re-
quiring more frequent remittances.
To avoid confusion and unnecessary la
Dor, the council so modified the constitu-
tiOn as to direct that all moneys be sent
by branches directly to Rev. Charles
O'Reilly, Treasurer, Detroit, Mich. 1t is
the duty of branches, however. 10 notify
the Secretary of each item paid to the
Treasurer.
Quarterly statements were ordered to
be issued by the Treasurer and Secretary,
after being first submitted to the Auditor,
and the President appointed Rev. Father
McKenna, of Hudson, Mass, auditor for
the council for the ensuing year.
The members Of the Council, While they
had no power, officially, to take part in
the Parnell testimonial fund, gave the
movement their most hearty support, per-
sOnally, and authorized their names to be
appended to an address in its behalf. The
address is being prepared by Rev. DR..
O'Reilly and Rev. Father McKenna. ami,
at the request of the President, the Rev,
Father ThOs. j. COnaty, Of Worcester,
Mass, has consented to act as Treasurer
for America of the Parnell testimonial
fund, '''''
Detailed plans for State and local or
ganizations were prepared and ordered
printed and circulated.
All localities desiring lectures by Mr..
Thomas Brennan, of Ireland, were re-
quested to apply to the National Secreta-
ry, who will answer through the national
committeeman of the respective States.
Secretary Hynes resigned to enable the
election of Secretary who could reside
in the same city as the President. The
resignation was accepted and a resolution
adopted thanking the retiring Secretary
for his able services TO the Eand League
movement,
A Terrific Boiler Explosion.
DETROIT, May 21.-AbOut O'Clock this
afternoon terrific boiler explosion oc-
CURED at the new Wolverine paper mill
in the eastern part of the city, 4Le walls
of the building we've hldWl GOWN, and the
shock of explosion was felt many blocks
away William ThamnEan- tl-