Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-16
Ireland" led by Messrs. O'Keefe, Nighti1
gale and Horrigan.
Eeenf,,a SectabLe.

gale and Horrigan.
Eeenins Soctable.
A large number of the delegates to the
Irish state convention met last evening in
Window hall at the invitation of the Min
neapolis branch of the Irish National
league. The object of the meeting was to
give the delegates an opportunity of get
ting better acquainted with each other and
with their Minneapolis friends in particu-
lar. At 8 o'clock President Ed. A. McDer-
mott called the meeting to order, The
meeting was first treated to duet en-
titled, "Come back to Erin"
with piano accompaniment by
Messrs. Ryan and Wall who elected en-
core to which they responded by singing
wait till the Clouds Roll By"
Capt. G. NJ. MacOarthy then addressed
the meeting substantially as follows: All
he had to say is that We had convention
in Minneapolis and he regretted to find SO
few Minneapolitans present. He had the
utmost respect for his countrymen in this
city; he conceded they had done good
work in the national cause. If they wish
to be on par with their brethren of st.
Paul they had 'to be up and humping"
As this meeting is to some extent a love
feast, permit him to say to Minneapolis
Irishmen that whatever they had done in
the past great deal more was expected
of them in the future. Now at last you
have an opportunity of uniting all your
forces as represented in your various
societies. He complimented Mr.. McDer-
mott, the president of the Minneapolis
league, and said he should for the future
receive the active cooperation of his coun-
trymen here.
Each and every one of
US ought to be tolerant of
each others opinions. There is no glory
nor emolument in this work in which we
are engaged. It is not sufficient for Us to
be IrishmenH on certa o, casio1 like
Patrick's day. He would feel ashamed to
meet any Irishman who would profess
ignorance of the Irish National league
He did not believe in shortlived enthusi-
asm. He believed in continual enthusi
asm and patience in this cause of Ireland
If he thought there was nothing back OF
| this organization to obtain more for Ire
land than has already been obtained he
would not belong to it.
He believed that the men who ha6
| already obtained redress of grievance
for Ireland would be equal to greater de-
| mands when the occasion arose. He com
plimented Chas. Stewart Parnell and his
| faithful followers and retired amid enthu
| siastic applause.
Mr.. Roderick O'Connor, sof Minneapo
lis, sang the Marseillies hymn with piano
accompaniment and created intense en-
thusiasm by his grand rendition of tha
martial song.
Judge Montague, of Crookston, said il
was folly to talk of revolution without or
ganization. The principles of liberty
must be embedded in the minds of mer
before they are ready to engage in revolu
tions. The spirit of nationality should be
fostered by writing on national topics
through the press. We should be prao
tical we should fight battles ourselves, and
not fall back for glory OF Tho battle:
fought and won by our ancestors
| There is time to worl
AM n time to talk end organize. He
thought better Work could not be under
| takou tnan to reason with some extremists
and dissuade them from using dynamite
and otbe: destructive agencies. He incul
cateo moderation and perseverance, an(
hopeo the work they were engaged il
would be productive OF good results to thu
| land of their nativity. Miss Rosa Burke
then favored the meeting with one of thu
| gems of Moore, "The Minstrel Boy
which she sang in exquisite style and fol
which she was rapturously applauded.
VIM. l.. Kelly, of st. Paul, being called
| upon delivered grand address in which
he said that some sixteen years ago mar
stood in an English dock charged will
high treason. The judge and jury before
whom he was on trial knew but little wha
| good they were accomplishing by sen
| fencing Michael Davitt to felon'i
cell. We do not appreciate
how true it is that no
a sparrow falls but the hand of divinity
has care over it. When they sent thai
peasants son to felon's cell they though
| perhaps they had killed him as they hat
| often killed peasants sons before. Blu
| Davitt meditated in his cell and conceived
the great movement which stirred up tht
Irsih heart and made the tyrants Of Ire
land tremble. He made Of the downcas
| serf a self-ssserting, self-respecting man
| Oppressed az the Irish have been from
| generation to generation there had grown
up among them spirit of disunion. a.
long as they were hitting Irish heads IN
stead of concentrating their emnity OIL
their foes their efforts to release them
selves from the serfdom of their hereditar,
foes were futile. All that is now changed
through the action of the land league o
b oh Michael Devitt was the founder art
organizer.
| Out of the soil the husband man mus
get his bread was the doctrin
preached by Michael Davitt. When Michae
Davitt proposed to root the Irisf
people in their own land he brought tn
Irish people and the world face to face
by telling the world what was the rea
grievance of his country. The grievance
of Ireland are many but the one grievance
of the feudal land tenure was sufficien
to impoverish the nation. As the Lane
war progressed it taught the Irish peasan
he had rights which the landlords wer
bound to respect. The Irish peasan
must be taught the power of union ant
organization before he can act hi
part in more effective movemen
than that inaugurated by Davitt.
The land act has been a concession
wrung from an unwilling parliament anC
more concessions will inevitably follow
The concession of home rule for IRELAND
will certainly be granted in due course o
time, and Ireland will eventually take he
proper place among the nations. Tn