Daily globe., 1883-10-29

The Irish national league met at their
hall last evening, The president, Ed. A. Nc
Naughton, in ths chair. After the tran
seotiug of routine business, Mr. Walsh, OF
Cleveland, O., addressed the meeting. He
referred to the circular OF the Irish na-
tional lesgus, which was read at the meet
ing, end especially to that portion of Is
encouraging the cultivation of Irish lit
erature. Tho British writers had been un-
ceasiDg. both through books, magazines
and the press, in disappearing the
Irish character, and it was
the duty of Irishnen to
counteract its maIign influence. That in
corrUptible and irrepressible Irish rebel,
John Mitchell, has declared that Britain not
only owned tho soil OF Ireland with all
that grows upon it but it also had the ear
of the civilized world through its litera-
ture. He referred to the advancement
made by the Irish people, Intellectually,
during the past forty years. All that time
they were comparatively ignorant through
the operation of British laws, but since
then they have progressed until to-day the
Irish people compare favorably with the
people OF any European nation
ana even with the educated people OF
america.
lie advected to the artificial famiue OF
n and the later famine OF '69. IN the
former year The Irish peasants died or the
roadside from starvation; IN '69 they did
not die, for they held the rent which for
nerly went to the rapacioUs landlords, and
by the aid of the land league agitation
thousands of human lives were saved from
perishing. That fact bespoke advance
ment.
Tae spirit of independence had grown
stronger among the people; they were
educated in their political and social
rights and they are determined oy every
legal and legitimate means to secure those
rights of which they have so long been
unjnstly deprived. The branch leagues of
this Irish national organization should be-
come schools where Irish sentiment and
Irish liberation should be fostered and
encouraged. The talents of the young
men should be developed. Their intellec-
tual status should be elevated and through
means of debates and literary exercises, at
these meetings that work could be accom-
plished. He secuted the idea of
the Irish people being incapable
of obtaining freedom without recourse to
a ms, and concluded his address with a
beautiful extract from poem of Lady
Wilde, the mother of the aesthetic and &C.
centric Oscar.
A duet with piano accompaniment was
given by Messrs. Dwyer and Wall, and
then Mr.. W. II. Donahue took the floor
and delivered ringing speech replete
with noble sentiments.
He spoke of the necessity of having 81
organization of this kind to elevate
the Irish character. The ablest
of Parnell's Iieutenants in the work he has
undertaken in Ireland have como from
the debating societies in the colleges and
lyceums of Ireland. Hr urges the mem
bers to attend regularly and participate in
the discussion Of topics that may come mp
for consideration before the meetings, and,
by thus acting, they would educate them
selves and others, and take the stand in
the community that intelligent men will
net fail to occupy. After brief addresses
from Others, and the singing of patriotic
songs, the meeticg adjourned,