The true northerner., 1883-05-04
ENGLAND ARRAIGNED.
Platform OF the Irish Ma
tional League.
IreIand's Wrongs Set Forth in
Glowing Words.

the duty Il = Govern neat - 10 Ireserye the lives
q the governed: 20 dssead their liberty; 20 D-o-
! tee. t1sir property: % maintain peace and
I order: 20 allow ea1h portion q TIE people ar
equitable and eiI.cisn. yO-Se IN tie legislature;
and 20 promote the general welfare b. wise, trz;
and humane lsws- We soiar.inly cecia-e. AMI
cite unqRs-- on@d history and the sniverssl
7 knowledge ot lIvins ulsn Il testimony thc-eof-
4 !. Thai tie EnSlisl GoyerOuert has existed
\ II Ireland. net 70 preserve the Ls.s - the gov
4 erned, u. 70 cls--roF tlen- Entire comnru-
\ tics 1, ys1tO-.iy mas -a.c-Cd by the sword 20
/ zsyluns of terrified women /: has deliberately
spI LED the OlzzEg lo-ch; 70 hell les towns u
\ has discharged daddy bombs and shllls
\ through cOusecr1ted cTypts. where ace and
/ infancy have sought sh.lter. i has sent its
I bloody butcher; t-e sacred persons OF veneer
\ able priests u has stretched upon the rack or
suspended from the gi6bet: pulling babes have
been TIM aled on points OF its bzyOlcts. because.
7 IN heir Own words, its eIn.ssaries liked that
Y kird OF government: It's gold Eas been folded in
the hand OF the assassin. AID as rewarded the in
fanny Of the p rjured traitor its tre&chegOus false
/ hood has lured PATRIOTS TO unsuspected death,
I a. II the sword. can on. torch, scafold. dagger
and the * lOsye were 10. cnC u-h: IL enjoys the
unique iDfamy Il being the only Government
known - ancient or modern times which las
I enplayes famine for the destruction OF those
from whom IL claimed allegiance, forcibly
rohhing the Irish peo lie Of the fruits OF
I their own toll. produced by their own labor: IL
I has buried. not a hundred. not a thousand but
more than million OF the I1sh race unshTOud
I Ell, uncoitncd II aves OF hunger; II has mer-
{ les " compelled o.her mill rms IN CON Or lsory
I poverty - seek in alien lands The bread they
We're entitled q IN their own. There il no form
OF cru lty known 20 the lowest savage which il
has n praCtt ell on the lrish peoi lein the nam
Of the hghtst cisi lENtion: there ls no device OF
/ mend 81 inScnuiiy IL has not ado ted 20 reduce
+ III L numncr. With two years IL has massa-
cred childfen, an w IN ans body has been the
victim ot is liCeus a ruffans. There is NJ spe-
cirs o. struct We attack, however insiious or
Violect, az ielt or modern. rude or scientific,
. - ar HlgIa NJ
yo-tlon OF n globe, for which i,s barbariies In
I Ire an1 have not furnished an example. There
i no fo-m q re;a.tition 70 which despair or
madre may r,Scrt, FOR which English cruelty
IN Ire and l. Mt exclusively responsible
, We declare that the English Government
IL I-claud has lot defended the liberty of the
people, but has annihilated IL The statutes en-
acted since tie invasion amount 10 a series OF
coercion laws framed 20 deprive citizens of all
yeetlces Of psrsC nal frc iom, and retuce them
70 out!aWry. IN order 10 cCnhscate their property
and compel them 20 fec 70 foreign lards. S.nce
tie oezlnntnC OF The present century, when the
Irish Parliament abolished, the laws for
Ireland have be- n made in England, and during
that reriOd the habess corpus act aud the right
OF trial by jury have been suspended. More than
rIty times hordes OF soldiers have been oosed up
on people Olbdden TO bear arms and a state
OF war, wiki all it. attendant horrors, with
occasi naly those or retaliation, has been main
tanned. Today the representatives of III peo-
pl- are IN p t@on guiltless OF crime, fr edom OF
speech has been abolished. the freedom OF the
press abolished. and the right OF a y, aceable
secure, night or day, from armed marauders,
who may lusult and naTass his family. Without
warrant citizen may be thrown into prison,
ana WI h0ut counsel he may be put Oh mock
trlal before preIudiccd Judge and packed jury.
On the lying aycrment OF purchased wrctches,
~ liberty nay be sacrificed, or his lie taken, In
Il. name cf law.
). Instead Of protecting the property Of the
people, the English Gov rnment in ireland has
been conspicuous for its injury and ruin. Out
OF ,t.",v"9 acres OF prodCcing len1, 6,0o0,OC0
have been allowed 70 lie in waste, and the owner
ship or the remainder has been generally ac-
quired by force or fraud. and been retained in
the hands OF ravenOus monopolists, who have
annually drained the country OF its money in
the form ot rents, no portion o. which goes lack
% the Irish people. In addition TO this, an ni-
quitous system Of taxation imposes on the people
gigantic burden tor the sus enance Of foreign
army for an oppressive constabularv, tor
salaries 70 supernuInerary o1lciaIS for pensions
70 English favOrites, for b.Ood-mOncy 10 in
formers, and Tor yulga- court, who's. extrava-
gance Is equaled only By the shame OF its
pretensiOns. The naturally y-created capital Of
tie country y sent 10 England on one
pre.ext or another, and brings no exchange
exec, articles OF English manufacture, which
.. Irish PEOPLE. under self-goyernmcn: would
produce fox themselves. or purchase in America
Irish manufactures that have been delibefatel
destroyed by ENGLAND in the last century are
stu dormant. Her immense water rover turns
no whcc.s: her canals arc all bat impaseable;
her river are obstructed: hCr usetul clay and
valuable minerals are untouched: in her beauti-
ful LarOo = ar te" ships, except sc OF her
enemy English law for the protcC tiOn Of prop
erty in Ireland has been lance - max Ireland
bleed at every pore for the bencht OF the heart
less landlords and English manufacturers.
4. The English Cove nmcnt in Ir land has not
main;sinad peace and order, but has, tor 100
year, brC ken her peacc and destroyed her order
). The English Government in Ireland docs
not allow that portion OF the empire an equita-
bic and efficient voice in the legislature. In
England. one-fwelfth Of the population votes
for members Of Parliament. while in Ireland not
one-twenty-fifth or the population votes for
members OF Parliament. In England regstra-
Nlne ryt Il. IL
they are inimical 20 voters. In England all
classes Of the pOpuace are fairly represented: in
Ireland the poor law Is employed to secure to
Landlords and place hunters prep ,ierance in
the national delegation. In England the
judiciary is Independent Of the executive aud
sympathizes with the people: in lr land the
judiciary is a creature and part of the executive,
and is appointed exclusively from the
enemies OF the people. In England the
magistracy Is chosen without regard TO
creed: in ireland o. per cent. Of the gistratcs
having juris iiction over the Peoples liberty are
selected from creed rejected by - per cent. of
the people, and a detestable spirit OF religious
bgotry is thus legaized and perpet ated In
England the laws creating civil disability ac-
count OF religion have long been dead I'm Ire
land the laws made under Edward Ill, Queen
Elizabeth, Earl Of Stratford, Charles ILL.,, Queen
Anne and their successors are still vital 10 tor
ment people for whose oppression statute is
found too hoary by the venal and truculent
Judges. Every measure of legislation proposed
by an English member receives courteous con-
sideI alton: any measure, however just, neces-
I
rnembersis certain OF cOntemptuous rejection by
a combined majority OF both great English par
ties. Thus the educational system of Ireland is
VIGOROUSLY inadequate; thus IL il that cyictiOns
unknown in England. and declared by Gladstone
to be almost equivalent 10 a death sentence, are
Of daily occurrence in Ireland. and have nearly
doubled in five years, in spite OF the boasted
benefits of Gladstone sland laws; thai although,
according TO Government returns. criminals are
twenty-seven in 10000 OF English population,
and only sixteen in O,0DO of Irish population, ia
spite OF the evaporation to which they are sub
jected, vet England enjoys constitutional liberty,
and Ireland il under worse than martial law.
Intrepid and persistent attempts bv patriot
Irish deputatiOns to obtain in English Parlia-
ment Just and humane laws for Ircla MI always
have been. and, IL is belief, must cosltinue ts
be a failure. Now. therefore, in view Of these
facts, he it
Resoired. BY the Irish-American people in
convention assembled, that the English Gov
ernmcnt in Ireland, originating in usurpation,
pe.petuated by foroe. having failed to discharge
any of the duties Of the Government, and never
having acquired the consent of the governed.
has no moral right whatevor Tn exist In Ireland.
and that 10 IL the duty of the Irish race through
out the world TO sustain the Irish people in the
employment OF all legitimate means 10 substi-
tute for IL national self-governmcnt.
Resoire0, That we pledge our unqualified and
constant support moral and H:c.ci, 20 oCr
c0uutrymeu In Ireland in Efforts TO recover ma
tional self-govC rnment, and in order the more
effectualy TO promote this object by the consoli-
/ 4 at N al gl rc crea q