The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-04-28
the bust of George Washington
amid great enthusiasm.

ated O'Brien for president, solemnly
entreated Sullivan to take the helm
Mrs. Parnell trusted that Sullivan
would give the new league the
strength of his invaluable services.
Ex-Treasurer Egan added his words
to those of Mrs. Prrnell. Redpath
said the Irish commanded of Sulli-
van to accept the position, adding
that as long as conservatives con-
trolled the policy of the new league,
O'Danavan Rosa would have to
take a back seat. Thos. Brennan,
secretary of the Irish National
League, employed Sullivan to make
one more sacrifice for his country.
Sullivan came to the front of the
stage and said he recognized that
the voice of the people was the voice
of God. In obedience to that voice,
to Mrs. Parnell and Messrs. Bren-
nan, Fgan and Redpath and the
voice of the convention, he would
consent to act temporarily as the
servant Of the Irish in America, but
not as their leader.
Among the resolutions the fol-
lowing appear:
Without warrant q citizen may
be thrown into prison; without
counsel he may be put to trial be-
fore prejudiced judge and a
packed jury on the lying accusation
of purchased testimony his liberty
may be sacrificed, or his life taken
in the name of the law. In
stead of protecting the property of
the people, English government in
ireland has been conspicuous for
its injury and ruin. Out of 100000
600 acres of producing land 6,0O0,-
600 are allowed to lie in waste; the
ownership of the remainder gen.
orally acquired by force or fraud
has been retained in the
hands Of ravenous monopolists,
who have annually drained the
country of its mon ey in the form of
rents, no portion of which goes back
to the Irish people. In addition to
this, an ubiquitous system of taxa
ton imposes on the people gigantic
burden for the suStenance of a for.
eign army, of an oppressive con-
stabulary and for salaries to super
numerary officers and placemen; for
pensions to English favorites; for
blood money for a vulgar court,
whose extravaganza is exceeded
only by the shame OF its pretensions.
ALI Irish capital is sent to England
on one pretext or another, and
brings in exchange nothing except
articles of English manufacture,
which Ireland, under self-govern-
ment, could produce for herself OF
purchase in America. Irish
manufactures. SO deliberately de-
stroyed by England in the last
century are still dormant. Her i'm
mense water power turns no wheels
her rivers are INSTRUCTED; her use,
full clay and valuable minerals are
untouched; in her beautiful harbOl
are few new ships, except those OF
her enemy; English law for pro
lection in Ireland has been lance
to make Ireland bleed at every pore
for the benefit of heartless land
lords and English manufacturers
English government in Ireland ha
not maintained peace and order, bu
has for 100 years broken her peac
and destroyed her order. Englisl
government in Ireland does not al
low that portion of the empire a
equitable and efficient voice in he
Legislature. In England One-tWelft
of the population votes for member
of Parliament; In Ireland one
| twenty-ffth of the populatio
votes for members of Parliament
lin England, registration laws al
| favorable to voters; in Ireland the
are inimicable to voters. In Eng
land, all classes of population al
| fairly represented; in Ireland til
poor law has been employed to 8
cure to landlords and place-huntel
preponderance in the national del
Cation. In England the judiciary
Independent of the executive an
sympathizes with the people; in IT
land, judiciary is the creature OF Il
executive, and is appointed exclI
Isively from the enemies Of the pc
: pie. In England the magistracy
: chosen without regard to creed;
Ireland 81 per cent. of the magi
: trates having jurisdiction over Il
/ people are selected from ere,
rejected by Is per cent.
the people and a detest'
I. spirit of religious bigotry is tn
legalized. In England the la
creating disabilities on account
religion has long been dead.
+ Ireland laws made under EdWa
lii, Queen Elizabeth, Earl Srrt
!, ford, Charles IL, Queen Anne al
f their successors are still vital, al
4 torment the people for whose G
3 preston no statue is found too hea'
D by venal and truculent judge
| Evecy measure of legislation pl
j. posed by an English member I
l ceiveS courteous consideration. A
| measure, however just, necessary
: humane proposed by patriotic ri
members, it is contemptuously ]
t Ijected by combined majority
e both the great English parti,
a Thus the. educational 81
e tenn of Ireland is notorious
inadeq Thus evils u
4 known in England; and declar
4 by Gladstone to be almost equiv
4 lent to a death sentence are of dai
d occurrence in Ireland and ha,
: nearly doubled in five years in spi
d of the boosted benefit Of the Ola