Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-15
While the Pope Of ROM Enters
the Arena in Favor Of En-.
glish Authority.
A fearful Bid for American
sympathy by the Organ OF
the Aristooracy.
Tho Auglemaniacs OF America Re-
ausst.d to Forget the Past
and Embrace.

of America met this morning, and l
transacted much important business. .
The following address was approved:
To lri h. An erlc,u S Societies and All Friead, OF
Ireland: /
The convention Of the Irish race, 7
which assembled In Philadelphia, has ,
passed iuto hlstt ry. The Lind League q
having been forcibly suppressed In Ire !
land, the Irish people, still rising intel. {
l~ectually above the force and tactics of ,
their oppressors, have formed them
selves Into a new organization-the
Irish National Lssgue-preservinsthe
aims of It's predecessor, enlsrging it's
scope, and gathering within It's lines
the entire population, except ~thoforeign
garrison and its benefciaries The Land
| Lsague of America, whose glorious
If brief career shall be forever remem
bered as q splendid testimony of the
devotion Of the sea divided race to It's
distressed kindred, aocedipg to the
desire of Its Irish exemplar, met in
preliminary convention, audited its
books, adjourned sine die; and Its
delegates, together with those OF nu-
nervous other Irish. American societies,
~sggregating more than 1000, entered
into a convention for the purpose of
uniting all elements of the Irish race
in America and more efficiently to aid
their countrymen at home. The pru.
dence and wisdom which characterized
the deliberations of that great body
thus c~on.tituted, commanded the re-
~o eAnDttpn rnon V1nraaprvaH-
~ accepting the platform of the Irish
National Lssgue of Ireland, OF Which
P.rnell is president, 1t solemnly or.
gauizsd the Irish National League of
America, and thus inaugursted the
most compact, most cohesive and most
inspiring movement of the time for
tbs promotion Of an object
at once humane and political.
T, It object is the restoration
of self government to the people
wi Dc poverty, frequently descending
, to anime, aud slways on the verge of
1t, is not due to the soil, but Is the re-
suit of the blind %vlciousness of a hos
tile power, which, annually draining
} out the naturally created capital,
maintains q systsm Of terror aud law
lessness, ruinous to peace and a fatal
barIi r In the way of industrial and
social development. The substitution
> BY legitimate means of national self
\ government for this coercive and dc.
o structive force Ia the chief aim of the
: Irlsh National League. Tho direction
of the movement IN America was un-
suimousiy entrusted by the oonven-
= ton to a council consisting of the
l president and the executive council of
seven. This body Is now formally or
ganizsd. In compliance with the
q duties imposed upon us, We
request all Irish American bene.
VIOLENT, temperance, military, lit
!" erary. social, patriotic, and
o musical societies represented In the
convention or DESTROYS of afiliating
9 with the Irish National Lsogue of
q America Immediately to send to the
secretary, room 5, No. 81 Clark street,
o Chicago, ILL.,, their fall name, with the
!. time and place of meeting, name and
u correct postofice address of their re-.
q spective presidents and secretaries,
: that they may be supplied With the
" platform, rules of organization and
literature to ba Issued In the future,
by means of which the closest union
between this country and Ireland will
be constantly maintained. Each 80
ciety will continue Its special work
a under its own name, but az q member
10 OF the Ir'sh National League of Amer
a lea each will be designated "Branct
No. -" In the order In which they
p comply with section IL of the plan o.
II organization. We request that all 60
''e ~cleties belonging to the league and oil
intending to join IL shall meet singly
70 or In groups the evening Of Tuesday,
June n, for the purpose of ratifyine
i, the proceedings of the convention ant
10 and suggest that, In addition to appro
10 pirate addresses. the platform OF thu
Irish National League { { Ireland ant
the platform of the Irish Nationa
League ofAmerica be read. We ear
nestly appeal to men Of our race no
members, of societies oo~nscientiousl,
is to consider the critical condition o
re their kindred In Ireland at this time
IL The platform OF the Irish Nationa
= League Is one upon which all reasona
ON bic men of Irish blood can honestl,
es, stand together. It's method is one b
IN which all can work vigorously an
tut effsc .lly together, It's object
s]ancAoued by the highest morality, aI
the experience of mankind demon
az strates that IL may bs achieved py pei
of s~istent, determined and united eff r
an, The sympathy of our American cour
sed trymen we earnestly invite for the Vi
OF claims Of a country whose people, l
10 America and Ia Ireland, have bseI
hat from tho earliest dawa of the rebe'
ed, lion In the American colonies to Il
latest hour of American indepei
eB: dence, their staunch and stalWs
allies.
ALEXANDER SULLIVAN, Pest.
REV. @. O'REILLY, D. d, Treas.
'ew JOHN j. HYNEs, Secretary.
on The council directed that the trea
'ni urer remit to Alfred Webb or to auC
ion other treasurer or trustees 40 duriI
Iii. his term of office may be designat,
by the Irish National League, the su
of n thousand pounds az frequent
ron as that sum shall be received by hir
providing, however, that small
sums shall be RENTED II In the judi