Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-05-20

follies there IS something In the blood and Of
| Irishmeu that distinguishes them from other n
| ions. They have great history behind them,
| and they make history whoever they 20 As Ihey
tory-the first pages win read ple~san'er th~h INC
., wlrat DO yo1 think IS tho cause OF their wan;
The Irish people have been filled up with PIE
!udlces to England, The religious OF the Two
countries are different. II England were Catholic,
| Ireland would be quiet. But the laws Of one
nalisn are always distssteful TO another aug
while the present laws Of England are ml4dsr ana
better than those Ireland pssssd Tor Ireland, the
idea that they passed by the British Parliament
Arouses prejudlces inhsmes passions, and iEy0Eos
| resistance abuse aud hostility. haye seen even
Irish fsInines attributed 70 the English govern
nent aud the pr0vi3ences Of God seriously dis
cussed e. evidences Of British misrule"
"WhO do you think has done most for Ireland
! out Of the great names Ireland has produced2'
land, and Who viii live longest in history, was
Daniel O'COnuell, He achieved Catholic emauci-
patton. he governed the public opinion and
hearts Of Irishmen and respected law and prosper
ity; but in evil hour hotheaded cOunselOrs
broke up the harmony Of Cancellation Hsn The
young Ireland party was born. O'Connells heart
was broken. Young ireland was scattered 10 Aus
tIeian forests, and peace rcigned until a new crop
Of sgiLatOrs became conspicuous by suheTings; and
FeniauiSm, with its head centeTs i'll New York
and It's spOutings and pariaInents, finally broke In
pieces in Canada amid the laughter OF the world"
You were not, then, sympathirer with these
mOvements?'
Il have opposed them all, not because would
not go as fast or as far 10 serve Ireland any of
them, but have an utter detes.atiOn for the con-
st1nt agitatiOns which have disgracsd ireland and
which IN the hands OF the present leaders fast
losing 10 Irelands cause the sympathy and respect
Of the world"
what do you think of the last Phiiadclphia
meetlngf'
The idea OF an Irlsn parliament in College
Green is ell right, and the idea Of Irishmen going
10 their old shores and carrying their lives in
their hands If they want 70 ia all right; but an
Irsh parliament in Philadelphia would be farce.
II II were not Insult TO American nGt1OualLy.'
You read the proceedings, 1 suPPoseT"
Il read them and admire the power Of silence
they portrayed. 1t had the flavor of the Tecluse.
But would have admired more the courage OF
openly denOuucing inhuman atrocities and mean
and cownrdly assas ssinations, and not by purposed
silence have become the spologist for crimes that
nave oisgraeed the age, aud rendered the very
name OF lrishman a repTOach. The result in tue
end VIII be to create stronger sentiment of
outrage of foreigners coming here 70 hatch tTesso1s
and toment wars against nations with which VIC
flown speeches and say they represent the whole
Irish race on this continent; they may dig, like
Old Mortality, among the tOmbs to parade old
wrongs, musty and worn out, with illusions TO
Aullaghmast and the treacheries OF Essex as apollo
gies for present outrsges on God and man, and
forty priests hold their hands over it as they
say there were at Philadelphia; tut / tell you
that the heart OF the country has been beat
ing fast with hotter blood OF nationality at the out
rage and the American mind has been thinking
how TO handle it. The idea of invoking American
sympathy by referring 20 Irish pGupers landed
here deceived nobody, The Irish parliament Of
Philadelphia means that such men are needed for
desperate work in Ireland, or the parliament is
but parade of emptiness and void The gentry
who were leaders at Philadelphia know well the
powers OF the deceit aud sedition of the ASH cor
ner; and this is not the time to improve conGi-
tOns by emigration. They want the poor Irish to
do at home what the contented Irish abroad are
too careful OF their precious persons to accomplish
so far from their adopted homes"
do you think that there are Irish in this coun
try opnosed to the Philadelphia parliamentary
"WSy, oi course Thousands of Irshmen In
this country are utterly opposed to making Ameri-
ca the hotbed of conspiracies by any nationality
OF people, and will resist the principle Of foste ing
secret s0seties and gathering money to buy arms
send into other countries and raise up wars and
| stir up OloOdshed TO upset governments. Whether
it comes from the Irish the Dutch or the nihil-
Ist-trom whatever source II comes-the American
people will not sit Idly by and have this country
| plunged into war, and our commerce and pros
pertty hurled back quarter of century by for
sign paTliaments and their abettoTs and back ckers
and apologsts for high crimes. l remember when,
after the late war, Mr.. o MAhoney, on the platform
of Cooper Institute, invited my aid to Fenianism
and told him: i am Just oat of one war, and If
have nothing better than the blood an1 desola-
| ton OF rebellion to give my friends in Ire
| lanc, will not cover the country with Grape
f1 sut tbs bRo'fiE idsa o ung lnS this ne Country By
foreign revolutionists to hatch out plots in will
not be tolerated. American honor is higher than
party. and the party that thinks foreign votes @re
prosperity of our people will soon shrivel and ron
| up in the heat of public indignation"
You hint at Know Nothing paIty?"
| mo, that party was based on religious fanati-
cism, and that in country would kill any par
| ty; There was great mistake in forty Catholic
Lriests gathering with the clans at Philadelphia
| Religion is only respected when it keeps away
from public meetings, and inspires respect by It's
peaceful practices. Let 1t thrust Itself Into th9
was in Chicago, and felt that the churches open
ing warfare on Harrison aroused a sleeping ele-
ment OF opposition that woke up bright and early
| at the polls TO rebuke it."
| well. what party do you think will come out
bold enough to denounce this abuse ol our nag
| and country by foreign plOttersI'
| II say only this, that II the Democratic party
comes out for it, down tumbles the fabric iu font
| OF the Rrous ed sense of American naienaity:
and II the Republicans pandcr TO Il, 1t VIII iaii
liEe Caesar at Pompey's pillar, hacked to pieces"
| You do not, then, believe the present move
| ment in ireland will succeed
1t Will succeed in filling lalls and Dulldlng seal
folds, and turning bacE irish prosperity ior &
| quarter OF century. Poor Ireland! How of.en
| has she been the victim OF unwise counseis! No
country could sustain Itself on the theory Of de
| stroyiug landed proprietorship To pay no rent IS
principle OF plunder like outlaws on tsain re
| iusing to pay fare. If we want honesty mere we
must not foster dishonesty nbrsad- An Irish land
| owner in Belfast or Dublin has just as much
| night TO hs rent as ths landlord in New YORK
| or San Francisco. aud the contrary doctrine
| will some day convulso this country. We may
play with the lion before his teeth are grown, Dut
i when we SOW dragons teeth we may look for a
cause in the end 1t will destroy all the ntegrities
Of contract RELATIONS aud the result IN areianI n VII
by eternal principles of justice When the rule is
reversed the country Will totter to its rum. The
| agitatiOns in Ireland that have swept over and
| over her during the last thirty years have only
| been like many waves of fire, that left black
| ened rooftrees in their track"
But is not the eviction of tenants harsh and op-
pressiVe7'
AN processes of law to enforce rights are harsh.
| The sheriff does not come with glogea hand to
levy on property to pay debts and the voice OF the
| auctioneer who sells the homestead under mort
gage is never musical But it is just bad here as
| in Ireland. recollect seeing in the Chicago
| Tribune one morning that its chief, Mr.. Medill,
| had been elected vice-president ol the Land
1 League and the next morning the columns OF the
| same paper shO5ed where poor woman and heI
| children were evicted into the streets. The poor
| Irish woman in New York or Chicago feels the
hand of the law just as harsh does the widow oil
| Balia. hope after thIs unfortunate sequel to
fenisnism has been ended, that we will have a
| reign Of property and peace in Ireland and the
arts of industry may add to the glory of the coun
i try Ireland has been kept poor by political sgi
tations that have scared off capital and leaves to
day the Shannon to roll to the sea without moving
| mill-wheel or waiting sail. God send ireland
peace, not war; prosperity, not desolauon!'