The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-28

| No man 5 house Is secure, night or dav
nom armed marsuders, who may insult
and harrass his family. A citizen may b,
thrown into prison without counsel: NAV
be put on moek-trial before prejudicet
Juuse and packed Jury, on the living ayow
ments OF purchased wretches; his liberty
may be sacrificed, or his life taken in The
name of the law.
Thlrd-lnstead of protecting the prop.
erty OF the people, the English government
IN Ireland has been conspicuous for its In.
Jury and ruin. Out Of 100000 acres ol
producing land, 6,0v0, 600 have been allowed
10 lie IN waste. The ownership of the re,
malnder has generally been acquired by
iorce or fraud and been retained IN the
hands OF rayenous monoplsts, who annu.
any drained the country of Its money in the
iorm OF rents, no portion of which has been
gwen back to the Irish people. In addition
70 this an inquisition system oftaxaiion has
oeen imposed on the people, u burden for
,he sustenanoe OF a foreign army, for an op.
pressive constability, for the salary of su.
pernumerary officials aud policemen, for
pensions To English iavorites, for blood,
money, for iniormers and for vulgar
court, whose extravaganza IS eQualled only
ny the shame OF its pretentions.
Ihe naturally created capital OF the com.
Try is sent 10 England ON one pretext or
another, and brings no exchange except
that articles of English manufacture that
which the Irish people under self govern.
ment would produce for themselves or pur.
chase IN America. Irish manufactures.
deliberately destroyed by England in the
last century, are still dormant. Her inn
mense water power turns no wheels, her
canals are all but impossible, her rivers are
onstfucted, her useful clay and valuable
minerals nnfnnnhal Ia, A.
M harbors are few ships except
those OF her enemy. English law for the
protection of property In Ireland has been
lance to make Ireland bleed at every pore
Tor the benefit OF heartless landlords and
English manufacturers,
Fourth-The English government In Ire
iauu mas not maintained peace and order.
put has for several hundred years broken
her peace and destroyed her order,
fiith-The English government in Ire.
lanu does not allow that portion of the EN-.
pre- an equitable and efficient voice In tho
Legislature. England, one-twelfth of the
population votes Tor members of parlia.
ineht ireland, one twenty of the pop.
uia,loh votes ior members of parliament.
IN England the registration laws are favor.
able to voters; in Ireland, they are enimi.
cal to the voter. In England all classes are
iairiy repres, ntcd; in Ireland, the poor law
IS employed to secure to landlords and
place hunters preponderance in the ma
tiohai legislature. In England
the Judiciary is independent OF
the executive and sympatbizes
win the people, in Ireland, the judiciary
IS creature and part of the executive, and
lsappointed exclusively from enemies OF
the people. In England the msgistracy ia
chosen without regard to creed; in Ireland,
y per cent. OF the magistrates having ia.
rlsdiction over the peoples liberty, are 5e-
lected from creed rejected by 1s per cent.
oil the people, and the detestable spirit OF
relslous 0lgotry Is thus legalized and per.
petuated. In England laws creating civil
disability on account of religion have lone
been dead In Ireland the laws made upder
Edward Ill, Queen Elizabeth, the Ear OF
Slratiord, Charles l., Queen Anne and their
successors, are still vital to torment the
people Tor whose oppression the statute is
found too hoary by venal and truculent
judges.
Every measure of legislation proposed by
an English member receives conrteons con.
sideratlon measure Just as necessary or
humane, proposed by patriotic irish
member, is sure OF contemptous rejection
by the combined majority OF both the q eat
English parties. Thasthe educatona sys.
TEN OF Ireland is notoriousy inadeoua,e
mus IL IL that evictions, unknown In
rngianu, anu declared by Gladstone to be
almost equivalent to the death sentence
are of daily occurrence In Ireland, and nave
nearly doubled in five years, in spite OF ihr
boosted benefit OF Gladstone's land laws
Ihus 1t Is, although according TO the gov.
erninent returns criminals are q in 10000 of
| English population and only l6 in 10000 oi
irish population, in spite of the exaspera.
tlon TO which they have been subjected
England enjoys constitutional liberty. and
Ireland is under worse than martial law
The intrepid ami persistent attempts of the
patriotic Irish deputation TO obtain in the
Englsh parliament Just and humane laws
Tor Ireland, have always been and ever. i'm
our peua'i, must continue TO be, failures.
Now, therefore, in view of these facts, be il
hesoiVeu, by the IRISH American people
IN convention assembled, That the English
government In Ireland, originating in nsnr,
patton and perpetuated by force. bovin,
tailed to discharge any of the duties of the
government, and never having acquired
the consent OF the governed, has no moral
right TO exist in Ireland and that il is the
duty OF the Irish race throughout the
world to sustain the Irish people.in The
employment of all legitimate means To sub.
stltnte for 1t national sefgoyernment.
Resolved, That we pledge our unouali-
lied and constant support, moral and mate.
rial, to our countrymen In Ireland in their
efforts TO recover national sell government.
and IN order TO more cilectually ptomote
this object by the consolidation of all
resources and the creation OF one responsible
and authoritative body to speak for the great
Ireland III America, that all societies repre.
sented in this convention and all TINT NAV
hp hnrnnttpr nj ~ With , l,, l..G
admission, he organized into the irish Ma.
tional league of America for the purpose
OF supporting the Irish National league of
Ireland, OF which Charles Stewart Parnell
is president.
Resolved, That we heartily endorse the
noble sentiments OF Bishop Butler, of Lin.
erick, that every stroke of Forsters savage
lash was Tor lrishmen new proof of Par.
nell's worth and an additional title for him
to the confidence and gratitude of his
countrymen.
Resolved, We heartily sympathize with
the laborers OF Ireland in their efforts 70
Improve their condition, as we have sus-
tanned the farmers In their assaults upon
he landlord garrison, we now urge upon
farmers Justice and humane consideration
for laborers in their work, for the employ.
ment OF which, an Irish member was i'm.
prisoned. We demand that farmers allow
luborers "a fair days wages tor fair day. $
work "
Resolved, That the manufacturers of
Great Britain are the chiei source of her
material greatness, already declining under
the influence OF American competition. we
earnestly counsel our couDtrymen In Ire.
land to buy nothingin England which they
can produce in ireland or procure from
America or France and we pledge our.
selves to promote Irish manufacturers by
encouraging their import into America.
and to use our utmost endeavors by plain
statement OF fact and discrimination In
patronage to pursuade American tradesmen
,rom keeping English goods on sal.
Resolved, That an English ministry, os-
tentatiously liberal, has earned the con
tempt and detestatlon OF fair-minded men
throughout the world, by imprsoning
more than 900 of Irish people without
accusation or trial a number OF whom were
noble-hearted women, engaged in works of
mercy among the evlcted victims of the
landlords rapacity and English law.
Resolved, That this convention thank the
Rev. John Jolan, bishop of ST. Paul: fight
Rev, John O'COnnOr bishop Df Omaha.