Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1883-05-05
IRELAND.

ICELAND.
TIE IRISH CONVENTION AT PHIL
a~e ADELPHrA.
Formation Of tile Iriah National League
Of America,
A1ExAnDER SULLIVAN. OF
CHICAGO, CHOSEN PREsI-
DENT OF THE Or
GANIzATIoN.
Rev. DIR. Charles o'ReiIly, Of De-
trolt, Elected Treasurer by
Acelamattop.
mai. Byrns made vice.Presldsnt
ana John J. Hynes
Secretary.
Full Text Of the. Platform Of the New
Lsague-N No Dynamite Visible.
THE PLATFORM. -
At $3.50 O'Clock the chairman of the. COM
mittee on resolutions submitted his report a.
follow: .ir. p"
The Irisb.American people, assembled in
tslligence and right reason Of their fellow.
men that the duty Of the government il 30
preserve the lives II the 60 erneai, to defend
their liberty, 10. protect their property, to
maintain peace and order. to allow each por.
tiUn Of the leopl. an equitable and EFT cent
voice In the legislature aud 10 promote the
general welfare by wise, Just aud humane
laws. We ,olenin1y declare add cite unques-
toned history and uni, ersaI knowledge Of
Ii. ing men in testimony the, cot.
ENGLAND .ARRAIGNED. s
First-That,he English hgoyernmsnt has ex-
listed in ireland, not 10 preserve the lives Of
the governed. but to destroy them; entire
communities are wantonly nassacred by the
sword; to xsyiums Of Terrified women it has
deliberately applied the blazing torch; into
helpless tIw ms it has discharged deadly
bombs aud shells ;thrOugh consecrated crypts,
where age and infancy sought shelter, it hss
sent ITS bloody butchers: sacred persons Of
venerable pric.ts It has stretched upon the
rack or suspended from the gibbet; pulling
baises have been impaled on the point VI fitsbay-
onets, because in their own words, its emissx-
rtes liked that go cram, Mt Its gold has been
fol ed in the baud OF the asss>sin, and has
rewarded the infamy " the perjured traitor.
Its treacherjus- -falseho6d has lured patriots
to un,uspected death. Asifthe sword, can
non, torch, scaffvld, dagger and lexplOsive
were not enough. 1t en- oys the unique infamy
Of being the only government known t. an
clene or modern times which has employed
famine for the destruction Of those from,
whom it claimed allegiance. Forcibiy rob
binx the Irish people Of tho fruits Of
their own soil produced by their own
labor, 1t has buried not hundred, not
thousand but more than million Of the Irish
hunger. It has mercilessly compelled other
millions In compulsory poverty to seek in
alien lands the bread they were entitled to in
their own. There is no form of cruelty known
hixhest civilization.- There il no device Of
Hendish ingenuity It has not adoptedto reduce
their numbers, and within two years 1t has
massacred children, and wOman's body has
bteiI the victim ofits licensed rufaans. There
Is no species Of destructive stock, however in
sidIous or ioleut, ancient or modern, rude or
scientific, whether directed against life or
matter. in any portion of the globe, for which
1t, barbdrities In Ireland have not furnished
an examble. There is no form Of retaliation
to which despair or madness may resort for
which English cruelty In Ireland is not ex-
clusiveiy responsible.
A FOE TO LBERfY. -
second-We declare the English govern
ment In Ireland has not defended the liberty
ofthe people, but has. snnihilated it. The
statutes enacted since the invasion amount to
. series of coercion laws, framed to deprive
citi i,ens Of I'LL vestiges Of personal freedom
and reduce them 10 outlawry in order 10
conf 'cate their property and compel them to
1ee to foreign lands. Since the beginning Of
the present century. when the Irish parlia-
ment was abolished, laws for Ireland had
been Made in England and during that period
had been suspended more than fifty tiine
Horles of soldiers had been loOsed upon u
people forbidden to bear arms, AMI = state of
war with all lis aten'lant horrors, with o.
sa.ii"na,ly :sa.i., phase Of retaliation had been
the people are III prison guiltle>s of crime.
tn freed IN of speech is abOlished, thefree-
dom OF tn: press abolished. Tae right of
peac..abe public meeting is annulled no
NJ ms hous. is SEIZURE, night or day.. from
armed .na.auders " no may i:,scll and haras>
his ftn;l-. wuhJut WARRANT IL citi en- may
be thrown into p ison without counsel he
may D.. pat OIL mock tri Il before IL preiu-
dtc''d I g AMI packed jury; OIL lying aver
innnt> Vi plr'na~rd wretches his Ii 'erty IN .,
be ii I'd ID, OF Ills f.; ak n III tie name Oi
III. ,aN.
PRO,PE .ITY AND TAXATION.
fhiri-insteui OF projecting the properly
OF tn people, the English government in
Ireland TIA. b:erl cousplru ,us for its injury
an ru II. Ou of O,0OO % acres Of produc-
ins and 3,00p.OOJ has b.ea allow. d to lie
Was th. ownership of the remaIn.ier
gen rally arq tired by force or fraud has b e.
retained III the hands Of the revenue mOnopo-
lists, who annually drained the country of it.
money IN the form OF rents, no portion of
which 'es back to the Iri.h people. In .d-
ditiun 10 this an iniquitous system of taxation
impo 'es on the people gigantic bu- den for
the III 'teilance Of a foreign army, for al np.
pre>sive coilstabulary, for salaries to super
nuinerary uta ials and placement for pensions
10 En- 'isl fa,Orite>, for. bio I'd money for in
formers. and tor vulgar court, whose ex-
travasaice is .qualed only by the shame of
its professions. The naturally created capi-
tai ot tile country Is sent TO England, on one
pr.text or an ,ther, and brings no exchange,
except article. OF English manufacture which
The Irish people under self government could
produces for themselves or purchase in Amer
lea. Iae Irish manuf ctOries. deliberately
destroyed by England i'll the last century, are
still d 'rmant. Her immense water-power
turnt no wheel>; her canals are ail bat i'm
passable; her rNers are obstructed; her USE
iui clay and valuable miner Is are untouched.
In her beautiful harboTs are few ships except
tn 'se VI her enemy. English law for protec.
tion Of property IN Ireland has been u lance
to make Ireland bleed at every pore for the
benefit Of the heartless landlord and English
NO PEACE.
Fourth-The English government In Ire
land has not maintained peace and order, but
has for some hundred years broken her peace
and destroyed her order.
NO VOICE IN LEGISLATION.
Fifth-The English government in ireland
does not allow that portion of the empire an
equitable and efficient voice in the lesislsture.
In England on-twelfth Of the p6pulltion vote
for members Of parliament; In ireland one.
twenty-ffth Of the population yats fbn mem
s6srs Of parliament. In England registration
lsws are favorable 70 The Ysss9i Il 1sslaad