The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-08-14
IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE.
The National League Convention In
Session at Boston.
ALEX. SULLlvAN'S ADDRESS
Thomas Sexton Represents Parnell-Ex-
presses sHimselr-William Redmond
Shamrock Banner-Davitt
Not Ostracised, Etc.

Boston, Aug. 13.-Faneuil hall was
filled at noon with 500 delegates of the
Irish National League convention and
friends. Many ladies of the Woman's
Branch League We're present. Also
many priests. The hall is finely deco
rated.
Among the distinguished gentlemen
present are: Rev. p. Cronin, of Buffalo;
James Mooney, eX-President of the
Land League; John j. Hines, National
Secretary; John Dewey, Judge John
Rooney p. A. Collins, Dr. VIM. b. Cole
and Rev. NJ. G. Kennan, of Baltimore;
Rev. NJ. V. Cannon, of Iowa; Rev. DR..
Chas. Riley, of Detroit, National Treas
urer Of the League; Mrs. Parnell, mo-
ther of Charles Stewart Parnell, and
Mrs. Alexander Sullivan, Tyner, VINO is
known as "No. In Thomas Sexton and
VIM. Il. Redmond.
Hon. Alexander Sullivan entered the
hall leaning on the arm of John Boyle
O'Reilly, and was received with enthu-
siastic cheering. Mr.. Sullivan called
the convention 10 order, and his re-
marks were frequently interrupted by
applause.
The following is the address Of the
| President of the Irish National League,
MIR. ALEXANDER SULLIVAN:
| GENTLEMEN OF THE CONVENTION
| In the name and by the authority of the
Irish National League of America, we
meet to fulfill the requirements of its
! Constitution; to convey to our kindred
the message of our steadfast devotion /;
and to receive the ambassadors whom
they have commissioned to acquaint us
with the progress of their struggle for
self-government. The memorable Phil
| o1alnbiu Convention ny a 1iynI tba Iri. Ia
National League of America. 1t is the
auxiliary of the Irish National League
of Ireland, the heir of all the hopes and
the guardian of more than the aims OF
that great social revolt which lifted the
Irish farmer from the earth to his feet,
and cast the English system of land
lordism in Ireland on its face on the
earth. The Land League was born in an
hour of woe, when the spectre of Fam
inc appeared summoned not by the
breath of God withering the harvests
but by the English Government.
WITH ARMIES AND FLEETS,
with prisons and scatlolds and felou
ships, with coercion acts and constabu.
larry, it enabled the landlord to with.
hold, until purchased by foreign charity
the food the people had produced by
their own labor out of their own soil
Ilulllhllt, nay, llulilblc hS was llt HTS
object of the Land League, it was sup
pressed by force because the Englist
government feared that from the brow
Of its humanity would spring the spiri
of liberty. The Irish National League
whose distinct and avowed purpose il
the establishment of the sovereignty o
the Irish people in Ireland, is the EN-
bodiment of that spirit of liberty.
cannot be suppressed, for its spirit Il
immortal. 1t is beyond the scope o
coercion acts, for its life is as endless a
the life of race.
THE SHAMROCK pF ITS BANNER,
tear -bedewed In its aative bed, Is tn
symbol of the glorious union of that rae
in three homes, separated by the sea
that divide continents, united by the dc
termination ofa race to achieve the indie
pendence Of nation.
AS the Land League accomplished tn
relief of class, the National League
represents the aspirations and the re
solve of an entire people. AS the farm
ers have been the chief b0nefciaries O
the struggles and Sacrifices thus fa
made, the Irish people throughout tn
world, who participate in the
STRUGGLES AND SHARE THE sACRIFIC Es
admonish the farmers that they owe
duty to their country In an earnest SUP
port of tho aims of the National League
We warn them that until the chief oh
iect of the National League is achieves
national self-govcrnment-thoir owl
position is still unsafe. The Nationa
League aims not merely ut n reduction
: of rents; not mero'y at change iron
idle proprietors to working proprietor,
but at the creation OF complete nationu
life and the development of all the III
versiiied industries which render
people
sELF-svsTAINING AND PROSPEROUS.
The farmers are rightly admonishC
that if they fail to extend TO the laborei
the fraternal aid they have themselvc
received; if they fall to encourage Iris
products to the exclusion of Euglis
goods; If they hesitate to invest in d,
nestle industries, they will be MOI
odious In the sight Of God and man tina
the landlords from whose clutch the
have been released. We do not deSiT
in Ireland the substitution of petty sol
shneSs for gigantic robbery. The IL
gratitude Of the farmer will be NOR
despicable and more dangerous than Oh
tyranny of the landlords, because tn,
INGRArIrUDE WILL BE TREASON 10
NATION.
Tho economic and civil life of pGopl
, can be developed only by "a sincere, II,
BILE and ellcctual cohesion of all classo
, for the common welfare.
Tho work of the League In the Unite
/, States has been directed first to sendin
/ aid 20 the treasury In ireland, who's
/. moderate requirements, in the absenc
of any emergency, have been fairly me
and to the 'ghtcnmont and s0liditica
,ion OF American opinion. While fore
. is still able TO prolong deSpotism, iustiC
Is not dependent ON arms alone.
y IRELAND UNABLE To core WITH TIL
{ EMP RE
that denies her constitution and parli,
mcnt, appeals from the bayonot Of hG
invader to the conscience and the min
, OF mankind, and asks whether her d,
q mands are not Just, and whether he
patience, her morality and her persevel
Huce have not been sublime. Th
American mind is essentially practica
and during the past wear we have eI
deav0red To make II acquainted with I'll
practical aspects of English misrule |
Ireland. We have asked our America
countrymen to contemplate the in
, poverishing taxation,
I TliE CRu, HtD MANUFACTURES,