Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-08-14

that race in three homes, separated by
the seas that divide continents, united
by the determination of race 10
achieve the Independence OF a natloh'
As the land league accomplished the
relief of class, the national league
represents the aspirations ana the re-
solve of an entire people AS the
farmers have been the chief beneficia-
ries of the struggles and sacrifices thus
far made, the Irish people throughout
the world, who participate in the
struggles and share the sacrifices, adj
monish the farmers that they owe
duty to their country In an earnest
support of the aims of the national
league. We warn them that until
the chief object of the national
league is achieved-national self-gov.
ernment-their own position Is still
unsafe. The national league aims not
merely at u reduction of rents; not
merely at change from idle propri-
etors to working propiie,ors, but at
the creation of complete national life
and the development of al! the diversi-
fled industries which render n people
self-Sustaining aud prosperous. The
farmers are rightly admonished that
If they fail to extend to the lahorers the
fraternal aid they have themselves re-
celved; ifShey fail to encourage Irish
products 20 the exclusion OF E1gliah
goods; IL obey hesitate TO invest in do
mestic Industries. they will be m1re
odi0ut III the sight OF God and man
than Mllandlords from whose clutch
they lEEe Teen released. We do not
desire in ireland the substitution of
petty seltishness for gigantic robbery
The ingratitude of the farmer Will be
more despicable and more dangerous
than the tyranny of the landlords, be.
cause that lng.atitude will be treason
To "a nation. The economic and civil
life of people can be developed
only by u sincere, noble and
etlectual cohesion Of all classes for the
common welfare.
The work Of the league IN the
United States has been directed first
to sending aid to the treasury in Ire
land, whose moderate requirements,
Ia the absence of any emergency, have
been fairly met, ana t. the enlighten-
ment and sollditicatiou of American
opinion While force is still able 10
prolong despotism, justice is not de-
pendent on arms alone. Ireland, una
bic to cope with the empire that de-
MES her u constitution and psrlia-
ment, appeals from the bayo-
net Of her invader to the conscience
and the mind of mankind, aud asks
whether her demands are not just, and
whether her patience, her morality and
her perseverance have not been sui
lime. The American mind is essen.
TALLY practical, and during the past
year We have endeavored to make II
acquainted with the practical aspects
Of English misrule in lr, land. We
have asked our American country.
men to contemplate the impoverish
ing taxation, the crushed manufac
lures, the restricted education, tn,
diminished agriculture the compul
sorry emigration of the people of Ire
land. We have asked the
American conscience TO scIutn
ize the corrupt and infa
nous judicial system grimly main
tanned there for the torture and slaugh
ter of thepeople. We,haveasked Amer
lean freemen to contemplate the sup
preston of free speech, the intlmida
ton of the press, and the extinction OF
personal libe rly under an administra
ton n0minally constitutional, actual,
u barbarous despotism. The results o
our labor are apparent In the sympa
thetic unanimity with which iii,
American press sustain the struggle OF
our countr .jmen at home, aud In tn,
universal expression of the public opin
ion of the republic. Nor are these re
suits more frankly recognized
than by the press Of England
which no longer affects to underrat,
the intelligence or the resources of tn,
Irish race throughout the world, or /,
dfspise Its determination, or to be In
different to the menacing bitterness o
its memory.
IL Is now apparent TO thoughtful
men on both sides of the sea that III,
interests OF the American republic ar,
Identical with the interests of ireland
Every year that witnesses the denia
OF self.government for Ireland Is ,
year OF taxation upon a considerabl,
portion OF the American peopl,
for the support OF the English
crown in Ireland. The drain OF
money from the toilers OF the
United States TO aid their kindred In
Ireland will continue until the govern
ment which they detest, and which
keeps them poor and dependent, is ex
PEELED, In whatever measure we en-.
list the sympathy and the influence OF
the American republic in behalf OF the
people Of Ireland, We render u service
TO the republic, IL has been the prac.
lice OF The English government for
more than generation 10 drive vast
numbers OF the Irish people Off small
agricultural holdings into foul aud
vicious dens called poorhouses. Be.
lug. thus reduced to poverty.
their children robbed OF an opportl-
nifty to acquire bread getting skill,
they have been forced into the pits OF
ocean vessels, aud cast penniless unon