Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1884-08-14
FRIENDS OF IRELAND.
AN immrSsE a,ruKRIsu IN ursroN
Al,xandtr suliiVans urest Address TO the
NsiIonsl Lesgue--Messrs. seNton ana
Redmond Ehpress Tntit Vows

prominent gentlemen present are Rev. Il.
| 4. CrOuiu, Of Buffalo James Mooney, eN.
president OF the Land League John j
| Hines, national secretary Hon. James
IIaggcrty, Of New York DIR. William II. |
Wallace, Of New York John Davoy,
Judge John Rooney, Of New York Hon.
Z. 4. Collins, of Massachusetts, Rev. I. |
J. Connolly, Of Worcester Rev. l.. V. Nc
keuua, of hudson, Massachusetts DIR,
William II. Cole of Baltimore Rsv, VI.
g. Bronuau. of Baltimore Rov. VI. V.
Cannon, of Iowa Rev. DR.. Charles Riley,
Of Detroit. national treasurer Ut the
League L. +. McGrath, OF Biugbamtur,
New York William Connolly. superiuten
dent of Castle Garden. New York ; Mrs.
u. L. :, Parnel mother of Charles
Stewart parnell. and Mrs. Alexander
sullivan lyman, whois known as I" Mum
, bor Que :" Thomas Sexton, member Of
Parliament for Sligo, and William +.
RcdnOud, mcmber Of Parliament for WeX
iOrd.
: At 1880 o'clock on Tuesday when
Hon. Alexander sullivan entered the
hail. leaning upon the arm OF John
Boyle O'Reiliy, his appearance WAS
the signal for prolonged and enthusiastic
cheering, which was repeated when the
chairman shortly afterwards took his
place upon the platform. Hats and hand
kerChiefs were waved and the delegates
rose to their feet Ia their enthusiasm
When quiet WAS restored Mr. sullivan ad-
yanced To the speakers table and called
the convention 10 order.
Alexander SuIIlvsu's stirrI1g Addre.s.
Gentlemen Cf the COHcsHtiOn , In the
name and by the authority of the Irish Ma
tional Lo tEuo of America we meet to fulfill
the requirements OF its constitution to
convey 10 our kindred tho message of our
steadtaSt devotion, and TO receive the en-
, bassadUTs whom they have commissioned
to 6cquain: us with the progress
of their struggle for self govern
e ment. The memorable Philadelphia
e convention organized the Irish Ma
tional League of America. 1t is the
. auxiliary of the National League Of Ire
. land the heir of all the hopes, and tho
guardian of more than the aims of that
a great social revolt which lifted the Irish
o farmer from the earth TO his feet, aud cast
n the English system of iaudlordism 10 Ire
land on its face on the earth. The Llnd Lea
que was born IN an hour OF woe, when the
= spectre OF famine appeared, summoned,
IS not by the breath of God witherng the
Y baryests, but by the English government.
r With armies and fleets, with prisons aud
scafiolds aud felon ships, with coercion acts
y aud cOnstahulaTy, IL enabled the landlord
To withhold. until purchased by foreign
charity, the food the people had produced
by their own labor out of their own sOil.
u Humane, nay. humble as was the first
= objects of the Land League, it WAS sup
pressed by force because the EnGl sh gov
, ernment feared that from the brow of its
humanity would spring the spirit OF
liberty. The Irish National League,
!. whose distinct and ayowed purpose is the
IS establishment of the sovereignty of the
Irish people in Ireland, is the embodiment
4. of that spirit of liberty. 1t cannot bC
y suppressed. for its spirit is immortal. /
IL is beyond the scope of Coercion acts, 70.
its life Is as endless as the life OF a race
The shamrock on it's bauuer, tear. .hede wc,
IN its native bed, IL the symbol of To
!, glorious uni N Of that race ia three HON q
, separated by thu seas thai divide CJlti
rents, united by the determination Of
race to achieve tho independcrCe OF {
nation.
Iri,h ahd = IN i lean IItcrS.ts Identical
re |; is Low apparent to Thoughtful men ul
10 both sides OF the sea that the interests q
"a the American republic are identical WIKI
the interests of Ireland. Every year tha
witnesses the denial o! self govern meut to
Ireland is year of taxation upon a CJu'
IL siderable portion Of the American peJpl
u for the support Of the English crown il
/ lItlduu, Inc 'lIhlu OF UlOueS rom n
- tOilers of tho Uni ed States to aid thei
kindred III Ireland will continue uutil tn
government which they detest, and whc
keeps them poor and dependent is expelled
- In whatever measure We enlist the sympa
rr thy aud tho lrilGeuoe of the hmerc!l
ut republic in behalf Of the people of ireland
,n We reEder service to the republic II ha
been the practice of the English govern
ment for more than generation to dIty
- vast numbers OF the Irish people off sma
~ agricultural holdings into foul au
Id vicious dens called pOoThouseS BC
a ing thus reduced to poverty, thci
es children robbed OF an opportunity to &c
:, Quire bread-getting skill, they have bee
forced into the pits OF OCEAN vessels, au
w. cast ponnilosS upon the crowded cities c
Dn our seaboard. Here they have bec0m
unwilling but helpless charges upon OU
communities, or, by their blameless lac
of skill, and their creditable energy
seeking employment, they have force
wages down along the lines where wage
are lowest. la directing the attention {
our government to this violation OF inter
national rights we discharged a duty /
the American taxpayer and wage worker
while wo fastened the attention of th
We world upon a long lived English lie
namely, that Ireland is over popu lated
for We showed that only 3 100000 acre
is- out of 20. 900, 900 OF her soil are under Til
de lage, and that if permitted TO govern he
N, self, Ireland is capable of supporting tiV
- times her population.
u An Historic city.
nS We meet in the historic city of I'll
'e- repu bile, hallowed by the earliest struggle
he of tho American people against the fo
no whom Ireland shall yet win to terms
Il, peace, struggles in which our race wa
oN valiant in arms and discreet in council
'nn We meet in the hall over which the genir
ny of Liberty presides whose walls hay
ed resounded to the inspired words of hii
of who stands to all lands aud all races an
all agos as the ideal of American ctizeI
H. ship-tho lover of Emmett the friend
o Connell-Wendell Phillips. The pruudoi
10 name to which we aspire wo accept as h
he realized it with its highest aud fullel
he significance, with all its responsibitit
of aud all its duties-the name of America
yo citizen. To enuoble 1t by our character q
a race aud by our conduct as Individual
OF is the resolve of every man who is de
co termueG to aid his countrymen in I'll
es achievement of national self goyernmer
n. for Ireland"
"a Tho enthusiasm during the deliver
~ of the ohairman's address was III
no bounded and frequently the delegate
by stood upon their chairs waving their ha'