The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-15

| have found that, as a rule the feduc-
tions made in the rents Of Irish tenants
have not been such as to materially
| alter their condition The sense of securities in
their farms, so long as they pay their rent, may
| certainly count for something; but the short ex-
perience we have had of the land act has con
vlnced us that the final point cannot long be
! postponed, and that point will be upon what
terms the land shall be transferred to the ten
ants by the holders. Why is iti cannot be long
| postponedf Because the landlords have been
| driven to the wall. The land of Ireland is mort
/ gagged to the tune of 5000, ,000, ,0O0 The Jews are
coming down upon the embarrassed landlords
| The moment for the final descent of the Jews
cannot be long delayed, and when the movement
/ comes 1T will be for the people to CON
/ slider, and for. us to arrange upon
1 what fair terms, in the language
OF the original programme of the league. the
| land shall be transferred from the men who have
tyrannlzed over the people to the who till the
1 soil We are approaching the verge of settle
| ment which will free the tenant from the will Of
the landlord which will make him supreme over
the fruits of his own industry: which viii develop
market for honest labor on the soil of Ireland
and which will produce such measure of popular
comfort and social independence as will render
the will of the people irresistible and willrender
| It impossible for any government longer to de-
lay or defeat our claim for national inde-
pendence.
What is the condition Of the league in 1reland7
believe Mr. Parnell was asked a short time
ago. if there was need for help for the league in
Ireland. believe he answered that the aid Of
kith and kin in America had been so generous
that he did not at that moment feel the necessity
of any further demands | am here to say there
are two needs which must be satisfied in the
Irish struggle. The league has still upon its
hands, in ireland, men who suffered eviction be-
cause OF their devotion to the principles and
interests of the people At the present
moment the total income of the league
from Ireland from E8 900 to fl0000l is spent
upon the support Of these evicted tenants We
think it of the first Importance not only morally
a matter prn icalI lo1i hal
these men who stood out from the body of their
fellows should be maintained until the power of
their opponents is broken down When the
final stage has arrived it Will be of tremendous
Importance if we have to invite the Irish neople
to take another forward step and take part in
another stern agitation 1t will be of tre-
menduous Importance to US to be able to point
out to them that, so far as our resources went,
we never deserted any man who proved himself
man. We who are charged by the people of
ireland with the conduct of their cause
rely on two agencies First, organization
OF the people by the league to secure and exer-
else the elective franchise: and, second, the Irish
parliamentary party in the House of Commons.
The Irish parliamentary party teaches all par
ties and ministries in the English House of Com
mons that at last they have to deal with body
of men honestly rejecting the heart of ireland,
who are not to be coaxed into timidity or in
action. A few years ago the Wing and Tory
parties, after beating US, were able to fight
among themselves. Now they have to com
bine, and where they combine altogether we
are able to beat them out of the field. We
killed the Wing party in the town of Wexford
OF the English parties in Ireland one has ceased
to breathe the breath of life and the other has
the death rattle in its throat The next election
will not be between the Orangemen and Nation
alists-it viii be between Ireland and England.
Gentlemen, have told you that the gold of
London, the Golfers of the Carlton and Reform
clubs will be used in support of the high-bred
candidates against us. We shall be encountered
hE these men in the hope that they may
NM and ovho ht4s~
is, therefore, of Importance that the Irish
men in America be sensible of the necessity of
aiding the Irish people in a material manner
first, to fight the battle of the general election
and second. for the short time during which we
shall have to continue this struggle to enable
the parliamentary party in London to be main
tanned in condition to indemnify those men
who are too poor to give their time to the serv-
ice of the country while debarred from making
an income of their own. If we are supported in
the pending elections, we are assured by the
hope that is incur hearts, and the certainty that
is IN our minds, that the resources of the En-
gllsh civilization for Irish misfortune are now
exhausted, and we have placed in the House of
Commons party strong enough to defend
an Irish popular organization against intimida-
tion When we have there body of seventy or
seventy five men strong, to clog the wheels of
English policy and English rule of ireland,
landlordisms Engi sh rule will have reached
their last ditch and will fall, more to rise
United States Senator jones' of Florida was
presented to the convention amid great enthusi
asn He said he had not expected to make an
address when he came to the hall, but had never
yet been found in position where he could not
say word for Ireland, his native land The
Senator then recounted the experience of his
visit to England and ireland. In conclusion he
assured the National League of his entire sym
pathy, as a native OF Ireland, in the cause of
Ireland, its freedom and its ultimate emancipa-
ton from English misgoyernment
William E. Redmond member Of Parliament
in the course of his address said: IF there was
any feeling Of regret he might feel on returning.
it was that he knew he was returning to land
where slavery in its worst form existed--the
slavery Of Irishmen to English masters. If there
was any qualification in returning, it was in the
fact that he could report to his conntrymen that
the 1rishmenin in America are ready to support
those who were fighting their battles in Par
lament, as if they were fighting in arms on
Irelands own green fields The Irish party,
he said, was only lodging in England
and that the Irish party had in unlnistaka-
BILE tones, given the British government notice to
quit He said that if the Irish party supported
he could promise that the Irish party would
within year, have a representationof seventy
votes in the Commons, and under the leadership
of Parnell this party would compelthe British to
give Ireland the first installment of her demands,
and those demands were that ireland should be
ruled in Ireland, according to Irish ideas. In
conclusion, he assured his auditors that the
struggle for the Irish would never be given up,
and that the contest had now reached point
where success for ireland was certain
Alexander Sullivan then took the platform,
and the audience, already moved to a vast de-
gree Of enthusiasm, went wild with excitement
Sullivan said it was understood that ST. Patrick
had driven all the reptiles from Ireland but
creatures had been discovered in Ireland which
were not classified in nature. These creatures
had been born in the slime and creyices Of Dub
lin Castle. These creatures had been fought by
one who welded the pen of John Mitchell
with the grace of Thomas Davis. In considera-
ton of the exalted services Of Vim. o Brien, Mr..