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


BosToN, MASS, Aug. l3-Lust night
the delegates TO the c0nven ton
of the Irish national league held a &C.
cret meeting until after midnight,
The principal business was defining
the policy which shall govern the pro-
ceedings OF the convention to-day. The
delegates We're nearly unanimously in
favor of prohibiting the discussion in
any form of American politics. II was
decided to recomIn,n nd Judge Mooney
of Buffalo as temporary chairman,
The Iowa state league sent $1,000 to
sullivan for the parliamentary fund
Seven hundred delegates are in town
OPENING OF THE CONVENTION.
BosrON, MASS, Aug, l3--Faneuil
hall was illlni ~ noon with 500 dele
yates Ia the l,isn National League
convention ana their fIi .nds. Many
ladies ot th w,man's branch of the
league were present, and also many
priests. The hull Ia iiuely decorated.
ANON, the distinguished gentlemen
present are Rev +. Cronin, Buffalo;
JAMES Mooney, ex-president of the
land league; Jnnn Hines, national
secr,tMN: I'm Dewey, Judge John
Rooney. Pat Coils, DR.. William L.
Cole a,d Rev NJ &. KEENAN, of Bslti-
more; Rev. NJ V. Cannon of
Iowa; Rev Dr. Charles Reil-
~ Of Detroit, national treasurer
of the league; Mira Parnell, mother of
Chas Stewart Parnell; Mis-. Alexan-
der Sullivan;Tyner, who is known rs
"No, IL Thomas Seaton and Wm. II.
Redmond
Hon Alex Sullivan entered the
OReilly. He was received with en-
called the convention to order and his
remarks were frequently interrupted
10y applause,
suLLIvAN'U SPEECH.
The following il Sullivan's speech
Gentlemen OF the Convention:
In the nam" and 10y the authority of
the Irish national league of America,
We meet to fultlll the requirements OF
Us constitutions; To convey to our kin
dred the message of our stead fast de-
votion; aud To receive the ambassadors
whom they have commisso ned To ac-
quaint Us with the progress OF
heir struggles for self government.
The memorable Philadelphia conven-
tion organized the Irish national
league Of America. II L. 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 fine Irish farmer from the
earth 20 his feet, and cast the English
system OF landlordism In Ireland ON
Its face ON the earth. The land league
was born In AN hour of woe, when The
epecter of Famine appeared, sum
moncd, not by the breath of God
whitening the harvests, hut by the
English government. With armies
ana fleets, with prisons and scafiolds
and felon ships, with coercion acts and
oonsiabulary, IL enabled the andlora to
withhold, until purchased by foreign
charity. the fool the people had pro
duced BY their own labor out Of their
own soll. Humane, nay. humble ms
was the FIRST object III the land league
II was suppressed by force because the
English government feared that from
the brow Of It's humanity would snrIng
the spirit OF liberty. The Insb
national league, whose distinct and
hvoweu purpose Is the establish.
ment OF the sovereignty Of Tue
irish people In Ireland, Is the emboii.
ment OF that spirit of liberty. II can.
nov os suppressed, for It's spirit is i'm.
mortal, II Is beyond the hope of coer.
eion acts, for Its life lsas endless as the
iiie OF a race, The shamrock, on lis
banner, tear-bedewed In It's native bed.
Is the symbol OF the glorious union OF