The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21

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uu.u our communities, orr Dos ihuii
hIum.Iu4s ltrt of skin, aud their credit
uhlu energy iu seeking employment
thuy have forced wages down along The
lines where wage, urc lowest, In al
roctng the attention of our Government
A., tu this violation NJ iuiornnlinnnl rights
~ discharged u duty tu the AmuTirni
taxpayer and wagc'wprkcr, while W.
! fastened the attention of the world upon
! a long lived English lie namely, that
IllIANp u OS rH-r. ~ ATEu,
1 for we showed that only 3,nl,On acres
] ont ~ 9l,uppI Of her soil are under Ill
. lngc, and that, II permitted To- govern
! horSclf, Ireland il capable of supporting
! live times her population.
OF the National convention OF each %
the great political parties we requested
and received u pledge that English land
| lOrdism, which IL nearly expelled IRON
| ireland, shall not be permitted Ia trans
fer its evil seeds to American soil, IL
adopting this peaceful method OF pre-
vcnliOn, rather than waiting until IN,
cure of force should bO required, va re-
! icctod the policy of Mr.. Gladstone, wht
could not Iiscstablish nm alien churci
until, according 10 his own avowal, OK
plosivcs had resOundcd in England
| and We have relied on agitation to eiicc
! public benefits, thus following the prih
riplcs Of
CHARLES STEWART rARSELL.
No man can doubt that If the hcrcd
! itary land monopolistS of Great Britinl
fastened themselves upon our free soil
the dny would inevitably come when tn,
sturdy settlers, with arms and ven
gcancc, would drive them oil ~ they
drove the red naraudcrs, whose natural
title was better than any that can bo ac
uuired by foreign aristOcratS from IA
tive land grabbers, whether individual ol
corporate. The Irish National League
will persist in cXuc'ing the fullilment o
these pledges, until the enactment o
National and State constitutional
amendments shall insure tho Rcpuhli,
against the rcopening of the Irish LAND
question upon American soil.
Fellow cOuntrymcn, the only creden
tails recognized on this floor arc the ere
dcntials of the Irish National League
ON yondcr threshold we
DaOp ED orr CHARACTER
rs members of American parties. Tho
only demand the Irish National League
makes in American politics is tho de-
mand for the elevation Of American 'it'
i2onship ut home md abroad. 1t makes
that demand of all parties, and il makes
it so dcierminedly that every party must
respect il. 1t makes that demand not IN
the name of the distant island whence
we sprang; it makes it in the name OF
the American Republic, of which we are
part. 1t makes it not for the man
of irish blood alone; but for every Amer
lean, native and adopted, whether Celi
or German, Scandinavian or Russian.
In mutual respect and fervont brother
hood ,maniully unconscious of those mat
ters wherein we rightfully differ rs
Americans, let our debates be so con
Quoted that
ALL PARTIES SHALL PEAR AND RESPECT
Us,
and that our highest title to their fear
shall be our deyo tion to the Republic and
our respect for ourselves.
We meet in the historic city Of the Re-
public, hallowed by the earliest strug-
gles of g American people against
the foe whom Ireland shall yet win to
to terms of peace-struggles in which
our race was valiant in arms and
discreet in council. We meet in the hail
over which the genius of Liberty pre-
sides; whose walls have resounded to
the inspired words of him who stands
to all lands and all races and all ages AS
the ideal of American citizcnship-the
lover of Emmett, the friend Of O'Connell,
Wendell Phillips.
THE PROCDEST NAME
TO which we aspire we accept As he real
ized it with its highest and fullest sig
nitcance, with all its responsibilities
and all its duties-the name eff Amcri-
can citizen. To cnnoble it by our char
acter as race, and by our conduct as in
dividuals, is the resolve OF every man
who is dcterm ned to aid his country
men in the the aoh evenent Of national
sClf-government Tor Ireland.
The enthusiasm during the delivery of
the Chairman's address was unboundcd.
Applause began in almost the first par
agraph of his address, and the speaker
was compelled several times to await
the subsistence of the tumult of enthusi-
assn before he could continue. When
the speaker referred to the work of the
National League in Ireland the conven-
ton rose enmasse and cheered, which
was repeated when the chairman ac-
cused the English Government of bring
ing famine upon Ireland. When the
speaker said: 'The shamrock on the
banner Of the Irish National League,
tear-bodowed in its native bed, is the
race in their homes, separated by seas
that divide continents, united by the de-
termination of race to achieve the in
dependence of IA Nation" The applause
was tremendous and long time before
quiet was restored. At other points in
the address the scene was repeated.
The Secretary read a call bv which the
Second National convention of the
League was assembled, after which
Chairman Sullivan announced by unan
imous vote of the National committee
the following gentlemen, recommended
temporary officers, and those elected
unanimously temporary: Chairmen, en-
President Of the National League, Jas.
Mooney, of Buffalo; Secretaries, Charles
MCLEAN, of Pennsylvania; NJ. J. Griffin,
iowa, and Thos j. Flatlcy, of Massachu-
sets.
Mr.. Mooney was greeted with
loud cheers as he took his place. He
then addressed the convention briefly,
after which the Committees on Creden-
tials, Consolidation of the Organization
and on Auditing accounts were appoint
ed. Recess.
Ladies approve OF your smoking Gilt
tic Joker"
Greedy Interviewed.