The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-08-21
IRISH NATIONAL LGiGCG,
sr' sniionnl Irapuc Convention IN
session vi Host ~.
ALIEN sULLlvANs ADDRESS
s...n. session Rrpr'-rnt. rnuril w
presses Himself william Redmond
Shamrock Hammer Davitt
Not Ostrncisod, Etc,

Irish National League 'onNonllph h'li
friends, Many ladies ~ the woman
Branch League were pru~out Alsu
seny priests. The hall is timely deco
rated,
Among the distinguished gentlemen
sfesent are: Rev. Il. Cronin, of Builaloi
James Mooney, oS-prcsident of the
Land League; John j, Hines, National
Secretary; John Dewey, Judge John
Rooney, L. \, Collins, Dr. Wm Il. Cole
and Row, NJ. &. KEENAN,, OF baltimore
Rev. u, ', Cannon, of Iowa; Key, Dr.
phss, Riley, Of Detroit, National Treas
srer OF the League; Mrs. Parnell, mo-
ther Of Charles Stewart Parnell, and
Mrs. Alexander sullivan, Tynor, who Is
known rs "No, Il" Thomas Sexton and
WIN, T.. Redmond,
Hon. Alexander sullivan on,crCd the
hall leaning on the arm OF John Boyle
e'Roilly. and was received with enthu-
.iastic cheering. Mr.. sullivan called
tho convention 10 order, and his re-
sharks were frequently interrupted by
Rnplausei ,,.,,,.
President of the Irish National League,
MR.. ALEXANDER SULLIVAN:
GENTLEMEN OF TIE CONVENTION
In The name and by the authority of the
Irish National League of America, We
meet TO fulfill the requirements of its
Constitution; To convey IL our kindred
HNt llltsNAsf bl our NNth'llsANA 'l'N'Al'll
and 10 receive the ambassadors whom
they have commissioned To acquaint Ms
with the progress of their struggle for
peli-government. Tho memorable Phil
,ielphia Convention orr anized the Irish
National League of America. IL Is the
auxiliary of the Irish National League
Of Ireland, the heir of all the hopes and
the guardian of more than the aims Of
thnt great social revolt which lifted the
irish farmer from the earth TO his feet,
and cast the English system of land
lordism I'm Ireland on its face on the
earth. The Land League was born in an
hour of woe, when tho spectre of Fam
inc appeared, summoned not by the
breath Of God whitening the harvests,
but by the English Government.
WITH ARMIES AND FLEETS,
with prisons and scaiiolds and felon
shipS, with coercion acts and constabu-
larry, il enabled the landlord to with
hold, until purchased by foreign charity,
TIC food the people had produced by
their own labor out of their own soil.
humane, nay, humble NJ was the first
object Of the Land League, it was sup
dressed by force because tho English
government feared that from the brow
Of its humanity would spring the spirit
% liberty. The Irish National League,
whose distinct and avowed purpose is
vbe establishment of the sovereignty Of
bodiment of that spirit of liberty. II
cannot be suppressed, for its spirit is
Immortal. 1t is beyond the scope Of
coercion acts, for its life is rs endless rs
Ne life of a race.
THE SHAMROCK on ITS BASNER,
tAar-bedewed in its native bed. is the
symbol of the glorious union Of that race
M three homes, separated by the seas
That divide continents, united by the de-
termination of "a race to achieve the indie
pendence of nation.
Az the Land League accomplished the
relief of IL class, the National League
r,nyosents the aspirationS and the re-
r1ve of an entire people. As the farm
srs have been tho chief beneiiciaries OF
Sha struggles and sacrifices thus far
usads. the Irish people throughout the
world, who participate in the
svRuGGLEs AND SHARE THE SACRIFICES,
sdmonish the farmers that they owe
DUTY to their country i'm an earnest sup
port of the aims of the National League.
We warn them that until the chief OBJ
ject of the National League is achieved
national elf-goyernment-thcir own
HOsition is still unsafe. The National
League aims not merely at "a reduction
q rents; not merely ut "A change from
Mle proprietors to working propretors,
hut ut the creation of complete national
FIFE and the DEVELOPMENT of all the di-
yersified industries which render a
eeople
seLP-srSTAISING AND PROSPEROUS.
The farmers are rightly admOnishcd
THAT if they fail to extend to the laborerS
the fraternal aid they have themselves
received; if they fail to encourage Irish
products to the exclusion of English
goods; if they hesitate to invest in do
nestle industries, they will be more
Sslious in the sight of God and man than
the landlords from whose clutch they
have been released. We do not desire
in Ireland the substitution of petty self
ishness. for gigantic robbery. The in
gratitude of the farmer will be more
Sespicable and more dangerous than the
tyranny of the landlords, because that
vsGRATITUDE WILL he TREASON TO \
NATION.
The economic and civil life of u people
can be developed only by u sincere, no.
bic and effectual cohesion of all classes
fer the common welfare.
The work of the League in the United
States has been directed first to sending
aid to the treasury in ireland, whose
moderate requirements, i'm the absence
o. any emergency, have been fairly met,
and to the enlightenment and solidifica
kon of American opinion. While force
~ still able TO prolong dcspotism, justice
is not dependent on arms alone.
IRELAND UNABLE TO COPE WITH THE
EMPIRE
Mat denies her constitution and parlia-
nent, appeals from the bayonet of her
invader to the conscience and the mind
Sf mankind, and asks whether her do
sands are not just, and whether her
potience, her morality and her persever
anoe have not been sublime The
American mind is essentially practical,
and during the past year we have en-
leavored to make it acquainted with the
practical aspects of English misrule in
ireland. we have asked our American