Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-21

MEETING % 18nouOgN.
ssirrsus snA Lsgseal ODeeso - IL
1sssA AGlaness.
A large sudisnss asssesd hon. Iso&
Brennan, II. p. the great Irssh e0i-
tator. st Ysslse's Hall Last evening. NOS
withssandina the disa9ressbls weather
and snow blockaded streets On the
platform with the spsakse we're Judge
Thomas Burke. JudRs Orange Jacobs.
and Messrs. Collins, Seackpool and
O'Brien. Judge Burke vas chosen
Chairman, and in . neat litsls spssoh
introduced the speaker Of The sveninR,
tho Vas received With hearty applause.
The speaker showed ct once that be vas
Thoroughly oouversant with the suo1eos
under dIscussion, The wrongs OF lfs
land a the haeds Of the koRiish Gov
srumeut.- He in hsting word pictures
portrayed the outrsRcs perpetrAsed on
the Irish people bv English landlords
and the English Government, bls be
congratulated his oountrymen on the
fact that there never Was . more nope
fol outlook than ss the present time:
for the psople Of Ireland hsve inbibsd
the American idea, that all men arc
created tree and equal and that there
should b no moro slavery, either among
whites or blacks. Innocent men IN Ire
land now 20 70 prison or mount the gal
lows without . muImur, comtorteo Dy
the kuovIedRe that every drop OF inno-
eeut blood she'd videas the gap between
the people Of ireland and the Govern
mens Of England. We now have .
united Irish nation at home, a united
Irish people here, and - are united IN
the very citidsl Of the enemy. We
found not long ego. whom an Irish
traitor was 70 BE- punished, an Irishman
70 punish him could turn 40 ct the
proper tine. Applause.
The speaker went on r. illustrate
vhat sham nockeriss we're the trials for
alleged crimes in Ireland, and stated
that an arrest was equivalent to con-
yjrtion when the crime charged vas
aaajpst the English landlords, whether
tie defendant b guilty or not.
In order 70 free ireland from tho
damning yoke Of oppression, We must
have orRanixatioa everyvhere. The
constitutional organization has done
much good 10 sensational matters. The
Land League vas the Arst organization
for many years that looked 10 the edu-
cation Of the masses In Ireland, for it
vas the organization that taught the
ueople pure Democrats and Republi-
can principles. The Kand League in
| Ireland ID NO moro, bus the principles
that il inouloated in the minds Of the
people still live, and will yet bear rich
fruit.
You Irish citiseus Of tho United States
have q bstter opportunity Of helping
| youY brothers and friends ct home than
they have Of helping themselves. ! ~.
echo the statement Of the chairman,
that you should b good loyal citizens
70 your adopted country and obey hel
laws. That's right, bot You can do that
and still be bitter enemies 70 the 40
cursed institutions that make your
brothers slaves. (Applause.l He theu
vent on to show up the treatment oil
England toward the Irish IL . very IN.
snviabls light, and declared that The
English Government hes renewed I'll
the horrors of the lnQuisiti0n. They
dissllov public meetings, have Ra9ged
the press, imprisoned Irish citizens fl
months and months without even tn
pretense of Q hearing. Mace ulay said
If, after fair trial. England and Ire
land fiud they cannot get along tOgeth
or, for Gods sake, lot them separate
We have tried IL for 100 years, said thu
speaker, aud every year il grows worse
and think the time for the sepafatiOr
has fully come. Dublin Castle il filled
With conspirators who encourage muir
dep and shield murderers. Yss, shiel(
murdsrers, which can prove. On ont
ocoasion . policeman pierced poo
woman With his bayonet and killed her
The c0ronor's jury returned verdio
against that policeman for murder, and
the oonspirators at Dublin Castle r.
fused to allow the accused to cOm'
70 trial. Oar present ruler. Ear
spencer, has been justly oalle<
Her MAjesty's Executioner ana
Butcher General" He came amOpt
"a, to rule over rs, With but tWe recon-
mendations, one that he was great FOL
hunter and tho other that no WAS tn,
nephew of his uncle. Az for fox hunt
ing, he don't get much Of that in Ire
land. and a. for his uncle, he will be re-
membered a. one Of the greatest ira
ducsrs our sOuutry has ever had, for b.
prostituted genius to psndsr to dSprSveC
prejudice.
The speaker then took up the subject
Of the National League and declared il,
program 70 be, first, the right of thu
Irish people 10 make their own laws By
Legislatures elected BY the people SEQ
0nd. the right of the people to live OF
the fruits Of their labor ; and third, per
L al 1sA~vH~ ~ ~ H~<.~<l..s.. Ah,e h.
people IT America enjoy.
attain these ends. but We would uss ths
constitutional means used in l776 II VI
could but stern necessity makes ul
talkess instead Of fighters. 1t 10 olairnee
that the Irish are incapable Of self-gov
eminent. This, I maintain, 10 false
But Il the assertion that they are NO
b true, who 10 responsible for II VIII
kept % In ignorance Who kept a. II
slavery IL u also claimed BY our enc
mies that Ne are not = Law abiding peO
pie. ] ask, when In Ireland have VI
ever had laws that Il would b virtue I,
Obey Are they NOS law abiding aiti
xeas here, In free America, where tn
tesms Law and justice are synonymous
We are murdersrs, they exolaim. YOU
lie, answer. The English rulers ar
responsible for all the crimea laid q
} our doors, and they have killed over
million Of our people. One crime be
gets another, and people driven 70 dea
psfati0u BY despotio power sometime
resort TO harsh measures for self-pru
, tecsiou.
Education Ii tho star Of our deliver
Ance, and to that 20 most look f0sWAS'
10 ~ the only surs way out Of our an
happy predioament. We must educAt
ourselves. England has kept N in iQnG
rance purp0aely, for vhsn mca ceass 4
b ignorant they cesss 70 - slaves.
We must organise clubs whore on
young men can 20 after their days Ia
boz and improve their minds from th
great stofeh0use VI knowledge. The
would there also learn patriotism an,
the dignity Of labor. From such organi
xAstOus all great reforms spring. We
~ people, have virtues and Ws, ~
people have faults, and In the past hsv
made serieus miseAkes which leav
many dark spots on ua, ~ \ psopls, sha
must b sfaeed By years Of work An,
veil doing. II labos . necessary for In
dividual advancement, 10 10 much NOR
necessary for the advanOemeut Of Q m