Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-16

1-sA-RAAtG8 AAA4 0JLIGNO1008flHE
TOT Fi1i and the samoan Ialauds Will be
dispatched from sau Frsucises dirsct
per steamer ZsaIand1s. % ali thenc- n,
tue 9Th inst. and that until farther
n9ssos all coFresposdsnos fog the iss-
tn+tious above named Will Be- dis
patched from san FRANCISCO dire. az.
less specially addressed 10 be forwarded
via Bgindisi-"
The contract referred 70 expires on
November 29th.
Not Asiaffe Chsiera.
PELADKIPHIA, Azgcss 15.-Coro.sr
beaie, Of Camden. N. J.. and q jury TO-
day made a thorough Investigation into
Tue case OF Margaret KsaEey, Who died
At kirkSood 90 Tuesday, and they DO
clare that it vss not Of Asiatie cholera
a. was a7ppoaed, bat that she did of
cholera nOrb7s, caused by eating green
apples.
The Irish National League.
CHICAGO. Aug. l5-Del gates repre-
ssnslng tbs lrlse Saiionsl Laacuzs of
nearly every State Ia ths Uaited State.
held sscret session here today for the
purpose of raevisipQ the best means Of
le0dinQ aid to Mr.. Parnell and his OIL
leagues in the old country. Daring the
conference Of the National Coumiitee
OF the L-a9ue dispatch from Charles
e7art P&nell Was read advising the
rne0tipR 70 NJ Hpon date sabstqaent
TO the EaRlisA elections for tbs holding
Of the National Convention.
Tue following address vas then read
and adopted:
In obedience TO the suggestion OF the
eAssen leader Of tue people Of Ireland.
the A>tinnal Committ-e ~ the Irish
League Of America assembled To desig
nate time and place for holdiHg the
next National Convention of the League
In the Unlted States, have decided 20
postpoos the date of the meeting uusII
January, 1855. IL must be manifest 20
all msmoers of the Lssgae aud all
friends Of self government 10 Ireland
that V would be impossible either for
Mr. Psrnell 10 attend 4 convention in
this oouatry or TO send any Of his able
associates pending the general election.
shlch will probably occur next Novem-
Der hence tke wisdom Of his sag0es-
ton that tue c0Dvsntlou be postponed.
La tbs meantime. however, the League
shonid insugarate period Of activity
not lees earnest and energetic than that
I zhich prevailed whsn Ireland was
threatened with another artificial fam
ins and when her leaders were impris-
onad and her press silsnced under the
so-caIled liberal Goyernmsnt.
The party led by Mr.. PsrnsII needs
support. How well that support 10 de-
served we need hardly tell the world
Assuredly We need not tell men OF
| Irish birth or descent. serving without
compensation. without official plwsr or
patronage, among aliens who have per-
secuted and who have sought 10 degrade
them; being numerically less than one
twentisth Of the body In which they
have achieved a success unparalleled 10
the history Of struggles for free govern
ment; by their ability, their unity. their
discipline, their faith in the justice Of
their siuse and BY their restless laboIs
they have forced not only their enemies
bus tbs world to look upon the op-
PRESTON and to listen 20 the reei
tals Of an outraged. plnndered
/ With matchless skill seized upon
every opportunity to thrust before the
| world thslr osase. IL il one which will
bear the scrutiny Of light. They never
| allowed IL to be hidden. They blockaded
the Legislation Of the English Parlis-
ment; they obi -cted TO. postponed and
| defeated local legislation intended TO
foster and expedite English business
interests, In retaliation for the dulI.
braial indifeFenca which was shown TO
Irish interests. For the hrAt time 10
Engiish history 1t vas impossible 70 ex-
/ tsud franchise privileges in England
and So Dtland witout giving Ireland alb
soIate equality in the extension.
while they have not been able 20 CON-
pei the Government to disRoFRe the
/ surplus of the usexpended fund raised
n support the noS disestsblisaea
Church, they havs wrung fIom tha
champions Of that colossal robbery toe
admission that the money belongs 30
the people Of Ireland. and have com
PEELED the return Of q portion of the
stolen funds. They have not secured
the land Of Ireland for the people Of
ireland, but they have forced the enact
ment OF legisla lou which although In
| adequate IL its effects Ia 80 extrs0rdin-
ary 10 It's terms aud confession as -
| amount to Confession OF the enormity
| of the system which has 80 long ground
| dawn and impoverished she Irish peO-
pie. They hSvs not been able 10 get
Daek G-attan's PArii amsut for Ireland
| out they boldly gnn0uace that no
lesser measure Will be accepted by them.
and pending il restoration, thougn
| prohibited from governing Ire
land, they have been able TO dictate
i Who must cease and whn NAV assume
the wprk OF governing England. They
have driven the pArty OF coercion, the
party OF Judicial murders, the party OF
eviction. tue party whion vainiy sought
/ 20 impeis1u ideas when it thrust men
/ into dungeons, the party led oy Glad
stone Who wrote boastiugiy OF the dovn
| fall Of the AmsEican Rspub 10, into dis
gracofnl retirement from Dublin
| o. tie, and thsy have shown that while
| Dublin Castle Was the home OF 90
called English Liberalism aud thu seat
| Of tyranny, its unnatural Woe and im-
ported ENGLISH hsstiality made II worthy
OF site in ancient Sodom and GOn-
morah. or modern Loadon. Their la
sora have been hereulesn; their accom-
pliahmeuts, under the most adverse cir
oumssanoes, are almsst miraculous
| when they next appear 10 Parliament
their numbers will be increased from
thirty TO az least eighty, and they VIII
have more or less of the only reliable
English support, thai which comes from
tear, ss weil as that from number OF
English men who vill owe their election
ta 4 iadioious exercise of the balance OF
Y Q0WGE DIV kGG GAtiN1 ANtdAA aA %~aAAs-s*H~~
and Scotland. With that strength they
gill DO able 70 throttle English leRisls-
ton and thus TO oompsi The English 10
allow them % retire from the atmosphere
polluted BY royal and aristocratic bes-
tialisy, and 20 establish free Periimeni
for the good Of free psople in Ireland.
Ia the Accomplishment Of this work
! shsy need cns more great EFFORT on tns
, pars OF their American auxiliaries. We
appeal 20 every branch OF the league -
give renewed life and Dissemination 20
/ the work. We earnestly invite all who
are rot members 20 Join thu league and
Ne invite all men OF our race. vhetne'
members Of the league or not. 70 tor
ward Subscriptions for the Parliauen
tsry fund b. Reverend Charles " Reilly
. D. d.. Treasurer, Desrsit MschiRan.
AZ the convention 70 be held Ia Jan
. uarv Il h more than probable that MT
PArnail will be present. it u certain
. thai the Irish Parliamentary party wil
.. b represented Al that ieathsr1uR. tn
!. Progress and eonattian OF the irish Pee
lie viii be stated 30 yoar representa-
liyss. and 90 bslieve - &c earnestly
y 4 asa ssaExraNs ffatrR aft<s9 TIA