Daily Republican., 1885-12-04
THIRD EDITION.
Irfsh nvmpasny.

Irish nympashy.
The Irssh National League held Target
pcpnlar messing last night In theI
Oprre n ouse. presided over by Anthony
HI 2gias. ESQ, who was introduced byl
Janass A Bourne. 81
After a popular Irish national air BY
the First Rsgiment Band, Mr.. Higgins
"It il hardly enough to say that
human I'm terest, the wide world over
osntres TO day nowhere 30 much Ms on
Ireland For conturies despised and
beaten down. her people at one time
well nigh EXTERN mated, robbed OF their
Land. robbed of their manufactures and
trade, denied all sbare In the gov.
ernment, torn with dissensions among
themselves, without protection, author
ity OF Eespeot, to-day the Irish people
stand clothed with the right of'suffrAge
and fresh from the triumph of expelling
from ONCE EnglAnd's great statesman
and minister, Ind present to their foes
They have elected TO the Parliament
Just chosen q compact body d repre-
eentati ges who hold the balance Of pow
q between the two British parties Meth.
or of whom can retain the government
an hour without their consent. Their
restraint, their obedience to their chosen
leader challenges the admiration OF the
world. What they demand and want
sooner or later they will receive as that
boon which America FIRST made mani.
fest, the right Of local self-governmen'
and TO manage their own concerns 40
cordine TO their own viii A hundred
and odd years ago, America won THU
fnestfmable right BY the War Of thu
Revolution. Iceland wins 1t to day by
the peaceful methods of constitutions
agitation.
she has had many great leaders il
the past, Swift and Flood Plunkett and
Grattan. After them rises the dra
matte figure of Daniel O'Connell, hold
ing both peasant and Senate chambe
spell-bounc by his eloquence. Blu
high above them all stands to-day, will
his steel cold purpose, his indomitab
courage, his mastery leadership, Ire
lands liberator, Charles Stuart Parnell
Nor Is America without claim TO
share in his distinction, for Will
American boys live Co thrill with patri
otto pride rs they read of the first 5lov
given to England's mastery Of the seas
and while memory endures of the vic
tories of the figAte Constitution owe
English ships, they will not forget tn
Charles Stuart, nor fail TO associat
them With the triumphs in peace of hi
hlustrious grandson.
But not thus for personal consIdera
lions alone does America take a pre-
found interest in this momentous struR
gle. Mr.. Parneil has not hesitated :
announce what Irish independence
means. 1t means not merely politica
independe nee, but, as we'll, industrial
Independence. 1t means the emancipa
ton of Ireland from the oppressin
competition Of English trade and til
deadly influence of English ecouomi
Ideas. 1t means that Ireland, Hike &c
-.
States, will, by suitable legislatio
from her own Parliament sitting
Dublin, see that her own industri
shall flourish again, that her sons sha
no longer be forced to escaps starvatio
by exile, and that Ireland, with her ii
comparable resources of soil, china
and men, shall take her proper D La
among the nations of the earth as
prosperous, contented, free and hapy
people"
Mr.. Higgins then introduced NJ.
Ryan, of Philadelphia, who deliver
an able and eloquent appeal for JUST
70 Ireland. He advocated in an al
manner the following FIVE planks whi
constitute the principal of the Irish l
uonal League:
First, self. government for Irelant
Becond, land law reform; third, o
government; fourth, extension
the elective franchise; fifth, TO fos
He made strong appeal for funds
push on the good work of securing Ir
independence.
The main speaker of the evening '
John O'Byrne, late assistant District
torney of New York anu a well re-
lected former resident of this city,
received the heartiest npplar
and after its subsidence, he common
deliberately al address which eutra
ed his audience for over full hour.
drew life like picture of Ireland's
sources in a stle of pros erity, and
forlorn condition under the iron heel
despotic England. He showed
although Ireland had a population
5,00O,0 900, it still ex ceeded that of eli
Belgium, Holland, Greece, Swe,
Norway, Switzerland and Denmark
Mr.. O'Byrne showed that the II
nue. OF Ireland under an English pal
ment in 1880 was only q ,0O0, 900
while under an independent parliap
two years later, the trade of Ire
rose 20 ESQ, 900 coo or sc, 900 .OC
year. He said the Irish by their
tests against tyranny had brought
English parliament before the ba
public opin ion where it was boun(
obtain an impartial verdict. Ire
he said could be manacied but u
enslaved.
Mr.. O'Byrne then entertered int,
eloquent and minute review OF
Irish struggle for liberty, embrs
the period when Irish men were dr
and quartered under the con
ing reign Of Protestants and CATH
he also referred to the famine of
where million of persous die
starvation in land of plenty. He
loudly applauded when he said
ninety Irishmen will lift their '
against oppression in the parlia
Just elected.
He c.csed with an eloquent a
for lrishmen to do their duty TO Z
liberty for Ireland and a pariiamt
ltS own.