Morning journal and courier., 1885-11-12
HOME RULE rea taEIAsp.

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 tions To The Cause.
 l For some time past the friends of home rule in Ireland in this city have been ar-
 ranging for a grand mass meeting of all classes of citizens who sympathize with Parnell and his co-laborers in their final l struggle to obtain from the British govern
 ment the same right of self-government l that is accorded to Canada, Australia and
 other of her dominions. Their efforts cul- 1 minated in call for the meeting which was
 held last evening in Carll's Opera House. A very large number of people assembled to
 see and hear the Hon. John Boyle O'Reilly l of Boston, who is one of the most able and earnest advocates of the right of Ireland to I govern herself and in her own way that there is in this country. The house was packed, among those present. being large sprinkling of ladies who seemed to take as deep an interest in the proceedings as those l of the male sex.
 Owing to the fact that MT. O'Reilly missed l the early train that he intended to take he
 did not resch the city until S:30 and it was nearly g o'clock before he reached the hall. 1 The intervening time, however, was filled in very aeeeptably. to the audience At S:30 Hon. J. D. Plunkett came on to the stage and
 read the following list of names for officers of
 the evening:
 Hon. George F. Holconb
 VICE PRESIDENTS.
 Hsn pFizse @ Hon }Shn saa, RS5er5sSn oSn 1 Russell, Thomas K. Dunn. Rev. John Cooney,
 Francis aR}onnelly Colonel D. Wtight Audrey l c. Wilcox, Hon. A. Heaton Robertson,
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 sichae Eagan $. Andrew, Rea Joseph schase Gel. George A Basserman, Hon; Samuel L; Bron-
 Judge Jo5n F E ssadley: Sh; Hoh Aie1andsr T5suP,
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 Judge 5 pemins aPa Dr ffs ocoanof ssaos i Hon
 B. Bfgelow. Hon. E. c. stoddard, Pr John |.
 poyle. Col John G. Heeiy, Judge Joseph Sheldon, Phillip Hugo, Edward Ham,niIl, Michael Healy, | sEcRETAHIEs
 ! HaeketS John 5. Cunningham, f Edward N. McCabe.
 eneP aes Frank eRn Bgefoa, hg5hh g55hn e suSaa S,
 Theodore Futile, Hon Thos ,1,o E MesIrail, s Eli
 John F Hanihns 1ii Patrick Kent. Captain Thomas
 qBriep James F Campbell Wliam Wa..I Gaansy, Ggaey,
 Murray: Da1isl % s; %Gihuiy. . I J. , Kennedy aeorge
 a1d toS5 FJsneis yshe ssIsr ass ! Bradley. John Foley, James F. Eagan Francis Heay, Edward Boyhan. James J. Coogan, John Sullivan, James Riley, Patr1ck Crowley, Capt J H. Keefe, T. r. Callahan, Henry W. Sanford, John The officers selected were then invited to the platform and after being seated Senator l Plunkett introduced Mayor George F. Hol- comb as president of the evening. His hon. or on being introduced addressed the audi ence briefly and expressed his appreciation of the honor conferred upon him in calling
 him to preside over the meeting. The Mayor paid handsome compliment to Parnell in | his noble fight for Ireland's rights and said he fully believed that they had in him lead CT that could be trusted. The Mayors re- marks were received with loud applause Senator Plunkett next introduced James Hackett, who recited in very pleasant way ''The Flag of Erin," by Rev. Father !. Ryan. On the conclusion of Mir. Hackett's recitation there were calls for MT. Punk ett, and he responded with recitation of the poem entitled ''Shamus O'Brien." The r<- citation was well rendered and MT. Plunkett was frequently interrupted with applause. Be- fore he had concluded Town Agent Reynolds, with MT. O'Reilly, the orator of the evening,
 
 Plunkett had concluded they passed out in in front. As Mir. O'Reilly made his appear ance he was greeted with loud cheers, which lasted for some time. When the cheering had subsided Mayor Ho1comb arose and in sS sas patrl-
 MIR. o'REILLY's ADDRESS.
 On being introduced MT. O'Reilly spoke in substance as follows: I had no idea when hara of I tn aH1 meeting. When I was leaving Boston I asked myself why do you leave your busi- ness to go to another State for to create dis cussion and perhaps strife among the peo- pie. It is not enough to come and say we hold these meetings and want you to come and nelp us because we are Irish. We are Americans as we'll as Irish and we have as good right to ask Americans to come and help us. The only recompense we get is the honor we get as Americans. The Irish ques- tion has always been a question of national interest more than sentiment God has placed us the ocean side of the green Isle and Ireland is in all respects to England what laborer is to great corporation. In 1897 the King ot England sent to Ireland, after a bit ter war of five hundred years, a commission to study the Irish for year and try to find out the best way to rule them. They found two ways. One by an army composed of Englishmen and the other ways to destroy her resources so that she would never be able to compete with En- gland anywhere. And for two hundred years that system of government has been in force. The English have always depended upon organization, and they have said the Irish could not organize. Organization would be expansion if the man had no claims upon humanity. Organization has made the En- glishman in every country what he is in Ire land. Their raid on Burmah is for the bene- kOf fhn of orl pool, as is their oppression of Ire land. There is truth in the statement that Ireland's religious faith and religious differences are bar to her advancement; greater untruth was never told. There is no more tolerant class than Irish Catholics and in all their gr at strug- gles for liberty the names of Protestants have stood first and foremost like O'Connell. O'Brien and many others (cheers) Ireland is making no pledges and is not binding future generations as to what they shall do, but she is standing on her rights. She is honest and fair and has nothing to conceal. They want now to get back the Parliament they had eighty years ago. From 1782 to 1900 when Ireland's Parliament hadAentire control of it's internal affairs she advanced as rapidly as any other country in the world. Then that the Irish Parliament must be crushed out because she was advancing too rapidly. England bought two thirds of | the men in Parliament and the Parliament was destroyed. We say to England: One l hundred years ago you had taken away all l our means of living. There were four mil | lions of us and you have sent us out over the | world, and like the mustard seed we have sprung up until there are thirty five millions 1 of us and twenty millions of them are in | America. This is what England has to face 1 and which she is now opening her stupid | old eyes to. Now since the Irish were four | millions in number they have grown to | forty millions and are scattered all over the | world and these men are antagonistic to England's interests. She says they are not | organized. tell you they are organized 1 under the banner of human rights The l Irish are portentious political force. They | are not appealing to England sentimentslly | any longer. They say, we want back what | you bribed and stole from us eighty years I ago. |
 God put it into the hearts of the Protest | ants to take the first step against IreIand's | wrongs. The position of Ireland is of the l most inestimab1e value to the worlds com merce, and when she gets back her Parl:a- | ment that interest will be developed. In all | branches of trade the Irish would immedi- l ately begin to compete with England. She 1 has the greatest water and mill privileges in l the world. That Parliament will relieve Ireland of fifty thousand soldiers and four l teen thousand military police with all their | oppression. know that Americans of Eng