St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-19
SALTWATER NEWS.
An Enthusiastic Meeting for Ire
lands Cause.
Addresses by Rev. Mr.. Pepper and
Others.
The Cause of Ireland.

The Cause of Ireland.
A good-sized crowd gathered at the Grand
opera house last night to hear Rev. George
W. Pepper, the Irish-American patriot,
lecture on The Irish Question. He spoke
for over an hour and made an eloquent anu
forcible address, which was loudly ap-
plauded. Speeches were made by Fatner
Murphy, Rev. DR.. j. 81. Carroll and Hon.
d. NJ. Sabin. Hon. E. NJ. Durant acted as
chairman.
REV. GEORGE ". PEPPER
said that the Irish are proud or neir
Eastern origin, and would not exchange one
drop of their blood for all the blood IN the
Anglo-SaXon veins. Ihere are oineI1nU
classes of Irish. The first were FOUND III the
south and west of ireland, ana are noteu LOT
their hosritality and good nature. The scond
class iS the landlords According to John
Bright 200 landlords own 6OOU.O0O acres,
while 700 own 9,000,0 600 acres. These land
lords are in London, where they live IN splen-
dor They take from Ireland 6O,OOO,OOO an
nuallv. which they spend abroad. During
the last twenty-five years fully 10000 900 has
been sent from the United States every year
TO Ireland two-thirds of which went into the
pockets of the landlords. The third class are
Scotch-Irish, who are neither Scotch or Irish,
but Scotch is at the foundation OF
their character He is blessed with
He thinks the Southern people too
sweet to be wholesome. The great trait OF
the Irish character is earneStneSS. NO matter
whether they write, speak, think or ngnt,
they are in earnest. 1t is the deep earnest
ness which has kept the Irish flag flying so
long and which animates those now stirring
in her cause. Another trait is eloquence. IL
is like Grecian eoquence, adapted TO the
fancy, the Imagination and the heart Ed
mund Burke vindicated the American voiun-
teer in an eloquent speech century ago.
Brugham Grattan and OConnor were eX-
amnles of Irish eloGuence. Another trait is
patriotism. It differs not where you IND an
Irish heart you find one that prayS ireland S
wrongs may be righted. sometimes the
question is asked, is not an lrishman's love
for Ireland incompatible with his love Tor
America? l say the inquirer is man with
more cheek than blood in his veins. Ireland
is the Irshmans mother country.
In Ireland there are three parties. The
first is the Conservative or Landlord, the sec
ond the Young Irish party, and the third the
party at whose head Parnell stands. He says
in Ireland the tenants will pay one-third down
and the other two-thirds in thirty-tive years.
l admire Parnel. He is noble man. He
prevented another famine. Had he not come
TO America the famn of 1916 would have
been repeated a year ago. Besides, he has
prevented the eviction of tenants by exposing
the landlords; he has put soul in the people;
he has spoken word of life to the PROSTATE
leaders; he has brought Protestant and Cath
Ole Irish together. Grafton lifted the roof,
O'Connell threw down the walls, and it seems
as if Parnell will PROSTATE the foundation OF
the English government in Ireland. One
requisite of self-government is love of lib
erty and that is possessed by the Irish people.
The cities of Ireland are as well governed as
the cities of England and its railroads are as
well managed. There has not been one single
Irish bank failure IN the last century. be-
III 90 ,-olf
and will do it in twenty-five years. Some OBJ
ject to Irish home rule on the ground that
the majority being Catholics what would
become of the Protestants? No such question
has ever been asked of Hungary or France.
The Irish would much rather have paria-
,ment of Irish ProteStantS in ireland than a
government of English Catholics in London.
Some time ago a priest told me that he would
rather set by the side of Methodist clergy
man in Dublin than beside the pope in Lon
don. Ireland doesn't want English rule nor
Rome rule, but home rule, and shall have it.
Her independence has been written by the
Almighty and must come. Another obJec-
ton put forward to self-government is that
Ireland is too small, but it is not as small as
Greece and Greece was for ages the glory OF
the world. Then it is asserted that Ireland is
not fit for self-government. What are the
elements of manhood? Is ~ not love of
liberty. The Irish are ever friends and
champions of liberty. They have always been
friendly, to American liberty and their blood
was poured out in torrents to make the stars on
its banner shine with SplendOr. In every coun-
try in the world the Irish are found leading
armies to victory; moulding the laws of en-
pires; moulding the country by the genius OF
their country, by the valor of their soldiers,
In every effort for independence and home
rights there is but one Sue, and on that side
should be every American. In proportion as
Irishmen in Ireland dispise English landlords
in proportion will they pour out their blood
for the United States.
In 1884, at the age of 81, Pepper came to
the United States and in 1861 entered the
service of his adopted country in the war of
the Union. During the war he saw a SINH
larity of condition between the American ne
gro slave and the people of Ireland, it ap-
pearing to him that the difference was that
one was slave of private person and the
other was the Serf of Il desperate govern
ment. In 1865 he, though then ordaineu as a
Methodist minister, seized every opportunity
to speak for his oppressed country. He got
up quite q reputation as a patriot, and when
visit to Ireland five years ago, he be-
came too outspoken and was given several
months in jail to cool off. Though charged
with making seditious speeches, he was never
prosecuted. He returned more jealous than
ever for the release of his native hearth from
serfdom and landlord tyranny, and for the
past few weeks has been making lecturing
tour with the view of placing the condition
of Ireland so plainly before the American
mind that eventually such influence will be
eXerted from this side that Ireland'S condi-
ton will be greatly ameliorated.
An Athletic Club.
Last night an athletic club was organized
called the ''E. NJ. c." club, The Yorks
building on Second street has been rented
for Climb rooms and will be neatly furnished