The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-20
IRISH NATIONAL LEAGUE
A MEETING HELD AT CHICAGO,
Arrangements Perfected for the Next
National OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Trib-
uies to Parnen and His Col
ieaeues-Bigh Hopes for
the Homeland, Ete.
The hish National League,


basis. Captain Maurice Wilhere, o
Penn 81 lvAnla; Donuelly, OF Wiscon
sin; Captain William LomasneJ
Mackoy, If Detroit; Nj. d. Holmes, o.
New JofHe, DR.. Fox. OF Troy, New
York, apd james Reynolds, OF Con
necucut, wera appointed Comnit'e,
10 dGVi.u TIC host aud wisest methods
of lendinE aid 20 Mr.. PRrnell aud his
collHapun-, Of Tho old Land longuc. The
NatlopR, irHgUe ~ the successor of the
Land ioagna 4 session of tho oxtcI'
tive cululitoo of tho National
league G0mmeuced 81 10
o'ciocs. All tho members were
United Stpes Senator Riddieberger,
of Nirglnis, did not arrive this morn
Ing, as was expected. Tho committee
thai went 80 megt him ~ tho Balti-
more d OuU depot were informed that
the tr8iU, on which no rs o ming, was
ditched abunt 80 N las fgom Chicago.
Tho ngtiOnal committee Of tho Irish
National league, composed OF ono
member from each STATE, went into
SESSION a. 80 o'clocS.
Tho chief purpose Of tho meot-
dotoTInino when and whore tho no.
Senator Riddlebolgcr, o! Virginia,
who j. 10 address tho assembly this
evening, arrived unexpectedly, tie
wss discovered aI the Grand Pacific
and taken ir charge by Alexander
Sullivan nnt GtaeT.Il kerwin.
at 2:i5 tra committee was still in S.
cret session. II has been learned,
however, thgs the national couven-
ton vii PROBABLY no held IN Chicsgo.
A messnge from Parnell was ROAD, in
which be advised the conference TO
fix the da'a of the convention 10 occur
after the English elections.
The following Is the address formu-
lated and adopted this afternoon at the
mee,iue ci the national committee OF
the Irish Ma iOntl league of America:
ain obedience 10 the suggestion of
the chosen leaders o. the people, the
Irish National lfagtis OF America, as
sembled 60 designate timo aud place
for holdiuY tho neat national conven-
of the League IN the United States,
hsvU decided 90 postpone the data OF
mis- INK unul January. 1856 IL must
be manifest 20 oil tho membals OF the
lesguH and 20 al friends OF Esl;-gov-
ornneNJ In lreland, tina; IL would be
impossibe either tor mr. Pdrnell 10 at
tend the 6pugeuti0n IN CHS couutry or
(ending thE\eneral elecions. which
ence the wisdom of his suggestion
ut the neeti1s'Ne postponed. In tho
entime, howayer, the leaders
Z5uld Inaunrate& period of activity
not less ear est and energetic than
that which prevailed when Ireland
was threstened with another artificial
famine, ana when he's. leaders were
imprisoned ana her press silenced UNI
der the so-caliod Liberal government,
and the party led by Parnel needs
support. How we'll that supnorl is de-
served we need hardly tell to the
world. AssuredIy we need not tell
men of Irish birth Or descent
and serving without conversation,
without otfi'ial power or
patronage ameng aliens who have pol
secuted and who have sought TO de-
grade them. Being numerically less
than one-tWenLieGh OF she body in
which they serve, they have achieved
success unparalleled in the history OF
the struggles for free goverument, BY
their ability. their unity, their disclp-
line, their iaitn ia the justice OF their
cause and by their restless Slabors,
they have forced not only their enc
mics, but the world to look upon the
oppression and to listen to the rccltals
OF an outraged, 81 plundered and mis-
governed people. They havey With
match.sss SAIL seize. seiSed t sySeIy
liz world their cause, and it is
ono which will boar the scrutiny of
the light ana they never allowed IL to
be hidden. They blocSaded legisla-
ton of English Parliament; they Oh.
jected to, postponed and defeated LEGAL
legislation, intended 20 foster and eX-
pedite English business interests in
retaliation for dull, brutal indifference
which was shown to the lrish lntor-
ests. For lhe first time in English
history IL was Impossible to extend the
franchise privileges in England and
sOlute equality In the extension.
While they have been able TO compel
the govetnment to disgorge the sur
plus OF Tho upeXpended fund raised to
support the now disestablished
chuich, they have also wrung
from the champions OF
that colossal robbery the admission
thatit belongs to the people OF Ireland
and have compelled tho return OF q
portion OF the stolen funds. They have
not secured the land OF Ireland Tor the
peopie of Ireland, but they have
forced tire enactment of legb6lation
which, although inadequaI in its
effects, 10 SO extraordinary Il terms
and confession as to amour q con-
fession OF the enOrmlty OF thu gstem
which has so long ground down and
impoye rished the paople. They have
not been able TO get back Grattan's
par lament for Ireland, but they boldly
announce that no LEI ser measure
will bs accepted by them, and pendipg
its restoration, though prohibited rom
hQUA hGan
able TO dictate who must cease and
who may assume the work of govern
ing Ireland; and they have given the
party of coercion, the party of Judicial
muI dsrers, the party of eviction, the
party which vainly sought to imprison
idsas when it thrust mon in dungaons,
the party led by Gladstone, who wrote
boastingly of the downfall OF the
American Republic, into disgraceiui
retirement from Dublin castle; hnd
they have shown that while Dublin
English Liberalism and the
vice vice and imported English beastiality
msde it only worthy OF site in
ancient SodOm ana GOmorrahi or
m0Sorn London. Their laoors have
been hercuiean. Their accomplish
ments amidst most adverse circun-
stances arc almost miraculous. When
they next appear in Parliament their
numbers wifi bs increased from 30 to
at least so. They will, rave more or
less all OF the only reliable Eng llsh
support---that Sh Oh comes iou lear;
from the nuiuhns ~ Ggisl members
| who will owe their aiectlon 10 the ]u-
dicious exercise OF ths balance OF pow ,
! a. by the exiled Irish in England ans
Scotland. With that ftrengtl
they will be abe 10 throttle Engllsh
1egislation and thus to compel !. EDS
/; 1iSh to allow them to retire from :.
atmosphere polluted by royal ara