The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-10-05
H-AMERICANS
NvE NrIoN Assgmslrns
Mr, Alexander sullivan in nm Adare.S
iewsths Policy Of the Engsish
Governments Toward ireland.
subscriptions Raised for a
the Irish Caass.


70 sn-aherlcan clttz5ns wa
'eiu here last night for the purpose a
a'sing funds to aid the Parnellites n Z
he pending parliamentary .amna,vr-
N tha course of his address.
MR.. ALEXANDER suLLIyAN.
sx-presiuont Of the Irish National
Leagueot America, addressing q himsSN
. the subject, "Why Parnell Pnnjshs6
me Liberals," spoke as follows. AZ
lhough the meeting MAS called hv ana
y composed OF men who need No AZ. I.
pisnation OF Parpolls policy. "a nrs
aware that some of our fellow,cltiSenS'
VINO 40 not closely follow politics n
lroiauu, and who sympsthize with
what they believe "a be tho lsrit-
innate atm OF the Irish peon}s
seit'government--doubt whetier Psr.
nell Is prudent In hia att,tmi.
toward rival English parties, Fnr this
reason Mr. ohairman, I proposs Ia ar.
cuss briefly why Parneli puniahed thn
Lioerala. Americans are Iable -
think that The Irish people owe fenltv
to one British party more than X
and that they owe some ara
clsl obligation to Mr.. Gledstone. ~
mute from the sosne of confiict th~v
feel the spell a majestic intellect
always casts upon contemp6rsriSs'
and, In the just admiration whioh
generous miAda nay to age ard
they forget that n
was this most sninent Of fahs
erals who, few years ago, was ~
short-siRhted az to predict the disrur,.
tion OF the American Union. and -
deficient In the morality of Qenmins
Liberalism as to rejoice In the imsv.
tnary consequences of our ruin, Amer.
loans should not accent cOncernin~
ireland tho opinions of a man who ~
clared that In the conflict botween Z
slave.holding sligarChy and free rem
resentatlve government the South va
hghting for freedom and tho North m.
power. They are prone to estimata ths
historical relation of the BritIah Idh-
erals toward Ireland by oritoricsl nro.
fassions, The Irish people, whose livsn
and destiny are In the issue. mr,sf
Judge Liberals and Tories alike 10
their acts. In political literature thsfe
Il nothing more auspicious and entio.
Ing than tho prOmttes which the fih.
eral party have made TO Ireland.
When We scrutinize the performanc nceS
that haye followed these pf6mises.
little n found In them that 10 not inaS.
fectual or brutal. The Irish Parlis.
ment was AboliAhed by force md
fraud In 1890. Since that tim0
two great acts Of remedial lepis-
lati0n have been passed. The s6Yat
gave religious liberty to three -fourthn
Of tho Irish people. That WAS the deed
Of tho Tories. John Bright, the mort
pioua and the least practical OF LIber.
als, only repeats; the Tory minister
who passed the bill, when he ssvs n
was extorted by tho threat OF OWL
war. The second was the disostab blish-
ment OF the lrieh church. Mr.. Qiad.
stono, the Liberal ninistor who ~
complished II, has publicly Confessed
that 1t was done under the msnscN a
Fonianism. Thuu, We flnd tho aooounS
OF the British parties with ne
Irish people balanced and the IrIoh
people under no obligation TO either.
There is the land lsgislation. That n
70 be classed as simply inefYe eotusI.
The land question In Ireland ID NOT
settled. EvictioBs, which Mr.. Glad.
stone pronounced death sentences.
proceed under his land act and ali ~
amendments as atr0cieusly a. eyer.
Landlords and tenants are Ia the sane
plight that they have boen Tor ~
years, and they will remain In thst
plight until tho Irish nation beeomeS
both landlord and tenant Of Ire
land: /! the Liberal land NJ.
Isl alton has been Intellectual, the LIZ
oral mode OF governing Ireland haa
been brutal. For what shall Ireland
thank Gladstone and the Liberslsf For
course OF practical tyranny compared
with which the oppression OF the
American colonies was benign pster.
nalism? For destroying all personal
liberty? ForimprisonlnR, In profound
peace, without warrant, = Thousand
reputable citizens OF both sexes, ii.
cludipg the highest leaders OF che
peoplef For not bringing them face
TO lace with their accusers, oven before
packed Juries and partisan judiciaryf
For fnhlly opening their prison doors
with snesking keys and dismissine
them without ever inform.
ing them or the world of the crime of
which they Were charged, aud with,
out even the poor reparation OF an
apologyf For taxation, on their 40.
cessisn TO newer after the great
famine OF 1917, exceeding BY 80 par
cent. the exorbitant burdens laid bv
their Tory predecessorsf For pro-
senting the Irish landlords with MIL
lions OF money, extorted sometimes
by military force from the Irish ten.
antry in tho name or State reiIgionp
For using other portions OF this fund.
tho Irish church surplus, to carry the
people away nom their own land 20
pevarty in other ccantriss? n
When the Tories In offics proposed
coeicion, the Liberals opposed n
When the Tories In ofYioc proposs6
compulsory emigration, tho Li6ernla
0pposed 10. Aud now, when the rccnrd
10 nnsdo up, thoy are found to havo A..
piled coercion moro infamouslv thSm
the Tories and 10 have carried on1
compulsory emigration until a nnnn.
latlon exceeding 100000 10 roduced u
4,e00,0 900, within 40 yesru. Forty vSsrS
ago John Bright cited an Official fenorS
showing that ireland could maintsiS
twice her population, % Il then rto,s6-
and denounced the Tories for : noiicy
which ho said had cost in ireland ~
loss Of nero lives than England hsS
caused In any OF her wars, Ont Of ~.
hcc he denounced osercion and corn-
nulsory emigration In the sAmo brcatk.
Four years ago, In ofiioc. this trniv
good 1Aberal voted for occ rclop. and n
this day compulsory emigration n =
part Of the Liberal schemo iof
governing ireland. What dekS
then do tho Irish people owe NJ
British Liberals? Their hoastod IeGs
isls!isn has becn ineffeetual, ThSip
mode OF government has becn brutal,
rho fn.lrsments OF that government
In Dublin have been shown % 81
moral monstors, who. in the seckislo0
OF Dublin Castle, lived lIves n! vile q
those led BY their lrlsiocrasIo brook-
ers Ia tho glldod dams Of London, II
was John Bright himself who, wheS
out OF once, told tho irish pooniS
less thsn 20 years ago, ut y6uT
l05 Irish members woro for NJ
most part agreed you might do almoG5
anything you 1lke.n The Irlsh psoslS
have tskon the Liberal q hIs Wof1s
Afsr tho next general election M
1slsh representation Ia Parliament IN
bs for The most part agreed, aud A.
will do anything they like ~
irish people owe nothing % oltSSS
Enelish party. From The aboll(loS ~
tng Irish Parliament % sSis 6sS<
neithf party haa made onv o10css-7S