St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-04
RAISED $4,000.
An Enthusiastic ParnelI Meeting
Held at Albany.

Held at Albany.
ALBANY, March S.-A grand demonstra-
ton was held this evening at the Leland
opera house, presided over by Gov. Hill. in
aid of the Irish parliamentary fund. The
auditorium was thrOnged in ever part,
many prominent citizens. including most of
the Roman Catholic clergymen, who were
seated on the stage. Soon after o'clock
the governor entered, accompanied
by the speaker of the even
ing, Mr.. Alexander Sullivan of Chicago
ana BOurke COchrane of New York. Their
appearance was greeted with long-contin-
ued applause. Gen. Hill, in assuming the
chair, said he disagreed with those who
thought it improper for public officer to
participate in such demonstration as this.
Congress had passed resolution of SYM
pathy with Greece on one occasion and he
thought it equally proper to sympathize
with struggling Ireland. The governor
then introduced Mr.. Sullivan, who was
greeted with hearty applause. In the
course of his remarks he said:
However the people OF America may differ
on other subjects they all agree in supporting
Ireland in her heroic struggle for liberty.
America is directly interested in the struggle
now going on. 1t was estimated as early as
lSiS that the Irish in this country, then COM
one million sterling annually to aid their kim
dred in Ireland against absentee landlordism.
From that day until this stream of Ameri-
can money has gone 10 aid in sustaining a
government which the American people
said they would not sustain. 1t
had been stated by many that the English
government was the most enlightened and
humane in the world. America for time
lived under that government, and 1t was not
many years before that constitution, and
/ rFna1N
the country. That government was charac-
terized then by intolerance, by cruelty and
IRoN-HANDED OPPRESSION
although the seat of government was 5000
miles away. The Irish people were simply
across little arm of the sea- where the
weight OF that government was infinitely
greater England has two constitutions-one
for the gaze of the world, the other which
they administer in Ireland. The former
is sugar-coated with liberty and under
the other an Irishman's house, popularly
supposed TO be his castle. can be
and is ruthlessly invaded. The people
are dispersed at the point of the bayonet;
the utterances of the people and the press
are suppressed. and other crimes are COM
mitted in the name of liberty. 1t was against
this system of devilish ingenuity. intended
| toostamp out Irish nationality that the Irish
were in revolt.
In conclusion Mr.. Sullivan reviewed the
Irish land system. He declared that the
Irish are not intolerant in religious mat
ters, and instanced the fact that Mr.. Par
nell, their leader, was not Roman Catho-
lie. He said:
We have given up beating each others
/ brains out for the love of God. We are now
beating our enemies brains out for hatred of
the devil. The Irish people are entirely capa-
BILE of self-government. If the English
/ thought they were not they would give Ire
/ land home government in order to have them
/ fail. England feared free government be-
cause it meant the downfall of the house of
lords.
Letters of regret were received from Sec
retary of the Treasury Daniel Manning.
Lieut.. Gov. Jones and others. About
$50. 900 was subscribed by those present for
the parliamentary funds. The meeting
closed with an address by Burke COchrane
| of New York