Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-06-18
BLAINE ON IRELAND
The Maine Statesman Addre.s.,,
of lrish-Americans at Portlan, 'ee
HOme-Rule Question. W

of lrish-Americans at PORTLAND Aeess
Home-Rule Question. "at
PORTLAND, Me-, june 2.-Exc
james q. Blaine addressed q pr.a, 9eas.
rule mass-meeting in the CITY hal, loa
night. A great many men Of losa,
State repute occupied seats on 1 ,Ia
form. Mayor Chapman called ,h Le
ing to order and introduced as N.Y. ny
| officer Governor Robe. who spol! mlsai
The Governor then introduced Mr. n VI
who was received with tremendon.' may
plause. After an explanation of ths,
| home-rule and also the aims Of Mr. "a g
htones bill tie speaker said:
Lord Salisbury says that if tho >.
do not wish to be governed by the n.y.! ~
yney should leave. But the Irish h.rnf .sI
i'll Ireland quite as long as Lord Sa ';ss.e1 y
ancestors have been in England. ! so@i1
need not be surprised, we who remo,
Salisbury's course in the civil .
Therefore we have to say that Lord s y
bury may be called impudent. Wa MY
not transgres courtesy. if We eS]
him insolent We would not tran ssI1
truth il we called him brutal. IWvn w gsi
him in this country. He was the hitthsul
! foe that the Government of til. ITnii]
States had in the British Parliamsnt \
| ing the civil war. He has transferrsa
| the haired which Missed forth in Tho pel
ment of Great Britain during our slrna.1
San objection comes from the pnnss,
terians of Ulster appealing to the pssj
terians of the United States apains
&. adstone's bill. l was educated mi
Presbyterian influences, and l have J
nection with hat church by kindred M
and an affinity that begins with mrI
and shall not cease until my life is email
and l would be ashamed of the Prss|
terrain Church of America if it
which asks that five million of n
| people shall be kept from free goys
| ment because Of the remote danger
they fancy, that a Dublin ParIIaln
| would interfere with their liberties
Presbyterians. = l know that
Catholics of Ireland and the Presbyteri
of Ireland can live and do just as the c.
! olics of the United States and the Pres
terians of the United States live, citiu
of n country, each giving to the of
perfect right of conscience, each decliu
to interfere in any manner with the
feet liberty of the other"
Mr.. Blaine concluded:
They complain sometimes in Bingham
| JUST SUCH u IueeUiuS Us IuAs. lucy say
are transcending the just and properd ID
of u friendly nalion. This is bold talk
us, who remember the days of 1864
and 1865. They should have longer me
ries than that, and yet L q
we'll know that their misconduct
ing our war would by no means jus
any ill-conduct on our part now.
United States stands forth as the frienI
Ireland. [Great %applause.l They do
stand forth as Democrats; they Go
stand forth as Republicans; they do
stand forth as Protestants; they do
stand forth as Catholics; but they st
forth as citizens Of a free republic.
plause.
"Nowif 1 had any word Of advice to-
to Irishmen it is that by all means
with every moral influence that car
used all acts of violence be withheld
have only one more word to say, and
word is that lrishmen of this cou
should keep this question, as it has
kept thus far, out of our own poll
struggles" [Great applause.