The examiner. (Hartford, Conn.) 1881-188?, 1886-07-03
FOR IRELAND'S AID.
PRESIDENT EGAN'S CALL.
A Convention of the National League to
be Held at Chicago i'm August.
LINCOLN, Neb., June 20.

LINCOLN, Neb., June 20.
To the Officers and Members Of Branches
We glad to be able to congratulate
you upon the splendid progress our cause
has made since we last addressed you. In
a Parliament elected on very different is
sues, the bill granting Home Rule to Ire
land was only defeated by the narrow ma
jority of thirty votes. After the general
election, now about to take place, we be-
lieve that Mr.. Gladstone will be in posi-
ton to undo by an overwhelming majority
the so-called union which that great
statesman himself, in his recent address at
Midlothian, SO truly described as paper
union, obtained by force and fraud, and
never sanctioned or accepted by the Irish
nation. The measure of Home Rule Fro
posed by Mr.. Gladstone will, he thinks, be
productive of permanent peace and good
will between Ireland and England, while
the twenty-year coercion alternative OF
Lord Salisbury and the Marquis of Hart
ington could result only in more deadly
feud than any that has ever before exi~ted
between the two countries, accompanied
by consequences which every lover of lib
erty should deeply deplore. The provin-
cial committee scheme of Mr. Chamberlain
is un worthy of serious consideration
In face of the desperate and disgraceful
attempts of Salisbury, Churchill, and
Chamberlain to foment religious strife
throughout Ireland our people have acted
nobly, and, with the exception of hand
full of misguided Loyalists in Belfast, they
have shown the world that the days of stu
pid religious bigotry and intolerance among
Irishmen have forever passed away.
The issue Of Home Rule for Ireland is
now fairly b:fore the English people, and
we feel confident that the great mass of
intelligent Englishmen will support Mr..
Gladstone and. by sending him back to
Parliament with large majority, enable
Wen as Ireland the greatest and most dan
gerous problem that the British Empire
has had to deal with during this century.
In pursuance of the powers conferred
upon US by the National Executive Com
mittee of the League, we hereby summon
the third regular Convention of the Irish
Music Hall, Chicago, on Wednesday and
Thursday, August Is and 10, 1886, and we
earnestly trust that every branch of the
League will be fully represented thereat.
All branches and societies affiliated with
the League that have subscribed regular
dues for the current term or have contrib
uted to the Parliamentary Fund a sum
equal to the amount of dues shall be en-
titled to representation.
We look for the attendance of an impor-
tant delegation from the Home League and
Parliamentary party. All arrangements
for the Convention shall be under the sole
charge of the Committee of Arrangements
of Chicago already organized, of which ex-
President Alexander Sullivan and the
officers of the League for Chicago and
Illinois are members.
Every branch of the League should set
to work promptly to prepare for the COM
ing crisis, and should remit all funds on
a SO T faat Inc m msas
may be forwarded by him to Ireland and
be made available if necessary for The ap-
pI oaching campaign.
All true friends of Ireland should by
active and earnest organization endeavor
to make our approaching Convention
worthy of the sacred cause in which we
are engaged-the cause of Irish liberty
PATRICK EGAN, President.
CHARLES O'REIILY, Treasurer.
JOHN P. SUTTON, Secretary.