The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-19

Aelfsh motives In view; you come not for any
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. The highest and noii-
lest hopes aud aspirations that could inspire a
human heart inspired yours rs you left your
WIVES and hearthstones az home You come
here, not paid by branches or inspired by the
H0ve of rivalry. You came here as honest. pat
lriotic men, loving the land that gave you
birth, and hating her oppressors. Cheers
You came here like free men in
this, the greatest free country earth
HChesrs You came here to attend with the
ltruest motives that could permeate an assemb-
lag of pure. honest and determined men. You
came here as the representatives of the Irish
National League of America, that was organized
Lot to dictate, not to suggest line Of policy to
those four thousand miles across the Atlantic.
Tor whose happiness, for whose interest We are
gathered here to-day. You came here not to die
tate to them. bnt rather follow in their steps
You came here to-day with hearts fun OF hope
FOR the future. We cannot forget the past, IL we
would and we would not if we could. lCheers.
But while that is the fact, we look to the future
with the hope that the Irish race throughout the
world is concentrated Charles Stewart Par
NELL Cheers You came here to-day to well
come by your cheers and to approve by your
actions the honcred representatives Of the
IRISH Parliamentary party and Charles
Stewart Parnell Parneil has sent you good
news and glad tidines by his trusty lieutenants.
who now before you. [Applausel You
start up, and with your voices give utterance to
the sentiments of your hearts in cheer after
cheer to the chosen representatives of the Irish
people who are present to-day. ICheers. Cir
cumstances rendered it impossible for their
1eader TO be hare in person, bat, my friends, he
Is here no less in spirit His recognized repre-
sentatives come here at his request l entreat
all of you, therefore to pay the closest attention
to what they may say. and let your platform and
your resolutions be made up after they have
spoken. | regret and no doubt you, too, regret
II, that for the last day or two you may have
press suggestions of terrible fight and
disaster in this convention. Cries of
No. Mo- Nothing earth would give
greater aid and confort to the enemies OF our
race. and the enemies of free government,
than would the confirmation of such a prophecy
1t has been mooted along, IN some dark corners,
that resolution will be presented here, to-day,
debating policy to those directly interested in
the objects of this convention. There may be
mad house not far from here. [Cheers and
laughter There may be an escaped lunatic
from the mad house; but lunatic or not, no mat
ter who he may be, if such a should dare
TO show his brazen head in this convention, and
should for one moment attempt to direct Parnel!
and the Irish parliamentary party-should die
1ate or suggest to them policy-I anticipate
that your sergeant-at-arms could not prevent
this multitude of good and true men from rising
in their might and ejecting the crazy fellow"
lChesrs.l
Turning to Michael Davitt, the speaker pro-
SO~a1Co' We oIO dSAU to-uhy W WotCOmo yOu,
not because you are Michael Davitt, but because
Jon are a true, devoted son of Erin" zap
plause.] Turning to the other members of the
Parliamentary committee - Messrs. O'Brien,
Redmond and Deassy-the speaker said: 'sThe
enemies Of our race have long succeeded in the
metto, Divide and Conquer Henceforth
among true Irishmen at home and abroad there
Is no division of sentiment the question Of
home rule for the Irish people and absolute CON
troll Of their affairs BY themselves loud and
continuous applause And, Messrs. O'Brien
Redmond and Deasey fapplausel we are here to-
cay to give you the same generous welcome as we
do the hero and the founder Of the League
not in your individual capacity, but as the repre-
sentatives of the Irish people, who in. that Par
lament, day by day, and night by night, and
month by month, were Iaboring for your own
and the land we love. We want you and doubt
Less you will. to tell what the desires, what
the wishes. what the hopes and the aspirations
Of the Irish people are. You will doubtless tell
us what you request of us to-day, and on behalf
of those who now before me- and on behalf
of those they represent throughout this broad
land, from the high hills of Maine to the golden
slopes of California; on behalf of the generous
American people, who. are with us in sentiment
and In heart, promise you. sirs. that from this
convention there. shall emenate but one senti-
ment, but one action, but one echo and that is
for Ireland, for her chosen representatives
to follow in your wake, not to direct
not to dictate not to suggest for the Irish
National League 10 cripple you and Charles
Stewart Parnell, the same as we have been
gripping you for the last two years. Loud APP
plause. And. my friends you have heard me
IL your name make those promises; in the name
OF the land that gave the most of BIRTH in the
name Of that land where many of you first be-
held the light of heaven, in the name of liberty,
that is the God given right of that people of all
others; in the name of Charles Stewart Parnell
i beg Of YOU entreat you, by every act of
yours, to see that the promise have just made
is religiously and vigorously fulfilled. Jap
planse. If there are any individuals in your
great city that have grievances to settle, let
them be settled as men. Every delegate having
right to enter this hall shall have
q seat IN this convention if / have
any say about it. Every delegate coming here
has the right to express his opinions honestly,
cordially, periodically. upon the issues at stake
connected with the convention. / beg of you
to be sober and earnest, to be forbearing with
ons another, to grant the rights TO your brother
that you demand for yourself. and in the dis
cussiou of any legitimate matters that come be-
fore US. oh, look back through the last two
months and take an example worthy of emula-
ton first from the parliamentary band OF broth
ers that sat there in that Parliament house and
listened, day after day, night after night, to the
most vicious, violent, malignant falsehood. that
could emanate from the heart gain expression
by the mouth of man. How did these men be-
have in that critical moment9 Did they
jump up and in an irritated manner
drive back the SANDER with vituperationa
No, they did not. They were under a disc ipline
not equaled in any legislative hall in ancient or
modern times And what in addition, can you
say TO the five million souls that were looking
with breathless anxiety for the work Of their
representatives. The history of the world fails
TO point to a grander picture. fails to point to
people, trodden by the reckless hand of the
tSrant who, in their moments of almost bitter de-
spair cool and self-possessed; who. under the
most critical. trying ordeal. as calm and
dispassonate, with their hopes in heaven and
the fidelity of their representatives. Oh, take
the lesson from that race of yours home--that
race that, within the last few months, has
shown to the world capacity for self-govern-
ment, an abstemiousness from vice and vituper-
alton, notwithstanding the amount of vitupera-
ton that was poured out against them,
has shown to the world capacity for
self government not equaled by any other