The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-20

government and we express our gratitude to the
given TO the great Liberal leader and his Irish policy
during the recent general elections.
Fourth-That this convention hereby returns its
thanks the American people and press for the gem
erous support which they have given to the cause of
self government in Ireland.
Eifth-That we record sense of the remarkable
forbearance and self-restraint represented by our
people in Ireland in the face of the cruel and dishon
est system of extortion to which they being sub
Jected BY rack renting landlords and in view of the
license scandalously extended to glnized awless-
mess In the north of Ireland by partisan officials and
Hand to manage their affairs in their own way.
Sixth-That we hereby thank the president, treasu-
rer and secretary of the Irish National League for the
Faithful and Efficient in which they have dis
charged the ardrous duties of their respective sta
tions.
Seventh-That the following cablegram be for
warded in the of the chairman of the convention
to the Hon. Charles Stewart Parne:
stThe delegates to the Irish National League con-
vention of America send greetings from our BODY,
which embraces representative citizens from every
State and Territory in the Union, and also from
Canada. and assure you of cordial Endorsement Oh
-FOUR policy by united and harmonious convention.
Colonel Atkinson, of Detroit, Mich. one of
the members of the committee on resolutions,
explained on behalf of the committee, that In
considering the declarations contained in the
draft the committee, while discussing them
fully, adopted them unanimously. The reading
of the resolutions was followed by hearty cheers.
Mr.. Finerty moved that the resolutions be
adopted section by section. [Cries of mo-"
'no.
Mr.. Armstrong, of Georgia, seconded this mo-
ton.
Mr. Cannon desired them adopted by sections.
If there was anything between the lines, with
all due respect to their visitors from Ireland,
which would bind the league to pursue its pres
ent course forever, despite exigencies of the flu
ture which might arise for different course of
action, then he desired to vote against it.
ICheers
Alexander Sullivan made an eloquent address
and evoked wild cheering. He declared that in
did so that the men in the gap might be untram
meied The personal representatives of Ireland
present had given proof of their absolute fealty
TO their native country, and the empty sleeve of
Michael Davitt testified to what he had suffered.
There had been preachers of fear that there
would not be harmony in the convention. but
the men who had borne the brunt OF the fight in
the past. and who were ready to bear arms now
If necessary tremendous cheeriEgI did not fear,
and there were enough of them here to strange,
il necessary. those who would attempt to ham
per or thwart the absolute purpose of the league
10 follow Parnell under any flag he might elect.
iGreat cheering.
Mr.. Dewey. of New York. said many Of the
New York delegation may have come with as
many reservations as those from Illinois, but he
desired peace and harmony, and wanted the res
Olutions Endorsed as whole.
Mr.. Dayitt suggested, in the spirit of har-
Va
read and then be adopted unanimously.
Mr.. Finerty said he would withdraw his mo-
ton.
The resolutions were then adopted by the con-
vention by rising VOTE followed by frantic
cheering
The chairman then introduced Mr. Redmond,
who spoke as follows:
''The duty which devolres upon my colleagues
and myself, of representing the Irish nation at
home at this great gathering of the Irish nation
abroad, is one in which the honor is great and
the responsibility heavy. Perhaps the greatest
glory OF our nation is to be found in the fact
that our people, driven by misfortune and mis-
rule from the land of their fathers, and coming
TO this land rude, and ignorant and poor, have
yet been able to bear an honorable part in build
Tag up the fortunes Of America, and to give to
tho world undeniabe proof that, in addition to
the qualities Of fidelity and honesty. Irishmen
under free constitution, can be worthy sors
and good citizens of their adopted country.
The IRISH people in this great republic. no less
as American citizens than as Irish Ma
tionalists, have arrested the attention
and commanded the admiration OF the
world The assembly of this day is proof of
devotion to great cause perhaps unparalleled
in history. The hardships, the expressions and
the miseries which drove you your fathers
from Ireland, have welded your hearts to Ire
lands cause by ties which neither prosperity,
nor distance, nor time can destroy or weaken.
The principle underlying the movement of this
recognition
nationality of Ireland. We are working, not
simply for tie removal of grievances or the
amslioration of the material condition of our
people Nothing, think, is palmer than If Ire
land had In the past, abandoned principle she
could easily have bartered her national rights to
England, and in return have obtained certain
amount of material prosperity But Ireland has
preferred rags and an unconquered spirit of lib
erty to favors won by national dishonor. The
principle embodied in the Irish movement of to-
Il he W IA
soul of every Irish movement for the last seven
centuries. A settlement honorable to England
and Ireland alike, we believe, was offered to us
by Mr. Gladstone, and quite apart from the in
creased strength which Mr. Gladsones proposals.
even though temporarily defeated, have given to
our cause, We have l think, reason to rejoice at
the opportunity which they afforded to our suf-
fering and exasperated people to show the mag
nanimlty OF their natures, and the unalloyed
purity of their love of liberty. What
spectacle Ireland afforded to the
world, when at last great
Englshman arose bold enough and wise enough
to do justice to her character. Ages of heart
less oppression and bitter wrong, hundreds of
thousands OF martyrs to Irish freedom, ages of
atupid religious persecution, ages of depopula-
tion and state-created famine, never ending in
suit and ruthless calumny-all, In that one mo-
ment, were forgotten, and the feelings upper
most in the hearts OF the Irish race at home and
abroad were gratitude to the aged statesman
who simply proposed to do justice and anxiety
for blessed oblivion of the past" Who, in
the face of the reception given TO the bill of Mr.
Gladstone, cramped and deformei as it was by
humiliatiEg safeguards and unnecessary limta-
tions, will dare to say that the principle of our
movement is merely race-hatred of Englandp
Continuing the speaker said: ''Once again
the policy of Cancellation has been cast aside by
England. The English Vlceroy, who represented
the policy of liberty, and who, for the first time
since 1895. was greeted with the acclamations of
the populace 10 Dublin, has left our shores, and
in his place has come one bearing the hated
name of Castlereagh. Once again all thoughts
of amity with England have been banished from
the minds of Irishmen and to-day We are once
foes The same cloud has descended once
more upon our land, but we have right
TO call on the world to remember how brightly
and peacefully the Irish landscape smiled during
the brief sunshine of the last few months. The
duty of the moment is clear. We have given