Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1886-06-04
HOME RULE.

AT Ehtnuaiaotic Meeting at New
orleans and Strong Resolutions,
Eulogizing Gladstone and the
lrish Members Of Parliament.
NEW ORLEANS, May ga great
mass meeting was held tonight 10 sup.
port Of the cause of home rule In
Ireland. Gov. McEnery presided.
Three hundred Vice-president accepted
seats on the platform. The following
was ado, ted:
Whereas, the struggle Of ireland
for local self government having at
tracted unusual notice, and has ex.
cited the interest and sympathy and
received the moral and financial sup
port ofthe American people especially;
therefore we, the people Of New Or
leans, IN mass meeting assembled, do
hereby
Resolve, That We firmly believe in
the principle of self government as tn
sovereign remedy for discomfort and
mlSrule. We point to our W recent
history and experience as conducive
proof that self.government is not only
productive Of peace and good will, but
also the truest loyalty to national in
terests be it further
Resolved, That we declare ad.
miration for the craftsmanship of the
Ri. Hon. W. E. Gladstone and his asso-
clates in the British ministry in having
I~eNlutely determined to establish Irish
autonomy as set forth IN the Irish home
rule bill. We admire and commend
Mr.. Gladstone's courageous advocacy
OF this great measure in the face of the
difficulties forced upon him in con-
sequence of this proposed legislation.
We tender him our sincere sympathy
and earnestly wish him a timtly and
complete triumph. We delare, also,
U admiration for the consUancy ex.
hibited by the British people in their
support of Mr.. Gladstone, and con-
graduate them on the speedy solution
OF the pei teal problem which has
been their puzzle and their disgracea
for centuries.
Resolved, That we congratulate the
Irish peoI lie or their untliA ching
patriotism, their admiral patience, their
u~nWavering unity and their deter
mined perseverance in Fighting the
wrongs of their country, and We espe.
cially congratulate Charles Stewart
PdTnell and his associates Of the Irish
paril lmentary party on their devoted
patriotism, and on the craftsmanship
and sagacity vita which they have
conducted the long and bitter struggle
now happily about to be brought to a
successful issue.
Resolved, That we cordially and
heartily congratulate our fellow citi-
zens of the Irish National League of
America for their u%nwavering conf
denc3 in the Irish parliamentary party
during this long exciting and even
painful struggle, and especially for
their g%enerou', hearty and unquestion-
ing support OF their Kindred in the old
lind, as it is mainly by these exertions
the success of this great polite ii rev.
Qlu i'm has been achieved. We con-
graduate them on the approaching end
of their labors and pledge them our
material assurance should there be
further &C :asion for the same.
Resolved, That the president of
this mass meeting be directed
to send a cablegram TO Right
Hon. W. E. Gladstone and one to
Charles Stewart Parnell, expressing the
sense of tits meeting in respt C; to the
Irish home rule bill as set forth in
; these resolutions.
Complying with the instructions
: given IN the asst resoluti>n N, Gov. Nc
: Emery sent the following by cable:
: 80 Gladstone, Westminster, England:
:, MASS meeting of thousands of citi.
: zens of New Orleans, including many
,, leading men of the SAFE, tender you
congratulations on your noble efforts
; to confer on Ireland the benefits of
: that self government which has been
. productive of so many blessings
. to ourselves, and the want of which
! IN the receLt past was productive of
: so much OPPRESSION and disorder. We
will watch the progress of this pro-
posed legislation with intense interest
. and earnestly wish you God speed"
ITO Parnell, Westminster, England:
IAN immense mass meeting directs
me to congraLul IT, you and your col
leagues on tae brave sand of your
a selves and people for self-government
for Ireland. We congratulate you on
lts near achievement and pledge you
= the continuance of our moral and ma.
a terial support till the home rule victory
" Is Mnn-n '