The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-30

up into a nigh mountain anu Salu. All
this will give to thee ii thou wilt fall /
down aud worship me-" Satan asked
the owner Of the land to worship him
"a regular old landlord--and perhaps
not the least respectable Of the class.
He prophesied that the day was not faf
distantwhen Ireland would have her
own Parliament id College Green.
.(Applause).
Hon. .. G. Donnelly of Milwaukee
said the late victory at the polls had
driven another nail IN the
landlords coffin. In Ulster as
well as in the loyal party
Of Ireland, the people had rallied to the
standard of Charles Stewart parnell,
The fact that eighty-six Nationalist
members had been elected to the En- |
glish parliament VI as of minor import
anee compared with the fact that these
members represented the uprising or a
united and an outraged people. Ihe
| English garrison in Ireland was now
lin a pitiahle plight. The landlords
were suffering from a bad case OF spl-
nal-meningitis. The Orangemen We're
foaIning at the mouth with q species OF
moral hydrophobia (aughter}, and Tor
1.-The peoples welfare the animals should
| be muzzled (applaase). II the worst
came TO the worst the people were
ready. The limit Of the time for ex-
fperimenting with parliamentary aglta-
ton would soon be reached. The be-
lief that there was a conscience III Eng
land kept down the arm OF hasty retri-
| button. The spirit that animated En-
met {applause), that animated Allen,
/ Larkin and O'Brien lappiause), still
i lived, and if patience and moderation
were not enough this spirit would find
practical utterance (cheersl. And he
i knew the Irish people of America
! would. whatever came to pass, stand up
for the good of old motherland zap
plause).
II Mr.. O'Neil Ryan, of st. Louis, chair
man of the special committee, offered
} the following address, which was
adopted:
/. 1.-THE executive committee OF the
Irish National League of America IN
conference assembled, congratufates
! the Irish Parliamentary party upon the
= splendid success it has attained, and
: pledges to the members of that party
! the answering support of its sympa
f! AZ in,
may adopt looking to the legislative III.
dependence of its native country. The
memory of the past is the inspiration
of the present, and renders us hope
: full of the fairest results in the neal
y future. Never before have the people
: of Ireland been SO united. so organ
= lied, and so determined to secure thel!
: rights as freemen. To entitle our
selves to share in sohe realization o.
their natural aspirations we will aWak
: en- and employ every effort and energy
: and hesitate at no sacrifice they ma,
demand Of US. O'Neil Ryan, st. Louis
: Charles O'Reillv D. d., Detroit; c. M
: MacCartN M. Y. Gan
! non
He also offered the following resolu
~ ton. which was adopted unanimously
! Resolved, That the executive com
: mittee of the Irish National League
;. indorse the action OF President Ega1
: in appointing ex-President Alexander
Sullivan as chairman OF the commit
tee in Chicago to receive the delegates
: to the convention, and the action 0
: Mr.. Sullivan in appointing the commit
: tee Of FIVE hundred citizens irrespec
tive of creed or politics and the ar
: rangements made by that committee
: and this committee hareby appoint
Mr.. Sullivan as chairman of the com
: mittee to receive and entertain dele
: gates to the next convention OF tn
: Irish National League to be held II
! Chicago"
: !. Col M. Boland, of New York, wa
: then introduced. He said the gathering
: was of the nature of a protracted meet
: ing, one which had been going On il
! Chicago practically for years. He SAT-
the Irish would fight England unit
!, the crack OF doom, but England woul'
: have to send somebody besides an Iris
: dude, who was thrown out by the mig
:, gers in the Soudan, to coerce the Iris
people. Who are the Irish people
Whether in prize ring or on the battle
field they were always yictorions
They could say to night to England
: t.sIf you don't settle the Irish question
: the Irish question will settle you
: The irish had furnished the bravest an
= and most competent officers of ali TIA
English speaking countries They 10y
to fight and will fight, and when tn
! opportunity comes TO resent the IN
quities which England has inficte
upon them their intrepidity will b
Z seen. The English say: II We Civ
. you your liberties you will g
to fighting us. and when Gladston
SAYS what are you going to do If you &C
: q1ire home rule, We say: Read tn
answer in the stars, there are no Eng
q iish there. Obedience was necessary
: The greatest of soldiers had been til
= most subordinate. Irish liberty was a
y hand, and that people would soon com
g again TO plague England unless she lf
2 our children gon ECheer5.
The next speaker was Mr. John {
sutton, Of Quebec. Canada. He re
!. ferred feeliDgly to the death Of Mont