The Irish standard., 1889-06-01
JOHN DILLON IN AUSTRALIA.
Grand Ovation rendered the Irish
Home Rule Delegates at
Adelaide.
SENTIMENT AND ARGUMENT.
a Speech Bristling With Facts-some Of
the Most Telling Passages
Hereln Given.

the Most Telling Passages
Hereln Given.
A wonderful ovation was given to the
Irish Home Rule delegates aud mem
bers of Parliament, John Dillon, Sir
Thomas Esmonde and J. Deasy on their
appearance IN the Town Hall at Ad
elaide, South Australia, on the evening
OF April l2, SAYS special correspond
ent Of the Boston Pilot. 1t was their
first address to the Australian people,
From an early hour dense crowd set
in towards the Town Hall, and long be-
fore the time fixed for the opening Of
the proceedings standing room was at
premium.
When John Dillon was introduced he
received an ovation chat lasted five
minutes of cheering and applause. He
made great speech, going right to the
point in sentiment aud argument. can
only give few OF the most telling pas
sages. He said
at the very threshold Of the attempt
which J. shall make to lay before you
the facts Of the situation in ireland, ]
must endeav0r to meet the objection
which have always found to exist in
the minds of people who have for the
first time turned their attention to this
question. That objection is this: Peo-
pie say, "Have you not in Ireland the
same government, the same law, and
the same privileges as the people OF
England? If you have. why cannot you
be law-abidng and contented?' Well,
now, l don't want you to take the
answer to that objection on my author
ity alone. My answer is that we have
almost none of the privileges so dearly
valued by the English people; that we
have none Of the rights on which the
fabric Of English greatness, power,
wealth and glory has been bui]t--those
privileges for which Englishmen rebel
led against the law, and even rebelled
against their sovereign in the 18th CEN
tury, and which they won for their
children and their children's children
at the cost Of much bloodshed and two
rebellions, and for which ii tomorrow
any man attempted to rob Or deprive
them of such rights he would be met
with other rebelhons (cheers)-I say
these privileges are donied to US today
in Ireland exactly as they were denied
to the people in England when the Stu
arts were the soyereigns Of that country
(cheers). We have not. in Ireland lib
erty OF speech; we have not in ireland
liberty OF publlc meeting, we have not
in Ireland in its true sense trial by jury;
We have not in Ireland, above ali things
valuable to q ljberty-loving people, the
administrators of thelaw responsible to
the representatives Of the people
{cheers). We have a centralized gov
ernment, under which the people are
deprived of every local liberty. All the
local business of the country which here
in Australia, in America, or in any
other free democratic country is done
in Ireland by the Castle of Dublin
misses, and cries Of "Shame'' )-and
without the smallest reference to the
wishes OF the people themselves. The
police Of Ireland are military body,
controlled by the Castle and organized
under military officers, who act without
consulting even with the local repre-
sentatives Of the country l'Shame' ']-
You have in ireland the local taxation
Of the country decreed, levied and ex-
pended by bodies called grand juries,
who are appointed by the nominees OF
the Castle. The public works of the
country are controlled by a body in
Dublin called the Board of Works,
nominated by the Castle, and consisting
chiefly OF half-pay English and Scotch
officers, who are sent over simply to get
a good berth, and generally knowing
nothing about the affairs of Ireland
Qaughter). The consequence is that
there is no country today in the civilized
world where so much Of the public
money has been wasted on useless and
disgraceful works, and the people of the
country are neither consulted nor al
lowed any voice whatever in the ex-
pendlture Of their money on the public
works Of the country. won't ask you
to take me as the sole authority for this
description Of the government under
which we liye-a government unparal-
leled Il assert it fearlessly) for It's vic
iousness of principle in the whole civil
lied world. You must recollect that at
the head of that strictly centralized
government you have generally, might
say always, a stranger to Ireland, a
man who comes to our shores in con-
dition Of absolute ignorance of the his.