The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1889-03-16

that The patient dignity, gentle forbear
ance, and unflinching courage with
which the Hon. Charles Stewart Par
nell has borne himself under storm
Of ca.umny which would haye subdued
many brave spirit, and his complete
triumph over the conspirators against
a struggling nations rights, entitle
him to forever rank among the most
sagacious, loyal, and unselfish states
men that eyer steered country through
turmoil and peril TO haven Of honor
and safety.
Resolved, further, That the Hon.
William e Gladstone, by his prolong-
ed efforts to unite the Irish people and
gain the hearty and active support OF
increased numbers of the people of En-
gland and Ireland, and his recent pub
lie obeisance made to the Irish leader
upon the floor Of the House of Com
nous, calls for administration and ap-
prevail from every lover Of freedoms
Institutions.
Resolved, further, That we hereby
express our condemnation and unquall.
fed disapproyal of the policy pursued
by the British Ministry as embodied in
SAID Coercion act, which is IN direct
contravention of the progressive spirit
of modern times.
A PALPABLE INJUSTICE.
Resolved, Further, that the act which
seals the lips of the Irish people in their
struggle for the common cause OF hui
peasant from his humble home to be
tried and prosecuted among strangers
for an alleged otfense, is a palpable ILL
Justice, violation Of the great prlncl.
Piles of the Magma Charta that no man
shall be tried except in judgment OF
his peers. and is a browning disgrace to
the civilization of the age, and merits
the emphatic disapprobatiOn OF all who
are imbued with love for human llb
erty.
Resolved, further, That the exper'
| jence of oyer 700 years of coercion and
the past failure of eightv-six coercion
laws, enacted by the British Parlia
.ment, have demonstrated, in the calm
| judgment of all liberal minded per
sons, that coercion is not the proper
policy to be pursued in the government
Of the Irish people.
Resolved, further, That Illinois,
through her General Assembly, does
hereby protfer to the patriotic and chiv'
alrous people Of oppressed Ireland hel
prefoundest sympathies with them in
their hour of deep distress, and assures
them Shat their continued forbearance
and heroic restraint in the face Of that
prolonged iniquitons treatment which
is ever more degrading to the oppresso1
than the oppressed commands the in
tense admiration of every lover Of hui
man freedom, of justice. and of right.
Resolved, further, That the griefs
suffered by the people of Ireland TO-
day throug h the inhumanity OF British
legislation resemble ROUGH the wrongs
to which the American colonists were
subject over 100 years ago, aud this
General Assembly sends encourage
ment, Well wishes, and godspeed to che
Hon. William e. Gladstone and the
Hon. Charles Stewart Parnell il their
patriotic zeal and untlring effort to Sc
cure for an oppressed people those po'
litical rights and privileges which are
the inseparable concomitants of mod.
ern civilization; and pe it further
Resolved, That the Clerk OF the
House and the Secretary Of the Senate
be and are hereby directed to transmit
to the Hon. William E. Gladstone and
to the Hon. Charles Stewart Parnell
individual transcripts of these resolu-
lions.