Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-01-18
FOR PARSELL,s DEFENSE.
A Handsome sum Realized by Last
 NiUht,S Lecture,

Nights Lecture.
 There was large audience present at the City hall last evening to attend the lecture under the auspices of the Land league for the benefit of the Parnell de- ffense fund, Long before s o'clock the | large auditorium of the hall was filled | while at the armory a representative | body of men from the several societies had gathered and marched to the hall, l accompanied by the Canadian band and ] the Silver drum corps. On the stage
 were seated prominent citizens and 1 clergymen who honored the occasion
 with their presence. William c. Keenan acted as chairman and introduced Judge 1 Quillinan of Derby as the first speaker. MT Quillinan is a very forcible speaker. l He said that one had only to glance at | the pages of Irish history and he would find food for thought that it was the 1 ambition of every Irishman to have the Irish people treated like the people of the | other countries of the world, and not 1 treated to prison cell without a con-
 mon warrant. He spoke of the intel hgence of the Irish race, the brightest people on Gods footstool. He since he left Ireland forty-one years ago,
 and spoke of the perseverance with
 which they are fighting with Parnell as their leader to obtain a parliament of Grattan memory from the British gov
 ernment. He spoke of the great struggle
 in which Parnell was now combating
 the base forgeries which the London | Times has brought before commission
 whose sole intention is to convict upon
 evidence that a justice of the peace in
 Connecticut would reject. He told how
 the English government has repeatedly
 dissolved parliament and how they said that they would have elections so ire uuently that the followers of Parnell be- ing poor would be unable to stand the
 strain upon their financial resources, but | when that rOmor reached America the
 cable was put in use and installments
 of S10 .000 were forwarded to the old sod.
 MT Quillinan was frequently interrupted
 with applause.
 the next speaker and plainly told the ob-
 feet of the meeting which was to
 raise funds to help in the great fight.
 He said that the man who started to read
 Irish history as a conservative soon
 becomes radical He spoke very
 pointedly of that champion of freedom,
 Michael Davitt: of the blood that flowed
 in Parnelfs veins, who he said was
 justly fitted to be the leader of the Irish
 in their fight for home rule. He en-
 couraged the Irish to keep up their noble
 
 and with the true hberality of the Irish
 heart give generously to the Parnell de-
 fense fund.
 It was 9 o'clock when the principal speaker of the evening, the Hon T. C. E.
 Ecclesine of New York, was introduced He said
 , As came up through your beautiful , valley tonight, with your thriving city
 nestled within its enclosure, I was pain fully struck by the contrast such a scene must necessarily present with country | whose people are free and happy, anC . the country from which most of us have . come. Here the speaker painted th' happiness of a nation with her manufac '. turers and the destruction of Irish in dustries by the English government Il But he said we are on the eve of
 new condition of affairs and 1 am conf o dent that this generation shall not pas t away without seeing this condition witl d a parliament on College green delibera ting under the flag dear to all our hearts s We must uphold the aim and sustain NJ ;, Parnel in his fight. If we do uphold him @ and we certainly will, he can convinc, e the English people that he tells the truth e with the whole civilized world as hi e jury. The speaker said it would be at '- Surd to ask an American audience or t
 enter into any argument about home rule r. We have that condition and al e- Ireland asks for is to govern herself le She does not ask to stretch her domai @ beyond the green isle. She only -ask e that she need not stand clothed as beg t gar among the other nations, with tn n finger of starvation upon her lips, wit l. only potato crop between her and abst 10 lute famine. Continuing, the speake It said the only promise that England ha le given her are the grim milestones alon d the road of Erin's history, famine, evit e. ton, exile, penal servitude and the ga S. lows. These are the blessings that Ems ,e land offers. The speaker depicted tn l. sutferings from the famine of '46, whic
 he said broke the heart of Daniel O'Col
 nell of the movements AS and the Fenia
 movement in the eos to the land act l. 1870. He spoke feelingly of Michat
 Davitt, whom he pictured as homeles K as home by cruel eviction, only to ris n as the champion of the Irish cause whel b the seeds of the Land league were sowl 1t when Parnell was brought to the iron 'r He reviewed the brilliant galaxy S. Irishmen who have taken part in u n affairs of the nations of the earth. IT. r. speaker closed his able address by urgin k the people to keep up the good fight ft 5. Parnell and home rule.
 n Chairman keenan announced that u ne meeting had been a success, the receip a being S434 S4. Among the large col LII tributions were T. F. Meagher club, S1O or First division, A. O. H.. S59; Secon al division, A. o. H., $50; Fourth division n. A. o. H., S12.75; Conlon Bros, S25.O m c. & M. T. Maloney, $20.00, and \ 7e Dennis O'Reilly of New Haven, S1O.00. C. A Blizzard Coming East.