The Forrest City times., 1890-09-27
CHAPTER rt.--srY HERO.

When my course at tho University was completed. came home for q vacation be- fore starting for the two years travel my father had marked out for me had not been at home long when great meeting under the direction of the Land League Association was called. Charles Stuart Parncil was to be the speaker. Whom the day came the town was decorated most beautifully. The streets were arched with evergreen wreaths, and from every win dow Irish flags and banners mingling with the American stars and stripes foated GA tho breeze. All day the streets were a living mass of people, So denseiy were they crowded.
 Mir Parnell was the recognized leader of tho Land League and as the champion of the no-rent system he was very popular As he came to the platform to address the multitude cheer after cheer rent the air and thousand of voices joined in the hymn, God Save lreland,'
 When this noble man advanced to the front of the platform he said In clear dis tinct voice:
 We appeal to the farmers of Ireland to be up and doings Organize at once that your full strength may he put forth in be half of yourselves and your country, Let us remember the words of Ireiand's great. est sons. That the land is the point whence We all ultimately draw. and if the terms on which the land k cultivated be unfair, then the entire structure is rotten and must inevitably come downi Tn vain shall we try to arouse the national spirit if the very men who make nation sink into paupcrs Panpcrs have no country. no rights. no duties' In short, If we permit the small farmers to be reduced to pcnury, if they are compelled to give mp their lands and throw themselves on the country for relief. there k an end to Ireland
 Tt takes an army of thirty thousand soldiers to secure the rent now, and if you band together and ask reduction 1t must come. for no landlord can stand against you. Stand firm and self-rcliant against this band of cormorant vampires that have sucked the life blood from the country: that have banishcd your brothers and sis. tcrs, and made us n nation of paupersl They threaten you with eviction fl you re- fuse to pay this terrible rack-rent; but don't forget that an English cabinet minis ter once said that Eviction under aggra- vated circumstances is feionyF And you know it is n maxim of the English law, that felony can be resisted unto death.
 Tt is we'll for us to take n lesson from the English. They nre practical people, tCheers and "We will" from the vast audience.l You must band together and shun the man who will occupy an evicted property, as you would leper. Hold no communion with him. If his wife and children arc sick let them alone. It is only by this means that you can bring the landlords Ia reason
 There are large estates growing up to eds now, but if you hold to your pur~ pose they will increase a thousand foldr'
 After leaving this meeting Mir. Parnell was arrested and taken to Kilmainham pltson, where . ntimbcr of the prominent leaders of the Land League were confineo From that day Charles Stuart Parnell be- came n herol And his noble championship. sacrifices and sufferings in the cause of Irish liberty have enthroncd him in the hearts of all true patriots. It was no hero worship that had made this great gather ing possible. IL was the deep. heartfelt protest of A naked, starving, outraged pco- pie. It was cry against bayonet rulc and an appeal for human rights
 This man had placed himself in sympa- thy with the peoples needs, and now they looked at him as their lender, protector and hberntor. They trusted thatSat no dis tant day he would overcome the power of the landlorsis to make famine where there was plenty and to rob them of improve ments that werc justly theirs.
 The leaders of the Land League demand cd union of it's followers. but strongly con demned violence. Unfortunately, many disobcyed the injunction. When their lsAders werc in prison the men who were au0crtng hunger and who had seen their families dyfng by the roadside. became frantic under . sense If accumulated wrongs and were wild with desire for revenge. They committed many crimes. Stone throwing window breaking, and at sncks on the police were frequent Tho men In prison were not silent. From K!s- malnham came the no-rsnt manifesto. which was circulated throughout Ireland.
 Fellow eountrynen. the honr to try your seub and rs<iecm your pledem hap