The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-05-17

day came the town was decorated most
beautifully. The streets were srched with
evergreen wreaths. and from every win
dow Irish flags and banners mingling with
the American stars and stripes hoated on
the breeze. All day the streets were
living mass Of people, 20 densely were they
crowded.
Mr.. Parnell was the recognized leader of
the Land League. and as the champion OF
the no-rent system he was very popular.
As he came to the platform 20 address the
multitude cheer after cheer rent the air
and thousand OF voices joined In the hymn,
GOD Save Irelands"
When this noble man advanced to the
front Of the platform he said In clear dis
tinct voice:
ave appeal to the farmers OF Ireland 10
be mp and doingl Organize at once that
your full strength may be put forth In be-
half OF yourselves and your country Let
US remember the words OF Ireland's great
est sons. That the land Is the point
whence we all ultimately draw, and IL the
terms on which the land Il cultivated be
unfair, then the entire structure Is rotten
and must inevitably come down. In vain
shall we try 10 arouse the national spirit II
the very men who make nation sink into
paupers. Paupers have no country, no
rights, no dutiesl In short. IL we permit
the small farmers 10 be reduced To penury,
IL they are compelled to give up their lands
and throw themselves on the country for
relief, there IL an end TO Ireland.
1T takes an army OF thirty thousand
soldiers To secure the rent now, and II you
band together and ask reduction IL must
come, for no landlord can stand against
you. Stand firm and self-reliant against
this band Of cormorant vampires that have
sucked the life blood from the country;
that have banished your brothers and sis
tiers, and made US nation OF paupers
They threaten you with eviction II you re-
fuse 10 pay this terrible rackrent; but
don't forget that an English cabinet minis
ter once said that Eviction under agra
waited circumstances Is felony And you
know IL IL a maxim of the English law,
that felony can be resisted unto death.
1T IN well for ms To take lesson from
the English. They are practical peoplei
[Cheers and I'VE 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. IL his wife and
children are sick let them alone. IL Is only
by this means that you can bring the
landlords TO reason
There are large estates growing up TO
WEEDS now, but IL you hold 10 your pur-
pose they will increase a thousand foldv'
After leaving this meeting Mr.. Parnell
was arrested and taken to Kilmainham
prison, where a number OF the prominent
leaders Of the Land League were confined.
From that day Charles Stuart Parnell be-
came a hero! And his noble championship,
sacrifices and sufferings In the cause OF
Irish liberty have enthroned him In the
hearts OF ali true patriots. IL WINS no hero
worship that had made this great gather
ing possible. IL was the deep, heart felt
protest OF a naked, starving, Outraged peo-
pie. IL was cry against bayonet rule and
an appeal for human rights.
This man had placed himself I'm synpa-
thy with the peoples needs, and now they
looked at him rs their leader, PROTECTOR
and liberator. They trusted that at no dis
tant day he would overcome the power of
the landlords 10 make famine where there
was plenty and TO rob them OF improve
ments that were justly theirs
The leaders OF the Land League demand
ed union OF its followers but strongly con
demned violence. Unfortunately. many
disobeyed the injunction. When their
leaders were in prison the men who were
suffering hunger and who had seen their
families dying by the roadside became
frantic under sense OF accumulated
wrongs and were wild with desire for
revenge. They committed many crimes.
Stone throwing, window breaking and mt
tacks OH the police were frequent Tho
men I'm prison were not silent. From Kill
mailman came the no-rent manifesto.
which was circulated throughout Ireland
Fellow countrymen, the hour TO try
your souls and redeem your pledges has
arrived DO not be daunted by the reno
val OF yonr leaders. One more browning
struggle for your lands, your home and
your lives. A struggle In which all the
memories OF your race, all the hopes ~
your children, all the sacrifices Of your inn
prisoned brothers. all cravings for rent en-
franchised lands, for happy homes and ma
tional freedom inspire you. One more
heroic effort 10 destroy landlordism af tho
source and fount OF its existence and the
system which was aud IN the curse OF your
race will have disappeared foreverl The
world IL watching 10 see whether all your
splendid hopes and noble courage will
crumble away at the threats OF cownr,ily
tyrants. You have 20 choose between
throwing yourselves ON the mercy OF En-
gland and taking your stand by an organl-
zation that has once before been too strong
fcr English depotisml
Every tenant farmer Is to-day the stan
dard bearer Of the iiag unflirled by patriot
&c women, when they held the officers at
nay, and can bear II 20 glorious victory.
The landlord who eyicts Is n criminal, ana
the government which supports him with
the bayonet will learn In q single winter
how powerless its armed forces are against