Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-02-09

the Irish National League against the m
situations of q hostile press in America
which is following in the footsteps OF tne
London Times. He urges loyalty to the
organization and pleads for funds to con-
tinue the fight which promises'soon to END
in glorious victory.
LINCOLN, NEB., February 8.-President
Fitzgerald, of the Irish National League,
to-day issued the following address to the
organization:
LINCOLN, NEB., February 5, los0'
To the ofHcers and Members of the Irish NatlonAl
League of America:
Since the inception of the present 1rlsn
movement now nearing Its hour OF nnai
triumph or sore defeat the Irish exiles ana
their children in America have been the sole
support and mainstay of the national struggle.
The continuous financial assistance rendered
from the United States and Canada to the peo-
pie and leaders Of Ireland has been the result
of organization. The munifcent aggregate
created by the many contributary streams Oh
Irish-American generosity could never nave
been attained had the movement depended
on the uncertainty of spasmodic local &C
tion. Our enemies have recognized tne
tremendous force of organized effort as most
potent aid TO the Irish cause, and they are now
exercising all their ingenuity and utilizing
their immense resources to destroy and nulnIy
its influence by trying to create disorganiza-
tion and distrust among the friends OF ire
land Secret society money is being expended.
and subsidized agents are employed TO scstter
innuendoes, to make false allegations, and Dy
every artihce to disseminate ISLANDERS IN oroer
to disrupt the Irish national organization In
America.
A HOSTILE PRESS IN AMERICA.
Be the impelling motive what 1t may,
Eo haf1 in
supplement the unscrupulous, but defeated,
efforts or the London Times TO discredit not
only the national officers of the American
League but the trusted and able leaders OF the
movement in Ireland, whom, TILL now, you nave
so loyalty obeyed and SO generously supported
President Fitzgerald then quotes from the
Chicago Times and Herald charges to the
effect that the Irish leaders want no conven-
ton or investigation, but are still shouting
"Givel GiVel Givel' and pleading Tor more
funds. Continuing. he says:
Brother Irish, Is not this the language OF
| the London Times and the Tory organs that Tor
generations have been splitting their contempt
npon every effort of the Irlsh people to emeli-
crate the condition Of their country Does IL
| not seem as If the Piggott hirelings, bafded in
England. had transferred their vile operations
| to AmericG7
| In this emergency we rely upon your man.
hood, your devotion, your common sense NOT
| to be misled by Sallisbury's reptile press, MS
|
moralize your ranks. Rest assured that the
| ignominious defeat Of the London Times Will
be the fate Of its puny imitators on this side Oh
| the Atlantic.
THE EXAMPLE ACROSS THE SEA.
The Irish people in Ireland are setting us .
grand example. They are conducting them
selves with zeal, q dignity and a discipline IN
precedented in the annals Of the human race.
! Generous as your contributions have been,
| aOrin md m
| cent your efforts, they are far from equaling,
| under like circumstance the manifest of these
| qualities by the people in Ireland.
| In instance, we refer you to the alacr1ty with
| which they contributed in an incredibly short
1 time $3.50 900 TO the defense of the leader in
| whose person the Irish nation was prosecuted
| before the late Times forgery commission, We
| instance the magnanimity with which Ireland
| has within the last two months raised Sl60,0O0
more for the same cause which is now being in
| turn contested upon the Irish hillsides.
The Tenants Defense Association has been
formed and is being maintained to defeat the
last despairing effort of lsndlordism, This in
| satiable octopus which has so long fastened
itself upon the flesh and fed itself upon the
blood of the Irish people has at last been
| brought to gaze in terror upon imminent doom.
Forced sale of their estates is now 9
living issue, contested by the two great
| English parties. The vital question of the hour
| is which party shall anticipate the other in the
framing of an Irish lang phi deslgnea TO give
eminent domain is undoubtedly going to be
invoked and the purchase price Of the estates
must be determined on the annual rental
accruing from their use. The landlords hope
to sell at fictitiously exorbitant figure upon
the showing of rack-rent roll.
HAVE DIsCERNED THE TRICK.
Our people have wisely discerned the cunning
OF this movement. and bravely determined to
thwart it at any cost To this end the tenants
Of Louth, Cork, Tipperary and other counties
are making common cause, and are going forth
| cir hol leaving estates
sent valuation approximate to their real
worth, according to existing prices OF agrlcul-
tural produce.
rendering the accumlations of years Of toll
and economy in the common cause of nation.
ality, deserve to be sustained. VIII we refuse
them succor in this, their most generous sacri-
fee on the altar of liberty? l exhort you in
your individual and associated parties to make
one more effort for Irish freedom. Let every
branch of the League re-assert and bestir it
self and let every individual determine to do
Your indefatigable treasurer has shown to
the world q manifest of honesty and economy
that disarms criticism and enlists enthusiasm.
We need not assure you that your every con-
tribution will be faithfully delivered to its
rightful destination from his clean and trusted
hands. Anonymous contributions have been
| impossible to answer, but have been no less
carefully credited. Of this our auditing COM
mittee are unimpeachable witnesses.
THE CAMPAIGN Is ON.
| A general election In Great Britain Is I'M
pending. With us are marshalled the liberal
hosts of England, Wales and Scotland, led by
the Grand Old Man, whose marvellous vigor is
sustained by the inspired consciousness of COM
ing victory. Parnell, the sagacious and un-
swerving leader, maintains unassailable his
touch upon the minds and hearts of our de.
voted people. Sacrifices will be demanded of
them and us to meet this supreme emergency,
SO as to preserve and even strengthen the In
tegrity Of Irish representation in the British
; Parliament. Two years at the most, and posi-
| bly two months, will bring US face to face with
the crisis. In this, the last ordeal that your
| patriotism may be called upon TO undergo, we
ourselves, the liberal masses of Great Britain
and the people Of ireland confidently rely upon
you.
urer from branches of the League now in exist
ence, or that may be formed, and all subscrip-
tions from individuals will be directly acknowt
edged and duly credited to the contributors.
! The assembling of the national convention
we have SO anxiously desired is postponed by
Mr. Parnell and the Irish leaders. In view oi
this postponement and for the transaction ol
important business the National Executive
Committee is summoned to meet at St Louis
on Wednesday April 16. 1890. Yours respect
, fully, JOHN FITZGERALD, PRESIDENT
, NATURAL GAS AND LAMP,