The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1890-08-30
WIN. 0'BRlEN SPEAKSAGAIN.
The Great Irish Patriot Addresses an
Immense and Appreciative Audi
ence at Manchester.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST PARNELL

Tory Intrigues at Rome to Turn tie
Pope Against the Irish
People.
William O'Brien and his estimable
bride paid visit to Manchester on
August 8, ard were the recipients Of
much social attention. Addresses were
presented, q banquet was served, and q
great public meeting was held under q
high tent holding 1000 people. An
overflow meeting was also held on the
foot ball grounds, at which %. 600 people
attended. The lion of the occasion
was, Of course, Mr.. u Brien. His speech
was masterpiece. He began by allud-
ing to the fact that Arthur j. Balfour,
Ireland's arch enemy. held his seat in
Parliament through the votes of resi-
dents of Manchester. But the town
also sent a staunch Home Ruler in the
person OF Mr.. Schwann. Then he un-
dertook brief review of recent events
and a forecast of the future. He said:
The fact Of tits that all the old obstacles
to Home Rule, and the old fallacies. and
the old women's tales are vanishing like
the witches in Macbeth at cock crow.
There were three grand objections to
Home Rule, which used to be dinned
into the ears of the English people. 1t
was on the strength Of these three obs
jections that the last general election
gave birth to the present mongrel ma
jorlty in the House Of Commons Each
and every one of these objections has
now been exploded and blown to the
winds. You used to be. told that the
irish leader. Mr.. Parnen [cheersl and
the Irish party were stepped to the lips
in murders and IN all sorts Of abOmina-
tions. Will the most besotted Tory in
all England dare to repeat to day the
charges and ALLEGATIONS of the Fines
newspaper?s Hear, henri Why 10 It
that we hear SO little now about che
Parnell commissions That commission
was to have wiped us out of public life,
it was to have branded US and our ma
tion with everlasting shame. Why
don't we hear Of the results now of the
Parnell commission? Why does the
heart of every Tory sink down to his
boots when he hears a whisper Of Par.
nellism and crime2 Applause.] Why
does every Tory cheek that has a blush
left in it turn crimson at the recollec-
tion Of that foul conspiracy against the
character Of the Irish leaders Ccheers]
and against the hopes Of the Irish ma
tion? Cheers Goldsmith once told q
story OF an lllnatured dog thst went
mad. and bits man, and then he tells
US Of the very curious result that rol-
lowed, for, contrary to all human cal
culations.
1.-THE man recovered from the bite,
The dog 1t was that died.
daughter and applause.] Now that is
exactly what has happened to the rabid
assaults Of the Times newspaper in the
dog days of Parnellism and crime
lLaughter and applause.] Mr.. Parnell
-[cheersl has recovered from the bite:
the dog it is that's dead. [Applause.
Because the calumnies Of Parnellism
and crime are to-day as dead as julius
Cesar or as Richard Pigott- [groans] -
and although a day will come when that
whole ugly subject Of the Parnell COM
mission will have to be exhnmed hear,
hear, and applausel lit will not be for
the purpose Of befouling the character
OF the Irish leader Ihear, hear but it
will be for the purpose OF tracing and
unrayelling the secret history Of that
whole miserable consplracv. [Cheers.
It will be for the purpose Of saddling
the guilt upon the shoulders OF that
dastardlY Tory government who traded
In Parnellism and crime. who packed q
tribunal against ns. who had their
secret police, who had their infoImers
and their attorney general-a not much
more respectable person ltaughter and
applause] to the Times newspaper. 90
long as there was the slightest chance
of stabbing US, and were the guiding
hand, the efficient Instrument, the hand
OF Esau ii the whole: transaction,
though the voice was the voice of Mr..
Smith 8 old friend. Mr.. Walter Of TIE
Times. [Laughter:] Well. thatsis ont
grand objection % Home Rule gone by.
the board. Hear, hear. The argu-.
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