Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-05-16

the small farmers to be reduced 20 perjury,
II they are compelled to give up their lands
and throw themselves on the country for
relief, there Is an end to Ireland.
at takes an army of thirty thousand
soldiers to secure the rent now, and If you
band together and ask a reduction 1t must
come, for no landlord can stand against
youe 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 paupersl
They threaten you with eviction IL you re-
fuse to pay this terrible rack-rent; but
don't forget that nm English cabinet minis
ter once said that Eviction under agra
waited circumstances is felonyl' And vol
know it is q maxim of the English law,
that felony can be resisted unto death.
"It is well for us to take a lesson from
the English They are practical peoplel
[Cheers and eve 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 are sick let them alone. 1t is only
by this means that you can bring the
landlords to reason.
"There are large estates growing up to
weeds now, but if you hold to your pur-
pose they will increase thousand foldr'
After leaving this meeting Mr.. Parnell
was arrested and taken to Kilmainham
prison, where number Of the prominent
leaders Of the Land League were confined.
From that day Charles Stuart Parnell be-
came hero And his noble championship,
sacrifices and sufferings in the cause OF
Irish liberty have enthroned him in the
hearts of all true patriots. 1t was no hero
worship that had made this great gather
ing possible. IL was the deep, heartfelt
protest Of naked, starving, outraged peo-
pie. 1t was cry against bayonet rule 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 leader, protector
and liberator. They trusted that at no dis
tant day he would overcome the power Of
the landlords to 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, bus strongly con-
demned violence. Unfortunately, many
disobeyed the injunction. When their
suffering hunger and who had seen their
families dying by the roadside, became
| frantic under sense Of accumulated
wrongs and were wild with a desire for
revenge. They committed many crimes.
Stone throwing, window breaking, and at
taclks on the police were frequent. The
men in prison were not silent. From Kill
mainham came the norent manifesto,
| yx,hfc oh cirOp1otaH thr0n0hnnf Tpa1onA
"Fellow countrymen, the hour to try
your souls and redeem your pledges has
arrived. Do not be daunted by the reno
val of your 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 of
your children, all the sacrifices of your i'm
prisoned brothers, all cravings for rent en-
franchised lands, for happy homes and ma
tional freedom inspire you One more
heroic effort to destroy landlordism at the
source and fount of its existence, and the
system which was and is the curse of your
race will have dt ppeared forever! The
world is watching TO see whether all your
splendid hopes and noble courage will
crumble away at the threats of cowardly
tyrants. You have TO choose between
throwing yourselves on the mercy of En-
gland and taking your stand by an organi-
zation that has once before been too strong
for English depotisml
every tenant farmer is to-day the stan.
dard bearer Of the flag unfurled by patriot
ic women, when they held the officers al
bay, and can bear it to glorious victory
The landlord who evicts is a criminal, and
the government which supports him with
the bayonet will learn in single winter
how powerless its armed forces are against
the will of united and determined peo
plep'