The Irish standard., 1890-02-22


impress upon my fellow cOnntrymen
that what we have got to do first OF all
is to win the battle of Home Rule
against Coercion (cheers). and that it
will take all the undivided strength and
energies and patriotleln of the people
of Ireland to do it. toWnsmen and cOun-
try men. laborers and farmers, moderate
men and extreme men, aud that not in
any vague or general way, but in that
dOgg-d, hard. matter Of fact way in
which the men Of ripperary are at this
moment fighting and crushing coer
cion (Ioud cheers). Gcd knows, as far
as some of us are concerned. we should
be spared many sleepless night if we
could honestly advise our countrymen
not ever again TO face troubles aud So
cr,fces. Let no man tell me what this
struggle involves. what perils and what
sacrifices it will demand before our vic
tory comes. DO you suppose that it is
with light hearts that we aek our
country,nen TO enter into conflict such
as that? mo. no.) Do you suppose
that every arrest aud every ring of the
crowbar does not bring to our hearts a
panS perhaps keener than if. our own
liberties and homes were being struck
at? God knows 1t would be more COM
Portable for us if we Gould confine our
speeches to general observations about
nationality and about Home Ru e, and
to ask .ur countrymen to simply occupy
themselves with programmes for the
future. But no. L think it will be ad.
nltted that nave never yet wavered IN
my conviction that the English people
would end this Internal system Of mis-
government the moment they under
stood it {hear, hear). 1 have never felt
more confident than at this moment
that this is so. Button the other hand
cannot in the least agree with those
friends of ours who seem to think that
the hattie Is over, and that we have
nothing to do but to coneider what we
will do when we have Home Rule. II l
could believe that, if I could be assured
that the general election would bring
everv body Of campaigners redress for
the wrongs that are inflicted upon
them, l for one would he the first to ad
wise them to throw down their arms
and submit to anv terms, and to submit
to any amount of Injustice. But / do
not and cannot believe that the battle
in ireland is over. remember what
was the consequence once-a the IA
NOUS battle of Ross-of thinking too
soon that the .ttle was won. But be
yund all doubt we are winnlng-we are
winning hands down lloud cheers)
Both III this c ,uDtry and in England, lii
Scotland, and in Wales we are winning
hands down beyond ali manner OF doubt
(cheers). But if we are winning, wa
are winning not by lying down OF by
folding our arms, or by talking Of pro
grammes for the future (hear, hear):
We are wlnning-next to the prOdiglous
and unparalleled influence Of Mr.. Glad
stone in our scale-We are winning, IT,
is nv humble conviction, because the
Irish people have shown that their
hearts are in this cause, and that they
are ready to give every proof that gal
liant nation can give Of the faith that IS
in them, and of the sacrifices that make
men worthy of freedom (cneers). How
ever earnestly the English people may
be determined to give us j1stic , if they
know tue facts, we have got to give
them an answer to Tory boasts and mis-
presentations; we have got to show
the hearts and the fortunes, and it ne
cessary the lives Of the Irish nation are
bound up in this cause (hear. hear).
We have got to show them what hate
ful aud repulsive thing coercion is, ard
We have got TO show them, as | think
we have fairly shown them for the last
four years. how vain are all it's barba-
rites againsta patriotic, high-spirited
aud united people lcheers) Very we'll
then, il that is 80. say this one word
OF advice to my countrymen: - March
right onward, as you are going under
the banner of Charles Stewart PArnell
(loud cheers). Have conf ienc, In one
another. Have confidence in that illus
trious leader, our unchanged and un-
changeable leader, who ha, never vet
led the people one mile astray on the
road to independence (cheers). Have
confidence. also, say, ia those honest
English millions who I tell you have
good will TO us IN their hearts, and who
loathe coercion just as much as we do,
icheers) Above all have conf dence in
tue justice Of our cause, ana never
doubtit and meyer dread it, that the
God or justice, who has preserved our.
nation through centuries Of bundase.l
such as no other nation ia the world has
survived that God OF justice will lead
us within the golden gates of freedom
aud happlness for our land loud and.
prOlo longed cheers n
III What an I unmarried woman doesn't
know about bringing up chill en- could
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