The Irish standard., 1891-11-14
A TIMELY ADDRESS
The Officers Of the Irish National League OF
a. ss America Issue an Address

l,sEFAALNSI ANs ~ SOAs ANOv. 11. Y Wall
non, president Of the Irish National
I5eague of America; w. Lyman, treas
llarer, and John T. Sutton, secretary, to-
day issued significant statement, ad-
dressed to the friends of ireland in
EE,Anerica. The document refers to the
rival factions, infamed with hate, ar
)rayed against each other in Ireland,
Eand says those who would be naturally
looked to there for COUNSEL tending to
peace and unity are foremost in fer
msnting fratricidal strife, adding:
g. L 1T is patent to every thoughtful man
that the contending parties are each too
Estrong for one to politically destroy tho
IIother and force reunion down the
throats OF disc0mfted: opponents.
Union however, between these factions
AS absolutely necessary to the success of
the Irish cause, and it must be union
Ipf head and heart based op mutual eon-
cessions, even il every present asIarant
to. the eadership has to be- forced into
retirement. 1t should be the resolve of
1.-THE Irish in America that NO parl1a-
mentary factions shall be permitted to
bring upon our mother land ruin
more complete than England's iyran-
nicai acts have ever been able to ac-
c0nplish. We have faith in the sturdy
nationality Of the people; and when we
speak Ufs, the people We do SO in an
American sBnse, and beyond tha artIfi-
cial lines of a mere British franchise.
We believe in the manhood Of ireland,
and to live appeal to force these par
liamentarlans to stop their .quarrels or
make way for other Irishmen to whom
the interests of their country are of
greater merit than of personal ambi
tion or personal animosities.
The address calls for more thorough
organization and redoubling of efforts
to make the Irish league of America a
mighty, engine for good, not only for
Ireland, but for the Irish race all over
the world. Entirely non-politicaI in
America, the league, the address says,
will exercise marked beneficial inlu-
7nce in Irish affairs. and it's power to
render financial assistance be far
greater than can evsr be- derived from
spasmodic collection tours ;by Irish re-
representatives.. Its service to Ireland in
the past has been incalculable IN spite
OF the many obstacles PLACED in its way,
and now. as anA ind ependent American
organization, it should not hsed the
clamor Of interested parties okx stop by
the wayside TO quarrel with fellow
countrymen who may differ in opinion,
but 10 steadily forward, endeavo1ing to.
bring order out OF chaos. union out Of
disnnion aud ultimate freedom to Ire
land. Branches should be at once or
ganized. and state executives are urged
to put the good work in motion with
the least possible delay. It has been
hoasted bysa British statesman, the ad
dress says, that a gun could not be fred
in Europe without the consent OF The
English government, because, strong in
her own splendid system of orgaDiza-
tio,n, England kept every European na.
ton in q state Of Jurmoli and disorgan-
ization through the medium Of subsi-
dlzed secret societies. she.sls playing
the same game in Arnerlca to-day, says
the ddress, which asks: g (Jan'sge pos
= oly hope IS overcome her po owerful in
Auanee without organizing TO counter
ACT ~ II.
First little nv ma got a new
dressyesterday, ana shethrew her arms
around my g neck. What does yoilr
ma do slens she gets new dress Sec
Load Iattle She says she'll forgive
him oRt la 1alsn' II stay out late again.