Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-16
REDMOND AND IRELAND.

He Dsnounces HeaIy's Methods aud Ii In
dors.d-He Has Faith in Gladstone-A
Coed Sam Secur ed for His Cause In New
York.
NEW YORK, june 15.-The Academy OF
Music was tastetully decorated tonight
with the green flag of ireland and the Stars
and Stripes, the occasion being reception
rendered by O number of Irishmen to John
E Redmond, NJ. P, the Parnellite leader.
The house was comfortably filed when
Judge Wsnhope Lynn called the meeting
to order. The enthusiasm was great There
was tempest of cheers when Mr.. Redmond
stepped forward He began his address
with glowing tribute to Parnell SAID he'
Parnell preached the doctrine that we
Irishmen were the equals of Engitshmen
and even when he had but a band Of men
less than score by his side, he oeieateG
one after the other of the great polaca1t y
parties and finally he brought one OF
these great English parties to admit tne
justice of our claim. This was the position
when last stood on an American platform;
What is the position to-day? The Nationa'
party is destructed, the National hopes are
jeopardized, the National leader Is dead
Distracted, the Irish National party looks
around in vain for man fitted to, to faEe Ak rna'
The first proposals for peace made by the
opposition came from I. z. O'Conner IN
public speech. He stated that in the strug
gle for Home Rule for Ireland the repre-,
sentation in the British Parliament snoui9
include all shades of Nationalists. 1t shonlo
not be considered the triumph OF a parry,
but the nation. 1 am for a policy OF con-
Citation, consideration and kindness, a
policy of fair and proportionate representa-
tion for the followers OF Parnell.
Continuing, the speaker said that settle
ment on these lines was indorsed by Dillon,
Mccarthy and O'Brien, and that the Par
neilites were willing to accept it; but they
could not consent to accept 10 or II seats
while their opponents were allowed 76.
sympathy had been their principal oppo-
nent, and Mr.. Redmond appealed to the
Irishmen of the United States not to let his
party be driven from public life. He then
reviewed his personal efforts to bring about
unity, all of which came to naught through
the bitterness of Mr.. Healy. He con-
tinued:
If there was only trust until Mr. Gladstone
should be returned to power, and that as
quickly as possible some measure of home
rule which would abolish the armed police
force might be secured. The Irish members
will never consent to half measures. Como
veal, come woe, we are prepared to stand on
Parnelrs principles, and We will refuse to
merge our forces in any English party, no
matter how fair it may appear. We Will
never barter away our independence.
Next Mr.. Redmond read cablegram
which he to-day received from Mr.. Harring-
ton, in which it was stated that every prop
osition had been rejected and that the
Wings were determined to expel every man
who stood by Parnell He then concluded:
Then demand of you, if you are in earn
est and have not come here to hoodw1nk me
[cries of "No, no!'l that you will resist this
attempt on the part oil Healy to drive US
from public life. l demand your support,
and in closing let me say, lift up your
and encountered too many defeats to be dis
heartened now, even as this blow came just
as she stood on the threshold of freedom.
A little self-abnegation, a little more tolera-
tion to the loyalty of union and independ-
ence and the cause our fathers fought and
died for will triumph. Then Ireland's
honor will De vindicated and her martyrs
justified.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Redmond's ad-
dress, collection amounting to between
g, 900 and S., 900 was taken aud the follow
ing resolution adopted:
Resolved. That the proposals of peace
offered by Mr.. Redmond ana Mr.. Harrington
afford a fair means of stopping strife with
out injuring the interests or either section.
by the other. That the earnest and substan-
tial support of the friends of Ireland in
America is hereby pledged to the Independ-
ent Irish party in their defense Of our ma
tional principles against international de-
fection ana outside aggression.