Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-16

would have If either were Insane enough to
attempt to fight the rest of the Union. The
praotIcal good of q majority OF the Irish
Protestants would speedily put down any
attempt at such o mad demonstration.
"ft would be a'graceful act, the speaker
said, "for Mr. Gladstone on his return to
Office to grant amnesty to the men accused
of political crimes of violence, now i'm
prisoned in English and Irish peniten-
tiaries. Even if they were guilty, as
charged, Mr.. Gladstone should remember
that they were only engaged in ringing
that celebrated chapel bell' of his, which
tion to the intolerable grievances under
which ireland labored at the time when the
alleged attempts at crime were made. Ac-
cording to Gladstone's own statement 1t
was the desperate acts of these men that
drew his attention to Ireland's grievance.
Amerioan-Irish Faithful Friend.
zone day of clemency would have more
good effect on the Irish heart, home and
abroad, than a hundred years of severity.
If the crimes charged against these men had
the effect of helping to make Gladstone Ire
lands powerful ally, the aged statesman
should not be too hard on the apostles who
converted him to the faith of human lib
erty."
In conclusion, Mr.. Finerty, referring to
the two factions in the Irish Parliamentary
party, said that from the great meeting
which he had the honor to address, and In
the name of the United Irish societies OF
Chicago, over which he had the honor to
preside, mighty cry for union would go
forth to their brethren in Ireland, and
everywhere beneath the sun. The Ameri-
can-Irish had stood faithfully by Ireland In
the past, and they were willing to do so
again, but they firmly and emphatically
demanded union. There should be mutual
concessions, and men who were recognized
as leaders among their countrymen should
think less of their own ambitions and hear
the burnings and more of the interests of
their common country,
Should it be necessary again to dissolve
Parliament, in order to force the home rule
bill through the House of Lords, he had no
doubt that the Irish settled in the American
Republic, and in other lands as well, would
give millions of dollars to united Irish
party in order to maintain the struggle and
accomplish the victory. He hoped they all
might live to congratulate Ireland on her
freedom nobly recognized, after generations
of sacrifice and of suffering such as no other
nation had endured, and to hail her old
green flag flying proudly above her rehabil-
itated Senate house, soon to be dedicated to
the perfection and the maintenance of her
legislative independence.
President Cannon on the League.
President Cannon, of the Irish National
League, was given an extraordinary ova-
tion. He spoke with even more than his
usual earnest eloquence. Referring to
Gladstone's return to power, pledged to
carry out the great reforms for which Par
nell organized the Irish people, Mr.. Cannon
said: "What is our duty toward this con-
dition of affairs? Plainly to accept it as far
as it goes and as for six
years the Irish people under appalling cir
cumstances and goaded by petty Tory
malice have implicitly trusted to the prom
give our brethren that moral and material
support which heretofore has contributed
so largely to the success of the movement
may tell you confidently that the peace
mission, so much derided in certain quar-
tiers, has been largely instrumental in bring
ing about that unity which hurled Sails
bury from power by united Irish vote.
ELEVEN years ago in Mccormick Hall I
endeavored to answer the question, What
does the Land League mean?' and said it
means Parliament in College Green with
the flag of an Irish republic floating from
the central dome and citizen soldiery
We are to nave the Parliament
and for the rest in the language of |
Parnell, No man can place limit to the |
march of nation This angered John |
Bright at the time, but despite all that has |
been said L fully expect ireland to give an |
exhibition of religious tolerance the like |
of which the world has not yet Witnessed
Mr. Cannon then traced the work of his |
predecessors in Office and closed with
fervid peroration. He was wildly cheered |
by his immense audience. About 15, 900 |
people were present.