The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-18
AGAINST HOME RULE
The Men Of Ulster Meet in Con-
vention.
OVER TEN THOUSAND DELEGATES.

main Part of the United King
dom, and VIII Have Nothing to Do
with a Parliament Sure to be
Controlled by the Land League.
BELFAST, June 1s.-The great Ulster
convention to consider the negative side
of the home rule question was held in
this city yesterday. Work was generally
suspended, the shops and houses being
decorated with flags and bunting, and
many notices expressive of the Ulster
ties determination never to submit to
therule Of an Irish parliament.
The convention was held in an enorm-
GUS pavilion, erected for the purpose at
the intersection of College Park avenue
and Rugby road, and the building was
crowded to its utmost capacity with
delegates and enthusiastic opponents of
home rule.
About 10000 delegates were present.
Seven thousand of these were seated in
the area of the building and three tn u
sand in the galleries. Two hundred dis
tinguished strangers had seats in q
separate gallery. About 100 reporters
were present.
The proceedings were opened with a
prayer by his grace the primate of all
Ireland, after which the 10th psalm,
"God is our refuge and our strength"
was read by Rev. Nathaniel M. Brown,
ID. D., ex-moderater of the general as
sembly.
Mr.. Robert MacGeogh, president Of
the Ulster Liberal UniQnist association,
then moved that the Chair be taken by
his grace tho Duke of Abercora. Sir
William Millar, M. D., of Londonderry,
seconded the motion. The motion was
carried, and the duke was escorted to
the chair and addressed the convention.
The Resolutions.
Upon the conclusion of the dukes
speech Sir William Quartus Ewart, ID.
L.. proposed the following resolutions in
globo:
/. That we avow our fixed resolve to retain
unchanged our present position us an integral
portion of the United Kingdom, and to pro-
test in the most unequyocal manner against
the passage Of any measure that would rob us
of our Inheritance in the imperial parliament,
under the protection of which our capital has
been invested and homes and rights safe
guarded.
q That we record our determination to have
nothing to do with parliament certain to be
controlled by men responsible for tho crime
and outrage OF fhe Land League, the dis
honesty of tho plan of campaign. and the
cruelties of boycotting, many of wi m have
shown themselves the ready instrument OF
clerical domination.
D. That we declare to the people of Great
Britain our conviction that the attempt to set
up such parliament in Ireland will inevit-
ably result In disorder, violence and blood
shed, such as have not been experienced in
this century and announce our resolve to take
no part in the election or the proceedings of
such parliament, tho authority of which,
should it ever be constituted, we shall be
forced 10 repudiato.
4. That we protest against this great ques-
tion, which involves our lives, property and
civil rights, being treated as a mere side issue
in the impending electoral struggle.
6. That we appeal to those of our fellow
countrymsn who have hitherto been in favor
of n separate parliament to abandon demand
which hoielessly divides Irishmcn, and to
unite with us under the imperial legislature
in developing the resources and furthering the
best interests of our common country.
Stormy Words of Opposition.
The earl of Erne supported the first
resolution i'll strong speech. He said
that If the imperial parliament in Il fit
of insanity should sell the men of Ulster
in slavery, they would repudiste the law
and not attend to its DEGREES. The Rev.
DIR. McCutcheon. president of the Metho-
4 aIot COllSt,t. hdil tidb luOst WllO now
called themselves home rulers and had
been the enemies Of England and of the
queen.
MIR. John M Egan, a farmer, spoke in
favor of the resolution, and Mr.. Thomas
Andrews, president of the Ulster Lib
eral Reform club, declared that Ulster
would fight rather than yield to the
ignorant, shiftless south.
Mr.. Frank Johnston, a workingman,
and Rev. Mr.. Cregan also spoke in be-
half of the resolution, which was car
ried by laundering affirmative.
Rev. DIR. Lynde moved the second res
olution, to the effect that the hands of
the unionists of Ulster would be as quick
to strike for their brethren outside of
| Ulster as for themselves. Rev. DIR.
Kane, grand master of the Orangemen,
seconded this resolution in a tone that
WAS unexpectedly mild. He repudiated
the charge that the Orangemen were
bigots, but asserted that they were al
ways ready to assist their brethren.
J. D. Dunville, the well known dis
tiller, Mr.. w. d. Doulaghan and others
earnestly supported the motion, which
was carried. The thanks of the conven.
tion were voted to the Duke of Aber-
corn, and then the great audience sang
"God Save the Queen" volume of song
rolling up even more loudly although
more impressively than the opening
psalm. Nevertheless in these days the
anthem has never been sung with more
imposing effect. The meeting closed