Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-27

Gladstone. 1t was not a triumph OF
blood, entailing lives and suffering, but
a triumph OF a peaceful statesmanship.
glorious with the promise Of freedom;
it is not a conquest Of territory, but q
conquest OF hearts.
1--WE are not assembled here to dis
cuss the measure. but 70 voice the ap-
proval of the whole civilized world OF
the measure which Gladstone has pro-
claimed and which the English people
have decreed shall be accomplished.
Tonight we meet TO endorse the policy
of emancipation which has been sub
stituted for the policy OF oppression.
"In view of this meeting snd the hun
dreds of other similar meetings held
throughout the length and breadth OF
the land, how stupid, how Impractical
Bile, how short sighted has been the
course OF the English during these
many years in attempting 10 accomplish
the subjugation of the Irish people.
THAT sacred flame of Irish national
itY has been carried Ia the bosoms OF
Irisnmen across the Globe, over tracK-
less deserts and painless seas, under
burning suns and beaten by icy blasts.
Wherever they have settled they have
awakenen the sympathies OF the world,
who contrasted their happy. comfort
able condition with the terrible condi-
tion under oppressive laws.
England has at last awakened 10 the
feeling that the moral law is binding
on q nation as well as on an individual.
No one can violate the conditions OF
nature without suffering the penalties.
England has abandoned the policy OF
violence; the last chapter in the long,
sad story has been written; the inform
er and the hangman are no longer the
exponents of EnEland's policy TO Ire
land; the goal and the gibbet have
ceased to play part in the struggle.
"a merciful God has at last vouch-
safed an answer TO the petitions that
have gone up TO the throne"
Mr.. Cochran detailed the various
provisions Of the Home Rule bill which
he said were OF little importance com
pared with the spirit which prompted
it's ntrod duction and the sentimen which
insured it's passage.
He touched npOn its similarity In
meaning to the Constitution OF the
United States, and in pointing out its
defects and the probable changes
which would hereafter be enacted, re-
ferred TO the electoral college as pro-
vded for by the Constitution.
THE Electoral College," he said,
"alone remains a dead limb on the
tree where the limbs are vigorous with
the vigor OF healthy life." Like pro-
visions in the constitution Of Ireland,
he said, would be eradicated by the
people who had learned TO know the
evils Of mis-government.
''The liberty which Gladstone has re-
stored, the Irish will ever guard as
sacred inheritance. Forgotten is the
Injustice and the oppression OF seven
hundred years. Forgiven are the
wrongs. They were inflicted by the
classes OF the English people. The in
Justice o. the classes has been repaid by
the Masses"
Major John Byrne then spoke at
some length in regard to the efforts OF
the Federation TO raise money 10 aid in
the conSummation OF the measure. lie
bore to the people message from Glad
stone, who said TO him not long ago:
81 believe what binds me to political
life is Justice to Ireland aud not only to
political life, but TO physical life,"
Noah Davis was among the other
speakers OF the evening and made an
eloquent address.
After John Jerome Rooney read
poem which he had prepared for the oc-
caslnn, DR.. VIM. g. Wallace was called
upon 10 speak. He, to use his words,
proceeded to business, called for sub
scriptlons to the Emergency Fund, 3"
which is to be only temporary loan,
and will be returned to the subscribers
upon the completion OF the popular
subscription. Thirteen gentlemen con-