Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-12-16
RossA STILL FOR FIGHT.
He Has No Faith in GIRdstone's Home Rule Measure and Says Irishmen Must Fight For Justice.

He Has No Faith in GIRdstone's Home
 RuIo Measure and Says Irishmen Must
 Fight For Justice.
 Although the streets were filled with snow and sleet and the sidewalks danger ously slippery, still the crowds that turned out to see O'Donovan Rossa last night were very large. g Both Naugatuck divisions of Hibernians and the Emmet club of that town came up by special train and were met at the depot by the O'Con- nell Literary and Social club, theSS local divisions of Hibernians, Company E, Hi bernian rifles, the Patrick Sarsfeld club, the St Aloysius and Hellmann's Advance drum corps. The lecturer had been met at Naugatuck by a committee consisting of J. NJ. ODonnell and Michael Hayes. There was a short parade headed by hack in which were the lecturer, Mayor-Elect Kilduff, John Moriarty and Thomas Con- lon.
 There was large an enthusiastic au- dience in City hall. On the stage were John Moriarty, Thomas Conlon, Edward B. Kelley, D. H. Tierney, Thomas Luddy. Daniel Foley. Simon Mccarthy. J. NJ. O'Donnell, William J. Spain and John M. Mulyille of Naugatuck. Mayor-Elect Kill duff introduced the speaker saying that he was proud of the honor of presenting to
 
 suffered so much for his country. The speaker was greeted with tumul- tuous applause when he arose. He began by saying that he claimed no credit for what he had done. He had suffered for hiss country, but no more than any true Irishmen should be willing to suffer for his | country. He had been convict in ten English prisons and was proud of it. Why am I hostile to English rule? For | seven hundred years Ireland has been crushed by English rule. No country pre- sents such an inspiring spectacle as Ire land in her grand and uncompromising warfare against superior force. The rib bon men thought that there was nc higher religion than to kill an Orangeman and the Orangemen thought the same as regards the latter. The English govern. ment from the very first has been merci less, brutal and tyrannical.v
 II have no expectation that England means to give home rule to Ireland, said the speaker. If;you heard a priest or min. ister preaching to the effect that salvation could be attained through the agency oi the devil you would think it strange, but ] would as soon expect liberty for Ireland from England as salvation from the devil | Until the Irish do something that will con- | vince England that she is losing ground by maintaining her grip on the Irish throat have no hope of seeing our country free | The way to bring England to terms is tc hurt her in every way you can. do not put any faith in Gladstone or any English man giving liberty to Ireland. I do no | believe that they are sincere. Gladstone has given Ireland as many coercion bill: and has sent as many Irishmen to prisor as any other prime minister of the cen tury. He Is fooling them now with prom ises that he does not intend to keep through fear.
 ''I have spoken with Froude and Brad | laugh on the subject. At Il dinner witl Brddfaugh at the Fifth avenue hotel the great radical said to me: The time vii come when the radicals will be paramoun in England, and when we are in powe Ireland will have the same rights as Eng land but if you would take up the sword tt bring about n separation between EnglanC and Ireland l would take up the sworC l against you, because the two countries should not and will not be separated I there are any Englishmen listening to me | would say that I have no personal feeling against Englshmen but against England a power I would as Froude says I must fight to strike her to her knees. If I could I would like John Mitchell not only throv bottles of vitriol on her soldiers, but if could grasp the fires of hell would seiz and throw them into the faces of m, country's enemies. I would like to se Irelands freedom gained by peaceful means, but from my knowledge of the mel who make the English government I d, not expect it. I would therefore use sucl means as are necessary to obtain it"
 In conclusion Rossa urged his hearers t be true to themselves and their race, t, strike terror into England at every appor tunity and in the end work destruction t, the enemy of their poor downtrodden coun try.