Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-09-11

The Home EuIe Hill Pronounced W"rth-
 less and the Effort of the Grand Old Man
 to Pass It a Deceptive Farce-A Call For
 Gre; Convention.
 NEW YorK, Sept. 1.-The executive committee of the Irish National League of AmGritn has isSued the following manifesto in regard to th" home rule bill and its re jectiuu by the house Ji lords.
 When the home rule proirSRls of NIT. Gladstone became known. we addressed you, Ewing our opinion of his bill and warning lri~hmcu against the acceptance of its proNi Ni>iuns. We had no faith h'n Tn the work of MT Gladstone We lookel upon fl as cLimrrical->omrthinG to lead the fool farthcr-uud We were sorry to see our own people playing: the weaker part in the greatest tarCical comedy of the az
 The bill submitted to the house of com mons was practically worthless The i'm position on our country of the mutilated skeleton just rejected by the house of lords would have been an outrage, and the serfs who would accept il with thanks would merit the scorn of the nations. IL was a sorry spectacle-lrrlaud. after her Struggle for centuries, on her knees for a crumh, His Influence P"rnicious.
 I've have uo hesitation in declaring that
  work among our people than the influence of Mir, Gladstone in recent years. The spirit of Irish nationality was hring stcadi- ly dc~trulvd hy ti,iN influence and fe~trred by q designing g.aErucy which prefers West Britain tr all Ireland. The people were daily btr,Iuiug more and more West Brit
 aiuilci aud er~tW hjlr patriots more Eng li>h than the English. Let uS hope that | Ih, spell has passed away and that our pco- pie will once more rrCnGui.r that their place k uot at the feet of England. In that event the hot.er of l"rds may not lr an unmiNrd evil Nou will now
 doubt,c>~ be told by the professional agi | tators that the rejection of the home rule | bill by the house of lords k merely tenn porary; that after MT Gladstone has passed | two or three British measures it will again | be sent to the upper house, and that then, on its defeat, the Grand Old Man will go | to the country and be swept back to power
 ou q great tidal wave of popular iudigna
 tiOn against the lords. These Inrn will be | simply playing you false
 | MT. Gladstone, Whtth her he appeals to
 the country this year or next, will, in the | opinion of those thoroughly acquainted with the situation, hc defeated at the polls,
 and the men who would still keep their
 hands in your pocket know this.
 Certain of Defeat.
 "On the home rule question alone he is
 certain of defeat, but his shirking of the
 direct issue by linking an unpopular local option bill and other measures to home
 rule iusures Il sweeping majority for the | Tories Do not for moment imagine that
 tte British people are willing to give home | rule to the Irish. Among even the most
 ardent followers of Mir. Gladstone, with | the possible exception nf John Morley, | there k not H man whom it interests. Even l Lord Ro>chcry admits that home rule is to him only a means projected to enable the l Liberal party to escape the enactment oi l coercion laws 0r the diSfranChising of Ire | land. Are you willing. therefore, to still | play the part of dupc>
 | Ut appears to Us that the time has come s when tn" Irish race the world over should | he enlisted in one gigantic movement for ! he liberation of Ireland. IL has the power | to strike the chains from the mutherland | if it only has the will. A great convention
 of Iri-hmrn from all countries. We think
 should be called and d plan for united
 action formulated and adopted.
 | At such convention the example ot
 the Amrricau patriots might be emulated
 and declaration of lrelandS independ
 vnce given tn the world
 l M V. GANNON. President. | ''.l T.. SI rruN. Secretary.
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