The islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1891-1899, 1895-10-03
WAR WITH ENGLAND
That Is What the Irish Con-
veation Declares For.
roryyRY'S HISTORY REVIEWED
,.t,,,., Hatred for the British Govern
plput shown in the Declaration
Of Principles Adopted.

plput shown in the Declaration
Of Principles Adopted.
Chicago Sept 28.-At today's ses-
sim Of the Irish convention, O'Neill
RYAN Of ST. Louis, chairman of the
committee on resolutions, read the fol-
Iowing declaration of principles:
The people of Ireland are sover-
4ipu people Ireland is by nature sep
,r3tr from every other country, and
liberty is the birthright of her people.
Ireland was known throughout Europe
- nation long before the dawn of
Christianity, and was the home of CIV
iz4tion when England was still bar
blraus England's claim to authority
over Ireland originated in force, and
has been maintained by corruption and
c1rrci0n Her title by conquest has
never been perfected, inasmuch as the
Irish people have continuously, by con-
stitutional agitation and revolutionary
movements, resisted England's power
and endeavOred to destroy her unlawful
supremacy.
ireland is deprived of almost every
civil right which the American people
most dearly cherish. Unexampled
cruelty and brutal vindictiveness have
been the distinguishing features of En-
gish rule in Ireland. England has de-
struyed Ireland's desires and ruined her
commerce; she has placed upon her
statute books laws making it crime
to educate Irish children; she has
burned Ireland's schoolhouses and de-
,troyed her churches; she has driven
into exile, or left to perish in her dun
geons, thousands of men whose only
crime was to love Ireland.
Every measure of the last century
looking toward the legislative indie
ptndence of the Irish people has either
suffered defeat in the commons Or been
arbitrarily rejected by the lords. Eng
land has violated every treaty, and
broken every pledge, and with almost
every year of the century she has i'm
posed upon Ireland brutal laws of cOer-
rions and one of the most drastic char
acter is now upon her statute books.
ITO the pleas of the people for JUS
4
I England has responded with the
@ourge and scaffold, and yet today,
I Ireland, enthralled, but not enslaved;
crushed, but not conquered, is i'll spirit
i nation. 1t has become evident after
many years of earnest endeavOr to OBJ
tain measure of independence from
England by peaceful agitation, that ap-
peals to reason for justice are futile.
1t is left, therefore, for men Of the
Irish race to porcelain again the truth
recorded by all history, that the liber-
ties of a people and the independence
Of nation cannot be achieved by de-
bate, but must be won upon the field
of battle, and we declare our belief
that the men of Ireland who are being
driven into exile or into the graves of
serfs III their native land by English
misgovernment are entitled by the laws
Of God and man to use every means IN
their power to drive from their cOun-
try the tyrant and usurper, and we be-
ieye Ireland has right to make Eng
lands difficulty her opportunity, and to
u>e all possible means to create that
difficulty.
In view of these facts the members
Of this convention appeal with conf
dence to their American fellow citizens
and all lovers of liberty to cooperate
with them in aiding the people of Ire
land in the achievement of the same
measure of liberty enjoyed by those in
the United States.
Distinct from the Declaration of
i principles, " Chairman Ryan submitted
On behalf of the resolutions committee
three separate resolutions, as follows:
Resolved, That we earnestly pro-
test against the continued incarceration
III English prisons of Irish patriots;
that we consider it inhuman and
against the policy of civilized nations
10 keep IN prison men who have acted
III the interest of their country and hu-
man liberty, and that the release of
these men is imperatively demanded,
noJ only by the Irish people, but by
civilization.
Resolved, That this convention
expresses the hope that the people OF
|ao2, who are struggling for political
Independence and the establishment of
afepubIc, will be successful, and we
extend them our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved, That this convention,
'Tognlzing the Importance of the Irish
Aatlon Of preserving the language, lit
nature and music of the people, COM
L5hdS the work now being done by
re Gaelic League and National Liter
Society, in Ireland, and by the
aehc societies in this country, and
e"[neStly trusts that our people will
give them hearty cooperation and a
SVaerouS support.
Inc declaration of principles Great
decided enthusiasm, and was unan-
'IlonsIy adopted by the convention as
SUBMITTED by the committee. The
1l'ee resolution were each read separ-
't|' and We're warmly Endorsed by
ut convention in similar manner.
The California Grain Tariff.
can Francisco, Sept. 28.-The Cali
Una railroad commission served on
,-s southern Pacific Company the new
F:,nted schedule of grain tariffs, pro-
,'u!ng Tor an s per cent reduction in
SAN rates The commission will al
NV The company twenty days time in