Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1895-10-04
WAR WITH ENGLAND
That Is What the Irish Con.
vention Declares For.
CoUNTRY's HISTORY REVIEWED
Intense Hatred for the British Govern.
ment shown in the Declaration
Of Principles Adopted.

| AulChRO, oepL.. Zo.-A bOudy beb-
sion Of the Irish convention, O'Neill
Ryan, Of st. Louis, chairman Of the
committee ON resolutions, read the fol-
lowing declaration Of principles:
"The people Of Ireland are sover-
eign people. Ireland is by nature sep
arate from every other country, and
liberty is the birthright of her people.
Ireland was known throughout Europe
as nation long before the dawn of
Christianity, and was the home Of civ
ilization when England was still bar.
barous. England's claim to authority
over Ireland originated in force, and
has been maintained by corruption and
coercion. 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-
glish rule in Ireland. England has de-
stroyed 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-
stroyed 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 inde-
pendence 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-
cions, and one of the most drastic char
acter is now upon her statute books.
"To the pleas of the people for JUS
tice. and their prayers for her mercy,
England has responded with the
scourge and scaffold, and yet today,
Ireland, enthralled, but not enslaved;
crushed, but not conquered, is in spirit
nation. 1t has become evident after
many years of earnest endeavor to OBJ
tain a 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 in 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-
lieve Ireland has right to make Eng
lands difficulty her opportunity, and &c
use 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 o.
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
in English prisons of Irish patriots
that we consider it inhuman anc
against the policy of civilized nations
to keep in prison men who have acted
in the interest of their country and hu
man liberty, and that the release o.
these men is imperatively demanded
not only by the Irish people, but b,
civilization.
! Resolved, That this convention
expresses the hope that the people o
Cuba, who are struggling for politica
independence and the establishment o
. republic, will be successful, and w
extend them our heartfelt sympathy.
Resolved, That this convention
recognizing the Importance of the Irisl
nation Of preserving the language, lit
erature and music of the people, com
mends the work now being done b.
the Gaelic League and National Liter
airy Society, in Ireland, and by tn
Gaelic societies in this country. ant
earnestly trusts that our people viii
give them hearty cooperation and
generous support"
The declaration Of principles Great
cd decided enthusiasm, and was unan
imously adopted by the convention a
submitted by the committee. TIL
three resolution were each read separ
ately, and were warmly indorsed b,
the convention in similar manner.