Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-09-25
would welcome the sight of 100000
armed Americans
RREAKTNG NEUTRALITY LAWS

dl LuCu ALltl lOdlo
BREAKING NEUTRALITY LAWS
in behalf of Cuba and doubly could |
welcome the sight of 100000 armed
Americans breaking the neutrality laws
with England in behalf of Ireland"
Mr.. Finerty said the eXtingu.shment
of the nationality of Ireland by fraudu-
lent means, which had placed the
smaller country at the mercy Of
the larger; the. act of union, passed by
a sectarian assemblage, had been cursed
by all true, feryent Irishmen since the
day of it's birth. The various attempts
of Irishmen to make the English govern
ment listen to reason were recapitulated
by the speaker, the first and only one
that accomplished the desired result be-
ing, in his opinion, the Fen.an move
ment. Where Charles Stuart Parnell
and other leaders had fallen the Fenian
movement has succeeded. When the
Fen.an movement was killed, the ears
of the English government were closed
to reason. The speaker continued:
There are those who fear that we
may do something here against the laws
of the United States. Our loyalty to the
United States is shown to the Stars and
Sr.pes on our platform here; but our
loyalty is a matter entirely independent
of and entirely separate from the neu-
trality laws.
Whenever England has paid any at
tention to neutrality laws? Certainly
not in Ireland. where her very pres
ence is a standing memorial Of her
breach of the neutrality laws. For twen-
ty-fve years the foreign policy OF the
United States has not been what 1t
should have been. When the English
gunbOat landed its men at CorintO, 1t
should have evoked a reply from the
mouths of American cannon that would
make the Monroe doctrine far more eff
fective than the negative given. When
Cuba
RAISED THE FLAG OF FREEDOM,
it should have been the duty of Amer
lea to hasten her deliverance, neutrality
or no neutrality. And when the power
of England is used against the United
States it would be the duty as citizens
of this great republic and our pleasure
as children of Old Ireland to bear arms
for our country against the Oppressor.
We want to hear the rebel yell at the
gates of England-that rebel yell which,
while It was confined to American soil,
England did so much to encourage and
foster, despite all the neutrality laws.
In conclusion Mr.. Finerty said: "We
are here to proclaim to the world that
the Irish race is by no means defeated
or disheartened. There are more Irish
men to-day than were ever on the face
of the earth before. We will circle Eng
land with wall of fire which shall new
er be extinguished until Ireland IS free. "
After Secretary Sutton had read the
call for the convention and the original
circular, an Ohio delegate tried unsuc-
cessfully to have a stenOgrapher engaged
to report the meeting, but there were
no funds for such a purpose. The Sec
! retary read the various kilograms, each
one bringing forth applause.
The only interruption aside from the
applause was when a member of the
Illinois delegation asked who signed one
of
THE DUBLIN TELEGRAMS,
Never mind who signed it." said
the Secretary; ''the men who signed
those kilograms do not intend to have
themselves given away and their names
made known
Some of the messages were as fol-
lows:
Limerick, Ireland, September "a
Limerick men are with you.
MURPHY.
Galway, September 24.-Irishmen of
Galway are wishing every success.
NJ. O'SULLIVAN.
Cork, September 24.-Munster with
you for Irish independence
KINSALE.
Paris, September 24-Irish colony
Paris join new efforts Irish freedom.
MAUD CONN.
Dublin, September 24.-Mayo men all
with you from Ireland. WILSON.
New Orleans, September "a - The
dawn of the day of deliverance from
English oppression is at hand. God
speed your efforts.
D. p. HAGGERTY,
President Grattan Club.
There were also kilograms from Pc
oria, H., ST. Louis, Mo, CharlestOwn,
Mass, Waterbury, Conn, Fall River,
Mass, Dayton, O., Philadelphia, Pa,
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