Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-10-04
IRISH GALL TO ARMS.
Warlike Resolutions of the
Promoters of the "NeW
Movement"
National Alliance Formed and
a Full Set Of Officers
Selected.
The "Declaration Of Princi-
pies" Given Unanimous
Support.

CHICAGO, Sept. 27.-The Irish Ma
tional Alliance is the result Of the
convention of Irish Americans in ses"
sion here the past three days. Officers
were elected and the following "declara'
ton of principles adopted:
The people of Ireland are a sovereign
people. Ireland is by nature separate
from every country and liberty is the
birthright of her people. Ireland was
known throughout Europe as nation
long ago as the dawn of Christianity
and was the home of civilization while
England was still barbarous.
England's claims to authority in Ire
land. originated in force and has been
maintained by corruption and coercion.
They have never ripened into a right to
rule; the title by conquest has never
been perfected, inasmuch as the Irish
people have continuous: by constitu
tional agitation or revolutionary move
ments resisted England's power and ell
deavored to destroy her unlawful su-
prenacy.
Deprived of Almost All Rights.
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 English rule
in Ireland. England has destroyed Ire
lands industries and ruined her COM
MERGE; she has placed upon her statute
books laws making it a crime to educate
an Irish child; she burned Ireland's
school houses and destroyed her
churches; she has driven into exile or
left to perish in her dungeons thousands
OF men whose only crime was love OF
Ireland. Every measure fer the last
century, looking towards legislative i'll
dependence of the Irish people, has
either suffered defeat III the COM
mons Or been arbitrarily rejected
by the lords. England has
Violated Every Treaty
and broken every pledge, and with al
most every year of the century she has
imposed upcn Ireland brutal laws of
coercion, and one, of the most drastic
books
To the pleas of the people for justice
and their prayers for mercy, England
has responded with the scourge and the
scafold, and yet today Ireland is en-
"tnralled, but not enslaved; crushed, but
not conquered.
1t has become evident after many
years of earnest endeavor to obtain q
measure of independence from the Eng
ish government by peaceful agitation
that appeals to reason for justice are
futile. It is left, therefore, to the men
of the Irish race to proclaim against
the truth recorded by all history that
the liberties of people and the indie
pendence of nation cannot be achieved
by debate, 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 country the tyrant and
.usurper and we believe that Ireland has
- the right to make England's difficulty
her opportunity and to use all possible
means to create that difficulty.
In view Of these facts the members of
this convention appeal with confidence
to their American fellow citizens and
all lovers of liberty to cooperate with
them in aiding the people Of Ireland in
the achievement Of the same measure Of
liberty enjoyed in these United States.
Was Unanimously Adopted.
The "declaration of principles Gre
ated decided enthusiasm and was unani-
mously adopted by the convention as
submitted by the committee. The three
resolutions were read separately and
were warmly endorsed by the conven-
ton in similar manner. Then the fol-
lowing was submitted and met with
instant approval:
Resolved, That this convention recon-
mends the formation of military COM
panies, wherever practicable, in order
to foster and preserve the military
spirit of the Irish race and to be pre-
pared for action in the hour of Eng
lands difficulty.
The ''new movement" organization
shall be known by the style and title OF
the Irish National Alliance.
Election of Officers.
The election of officers Of the newly
created alliance resulted as follows:
President, William Lyman, New York;
vice president, O'Neill Ryan, St. Louis;
treasurer, P. v. Fitzpatrick, Chicago;
executive council, J. J. Donovan, Low
ell, Mass; Chris Gallagher, Minnesota;
Martin Kelly, Tennessee; Captain Man.
gan, Wisconsin; J. Sheehy, San Fran
cisco; j. M. Kennedy, Anaconda. Mon. !;
Thomas J. Dundon, Ohio; Thomas H.
Greevy, Pennsylvania, and James
Lawlor, Texas.
The election Of president was by &C
clamation, no nomination being made
in opposition. j. J. Heating Of Chi
cago, state president of the Ancient Or
der of Hibernians Of Illinois, was NOM
mated for the vice presidency of the
alliance but declined in favor of Mr..
Ryan, whose nomination was also by
reclamation. The convention then ad-
iourned sine die.