Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-26
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Declaration of Principles by Irish
Americans.
DISCUSSION OF ENGLANDS CLAIM
Bitter Arraignment of Her ReIa-
tons With Ireland.
AN APPEAL TO FORCE

CHICAGO. September 26.-Today's session
of the Irish new movement convention
was generally regarded as the most inn
portant of all. The principal business on
the program was the consideration of the
platform submitted by the committee en-
resolutions and the report of the committee
on ways and means for national organiza-
ton. The delegates waited with eagerness
an outline Of these two reports.
The Committee.
The committee on resolutions was IS fol-
lows: Chairman, ONeill Ryan. st. Louis; T.
H. Greevey. Pennsylvania; T. Flynn. Ne
braska; j. NJ. Kennedy, Montana; e. O'Con-
nell. Illinois; T. Conner, New Jersey; Mar
tin Kelley. Delaware; M. A. Walsh. Texas;
NJ. Farrell. California; W. Fitzgerald Iowa;
D. D. Finnucane. California; John Ryan.
New York; Ed. Sweeney, Ohio; NJ. ]. Red
ding; t Indiana J. Gsulivan Pennsylv&na;
cons!n: 0. c. Mclaughlin, New York; M.
Donnelly. Indiana: T. Moroney, Louisiana;
J. p. Bree, Connecticut; P. H. Cooney, Kan
IT., Michigan; Redmond Keys. Canada; P.
A. Foley, Massachusetts; r. Walsh, Mime
sofa; d. E. Ryan, New York.
The committee on ways and means for
national organization Is as follows: Will
lam Lynn. chairman: J. ]. OConnell Chi
cago; f. NJ. Sayers. Delaware; ]. McDon-
aid, Missouri; e. Cunningham. Missouri;
l T., GalIag cher Montana: J. H, Dean. Colo
Iowa; J: Mulcahy. Texas; M. P. Mooney,
Ohio; e. Moran. Pennsylvania; John
Groves, Nebraska; L; J.. Connors. Wiscon-
F: Kelly, Rhode Island; J. T. Hickey,
Michigan; E. c. Downey. Kansas: P. c.
Heafey, Nebraska; H. McGeever, Ala
bama; p: f. Butler, Connecticut; T. F.
Ryan, Missouri; T. Mitchell. Iowa: F. NJ.
Belger, Indiana; William Gavin, Idaho; P.
L. McArdle. Arizona; J. ]. Kelly. Austria
la; T. II. Joyce Alaska P. v. Fitzpatrick.
South Dakota; l.. Markley. Canada: J. NJ.
Leonard, Massachusetts,; F. ]. Kinzella,
Indian territory; L. r. Buckley, Nevada;
]. M. Cotton, Massachusetts; F. J. Kinnu-
cune, Minnesota; d. Jennings. New Jersey;
Montana: T. J. Walsh. Maryland; ]. 81
Brown, Toronto.
O'Neill Ryan of st. Louis was greeted
with enthusiastic cheers when. as chair
man of the committee on resolutions he
stepped forward to read the platform pro-
posed for the consideration of the conven-
ton. His powerful voice and the impress
sive silence of the delegates made a deep
Impression as he proceeded to read, under
the title of Declaration of Principles"
the following:
The Declaration.
1.-THE people If Ireland are a sovereign
people, Ireland is by nature separate 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 civilization while England was
still barbarcus.
'"England's claims to authority in Ireland
originated In force and have been MAIN
tained by corruption and coercion; they
have never ripened into a right to rule;
the title by conquest has never been per-
fected inasmuch as the irish people have
continuously, by constitutional agitation or
revolutionary movements, resisted Eng
lands power and endeavored to destroy
her unlawful supremacy. Ireland Is de-
prived II almost every civil right which
the American people most dearly cherish.
Unexampled cruelty and vindictiveness
have been the distinguishing features of
English rule In Ireland.
England has destroyed Ireland's indus
tries and ruined her commerce.: she has
placed upon her statute books laws making
1t a crime to educate an Irish child;
she burned Irelands school houses and de-
stroyed her churches; she has 1riven into
exile, or left to perish in her dungeons
thousands Of mel. whose only crime was
love of Ireland. Every measure for the
last century looking toward legislative in
dependence of the Irish people has either
suffered defeat in the commons, or been
arbitrarily rejected by the lords. England
has violated every treaty and broken every
pledge, and with almost every year of the
century she has imposed upon Ireland
brutal laws of coercion, and one of the
statute books.
ITO the pleas OF the people for justice
and their prayers of mercy, England mas
responded with the scourge and the scat
fold. and yet today Ireland enthralled, but
not enslaved, crushed, but not conquered,
Is In spirit nation.
Appeal to Force.
of earnest endeavor to obtain a measure of
fndeneD6anca
ment by peaceful agitation that appeals to
reason for justice are futile. 1t is left there
fore for the men of the Irish race to pro-
claim again the truth recorded by all his
tory that the liberties of people and the
Independence of nation cannot be achiev-
ed 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 misgovern-
man to use every means in their power 10
drive from their country the tyrant and
usrrper, and we believe that Ireland has
the right to make Ergland'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 low
ers of liberty to cooperate with them in
aiding the people of Ireland in the achieve
ment of the same measure of liberty ell
1oyed in these United States.''
Revolutions Submitted.
Distinct from the declaration of princi-
pies " Chairman Ryan elso submitted on
behalf of the resolutions committee three
separate resolutions, as follows:
Resolved. That we earnestly protest
against the continued Incarceration in En-
glish prisons of Irish patriots; that we con-
slider it inhuman and against the policy of
civilized nations to keep in prison men who
have acted only in the interests of their
country and human liberty; and that the
release of these men is imperatively de-
manded, not only by the Irish people, but
by civilization.
Resolved, That this convention expresses
the hope that the people of Cuba, who are
struggling fer political independence and
the establishment of a republic, will be
successful, and that we extend to them our
heartfelt sympathy
Resolved, That this convention, recognize
ing the Importance to the Irish ration of
preserving the language, literature and
music of the people, commends the work
now being done by the Gaelic Leag Ie and
the National Literary Society in Ireland,
and by the Gaelic societ ties of this country,
and earnestly trusts our people will give
them hearty cooperation and generous sup
port