St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-09-27
FIGHTING FELLOWS
TIME FOR TREATING PEACE
FULLY WITH ENGLAND HAS
CEASED.
THE IRISH CALL TO ARMS
WARLIKE RESOLUTIONS ARE
GIVEN UNANIMOUS sURRoRT
AT CHICAGO.
One Delegate Suggested the Inn
mediate Election of Gov
ernment for Ireland.

CHICAGO, Sept. 26.-Today's ses-
sionS of the Irish new movement"
convention were generally regarded
as the most important of all. The
principal business on the programme
was consideration of the platform
submitted by the committee on reso-
lutionS and the report of the COM
mittee on ways and means for ma
tional organization. The delegates
waited with eagerness for an out
line of these two reports.
O'Neill Ryan, of st. Louis, was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers
when, as chairman Of the committee
on resolutions, he stepped forward
to read the platform proposed for
the consideration of the convention.
His powerful voice and the impress
sive silence of the delegates made
deep impression as he proceeded
to read, under the title of "a Dec
laration of Principles" the follow
ing:
ENGLISH TYRANNY.
"The people of Ireland are a sover-
eign people. Ireland Is by nature sep
arate from every country, and liber-
erty is the birthright of her people.
Ireland was known throughout Europe
as a nation long before the dawn of
Christianity and was the home of civ
ilization while England was still bar
barous. England's claim to authority
in Ireland originated IN force and has
been maintained by corruption and CO.
ercion. They have never ripened into
a right to rule. The title by conquest
has never been perfected, inasmuch as
the IRISH people have continuously, by
constitutional agitation or revolution
airy 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. Unexamp!ed cru
city and brutal vindictiveness have
been the distinguishing features of
English rule in Ireland. England has
destroyed Irefand's industries and
ruined her commerce; 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 dun
geons thousands of men whose only
crime was love of Ireland. Every
measure for the last century looking
towards legislative independence of the
Irish people has either suffered defeat
in the commons or been arbitrarily re-
jected by the lords. England has vio-
lated every treaty and broken every
pledge, and with almost every year of
the century she has imposed upon Ire
land brutal laws of coercion, and one
of the most drastic character, is now
upon her statute books. To the pleas
of the people for justice and their pray
ers for mercy, England has responded
with the scourge and the scaffold, and
yet today Ireland, enthralled, is not en-
slaved crushed, but not conquered.
ON THE BATTLEFIELD.
"It has become evident, after many
years of earnest endeavor to obtain a
measure of independence from the
English government of peaceful agita-
ton, that appeals to reason for justice
are futile. 1t is left, therefor, the men
of the IRISH race to proclaim, against
the truth recorded by all history, that
the liberties of people and the inde-
pendence Of a 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 misgovernment, are enti-
tied 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 Ire
land has the right to make England's
difficulty her opportunity and to use
all possible means to create that diff
Guilty.
"In view of these facts, the members
of this convention appeal with conf
dence to their American fellow citi-
zens, and all lovers of liberty, to CO.
operate with them in aiding the people
of Ireland in the achievement of the
same measure of liberty enjoyed in
these United States"
Distinct from the celebration of
principles" Chairman Ryan also sub
mitted, on behalf of the resolutions
commmittee, three separate resolu-
tions, as follows:
"Resolved, That we earnestly protest
against the continued Incarceration in
English prisons of Irish patriots; that
we consider it inhuman, and against
the policy of civilized nations, to keep
in prison men who have acted only in
the interest of their country and hui
man liberty; and that the release of
these men is imparatiyely demanded,
not only by the Irish people. but by
civilization.
FTyI.
presses the hope that the people of
Cuba, who are struggling for political
independence and the establishment
of a republic, will be successful, and
that we extend to them our heartfelt
"Resolved, That this convention,
recognizing the Importance to the Irish
nation of preserving the language,
literature and music Of the people,
commends the work now being done
Literary society in Ireland, and by the
Gaelic societies of this country, and
earnestly trusts our people will give
them hearty cooperation and generous
support"
The declaration of principles"
created decided enthusiasm and was
unanimously adopted by the conven-
ton as submitted by the committee
separately and were warmly indorsed
by the convention In similar manner
Then the following was submitted and
met with instant approval:
Resolved, That this convention
recommends the formation of military
companies wherever practicable in
order to foster and preserve the mill
tary spirit of the Irish race and to be
prepared for action In the hour of
England's difficulty
After the resolutions were disposed
of j. j. O'Connell. of Chicago, pre-
sented the following as the report of
the committee on organization and
ways and means:
IRISH NATIONAL, ALLIANCE