The record-union., 1895-11-26
IRISH NATIONAL ALLIANCE.
Meeting at New York to Ratify the
Conventions Proceedings.

Meeting at New York to Ratify the
Conventions Proceedings.
NEW YORK, Nov. PA large rati-
fication meeting of the Irish National
Alliance was held tonight in the Grand
Opera house to ratify the proceedings
of the Irish National Alliance Conven
ton held in Chicago in September last,
and to indorse the programme enunci-
ated there. In addition the memory Of
the Manchester martyrs was honored, it
being the anniversary of their deaths.
William Lyman, President of the Irish
National Alliance, was Chairman, and
a great many prominent IriShmen were
on the platform.
mir. Lyman, on being introduced as
Chairman of the meeting, was accorded
a great ovation. He asked every Irish
man present to stand by the Irish Ma
tional Alliance shoulder to shoulder
He also paid a tribute to the memory of
Allen, Larkin and O'Brien, the Man
chester martyrs.
Ex-Congressman John F. Finerty of
Chicago, the orator of the evening, was
then introduced to the meeting Mr.
F'inerty compared the condition of
America before the revolution with that
OF Ireland, and said that the sympa-
thies of the two countries were the
same, but their opportunities We're not
equal. He stated in reply to the editor
ial criticisms that had been published
on the new movement that Irishmen
were not yet in the field and should not
be looking for sympathy from foreign
countries until they were actually fight
ing, IF we are not yet in the field, We
intend to be as soon as we can get
there" There was great cheering at
this remark
Mr.. Finerty then went on to attack
English Administrations generally
England" said he, keeps the Turk in
Asia and in Europe and if she took her
hands off Russia would drive the Turk
out of Europe in three months. Fifty
years ago there were in Ireland 5000, 600
of people. To-day there is about half
that number, and / ask where have the
balance gone? Why should the Turk be
branded as murderer and the English
man escape the appellation, after such
record in Ireland? There are in Amer
lea to-day 100000 of Irish and of
Irish descent who were driven from
their homes by the scorn and the
scourge of England to the protection of
this glorious country, and who will
never allow civilization to forget the
wrongs that Ireland suffered, despite
the criticisms of some American edi-
tors"
Mr.. F'inerty eulogized Allen, O'Brien
and Larkin, the Manchester martyrs
You may ask said he, what good
has the shedding of the blood of the
Manchester martyrs and the blood of
the men of 1868 done for the cause of
Ireland. / will reply by saying that
the shedding of these martyrs blood
has sown the dragons teeth from
whence springs new generations of
Irish rebels to battle for Irish liberty"
In the course of his address he re-
ferred to the abliShment of the
Irish church by Mr.. Gladstone as one
Of the results of the execution of the
Manchester martyrs. Mr. Gladstones
name was Kissed
The speaker then alluded to Eng
lands landgrabbing propensities, and
touched upon the Venezuelan question
Il venture to say" said he, that Con-
2reSS will meet in a short time and
that we viii hear from it if John Bull
tries to do any landgrabbing in South
America. And if there is ever a call
for volunteers to fight England, either
in Venezuela, or elsewhere, / do not be-
lieve that there is a single able-bodied
Irishman in the country who will not
enlist" Responsive cries of Yes,
came from all over the building
In conclusion, the speaker said that
victory would crown the efforts of the
movement, and that Ireland would soon
take her place among the nations of
the earth.
The meeting concluded with the read
ing by John p. Sutton Of resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted, ar
raigning the English Government for
barbarous ferocity to the victims of its
power: dencuncing its statesmen as
more hypocritical and less merciful
than the Turk, and deserving an equal
Of execratiOn from every lover of hu-
mainly. and calls the attention of the
Irish race all over the world to the
necessity of taking such means as cir
cumstances may direct to accomplish
the release of our imprisoned fellow