The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1895-12-21
YANOTHER PLEA FOR UNITY
Janss 4. kliIeIea, Of Nashville, Writes
N; Upon This interesting
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rlE IDEAS or ARCHBISHOP wALsI
Hope That the Irish Parliamentary
Party Will Approve
sss3 - Them.
Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 4, 1895.

Tuam Herald and its readers and all true
Irishmen in Ireland, who should stamp
upon dissension and feud and cast them
out from the Emerald Isle, to the patriot
fc letter written b. Archbishop Walsh, of
Toronto, Canada, to the Hon. Edward
Blake, member of parliament, dated Oct.
8, 1895. / embody the following para
graph from this letter:
Gas an Irishman interested in the des-
TIMES of my native land / trust may
without presumption venture to make a
suggestion, which, if acted on, would, in
my opinion. be instrumental in secur-
ing that unity of counsel and OF ac-
ton among the Nationalist Of Ireland
80 necessary for the success of the cause
they have at heart. My suggestion Is
this: Let great national convention be
held In Dublin, composed of chosen rep
resentatives of the clergy and people of
Ireland and of an advisory represe ntation
of the Irish race abroad. In that con-
vention let Ireland speak out her mind !;
let not her voice be like musical instru-
msnt emitting dlscordant notes, Earring
sounds but let it., on the contrary, be
clear, loud, and emphatic, insisting on
unity and condemniHg faction. Let her
point out and uphold the parliamentary
representatives whose methods and con-
duct she approves, and let her mark out
and condemn chose whose intolerance OF
control, personal jealousies and animosi-
ties have done so much to break the uni
ty and waste the strength of the Nation
al party"
The suggestion from Archbishop
Walsh, of Toronto, to Mr.. Edward Blake,
M. p, of the holding OF an Irish National
convention in Dublin, to bring about ma
tional unity among the three warning
parliamentary factions we all here in
dorsed, but will the factions agree to the
proposed suggestion of Archbishop
Walsh. The Tuam Herald and it's read
ers will remember that, since the split in
the Irish Parliamentary party there was
delegation Of prominent Irish Ameri-
cans sent over to Ireland from America
for that purpose, headed by the Hon.
.O'Neill Ryan, of St. Louis, Mo. who is
one of the leading attorneys OF that CITY,
and who is as true an lrish-Amerlcan pa
triot for the Irish cause as Robert En-
NETT was, who gave up his life for MS
country. Mr.. O'Neill Ryan and his dele
cation would not be given a respectful
hearing by the factionists.
years has been making appeal after ap-
neal to the factionists to close up their
ranks and become an united party, but
these factionists have not needed the ap-
peals of the Tuam Herald. Nashville
has long been enlisted in the Irish cause
and contributed literally to it. have
been writing letters to the Tuam Herald
on behalf of the Irish citizens of Nash
Vile during the past five years, imploring
the factionists to unite. AS I have stated
In one of my letters to the Tuam Herald.
written and published since the recent
Chicago convention, that convention mas
repudiated the divided and distracted
counsels OF the Irish Parliamentary par
ty.
But if Archbishop Walsh's suggestion
for Irish unity be supported and Endorsed
by the archbishops and bishops of Ire
land, then there would be some hope OF
Irish unity among the warning National
lists. Archbishop Walsh, like good deal
Of his Irish fellow countrymen in Amer
lea, sees how Ireland is being thinned
and depopulated. l embody AIN able ar
ticle from the Minneapolis Irish Stand
ard, which says:
"The emigrants from Ireland to other
countries were actually less last year
lively lower than in any year except be-
tween 1876 and 1878 The total was 49,
$50, which was 1881 lower than in 1892,
nearly $4,000 lower than in 1891; less
than half the total of 1885, less than one
third the total for 1888.
sit is good sign that the exodus is de-
creasing. Better that the Irish remain
In their native land to continue the ma
tional struggle to obtain their rights and
their liberation from the influence Of the
malign laws which have compelled them
to leave for other countries at the rate
Of a million decade during the last 40
years
The Irish National convention which
met in Chicago on Sept. "a 25, 26, indors-
ed the last paragraph Of the above arti-
Gle and said with that journal that the
Irish should remain in their own native
country to continue the struggle for their
rights and liberties. But have the fac
zionist leaders the cause Of their country
at heart? should think that the Ma
tional masses ought at least to have in
dependence enough i'll them to retire
those political so-called leaders who by
their disunion have done all in their pow
or TO ruin the Irish cause.
What sad spectacle of dissension
CuUSe MiSu PARLIAMENTARY Ie1dtEIS HAVE
brought on among the Irish National peo-
pie Of Ireland, waging war against each
other instead of; fighting the enemy Of
Ireland Those leaders could not get a
respectful hearing in. this country from
Irish Americans, but would be looked
upon as misrepresenting their country. i
am Of the opinion that the Irish Parlia-
mentary leaders will treat Archbishop
Walst's suggestion for holding a conven-
ton in. Dublin to Bring about unity in the
divided National party about the same
as they treated and received the Hon.
O'Neill Ryan and his delegation when
they went to Ireland to treat for unity
among the Irish Parliamentary party,
that influential delegation not receiving
even a respectful hearing or even not as
much as being recognized and treated
as what 1T was, a delegation of Irish
Americans sent by Ireland S kindred
from America. s .S
However, wish Archbishop Walsh
God-speed In his undertaking Of uniting
the Irish National factions in Ireland.
The Irish race the world over will hail
Arch bishop Walsh to bring about Irish
unity as he has suggested with the great
est of JOY and hopefniness. s
n a ST JAMES "a. KILLELEA.
Next week will be published an article
from the Tuam Herald upon this cues
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