The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-24
FRESHMEN AND
THEIR COURAGE
Theme at a Big Meeting in New
York Last Night.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The Grand
Opera house was crowded with Irish
men and women tonight, who met to
demonstrate their fealty and devotion
for the land of their birth and to
voice their sentiments regarding the
release of the Irish and Irish-Ameri-
| can political prisoners in English jails.
Edward O'Flaherty presided, and in
his opening address told Of the horrors
which the political prisoners were
forced to endure in English prisons,
and introduced Judge James Fitzger-
aid as the speaker of the evening. On
the platform besides Judge Fitzgerald
were John Henry Mccarthy, president
of the board of aldermen; John L..
Lemon, District Attorney Fellows and
William Lyman, president of the
Irish National Alliance of America g;
Professor John B. Brophy, Rev. Father
Smith Of Boston. James ]. Haggerty,
national delegate of the A. o. H;
Counsellor NJ. j. Logan, Vice President
P. ]. Byron and Councillor NJ. 7.
Sharkey.
Judge Fitzgerald, after relating the
u P.
Egan to this country on behalf of the
political prisoners, said: 1.-THE voice of
New York goes forth tonight in sym
pathy with the men of our race and
nationality who are pining for Ire
lands cause in England's hideous dun
geons.
Who are these men and why are
they thus detained behind prison Jars {?
They are Irishmen having the courage
nd
dared to speak the sentiments of their
loyal hearts, they are doomed to rot
in English jails. They are men who
have been time and time again honored
by their fellow countrymen at home
and abroad and it is because of that
fact that they are so cruelty treated
today
England in her foreign policy as
sumes to be one of the great bowers
with desire to have her hand in me
pie. Once in awhile. in order. as it
were, to show her so-cailed strength.
she shows her navy in defenseless
cities, such as she did in Alexandria.
and bombarded the unprotected CITY
until her red coats found access,
through the gates Of the devastated
city. to procure their plumber.
England" continued Judge Fitzger
aid. is continually apologizing to the
civilized world for her treatment of
Ireland, and will ever continue to do
so, to her everlasting shame. until
Irishmen arise in their might and sun
der the hated yoke forever. To ac-
complish that most desirable of ends
it will be necessary to have marshaled
an army such as stood behind ParneI
in his day and today I still believe
in the trueism of O'ConneH. that Eng
lands difficulty is Ireland's opportun-
ity''
John R. Fellows and others made
brief addresses
William Lyman proposed the follow
ing resolutions, which were unanj-
nlously adopted, and the meeting came
TO a close:
Resolved. That we. citizens of this
great republic, composed of every ma
tionality, in public meeting assembled
do now demand the immediate restora.
ton to liberty of all men incarcerated
in British prisons for offenses against
British domination in Ireland: that I'VE
believe these prisoners are entitled to
such liberty by the usage and customs
OF nations laying claim to civilization
and that Great Britain by delavine
places herself without the nale -
honorable consideration; and
Whereas, Among the prisoners there
are a number of American citizens: be
it also W
Resolved, That we urge upon orr
government the necessity for falxine
imfnedAate steps to secure the release
of these American citizens and az In
teresting itself for the sake of interna-
tional decency and common hun1anitv
in behalf of their fellow prisoners: be
it furthermore
Resolved That copies of these reso-
lutions be sent to the president of the
United States. to the members of the
cabinet, to the members of congress-
and also to the home secretary and
her Britannia majesty's ministers