The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1896-05-09
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AT the n1estng Of the National Fedora,
tion i'll Dubfgn a short time ago r.. John
lon. the leader of the Irish parliamen-
stafy party made an interesting address
& n ening he. touched upon the neces-
!, sefty for organization among the people
which. he dsclared, was the best means
. Tor obtaining their rights. He con-
fSaemned thesTory government for its in
I ton as regards Ireland, and for5its ac-
4 ton Of evil as regards the general af-
I fairs of the Empire He said that the
/ business Of the Irish party since the
Opening of The session had been to make
"a series of protests against the govern
ment. -
Touching upon the question Of .amnes-
I ty, which is of especial interest to the
people. of Boston at the present time,
4 he said: ..There- is on the principle Of
amnesty no difference of opinion among
/ Irish Nationalist neither here nor in
other parts of the world. It is q cause
which, from old association, aud from
long and bitter memories. aroused pecu-
Narly passionate feelings III the breasts
Of Irish Nationalist. We are all for
4 amnesty, and we all believe that the men
who still remain in English prisons have
been vindictivcly sentenced and are be-
ing vindictively punished because they
were Irishmen, and we all pleaded the
cause Of amnesty in this session. 1feel
bound to say npon this. occas ion, what
have said more than, once before, and
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prove, that in the past the differences
which did exist as regards the conduct
of the amnesty movement were not diff
ferences In regard to amnesty Itself, but
differences in reference to tactics; and ]
hold, and shall always be prepared to
maintain before any audience, that III
the. amnesty. movement during the last
four. years. had been conducted on diff
ferent plans and, by. different tactics,
every single prisoner. would have been a
free man today"
Mr. Dillon then censured the govern
ment for doing nothing for the relief Of
the eyicted tenants. He then considered
the question of education and showed
that in spite of all predictions to the con-
trary the government with it's majority
of $50 and the backing Of the house OF
lords, had up to the present hour done
nothing for Catholic education" Hecon-
tinued: $50
"And an. that put question in the
house asEto their attitude with reference
to the intentions of the government as
to university education. The reply was
made by Mr.. Balfour himself that this
was a subject on which he admitted that
the Irish Catholics had for a long time
1abOred under a most genuine and seri-
Gus grievance, and it was doubtless a
subject with which at some future period
the government would have to deal
Then we turn to primary education, and
what has the government done for pri-
mary education? Up to the present hour
they have done nothing; they have re-
fused to sanction the rules which, were
drawn MP with great labor and great
care by the board OF education in this
city; they have, ] would almost say.
scornfulfy refused to sanction these rules,
although these rules commanded the ap-
prevail, and, indeed were the work OF
both Protestant and Catholic archbish-
ops Of Dublin; and yet this enlightened
government have absolutely refused to
sanction them.
\ Now, that is their record on the great
question: of education, and before pass
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a word to express what feel and know
to be the sense of the whole Irish party
% OF the great debt of gratitude which is
due to His Grace, the Archbishop Of Dub
lin, for the series of most remarkable and
able letters which he has addressed to
the press in reference to the free grant,
and the, cheating of Ireland which has
occurred in relation to that matter
Those letters have thrown flood Of
light upon the whole of this subject; they
have, undoubtedly, turned, as it were, a
bulls-eye lantern upon the proceedings
Of the treasury with regard to Ireland.
His Grace has. beyond all question in this
matter, endorsed the under secretary of
the treasury and all his opponents. He
has shown that ireland, by system of
mean chicanery and treachery, has been
defrauded by the officials OF the treasury
of various sums for course of years
I and atleast in 1892 and in 1898 a sum of
nolless than fS.250 was wrongfully with
held from the Irish education, that is to
say, withheld in spite Of the letter Of the
archbishop, by the operation and the
n1anipulations of the officials of the
treasury.fn London. .%#
Now, in estimating the amount of this
wrong we must remember that sum
of $3.50, in reference to Ireland is fully
equal to the sum of upwards of f1O0, 900
in reference to Great Britain, as Ireland
is SO much a poorer country; and what
adds enormous Importance to the whole
of this controversy is this, that, as point
ed out by His Grace, in his last letter,
II this be done in respect to the educa-
ton grant, is it not natural to infer and
argue that great frauds have beenqprac-
ticed on Ireland in respect to many other
matters? 2s.J sz
Gentlemen, His Grace has laid the
Irish people and the Irish national teach
ers, in special manner, under deep OBJ
ligation by this investigation and these
letters. and he has drawn the. attention
OF the Irish people to 4 matter ana q sub