The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-03-05

| against the tnllfu oidttS II WNuii US oh
duty as citizens of this great republic an'
our pleasure as children Of old Ireland t.
bear arms for our country against IN
oppreseor We want to hear the rebe
veil at the gates of England-that rebe
veil witch. while 1t was confined to Amer
lean soil England did SO much TO cncour
age and foster, despite all the neutrallt,
laws Thus far all agitation has seemed
to be helpless against the treachery ant
deceit Ct England. 1t IL time now tina
we try some other course: some cours'
that we can pursue sen9lbiy; some course
that will have a legium1te and permanent
ending and will, at the same time. NEE
the approval cf mankind. This Is the pur
pose Of this new movement. we aim &c
consider the Irish race in sensible ag
grossNc movement against the British
empire wherever We can strike her II
the formation Of plans for this work. gen
tlemen of the conyuntion. the eyes of the
children of Ireland are upon us from every
part Of the world.
In conclusion Mr.. Finerty said: I'VE are
| here to proclaim to the world that the
Irish race Is by no means defeated or dis
heartened There are more lrishmeu to-
day than there ever were 4 the face of
I the earth before Wen circle England
with line of lire, which shall never be
I extinguished until Ireland is free"
The next day Mr.. Finerty was chosen
| permanent chairman and. Ia accepting, In
the course of his remarks. he supplement-
| ed the above with the following:
| I'VE are here today to sound the death
| knell of whegery In Irish politics: we
stand for our rights as race to advo-
| cate the absolute independence of the
| land that gave Us and our fathers life.
our friends. the editorial writer's. may
| preach the doctrines of prudence. We
! VIII follow their advice 81 long as 1t may
| he necessary. I will remind my American
| editorial friends that when America had
| a grievance against England they did not
| stand OH the order of which they threw
the British chests into Boston harbor
The English press Will say that we are
| here for cher pIrpOgpS than the accom-
| plishmcnt of the liberty of Ireland. 1t Is
| physically aud morally imp ssiblc for the
English press to tel the ruth; Cheers
We do however. desire to tell Great Brit
| ain and France and Russia and every
other possible enemy Of Britain that we
are in this fight To stay Cheers) We
are not in II for one year or three. but for
the war. Tremendous cheering) We do
not care If We are to be beset by whole
hatialions of English spies. We do not
care It all Scotland Yard was within
hearing tonight. because we are meeting
In mace ard with an avowed purpose.
England stole, our parliament. We
have asked it back. We have gone out of
our way to humiiate ourselves at the
feet of England. Are we to remain thus
forever? We are not here to be told that
We contemplate murder or swndling,
These properties belong 10 England. We
are here to invite the sympathy OF the
whole world to our cause. We are here to
tell our beloved Uncle Sam that II ne
draws the sword In defense of tho Monroe
mind the Stars and Stripes when the
struggle comes. We are here to tell Rus
STA that II she desires a conquest of India
our hearts and hands are with her; the
French, who hate England, that when
eyer they get tangled up in dispute with
England over the colonies that she can
rely upon our support"
The officers of the Irish National AL
lance, which by this meeting was organ
lZed, are as follows.
President, William Lyman, New York;
nrIgi1pnt at
treasurer Z. Y. Fitzpatrick, Chicago. ex-
ecutive council j. ODonovan Lowell.
A. Chris Gallagher, Minnesota; Mar
Wisconsin; j. NJ Kennedy Anaconda.
Mont; Thomas j. Dundon, Ohio; Thomas
TTreeyy' Pennsylvania, and James Lawlor,
Hon. O'Neir Ryan, now guest in this
city. was chairman of the committee on
Platform and resolutions, and as such re-
ported tho following declaration of prin-
ciples, which was adopted:
ne people of ireland are n sovereign
people. ireland Is by nature separate
Iron, ,ho every other country; and liberty is
known throughout Europe as a nation
long before the dawn of Christianity, and
was the home of civilization while Eng
ianI was still harharous.
"England's claims to authority in Ire
iahh originated In force, and have been
H. NAMED by corruption and coercion;
iected, inasmuch as the Irish reople have
continuously by constitutional agitation
G II,'i, revolutionary movements resisted !
si tre' "hu , power and endeavored to de- |
S'r2p her unlawful supremacy
ireland Is deprived Of almost every
civil right which the American people |
inUst nd"rtily cherish, Unexamped cru
,he distinguishing features of English rule
IN Ireland England has DESTROYED Irn.
i n,nrcs. industries nv and ruined her com.
BOOKS laws making it crime to educate
IN ,t irlsh enid she burned Ireland's school
ih ioo q San, ana destroyed her churches: She
ner dungeons thousands Of men whose
only crime was love of ireland T,werv
, uorS ,n,, t9r me last century looking to-
people has either suffered de Scat ~ IN ir IN
commons, or been arbitrarily reiccted 'hp ~,
~ i"rus England has violated every
almost " ever VrT yse cyery pledge, and with
imposed upon ireland brutal laws of ' eos
o ectr, ana one of the most drastic char
"G .!Tn rs IS, now upon her statute book,
me pleas OF the people for iustica
ana their prayers fcr mercy. Engioyd hoe
Snondod with the srourgc and Tho sna ~
but not ana or yG, today Ireland CENTRALIZED
~, ~ n.y. eusNhNed, crushed but not CON /
iuVieu Is in spirit nation
-, ~ HaS nteniut cNtlc1t sI4er many ve1rs
~ ji nIa,a GndeaVor 10 obtain measure
otlment by peaceful agitation ibat an
p,4's reason for justice are futile ~ H.
,olv, therefore frr the men of the IrlsS
by All b,i, pyil',n again TIE truth recorded
PIE anu the indeI cndcncc of a milton cn'-
not We achieved by debate bur must hn
' ,,ro nnon teG fields of battle, and we de-
w. our helicl that tho men of IrnInrd
VINO are being driven INTO, exile or nv nv
XIV S,dSSs 81 Scris IN their native lana
nv no 'f1 TO-. in,CsoVcrhmcnt are entitled
"a ans IN their power to drive frn,r VEerY
,oGntrE the tyrant and usurper. and wa