The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-11-24

lutionary bat,lefields rise up to protest
Washington cries out against It; the citi-
zens of these United States OF German
Polish. italian, Austrian, French and Irish
lineage and extraction will bury by til -ir
ballots In eternal oblivion the political
party that has the tenerity to adyoca q
au alliance, defensive or offensive, with
England. Trouble Is brewing between
France and England. and our sympathy,
our devotion, our moral support and In
fluence Is allied with the bonny blue flag,
aud lriahdnen and Americans ut home, and
abroad trust to see their Aaredltary foe aud
hated oppresser driven from the seas.
"England's difficulty Eill be ireland's OPP
portnnity" The lnlst people know that
been written by the hand of God and that
OF non en- nAYssr'el1'n t,le s1N.ma record
| trust that the onward journey toward
liberty and Freedom may be made by
peaceful paths; that when the crown Of au
independent nation Is placed upon 'Erln's
brow no stain of blood may be seen upon
Its golden round, much as realize that
The trbune's tongue and poets pen
Must sew the seed in elayish men;
Hut tits the soldiers sword alone
Can reap the harvest when It's grown"
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The following resolutions offered by the
committes,were read by Mr.. ID. d. Bryan:
''Knowing from history or experience the
countess deeds OF rapiue, cruelty and
wrong done the land OF our birth by the
heartless and oppressive English govern
ment; know ing. too, how the self-same
opprt ssion rleryed the arms of the revolu-
tionary fathers OF America 10 strike tho
blow at Bunker Hill which resulted in the
birth OF this glorious Republic, and know
Ing that wherever English rule predom-
mates, poverty and degradation follow as
natural sequence. we, the united Irish So
cities of Houston, Harris county, Texas, all
eit.zens of the United States by birth or
adoption, offer the following resolutions for
your Cousldetat Oh aud adoption.
Resolved. That II is with feelings of I'M
alterablo determination We reiterate the
demands sanctited by the blood of our
palrl0tic brothers for seven centuries, and
heroically attosted by the glorious hut un-
successful struggle for liberty one hundred
years ago. that while We hereby renew
and express our fealty to the principles so
nobly urged and asserted in all our Ma
tional struggles for the Independence from
British sway of dear old Ireland. We also
express in the strongest language the oc-
casion commands our fixed and unchang-
ing purpose to walk in the toots,eps ot c1f
countTys leaders and seek, as they have
sought, the God-giyen right to freedom,
made doubly sacred to us by the sacrifices
OF our martyred kith and kin of 1898. whose
centenary VIC reyerenty, in mass meeting
here assembled. celebrate tonight.
Resolved. That 1t Is with heartfelt and
urspeakabe sorrow and with fondest deNo-
ton we commemorate the thirty first ami
versary 81 the legal murder at Manchester
of the ninrtyred Allen, Larkin and O'Brien.
and we glory in the Heavenly -inspired
sentiment, voiced in their dying words,
sentiment that breathes from their graves
the aspirations of the scattered children OF
the Gael-"God Save Ireland" BE it
further
Resolved, That as citizens ever loyal TO
and anxious for the National honor of the
country of our adoption, we denounce as
rrejudlcial, irrational and impolitic any
effort to drag this government into any
70 cIsa entanFlements. under whatever
name with Any European power but above
all with country that was never known
10 keep faith with friend or respect a
treaty with an enemy. and We are thsre-
fore opposed and protest against what is
known as the proposed Anglo American
nliarce and condemn MS unpatrlofic any
political party that works for or approves
such dangerous policy
49,
Following are extracts from the address
OF Hon. Thomas II. Ball, congressman Of
The First district in speaking TO the rs5-
lutions protesting against the proposed
Anglo American alliance:
Mr.. Chairman Members Of the United
Irish Societies. Ladies and Gentlemen: II
goes without saying that liDertylovug
American citizens, honor and rsyere the
names and memory OF the InIsh patriots.
who freely gave their lives upon the altar
Of their country III the rebsllon OF 1888.
Their sacrifice, like that OF the martyred
Emuet, was made to secure TO their cp-
pressed countrymen some measure OF that
liberty which comes as birthrght TO an
American citizen.
Having as the basic principle o, our re-
publtc that ''all governments derive the!r
just powers from the consent Of the gov
erned.' our hearts 20 out to the generous,
noble self-saarificing sons OF old Ireland
IN their struggle for home rule With the
fruits OF their fertila soil absorbed by alb
sentee landlords. the right OF p0blic as
senlbly proclaimed, the privilege OF free
speech abridged. local self-govsrnment de-
MED. and the mailed hlni % mliiar"
power ever present lreIani's wrongs have
played upon the hsartstrlngs af individuals
and nations, whila ireland's sons at home
and abroad nurse Just resentment against
English r,ile--a resentment shared hy those
who value human liherty based upon nv
man rights
Harsh criticlsm Of England upon US
occas on were it In my heart 20 indulee
suca land It 10 not), would but weaken the