The Portland daily press., 1899-11-06

or course Mr.. Rsdmnnd's sppsarancs
w.s the signal for enthus,assss sPp,suss.
In prefscing his remarks he alluded %
the admiration he had always enter
tanned for Lonafeilow. and the pleasure
10 gave him to visit the city Of his birth.
He then plunged into his subject which
he handled with dramatic ability, che
attspsion Of his auditors psing rivetsd
upon him from the besinnins b the end
He said that the appeal he was to make
should have weight with not only the sons
Of Irish people. but with American citi.
zens OF whatsoever ancestry tecaurs he had
sacrificed his Ifs In the cause Of human
liberty. With mast<r's hand Mr.. Red
rnond skstched the career OF Pssnell
from his FIRST appearance In public affairs
until the culmination Of his success In
the British parliament He told how
afssr the death Of Daniel O'Connsil, the
mention Of whose name had . magical
effect upon the audience, Psrnell
came upon the scene and by the very
foros OF his characesr and his indomina-
BILE will and tenscity Of purposs. he forcsd
the English people 10 recognise the ma
tional rights OF Ireland. BY the aid OF
SIX Irisbmen Parnell frst stopped the
working Of the parliamentary insohins
and fairly menAoed England andu suo-
csed cd In uniting the Irish people. He
told how he made Gladstone recognize
the Jus t,ce of the Irish claims. Of Par
nelI's achievements In securing the pas
sage OF the agrarisn laws. how he made
the Irish tenpantry free men instead of
abjscs slaves. how he swept the novels of
ireland from the lana and In other
ways improved the condition Of his pso-
pie. His very first act, so the speaker
said, had been to. advooats the liberty OF
the Beers with whom England 10 now at
war.
With an sioquenos which touched the
hearts of his hearers Mr.. Redmond went
on to appeal to the lIberality OF his audi
encs to aid In the erection Of u monu-
ment to the memory Of this man who
now lies with only the green sod Of Ire
land above his grave. He drew a picture
with poetic touch Of the beautiful Avon
dale estate which Parneli had mortGaRed
to feed the poor AMI further the cause of
Ireland.
Rev. DIR. Blanchard was.then intro
ducea and made . most graceful and
eloquent address. Among other things,
he said: "You all want to be counted
"a the friends of freedom and progress
and because Ireland has not had fair
chance In either of these things, you
all want to be counted as friends Of lie.
land. for one Am glad to be counted as
ono Of them. (Grest applause He paid
Mr.. Redmond prstty compliment for
his eloqusnce and said that he knew the
audience would be glad to be counted
among those who would contribute lib
orally to preserve such = beautiful estate
az Ayondale as the Mt. Vernon u Ire.
land"
At the conclusion Of this eloquent
speech of DIR. blanchard, envelopes
we're passed around among the audience
and in them contributions were plnced.
The PRESS Is requested to announce
that any who have contributions to make
Tor this cause can do so by sending them
TO Mr.. Bartlsy J. Curran at the Tolmsn
house.
The distinguished guests were escort
ed to the Falmouth after the meeting and
will leave Portland this morning.
The amount raised at last nights meet
ing WAS net announced.