The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-01-05

as they would have had the right to
send MIR. Saunderson Qaughter); or as
the majority of the electors of Galway
had to send the Hon. Martin Morris.
l beg pardon for having forgotten the
name of so eminent person laugh
teri. They had perfect right. No
body attempts to interfere with MIR.
Healy's right to walk into the English
parliament as member of North Louth.
He has done it already (groans). But
gentlemen. if we are to think of the
rights of one constituency, are we not
at all to think of the rights of the
eighty other Nationalist constituencies?
Hear, hear) Or is to be for one mo-
ment commended. even by so able a man
as Mr.. Harrington. that if eighty Irish
constituencies deliberately make up
their minds to elect a really United
Irish Party, upon the programme of
this Convention, that any one constit-
uency in the country that differs from
them is to be at liberty to force an en-
envy into their ranks, to say, "You
must have NO United Irish Party. but
you must undo the whole work of the
general election and trample upon ev-
cry vestige of National authority"
lHear, hear) We have guarded the
rights of the Irish constituencies, as
they were never guarded before. But
| there is some thing more sacred than
the rights of any one constituency, and
that is the rights of the whole country
(cheers). And if there is to be any real
National Party at all in Ireland, the
| rights of Ireland and the will of Ire
land must be the sovereign authority
here, and must be obeyed (cheers). Re
member that we are not merely dealing
here today-that we are not ut all deal
ing here today, with the events of ten
years ago or even with the events of
one year ago (hear, hear. This very
convention Mr.. Healy scoffed ut and
derided and defied, and if he had his
way he would not be here to-day re-
joicing in great victory. rejoicing
that new life and spirit has come into
the Irish cause again (cheers)-if he had
his way he would be here to-day face
to face with the ruins of the Irish Par
ty and of parliamentary agitation, or
| rather he would not be here at all, be-
cause despair would again have par
alyzed the country (hear. hear). If
his campaign against the general cleo
ton fund had succeeded. why the very
party to which he has now the audac-
| ity to claim to be admitted as a broth
err Qaughter) would not he in existence;
half the seats would have fallen to the
landlords and to the Tories lhear, hear,
the whole thing would be in ruins and
there would be an end to it for the
present generation. Again l say that
even to this hour if there had been
the slightest honest change of senti-
ment on his part. would he not have
come here to-day like an honest man
| and say so? (Cheers.) He is not here
| to-day; he is more at home in the Eng
fish parliament (hear. hear) than in
the Irish parliament amongst his own
countrymen; and very likely if the
Convention decides against him here
today (cries of ut will'O that tomorrow
or the next day you will find him re-
pudiating that he ever sought admis-
sion into this party of ''tipplers and
tricksters and .taproom politicians"
(groans). 1t would be different mat
ter, indeed, if he could succeed in bull
doing this Convention by the threats
of further dissension in this country,
if he could succeed in bullying his way
back into the heart of the party,
which he did all that man could do to
destroy; then, indeed, he would quite
properly conclude that he had only to
to 60 on bullying to beat the party and
beat the country to it's knees again.
But on the other hand, my friends, as
1 have told you, there is no man
prompter than Mr.. Healy to recognize
hard facts. accomplished facts and if
he finds that this Convention will treat
him as it would have treated any 9TH
err man in the party or in the whole
world who had so acted, if he finds
that he will have to take up his true
position in the House of Commons, not
as leader of the Irish Party but as it's
open foe, not as leader of Irish pub
lie opinion (cries of "Never'D but as
! crank whom Irish public opinion has
repudiated (hcar. hear), if he finds that
his threats of further dissension will
have no more effect in frightening this
Convention than all the articles in the
Daily Nation" had upon the country
ut the general election Qoud cheers, I
will be very much surprised if you
don't find Mr.. Healy developing into
very much more reasonable person.
But mt all events whether you do or
not, whatever he says or does-accept
the resolution and tell you you will
have saved the country; you will have
given the party fair play and fair
start in the tremendous task that is
before them; you will have secured
the only peace and unity that are pos
sible in this imperfect world, and that
is the unity of men who are honest
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