The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-01-04

lander and the Boer, farmer proprie-
tors. All people who own the soil thew
uil nave illustrated their patriotism
by magnificent resistance to tyrants.
Inc farming youth of Ireland must
be brought down from the mountains
ana out from the nloors, which the
wondrous industry of their fathers
partially reclaimed, and wrunga meo-
ger living out of, in spite of penal per-
sccution and felonious landlordism
Ihey must, instead, be planted on the
broad and fertile plains. rich in pro.
duclion as the Land of Goshen itself
ana enjoy the heritage intended for
them by the God of Nature.
This, allied to the undyinr cause Of
Irish national independence, is the no.
Die mission of the United Irish League
or Ireland. We. American Irish. arc
alonored in being invited, and, in fact
commissioned, by it's leaders to SUM-
PIGMENT its good work, by forming
throughout this vast continent an any.
Hilary organization, in full harmonv
WIN mat OF which John Il. Redmond.
the nndiSputru leader of a United Iro.
land, is president
II is our duty to sustain Ireland in
hrr chosen policy, which in no w,v
conflicts with our national sentiments
either as friends of Ireland or os
American citizens.
We chccrfully, until our successors
are freely chosen in Il popular convcn-
tl"n. obey the mandate of Il rcsuryent
nation. which has shown itself great
enough to uucll domestic faction as a
preliminary to trumnphing over the
alien opprcssor.
We. therefore, ohc,licnt to the re-
quest of the Irish nation, made
through its accredited representatives.
call upon the American Irish. through
out the limits of this continent. to
form, as soon as may DO possible,
branches of the United Irish League
or America. to cooperate With our
Irish brethren in the cause of national
liberty and agrarian reform.
The League can he modelled after
the old Land League. which nourisncd
everywhere in America from 1879 to
1SSS. and which made Charles Stewart
l'arncll the maker and unmnkcr of
successive British administrations.
The plan of organization is very sim
pie. One dozen good and earnest men
can form the nucleus Of branch.
anywhere. and elect the usual officers.
Later on, documents of instruction
will he forwarded to the provisional
branches from the headquarters of the
League in America. Dues ana fees
should be moderated, but everything
possible must he done to swell the
fund to carry on the war for Irish
rights, as in the days OF PnrnclI. Re-
ports should he made Immediately to
the president and secretaries named
above, ana the names of all branches
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contributed, should be published in the
Leading Irish mcrican, Irish Canadian
and kindred newspapers.
DO not, friends and fellow country
men, larry to split hairs over theories.
The crisis demands active and rapid
work, and the platform of the United
Irish League is SO broad ana liberal
that every man. aye, and every wom-
an, too, who is, in any measure, friend
~ to the Irish cause, can stand upon
IL. without fear of striking against the
sharp angles of "ismS" or prcjudces.
Tho millionaire and the mechanic:
the merchant and the clerk; the con-
tractor and day laborcr; the Judge
and the attorney; Catholic and Prot
rstnnt: jew ana Gentle; priest, par
son, preacher, rabbi or lnymnn; phys-
cal force man and moral force man
all, without fear of being charged
with Inconsistency, can be members of
the United Irish Lcnguc of America.
IN his response to the enthusiastic
reception given him on his landing in
Queenstown from America on Dec. II,
Mr.. Redmond pledged to Ireland the
assistance of the American IRISH We
must make good that pledge.
At this moment, Irish members of
parliament are deprived of their libcr-
ty, and several Irish counties are occu-
pied by an overwhelming police force,
in order to ovrrlwc the leaders and
members of the United Irish League.
This. THEREFORE, is the time to act. and,
in the name Of Ireland. we call upon
the men ana women of the Irish race
in Am"rica ANA Canada to organize
and do their duty by the good cause.
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