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NOTABLE ANNIVERSARIES
Sunday, .Feb. 6—SeploRgesiraa. First
Treaty of Alliance between Prance
and the Unite:.!. States signed at
Paris, 1778. The Act of Union be
tween England and Ireland car
ried, 1800.
Monday, Feb. 7— Charles Gavan Daily
tried for high treason, 1849.
Tuesday. Feu. S—Mary, Queen of
Scots, beheaded: 1-587.
Wednesday, I'vb. William Carleton,
the Irish novelist, born,, 17%.
Thursday, Feb. 1U---Boston plundered
by the British. J77(t.
Friday, Feb. 11—-First meeting of rhe
"United Irishmen,'• 1791. De Witt
Clinton died, IS25.
•Saturday. Feb. 1J-- Wolfe Tone arrived
in Pails from America, 1798.
Theobold Wolfe Tone, actual founder
of the ''Society of United Irishmen,"
was born in 1703 called to the Bar
in due course published a pamphlet
against British mis-government in
'.1790 and at a later date founded the
above society. From, that time Tone
devoted himself to negotiations with
the French Government to send men
and arms to win back "Ireland lo
the Irish.'" One such expedition,
under General Hoche, actually sailed,
but a hurricane dispersed the fleet
(consisting of 17 sail of the line. 13
frigates, etc., with 14,000 soldiers,
and 40,000 stand of arms, besides ar
tillery) before it could reach Bantry
Bay, iu the south of Ireland, and the
French Govern men declined sending
another large expedition. A petty
armament was despatched, but beaten
in a contest with an overpowering
British Heet. Tone, who had fought
bravely, was captured, tried by a
court martial, and sentenced to be
hanged, which he evaded by suicide,
or, as some people believe, be was
murdered.
POOR GOSOHSN.
It is a pretty hard thing to conjecture
what object Lord Salisbury had iu view
when he appoiuted Goschen Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and induced him to
contest the seat made vacant in Liver
pool by the death of Mr. Duncan, Home
Ruler." When Goschen accepted the
Chancellorship of the Exchequer, he
announced with a great flourish of
trumpets that he felt constrained to do
so in order to counteract efforts he be
lieved were being made to bring about
the disintegration of the British Em
pire. How far he has succeeded in
averting this dire calamity can be in
ferred from the fact that he has not yet
found a constituency that possesses the
"Barkis is willin' spirit to such a de
gree that would qualify him to take a
seat in the Cabinet. The defeat of a
newly-appointed Cabinet Minister is an
unusual event in British politics, and
when such an occurrence takes place it
serves as an evidence of the estimation
placed upon the value of the services of
the gentleman who is defeated. Mr.
Goschen is a man of great "nerve." He
has met with defeat twice during the
past twelve month3, and from reports
to hand it would appear as if he would
again offer himself as a sacrifice. Lord
Algernon Percy, who represents St.
George's, Hanover Square, in the Con
servative interest. has offered to step
aside and let Mr, Goschen try his luck
once 'more. The latter will probably
accept this offer, but whether he will be
elected or not is another question. The
revolution in favor of Home Rule for
Ireland in the minds of the English
people has been a great one since the
last election, and even this constituency
might repudiate the gentleman who
has so generously stepped into the
breach to preserve the British Empire
from disintegration.
In the meantime, whila Salisbury and
hi3 followers are endeavoring to hold
their tottering Government together,
Mr. Gladstone is gaining ground, and it
would not be surprising at all to see the
latter at the head of the Government
again within six months. 'Tis a
consummation devoutly to be wisb'd."
SWEET BELFAST.
Recent reports from Belfast would
seem to indicate that \he deplorable
scenes of last summer are being re
peated in that hot-bed of Orangeism,
The presence of English soldiers does not
appear to have a qui
.-ting effect on the
mob. either but, on the contrary, has
a tendency to add fuel to the flames.
Tke iate trouble originated through
soldiers belonging to the West Surrey
regiment insulting a number of Catho
lic civilians last Saturday evening. The
latter naturally resented the insult by
availing themselves of the use of th
moii.it effective weapons of warfare at
their disposal, vis., stones. The sol
diers got the worst of it, and the melee
was followed bv wholesale arrests, over
one hundred persons being placed iu
the lock-up. Last Sunday evening
rioting was renewed, and many persons
received gun-snot wounds and a large
number' of others were more or less
bruised by being struck by stones.
Tills may s^em a new phase of the
treatment the Irish people receive at
the hands of the English, but such is
not the case. Since time out of mind
English soldiers stationed in Ireland
have behaved in a most brutal manner,
and it does not surprise us to learn that
the West Surrey regiment is no excep
tion to the general rule. An English sol
dier is perhaps the moat degraded speci
men of humanity. His instincts ate bru
tal he is a loathsome, leprous creature.
It could not very well be otherwise,
regiments are recruited from the alums
and gutters of the large English cities.
The depravity of these recruits cannot
be portrayed on paper, and what, must
be the feelings of the poor Irish people,
who, generally speaking, receive a
Christian training, wlieu they are
forced to submit lo the iiendish insults
of these foul-mouthed monsters, we
leave it to our readers to conjecture.
The presence of native born English
calamity than, even the presence of hot
beaded Ulster Orangemen. It is sel
dom that the latter stoop so low as to
outrage the feelings of those possessed
of a high sense of morality and virtue,
but the English brute will stoop to any
thing. To illustrate this we might
mention that the steamship "Foonah,"
of the P. and O. line, returning from
Alexandria not quite two years ago
ago had on. board thirty soldiers who
were consigned to an English military
prison, sentenced to various terms of
imprisonment for perpetrating the most
revolting crimes. This is the class of
men. who are sent to Ireland to pre
serve peace, and we hope that every
Irishman will resent their insults even
at the peril of his life.
IRISH SOLDIERS.
Last week we referred to the bravery
displayed bv Irishmen on the field, of
battle, and now we have some further
remarks on the same subject in. the
shape of a letter recently published by
Jefferson, ex-President of the Confeder
acy, extracts from which we find in the
Connecticut Catholic. Mr. Davis
pays a grateful tribute to the
Irish soldiers who fought on the
Confederate side during the late
"unpleasantness." Among the most
gallant officers in the Confed
erate service was Fat Cleburne, who
fell while vailiantly defending a charge
at Franklin, Tenn. It may not be gen
erally known that John Mitchell, the
great Irish patriot, had a son iu the
Confederate army, who held the rank
of captain. Nevertheless, it is a fact.
Captain Mitchell was a brave officer,
and fell while serving in the defense of
of Fort Sumter, Charleston harbor.
Captain Atkins, another Irishman, was
one whom Mr. Davis particularly ad
mired for his bravery. He was a man
about 6 feet 4 inches high, broad-shoul
dered, gaunt-waisted and high-boned.
Mr. Davis relates the following touch
ing incident regarding this Captain
Atkins:
"After a time lie was informed of the
death of his father, and the interests of
his property and of bis family required
his return to Ireland. He called upon
me to ann&uuce the fact, adding that
he would not leave were it not that the
surgeons had told him he would never
again be fit for field service. Before
taking his leave he said v/hen he reached
home he would send his younger
brother to take his place. Notwith
standing the difficulties which then ex
soldiers in a community is a far greater fcior: of several families who were sup
posed to be .iu want, and the suffering
which it brought to light is truly piti
able. The winter haa been one of the
coldest for years, and work very scarce.
siauuma luc uiuiouimw union. There was too great a tendency
isted on account of the blockade, towards maintaining parliamentary al
due time his brother arrived and re- liances which were as
^ansientand-un
ported for duty. The elder Atkins
died of his wounds in
.Cll KJJ. iila ivuuuua iu xiwiwuu.<p></p>Ireland."
Lieutenant JDowling commanded 44 thought and desire was to make things as
men, all of them Irishmen, at the bat- easy aspossible^for toe Liberal Lmon
tle of Sabine Pass, Tex. This detach- ists, but he
ment achieved what Mr. Davis con
siders to have been the most wonderful
to be found in the annals of "military
history.
IS COERCION A FAILURE ?F TL
Previous to the reassembling of the
British Parliament the London Stan
dard made the following statement
whether authoritatively or not we are
unable to say
:tThe
Government will, early in "the
coming session of Parliament, submit a
measure to deal more effectually with
agrarian conspiracy. The bill willem
power the Crown in certain cases to
summon special jurors, and, if neces
sary, change the venue. It will algp
confer on magistrates powers to deal
summarily in case of persons arrested
for inciting conspiracy, intimidation,
and boycotting, the punishment for
which offences shall not exceed three
mouths' imprisonment. The bill,
which has already been approved by
the Cabinet, will be made applicable to
the whole Kingdom."
This may have been inspired by the
Tory Government, and, if so, the same
importance can be attached to the fol
lowing statement in the same paper
last Tuesday
"The Cabinet is engaged in framing
a bill to deal with the people of the poor
districts in Ireland, like Glenbeigh,
county Kerry, in the light of Sir Mi
chael Hicks-Beach's idea of migration."
It looks as if the Tory Government
has some doubts as to the effectiveness
of a coercion policy, and that the
Standard has been ordered to pave
the way for a more conciliatory policy.
Further comment at the present time
would be injudicious, but even so blind
politicians as Lord Salisbury have been
made to see the error of their ways in
the past.
MIOHAiiL DAVITT IN IRELAND.
The telegrams announce the arrival
of Michael Davitt and ins bride in Ire
land last Tuesday. The Mayor of Cork,
accompanied by a large deputation of
prominent members of different
branches of the Irish National League
went aboard the steamer Alaska at
Queenstown and presented an address
to "The Father of the Land League"
and his bride. Mr. Davitt replied
briefly, thanking the deputation for the
(heartiness
of bi-i reception. He left
the ship at Queenstown and proceeded
to Cork, where he was received with
enthusiasm by the people. The muni
cipal council of Cork gave a banquet
Wednesday in Mr. Davitt's honor.
HARD TIMES,
There can be no doubt that the pres
ent winter hay been one of unusual
want and severity in the city of Minne
apolis. A city paper recently went to
the trouble to examii'B into the condi-
Any amount of men who are willing to
work are unable to secure enough to
keep the wolf from the door. The Asso
ciated Charities have rendered excellent
service, in looking after ail the cases
that have come under their notice, but
yet tliers remains many more to be
looked after. Something should be
done to alleviate the sufferings of these
poor people, and if the matter was
taken rightly in hand, we feel convinced
that the generosity which has ever
characterized the people of the North
west and Minneapolis in particular
will be fully exemplified.
LORD RANDD0LPH FORMS A PARTY.
Now comes Lord Randolph Churchill
with a new political party. What the
principles and policy of the Tory ban
tam's party will be has not been made
known, but that it will only differ
slightly from the Conservative one now
dragging out a miserable existence one
has only to consult a recent speech of
the late Chancellor of the Exchequer to
become convinced. The following is a
synopsis of the speech referred to
"Lord Randolph Churchill said he had
read with entire approval the instruc
tions sent to Sir William White, the
British ambassador at Constantinople.,
respecting Bulgaria. lie thought they
had been framed with prudence, wis
dom and caution. Regarding the
Glenbeigh evictions, .Lord Randolph
said he thought there never was a case
found under microscopic examination
more favorable to Irish landlords on
the whole during the winter. The
landlords had done their duty in a gen
eral way. He praised Sir Michael Hicks
Beach for the greatness of the sacrifices
associated with the latter's acceptance
of the chief secretaryship of Ireland
and wished him success in the work he
had undertaken. He said that he had
never seen much that he considered
alarming in the plan of campaign. If
juries refused to do their duty Parlia
ment would grant additional powers
under which those pursuing the plan of
campaign would, either voluntary, or
under compulsion, abandon their
course. The best way to maintain the
union was by a sound administration
of the law." That neglected, down
would go the government, down the
Conservative party, down also the
certain af the shiftiest vv ind. When he
was in the government his constant
frankly admitted that
he regarded the Unionists as s.
kind of useful crutch. (Laugh
ter.) He looked forward to the time,
not far distant, when the Conservatives
would walk alone, strong in their own
strength. The permanent preserva
tion
of the union must always depend
upon the Conservative party, which, if
it wanted a warning of the uncertainty
of its position, had only to watch the
negotiations of the Radicals. So
greatly was Mr.
Chamberlain enamored
of these negotiations that he was al
ways going further with them. He
hoped the house would never follow
Chamberlain on a line of policy tending
toward the erection in Dublin of any
thing in the nature of a parliament.
That clear and broad position which the
Tories assumed they should never de
part from. The programme outlined in
the Queen's speech contained the work
for the session. The bills to be intro
duced would be found to include much
that was good and and wise. Referring
to the estimates, he said if they had
been framed upon principles of econ
omy and sufficiency they had been
much altered since he left the govern
ment. (Laughter.) He could assure
the house that he would never have re
signed on account of the coaling sta
tions item alone. He knew some Con
servatives were incensed against him,
but he was confident the progress of
events would modify their judgment.
It was not the first time he had the evil
fortune to wrestle with the Conserva
tives. Four years ago, when lie pro
claimed that his party was going
wrong, he was charged with disloyalty
and treachery. Events since have vin
dicated him. Again he appealed to the
tribunal of time. Any little influence
he possessed had not been drawn from
insjde parliament. It came from the
outside. He appealed to the just, gen
erous judgment of the people, who
knew he sought nothing except to pro
tect and promote the material interests
of the nation, and upon the great ques
tion of economy and retrenchment he
was content patiently to await the
judgment of C-esar."
We fail to see anything in the fore
going remarks that differs very materi
ally from the hypocritical professions
contained in the speech from the
throne, and evident ly Lord Randolph's
object is not so much to improve the
existing condition of maladminstration
as to be the leader of a party. That his
defection will weaken the now tottering
Tory administration there can be no
doubt. Lord Salisbury cannotafford to
lose any of his supporters at the present
time, and while the following which
Lord Randolph will attract to his side
will be small, vet it will be enough to
knock the Tory Government in the
head. That the new party will assume
definite shape in a few days is certain.
Already several leading Conservatives
have signified their intention of throw
ing in their lot with the erratic Lord
Randolph. The nucleus of the
party is actually at this moment being
formed by the Carlton Club. Ireland
must eventually be benefitted by this
movement, inasmuch as Salisbury will
not be able to carry'on his Govern
ment for any length of time, and in an
other general election Air. Gladstone
would again assume control of affairs.
His first act would be to carry his Home
Rule measures.
:DITORIAL BREVITIES.
A LITTLE less than one-fourth of the
people of Australia are Catholics.
MB. HAYSMANN, a Gladstouite, will
oppose Mr. Goschen in the election for
the seat for St. George's, Hanover
Square.
A. RUMOR is current that Miss Hose
Elizabeth Cleveland, sister of the Presi
dent, will be married shortly to a
clergyman.
CONG-FIESSMAJI FS A3TK LLAWLER, Of
Chicago, has introduced, a bill into the
House
looking to the improvement of
coast defences.
THERE are no new developments in
the fisheries dispute this week. It is
not likely that the United States will
be compelled to gobble up the Dominion
iu order to settle the matter.
LOUD COLIN CAMPBELL is compelled
to sell his library by auction. This
wayward son of the Duke of Argyle
knows by this time what it costs to
run a first-class divorce case.
IT is stated the Pope intends, in
a special brief, to express his satisfac
tion at Germany's efforts to establish
uood relations with the Holy See, and
the Vatican's intention to reciprocate.
LORD DUNSARDLE'S Irish tenants
got a 25 per cent, reduction in rent by
adopting the "plan of campaign." The
"plan" appears to have a beneficial ef
fect in bringing the landlord vultures
to time.
WILLIAM O'BRIEJN', speaking at
Rodyke, County Limerick, last Sunday,
said that if the Irishmen could meet
the policemen man to man and rifle to
rifle in the open field he, for one, wouid
promptly abandon speaking and the
next speech the destroyers of the peo
ple's homes wouid hear would be from
the mouth of the people's guns.
THE roll of Irishmen who fought for
the Union is a long arid honorable one.
It includes the names of Generals Sher
idan, Logan, Tom Sweeney, Mulligan,
Smythe, McConihe, Lawler, McMahbn,
Nugent, Donahue, Gumey, Jardine,
Jourdan.'Reilly, Kelly, Burke, Sewell,
Gorman, Brady Sullivan, Boyle, Con
ner, Mulholland, Gowan and Mc
Laughlin. _______
PARNELL'S malady is reported to be
Bright's disease, and it is improbable
that he will be able to stand the strain.
In the event of his enforced retirement
Healy will probably succeed him in the
leadership of the Nationalist party.
IT is rumored that the Irish Plan of
Campaign will be, adopted by the long
shoremen in a few days. It is proposed
that those engaged in the strike shall
pay no rent to landlords, but turn the
rents over to a committee to be used
for the strikers' support.
MRS. JOAN A. LOGATC will not get a
pension. The house pension commit
tee in reporting adversely the bill to
pension Mrs. Logan say that should
the precedent established by it be car
ried out the pension roll would be in
creased $345,000 annually.
THE nuptial knot was tied one day
day this week between Spies, the con
victed anarchist, and Miss Nina Van
Zandt, the silly young Chicago girl,
whose name has figured so much in the
newspapers of late. The next knot
that Mr. Spies will have tied will be
quite a different one, if the sentence of
the court is carried out.
THE elections for the Canadian
House of Commons will take place on
February 22. From all accounts it
would seem as if Sir John A. Macdon
ald's government would go to the wall.
This would not be a matter of regret to
young Canadians who are forced to
leave their own country in order to
make room for the sons of British no
blemen.
The candidates for the vacant Par
liamentary seat iu Antrim are Mr. Me
Elroy (Gladstonite) and Mr. Lewis
(Conservative). The latter was a can
didate for Londonderry at the last
election in opposition to Justin Mc
Carthy, and the vote stood three in Mr.
Lewis' favor. Mr. McCarthy contested
Mr. Lewis' election on the ground of il
legal p.aetices, the result being that the
court unseated Mr. Lewis and declared
Mr. McCarthy elected.
ONE hundred and fifty-seven confer
ences of St. Vincent de Paul society
were founded, last year, being thirty-six
more than founded in. 188-1. Of this
number the Argentine Republic fur
nishes 2. Austria 9, Belgium li), Brazil
11, Canada 1, Denmark 1, Egypt I,
France 39, Germany 15, Great Britain
and Ireland 5, Holland 8, Italy 5, Mex
ico 8, Portugal Spain 30, Switzerland
3, Syria 2, and the United States 16.
THE last issue of th« Irish World
contains the following notice "Infor
mation wanted, of Denis Herliliy, son of
John and Johanna Herlihy, a native of
Coik City, Ireland. Came to this coun
try seven years ago. When last heard
from (June, 30SL) was in Minneapolis,
Minn. Address his brother, John Her
lihy, Borgen Point, N. J." We believe
that some of our Corcoran subscribers
could furnish the desired information.
THE death is announced of Bev.Fathex
E. Stenson, at Fallowfield, Ont., on
January 24. Father Stenson was one
of the most popular priests in Ontario,
not only for his generosity, but also for
his gcreat ability as a writer and a
speaker. Some years ago, we believe
it was in 1875, the deceased reverend
father delivered a "•Panegyric on St.
Patrick," which was afterwards pub
lished in pamphlet form, and attracted
considerable attention at the time. He
was born near Dublin in 3848. and after
ordination in Ireland he set sail for
Canada, in 1871.
THE Right Rev. Mgr. Glut, coadjutor
of Mgr. Farsud, vicar-apostolic of Ar
thabasca-Mackenzie, has issued an ap
peal addressed to young devoted
priests, seminarians, and Catholic
young men generally, to join him in the
good work of the great Northwest. The
vicariate of Arthabasea-Mackenzie ex
tends from the diocese of Prince Albert,
joining Manitoba, to the Arctic Ocean,
and from Hudson's Bay in the east to
the Rocky Mountains in the west. It
is attended by the Oblate Fathers. In
3847, the then Father Tache, now
Archbishop of St. Boniface, penetrated
as far as Lake Arthabasca, where, dur
ing his short stay of two weeks, he bap
tized 184 persons. There are at present
12 central missions, and 19 others visited
once or twice a year The number of
priests to attend to all that—three
times as large as France—is only 28,
iwo bishops and 21 priests. There ace
23 Catechists and 20 Grey Nuns from
Montreal, with 8 members of the Third
Order to aid them in the annual labor.
MR. HENRY LABOUCIIERK attended
the lord major's banquet in Dublin re
cently, and in the course of a speech he
referred to the cringing prayers of Mr.
Chamberlain to be taken back into the
Liberal fold. "It is infinitely better,"
he declared, "that Mr. Chamberlain
should remain outside the camp rather
than enter it if he is not prepared to ac
cept the principles loyally and frankly
of Mr. Gladstone's Home Rule bill, and
loyally and frankly to fight under the
banner of Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Cham
berlain was an important factor in poli
tics he is not at the present moment,
because he is a leader without follow
ers. If we receive him, we receive him
as a matter of grace, not of interest.
But Mr. Chamberlain must^thoroughly
understand that neither you nor w.,
are-prepared to be bullied or cajolev
out of one jot or one iota of the prin
ciple of. Mr. Gladstone's bill. That
principle, as I understand it and as
believe you understand it, is this: A
domestic Legislature for Ireland, para
mount in all local matters, its acts not
dependent upon the assent or the re
fusal of the imperial Legislature, ano
with an Irish executive- dependent
upon this Irish local body. This, gen
tlemen.
is our
irreducible minimum on
this we will hear of no surrender."
ALTHOUGH Bismarck has openly de
clared that Germany will not quarrel
with Russia about Bavaria, and that de
claration seems to have Mt Russia free
to do what she pleases in the Balkans,
the preparations for war are continued
everywhere. Austria has become more
active than before, as if she meant to
withstand Russia, even though she
should be left to. cope single-hauded
with her giant neighbor, or feared that
the virtual absorption of Bulgaria may
be followed by an attack on Austrian
territorv. Italy has agreed to meditate
between the Bulgarian Government
and Russian. There is much talk of
preparations in Germany and France,
of orders issued to officers to join their
corps and be ready for active service.,
but no one can tell whether there is
any truth in what the.telegrams say.
A VERY strange circumstance tran
spired at the late burning of the Tem
ple Theatre, Philadelphia, says the
Catholic Columbian. Nothing appeared
to be standing, except the calcined
walls but in clearing the ruins, after a
cooling, there was foundime tiling un
consumed. It was in the Egyptian
Musee, and represented the Crucifixion.
The figure of Christ wa3 there found un
touched by flame, although everything
else around was consumed. This was
more than paralleled in the same city,
when the Native American vaudals
burned several churches in the year
1844. St. Augustine's was thus de
stroyed but, over the sanctuary, in a
prominent position, there was left—un
scathed, the inscription '"The Lord
Seefh." This fact astonished astonished
all the people of Philadelphia at that
time, ft was remarkable.
MR. GLADSTONE, in another article
in the February number of the Nine
teenth Century, contends that though
Ireland formerly gained concessions
through fear, air attempt by Ireland to
repeat her former tactics would be like
warring against Heaven now. Eng
land's strength as compared to Ireland's
is as ten to one. He would rather rely,
he says., upon England's innate sense
of justice. Mr. Gladstone defends the
American donations to Ireland on the
ground that they have done much to
stave off famine. Foreign donations,
lie says, if in aid of a bad cause, make
it a shade worse, but if in a good cause
serves to remind us of our duty. To
the contentions that the granting of
Home Rule to Ireland would be to- hand
the Government over to the National
ists, Mr. Gladstone replies that it Na
tionalism is to prevail, it is unwise to
exasperate it to a spirit of vengeance.
THE Sullivans and the llealys, says
the Boston Republic, seem to have an
affection for each other over iu Ireland.
Mr. Maurice Healy, member of Parlia
ment for Cork, was married in Dublin,
a few days ago,to Miss Annie Sullivan,
eldest daughter of the late A. M. Sulli
van, the young lady who, it will be re
membered, accompanied her gifted and
lamented father during his trip through
the United States, in 1384. Mr. T. D.
Sullivan, M. P., lord mayor of Dublin,
who is an uncle of the bride, enter
tained the bridal party at his hou ie.
Timothy M. Healy, the famous es
mernber for Monaghan, is married to
Lord Mayor Sullivan's daughter, who
is also his first cousin, Mr. Sullivan
having married Miss Kate II?aly, the
daughter of his old schoolmaster, and
the aunt of the talented young men
who have played such a conspicuous
part in the Irish parliamentary party.
It is quite fair to anticipate for Ireland
the boon of patriotic and loyal service
from the descendants of such con
spicuous workers in the national, cause
to-day.
Ix the course of an eloquent speech
at the Davitt banquet in New York,
Col Chauncey M, Depew said: "We
glory in that kind of political crime
which is in behalf of liberty. We gave
a royal welcome to Kossuth and we
give another to Davitt. To-day the
politics of Ireland are the polities of
the world. If an Irish family is evicted
in the most obscure spot in the hills of
the green isle, the news is cabled across
to America and electrifies every home
in the land. That is because the Ameri
can people are in sympathy with justice,
right and liberty everywhere. We say
to Michael Davitt, 'Carry this from
America: "The American people haye
no enmity for England. They have
none but the kindest feeling for those
people of our common language and
literature, but say, too, that there is
but one English statesman who always
voices the sentiment of the American
people., and that statesman is William
E. Gladstone.' When tlie strong senti
ment brings' forth the fruit which it
must in the next two years, and we see
an Iiish Parliament sitting upon Col
lege green, let us hope that Michael
Davitt will be its first presiding of
ficer."
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