[Inclosure in No. 39.]
[Extract from the Congressional Record of
March 11, 1882.]
protection of american citizens
abroad.
Mr. Crapo. I ask unanimous consent to introduce
resolutions which I send to the Clerk’s desk for reference to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs, and that they may be printed in the
Record.
There was no objection, and it was ordered accordingly.
The resolutions are as follows:
At a meeting of the specially-delegated representives of the Land League
and Irish-American Societies of Fall River, in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, the following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved by the Land League and Irish-American
Societies of Fall River, Massachusetts, That, in view
of the despotic incarceration of Irish-American citizens by the
British Government, we believe the time has fully come for
Congress and the Executive to demand the immediate trial by a
jury of their peers of any and every native or naturalized
citizen of the United States, now incarcerated in British
dungeons, or their immediate release.
Resolved, That we appeal to the American
Congress and to the Executive to take such action as will
vindicate American honor, protect American citizenship, and
establish justice. To this end we pledge loyalty and united
support.
Resolved, That in the language of The
Citizen, of Chicago, “Europe, not England, is the mother country
of America,” and that every citizen of the United States, be he
American, Englishman, Irishman, Frenchman, German, Russian,
Italian, Spaniard, or Turk, is personally interested in this
demand.
T. DWIGHT STOW,
THOMAS WEBB,
JOHN RIDER,
Committee League
No. 1.
On behalf of the Young Men’s Irish-American F. A. and B. Society,
numbering 438 members:
- Thos. Donahuy, president.
- Benj. F. Mehaney, vice-president.
- John J. Lannegan, recording secretary.
- John P. Kenney, corresponding secretary.
- John C. Sullivan, financial secretary.
- Daniel Murphy, ass’t financial secretary.
- Michael E. Stanton, treasurer.
- Timothy Lear, masel.
In behalf of the Sarah Curren branch of the Ladies’ Land League:
- Mrs. Neary, president.
- Miss Mary A. McFadden, vice-president.
- Miss Ellen Fogarty, financial secretary.
- Miss Mary A. Guilfoyle, recording sec’y.
- Mrs. O’Donnell, treasurer.
Ladies’ branch of I. N. L. L.:
- Miss Maggie A. Lingane, president.
- Miss Mary Murphy, first vice-president.
- Miss Mary Freeley, second vice-president.
- Miss Mary Malone, treasurer.
- Miss Bridget A. Leary, recording sec’y.
- Msss Julia Murphy, financial secretary.
- Miss Nellie Kelley, corresponding secretary.
On behalf of St. John’s Society:
- Hugh McKevitt, president.
- Daniel A. Sullivan, vice-president.
- Maurice Shaughnessy, secretary.
Robert Emmet T. A. L. and B. Society:
- William Moran, president.
- James Driscoll, vice-president.
- Martin Ryon, recording secretary.
On behalf of Division No. 1, Ancient Order of Hibernians, and 300 men of
Fall River, Mass.:
- John McCarty, president.
- Thomas Madden, vice-president.
- John J. Cummings, recording secretary.
- John Stanton, financial secretary.
- Richard Hinley, treasurer.
On behalf of Division No. 3, Ancient Order of Hibernians, of Fall River,
Mass.:
- Edward Driscoll, jr., president.
- Michael D. Foley, vice-president.
- James H. Ryder, recording secretary.
- Dennis T. Sullivan, financial secretary.
- Patrick J. Lee, treasurer.
