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New Zealand Tablet, Volume VII, Issue 412, 4 March 1881, Page 17

The Rev. Abram J. Ryan, the poet priest of Mobile, addressed a large meeting of the Irish Land League at Baltimore, 29th December, saying : " Ireland has suffered more than any nation in the world, but has kept together. There are factions there, but when you touch a national principle they are a unit. God made the land, and I reckon it ought to be owned by those for whom it was made. The Irish people first feel and then think. Feeling evaporates, but thoughts stay and phrase themselves into words. They should think this : God made Ireland for Ireland and not for England, though by some unfortunate circumstance the English got it. The first thing is resistance, but it must be. legal. Don't show your hand too soon. It is a grand, a beautiful, a noble, a patient thing to wait. The tyranny of the Irish landowner is intolerable ; who denies it is a liar ; who affirms it speaks the truth. Parnell is the leader of an agitation, as O'Connell was, and, as O'Connell succeeded in the main, I hope Parnell will succeed in his. He needs substantial sympathy, aud money used for a good purpose is consecrated. No matter -what differences may exist even in the Catholic Church on this question, I think justice is on the side of the Irish tenants ; God is on the side of justice ; you are on the side of God, and you will succeed. If Ireland is poverty-stricken and destitute, it is because of the luxury of the landlords. Tou mus* not go too far. Anything revolutionary might bring on calami tie*