The Chicago Convention closed last week, after adopting a silly
resolution for the boycotting of English goods, conceived in these terms :—" To hurt the enemy where he will feel it most, by refusing to purchase any article of English manufacture, and by using all legitimate influences to discourage tradesmen from keeping English manufactures on sale." Mr. George Pepper, a Methodist minister, declared that if the Irish failed after trying every method, and Mr. Parnell should send a message, saying, "Come and help us," "Then I swear by the name of God there will be at least one vacant pulpit in the United States,"—a bit of "buncombe " which was followed by "terrific cheering." Mr. Congressman Finerty and Mr. Devitt did a good deal of sham-fighting and fraternising, and there was a good deal of voting, which resulted in the election of Mr. John Fitzgerald as President of the Irish National League of America, which that gentleman declared to be a prouder office than that of President of the United States. The declamation of the Convention was inflated and very washy ; but washy though it was, it appears to be the kind of fluid in which gold is deposited.
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