Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1850-1854, 1850-06-28
The murder Of smith o,Brien.
From the Dublin Nation.

lrIom the Dublin NatOnl
/ If there be tenderness in the women, and
rage In the men left in Irelnd, there is news
to-day TO flood the land with tears; to fill the air
with curses. They are killing Smith O'Brien
by slow murder in Maria Islands.
We have been silent for two weeks, belev-
ing that his aristocratic and parliamentary
friends would interpose effectively on his be-
half, as they promised to do. But they have
paltered with his interest, running it with faint
hesitating help, and quenching hope among
these who were manlier and more devoted.
Meantime, voice of remonstrance is again
heard across the. ocean, demanding, is O'Brien
to be murdered?
This will questioned, disputed, disbeleved.
No wonder; for it is monstrous and incredible.
But we write every syllable of it on the authori-
fty of one as incapable of falsehood or exag-
geration as of murder 1t is the literal truth
In solitude, in privation, in filth. in rags lives
this Irish gentleman--this noble man who lost
liberty, home, family-ALL-for Ireland.
Nor is this the whole. In the foul den where
ne is thrust, like a chained reptile, one gener-
Gus girl of the age of ten years, daughter of
the governor, sought with the instructive char
ty OF her sex, TO solace the captive's care, and
tighten his suffering by kindly offices; and
forthwith, on pain of new privation, O'Brien
lost this innocet familiar, whose childish beauty
and guilelessness, perhaps spoke to his fathers
heart of the orphaned darling who weep for
him at home.
What multitudes have melted into tears over
this very incident in the prison revelations of
Sllvio Pellico; and here we have it re enacted
IN the life OF man from whom human creature
never suffered wrong.
These atrocities are inflicted by the govern
or OF Maria Island: an official, whose brutality
has earned Tor him in the colony, the title of
"Ihe Black Serpent; tyrant whose name is
a terror, and whose presence is despair of the
hapless victims of his internal cruelty.
In this monsters power; tortured outraged
maddened, lives your countryman; the son of
your kingliest house; the generous patriot who
fought and fell for you and us ALL
Is this law? Is this Justice! Who is so
brutal here as to defend such barbarity? What
partizan of British rule-what representative
of British authority dare stand up in these Is
lands and yindicatc this dark, cowardy, and
hellish persecution?
Does the law of God Justify it Does the
law of man ordainit? Will the people of Eng
land sanction it 2 VIII the people of Ireland
endure it?
1t is a crime horrible enough to provoke the
Indignation of humanity. What wonder if the
bnrning manhood ofIreand arose in arms against
the government that thus sins against Justice
and our race; that thus murders by slow death
our dear brother stainless, heroic champion Of
our liberty.
Men of Irelard-and let God and men, the
time and the eternity, witness the solemnity
and truth of our Observation-Disclosures you be
Protestants or Catholics-whether you are ran
ged ceneath the Green Flag of our Fathers, or
under the crimson banner of St. George
whether you desire Irish independence, or cher
ish Union with England, your sacred duty is
identical.-You must interfere, and save this
mans reason. You must interfere, aud save
this mans life for we tell you, both are threat
ered
We say this advisedly. No human censtan-
cy can long withstand the torturing cruelty
O'Brien suffers.
If you will not be accomplices in the murder,
which is designed; if you would not have. o.
Brien's blood red in judgement on your souls
we say to you. interfere. Denounce this
iniquity. Terminate this dead agony. Expos
tuate with this cruel, malignant assassin, Gov
ernment.--Savc this man from death. or.w orse
than death.
These tidings have produced profound i'm
preston in Dublin. They have excited inten-
Scit ulSildtioH. "A CohHAttee Is pelnp IOrm-
ed, or all parties, and If we have not mis-
taken Irish hearts, there will be denun-
citation that shall ring through the land like the
judgmentpeal--a remonstrance which it will
not be prudent for any Government to despise.
or safe for any Government to disobev
We hear, indeed, that the Queen of Enc
land comes to Ireland again this sumner
comes for the ovation that monarchs 10y. from
petted slaves. But we warn her Ministers.
that surely she sets foot on Irish soil, wall.
O'Brien is thus tortured and degraded, so sur
ly, wherever she turns, shall his name be thun-
dered in her ears, as a maediction-so surcl,
shall his blood be flouted in her face. This
promise we will sec fulfilled.