The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1850-07-03
The Murder of smith o,Brien.
From the Dublin Nation,

i ~ r
| From the Dublin Nation.
If there be tenderness in the women. and r,o,,
in the men left in Ireland, there is news to. de-
to flood the land with tears; to fill the air with
curses. They are killing O'Brien by slow mur.
der in Maria Islands. .'E',sE
| We have been silent for two weeks. bel;ov;n,
that his arstocratic and parliamentary friends
would interpose effectively on his behalf. as thew
promised to do. But they have paltered with
his interest, running it with faint hesitatng help
and quenching hope among those who we1e
mnnlier and more devoted. Meantime voice
OF remonstrance is again heard across the ocean.
demanding, is . Bren to be mutderedi
This will be questioned, disputed, disbeleved
No wonder; for it is monstrous and incredible
But we write every syllable of it on the authori.
ty OF one as incapable Of falsehood or exaggera4
ton 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
he is thrust, like chained reptile, one generous
girl OF the age of ten years, daughter Of the 60
vernon, sought, with the instructive charity of
her sex, to solace the captive's care, and light
en- his suffering by kindly Offices; and forthwith,
on pain Of new privations, O Brien was forbid
den ever to speak to her again. He lost this in
nocent familiar, whose childish beauty and guile
lessness, perhaps, spoke to his fathers heart of
the orphaned darlings who weep for him at
home.
What multirudes have melted into tears over
this very incident in the prison revelations of
Silvio Pellico; and here we have it re- enacted
in the life of a man from whom no human crea-
ture ever sufferer a wrong.
These atrocities are inflicted by the governor
Of Maria Island; an official, whose brutality has
earned tor him in the colony, the title Of ''The
Black Serpent tyrant whose name is ter
ror, and whose presence is despair to the hap
less 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 bru-
tai here as to defend such barbarity? What par
tlzan OF British rule-what representative of
British authority, dare stand up in these Islands
and vlndicate this dark, cowardly, and hellish
persecution?
Does the law of God justify it, Docs the
law of man ordain it? Will the people of Eng
land sanction it, Will the people of Ireland
endure it?
1t is q crime horrible enough to provoke the
indignation of humanity. What wonder if the
burning manhood of Ireland arose in arms a.
ganst the government that thus sins against JUS
tice and our race; that thus murders by slow
champion of our liberty.
Men of lreland-and let God and men, the
time and eternity, witness the solemnity and
truth OF our invocation whether you be pro.
testants or Observation-Disclosures you are ranged
beneath the green flag of our Fathers, or under
the crimson banner of st. Georgc-whcther
you desire Irish independence, or cherish I'm
ion with England, your sacred duty is identical.
You must interfere and save this mans reason
You must interfere and save this mans life; for
we tell you both are thrcatened
We say this adviscdly. No human constan-
cy can long withstand the torturing cruelty o.
Bren suffers.
Ifyou will not be accomplices in the murder
which is designed; if you would not have o.
Bren's blood red in judgment on your souls
we say to you, interfere-dcnounce this iniqui-
this dread agony-cxpostulatc
with this cruel, malignant, assassin Govern
mcnt. Save this man from death, or worse
than death.
These tidings have produced profound i'm.
preston in Dublin. They have excited intens-
est indignation. A committee is being formed,
OF men of all parties; and if we have not msta-
ken Irish hearts, there will be dcnuncaton
that shall ring through the land like the judy
remonstrance which it will not be
prudent for any Government to disobey
We hear, indeed, that the Queen of England
comes to Ireland again this summer-comes for
the ovation that monarchs love from petted
slaves. But we warn her and her Ministers,
that as surely as she sets foot upon Irish soil,
while y Bricn is thus tortured and degraded, SO
surely, wherever she turns, shall his name be
in her ears maledcton-so sure
ly shall his blood be houted in her face This
promise we will see fulfilled.