, 1865-06-19
ENGLISH GLEN ENCT To
REBELS.
4 Few rnAtouc.e Of Its Excrcfks IL
1Selnnd.

\ re" &AA40UCAN OIL HIS EICfCfEE In
lSelnnd.,
CH1cAoo. june 10, 1855.
Editors Chtesgo Tribune: =
In seedirs your paper OF yesterday, OBJ
setved. in, some extracts CON the Enelish
press thst they nre very anxious to have us
maintain our nstioEal honor By spariuS the
life OF Jsf1. Davis. and, to urge, US to that
d. ed OF clemency, they quote their Owl acts
Of m rcy to IrIeh rebels. Now, airs, have
yet to 1easu tha: there Is any parallel be.
tween the cases mentioned. ireland has been
sufTeitI G, 70: nearly sercn centuriee, one con-
tinntd persecution which, tor duration and
fcroc'ty, stands alone In Its ghastly colors In
the history Of the world. On the other hand
the South hes been The ruling power In this
country until very recent period, tho only
cause Of their rebellion being naughty re-
luc ance to bow to the will OF the majority
Of the people or a supreme contemp. OF
SortteIn mud-sllls. While every page of
l1tla1d's Ead story Is stained with deeds
which wenld mske the demons smile, the
South cam OF point TO one sirgle act Of fyIan-
by.
Eut With the fate Ct Davis have nothing
to do. He will soon be tried by a Jury Of his
counuymcn and their verdict will be approy-
cd By all good clttz1cs. Ny present Obj: ct
| specimens OF England's denassey to Irish reb-
els. In m ably written article you cite the
case It the glorious 5oung martys EMmett.
It you hsd '1ltneu b1cl few psges from his
murfer you would have found IN era rtektng
| wi b the heroic blood Of thousands Of victims
to Eng'and's =" "eltmency." can only give
| few cafes. Tour bread sheet would
Of Of half Of them. Of course the casts inte cite
are only those who werc hanged and behead-
ed by regular military courts. The names of
the hecatomos Of victims who were torture
and murdered b, Englapd's tloodhouuds on
their OWED ptitale account arc only known by
the o1n' s.icnt Cod a fAvorite amusement
amcng he scrSanls Of Eneland's clemency
Eas cutting the hair short, then rubbing vet
EunpoEder tnlo the ha&r aud setting IRE to
It. Another was making cap to f1t tight
to the head, satuEatsng it with pttch, fore:ug
It on the head Of the victim, and setting fire
to it. That English invention, a cato nine
tails. WIS an indispensable Instrument in
every company Of yeomen, and 50 great WAS
performed with It that hundreds Of men
were driven into the insurgent ranks to
suffer almost certain dsa,h rather than
bear one single fogging. Halfhanging
was slsn faVPmts 2lsP ot,sa trisd to e1;est
aries OF England's clemency often tried this
I1an On poor delicate Women- Anne Devlin,
Emmett's servant maid, Was hung up By the
nick Eve OF SIX times, and suffered to fall
with ber whole weieht upon the ground,
so!die,y Ut ENGLAND. But to her eternal
honor BE 1t SAID, they were uuable to force
one word from her N utn. Father Phillip
Reach af1es surTt ndering on the promise Of
having hls Life spared. was dragged from bis
horse or the hnir, kicked through The camp
| I,nS7r Mr Enrs1v rr1l A.
Governor uf Wexford when In the hands Of
| the rthels and who saved English lives and
property from the m .ddentd people, was
lang,d Beauchamp Bagnall, Harvey, and
Cornelius G,ogsn wsIe lspSsd and echcad: d,
over the court house. E:mond Ryan was
dragged from bed bleeding almost TO death
fon his wounds, hanged, beheadcd, and
then to finish the bloody scene In q truly
Enrlsh manner, the CORY head was used As =
eiBler, snd there flung up Into ths air before
TIE window, with wild and he!l,ah c1ul.a-
t ons- 0, aick.n ut the sea OF bload that
floats bestre my eyes. My heart rccoils from
the scene II horror that spreads ont before me.
must shorten the recital. Six priests su.-
feFel death en- the scat Id, three Presbyte-
rian ministers, nine Protestant, six Psesby-
tcrlan, and eleven Catholic laymeu also fell
victims to England'5 clemency, and hundreds
Of the poor hunted Peasantry, after being
promised mercy, lard down their arms, and
were butcbered in cold blood. All, yes,
Vie who does the S,xou trust
/, And noulu not be betrayed,
4 Must aWsys nsYe biz s:xlwsrt hand
| Upon hie rrady btAds."
The Irish at home and here to-day have no
fears for Eugfand's hatEsd, no dread OF her en-
nifty. We feceipsocate the one AID defy the
other. But may God In bis mercy save ua
from her eAmesaey.
:: Respectfully yours.
! T.. MnppyanN