New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-08


justice their saYageryf Can they dare to do this
with the noble example set them by America before
their eyes Can they DO 1T IN the face OF the fact
that they themselves advised the mitigation of the
sentences pronounced against the Fenlan invaders
captured in Canada Can they do it, remembering
that the fact that Ireland is wrOnged and aggreved,
miserable and disconnected is notorious to all the
world We shall see,
But assuredly if they do this deed they will light
the fires OF vengeance in millions of Irish hearts and
| set going bloody game, the end of which VIII not
very speedily 10 arrived at. They Will spread and
intensity the Fenian sentiment among the lriSh race
and render reconciliation between them and the I'm
glish Government impossible. If they do 1t they
must he mad and doomed to destruction.
At present there arc six of the Fenan leaders I'M
der sentence of death, They are Burke, McCaterty,
Mcclure, Kelly. Joyce and Cullinahc McCaffeTty
was sentenced on Monday. He made a brief but very
sensible and effective address to the Court I'm the
first place. lie denied that he had received fair trial
The evidence which procured his convection he said,
and peTjurer, To whose uncouobOrated testimony
no credit should have been given. But he confessed
that he sympathiZed with the people of lre and IN
their endeayor TO shake on yoke that was hateIuI
To them. and said that If he were again at liberty he
would sympatmze with them and ana them IN
amy movement holding out tilr chihce on
success. Englishmen he observed had fought
against the Federal Government i'll America, but that
Government had put none of them 10 such straits rs
he was in However, he would receive his sentence
in manner worthy of a Christian and q gentleman,
and would only ask that aftcr his execution his re-
mains might he given to the attorney who conducted
ms defense Mr. John Lawlcss, to be inferred quietly
and privately. The prisoner delivered these remarks
~ ~
but finn IN It's tone. All present seemed 10 feel deep
ly impressed by his words and his dcmeanOr, and
many We're there who deeply conmiSorated his posi-
ton and telt bitter pang ut Their hearts on thhk-
ing of the number of such sacrifices that British rule
eNacts from the Irish race.
were sentenced TO long terms OF penal
scrvitUdc, IN their addresses, TO the Court
they declared the evidence Of some of the
chief witnesses on their trial TO have been tissues
OF alschood: but they admitted their devotion to the
cause of Ireland. Duiy, who Is absolutely dying OF
L IaIff
speak the entire of what he had TO say and after e
had spoken for awhile previous to the passing OF his
sentence, heaSked as favor that he might he allowed
70 discontinue his remarks then, ANA resume !helh
after sentence ShOud have been passed; but this re
quest was refused by the judges. lie then continued
10 sneak as well as his strength would permit hun.
lie said he had only done what he eonsclenii0usly
believed 10 be his duty that love oi one country
the next principle to love of God; that all his
life he had mbitoncd to die fighting for Ireland,
and that in his lonely convict cell he would never
cease to pray that God would give ms dear country
strength 10 shake off her chains. The poor fellow
then sat down quite exhausted, but rose almost I'M
mediatey and requested the reporters and al pres
ent TO understand that II was not amy nervousness
because OF his position that had so overcome hln,
but that his pTOstTatiOn owing simply To ms III
health. No one cOud see and hear poor Duty with
ont recognizing i'm him patriot and gentleman,
sincere earnest higmiHdcd enthusiast in the cause
of liberty Ruled as Ireland is. the career of men of
that stamp always finishes either with the convict
cell OF the galoWs.
Two of tie men convicted in Cork addressed the
Court and IN the spirit and elOquence Of their Ian.
puage they did not fall short of the standard attained
by their cOpatiiOts III Dublin. Capt. nct lure. Ike
McCaiterty, is an American born but tie son OF
Irisl parents, from whom he had heard of the wrongs
of Ireland. and learned - hate her OppresSor HIS
speech. previous to the passing of sentence on nun
was n noble At an earlier stage VI the tIidl nc
had pleaded guilty and in so doing made OBJ
servatons of a rather dubious character concerning
the cause in which he had embarked; was liii"le
TO believe SAID lie, by traitors; that came 10
assist an oppressed people; but, finding was 1atay
deceived by the lies they told me, then ana
everything in my. power to prevent injury to
any human being Some OF the loyal Journals
at seized upon these WORDS, lepIeaeIIi!iiht
them as an admission that nc had discovered that
the Irish people endured no oppression: But inc
truth appears 10 be that the oppression OF me people
was not the point which the prisoner fet ne had
been deceived, and concerning which lies had been
told TO him, and he merely Numbered III expression
when he gave such an apparent meaning 10 ms
words This is proved by the speech ne DELIVERED
when called on 10 say why sentence should not ne
passed on him, the whole tenor OF which was tnat
the Irish people were gicyously oppressed ana as
tressed nation and that he regarded II as lneItO
nous and glorious act 70 ASSIST mem III set,s
against their tyrants. lie knew the penalty atiatH
ing TO his well meant efforts in aid OF this prosecuted
land. he said, and he was willing to suffer IT.; =,
Edward Kelly, too stood 10 ms cOlois nODy. lie
said he did not fear 10 die and would ask Tor no
mercy from any earthly judge. lie proceeded 70 utter
some - cling lamentations of the wrctches Massey
and Gordon, when the Chiet-Justlce interrupted
him and said he not to indulge III that sylc OF
remark but only to offer reasons, If he could, WHY
sentence of death should not be passed on hln lie
then said that every generation OF lllsheh sG9 tg
English invasion had protested with their Diood
against Englands possession OF their country ana
that was a sufficient reason WHY such sentence
should not be passed on him. After some furlher
remarks couched in the same strain OF PATRIOTISM;
lie concluded by quoting as applicable 10 the cause Oh
ireland and England and expressive OF his own feel
ings the powerful words in winch the fsalInlst de-
cares his love for Jerusalem and inyokes vengeance
ON 3abylon The baIbaTOus sentence of the law was
then passed on him, on Mcclure on joyce, and Cul-
linane all of whom heard it with the most perfect
cOmpOsure. ~,
THUS, Fenianism, which figured so poorly in the
field is making a noble appearance III the dock,
whore the trial of the moral courage OF ts EOtaes
is much more severe. Ii is quite plain that the men
who have been brought before the legal tribunals in
these cases really brave. higl-ITnded ana intel
liQent persons No one could look on Them IN tle
dock and not perceive they were made OF NOBLE st,
Their military attempt failed, but ~ certainly was
not for lack their part OF the qualities that make
brave soldiers and true heroes. . 49,
Administrative of the state OF feeling toward En-
gland in this country the following incident is worth
mentioning. During the week piece called jessie
Brown or the Relief of Lucknow" was being played
i'm one Of our Dublin theaters The piece Is founded
ON n sensational story which obtained currency III
England at the time Of the Indian mutiny, and was
believed to be bona de narratlye OF an occurrence
at the seige Of LUCKNOW untii people Ipunu o'e
that 1t was mere plagiarism, alnlOst
literal transcript OF scene nom olo VI
Scott's novels However the story being dIhnl
tized has been found to draw very well III
England Now as TO its reception IN Ireland Ohe
of the characters introduced is Mana SahlD VINO as
every one will TecOllect was one OF the cads Oh the
great mutiny, and the authOr-aecOrdlng 10 DIiusl
acconntx-Of some of its worst atrocities lie Is, OF
course the villain of the play, ~ the course OF wht
he gives utterance to some d ~ Y
",orrhle and batrocOusr by British audiences, But
how have ,they been received IN DublmI UuM nun
ds Of applause That do not IN the n NE
gree oyerstate the facts may be seen from the ACCOM-
panying notices of the performance when cnt nom
the dublin papers. The Irish Times III the course Oh
its CTitique, says: .,, .,, ,ooo drriro tbe ner.
fornance which showed that the Nanas yilnny was nos
main of