The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1868-04-14
A Assassination ofTh mas Darcy Mct.ee,

Minister of Agriculture in the Canadian
Administration. was Hssassinatcd in OF,
tawa April 9TH. The foul deed was per-
pclraled by an unknown assassin, who
discharged pistol ut the Minister ny he
was entering his boarding house after the
completion Of his Parliamentary duties
Tie fatal ball passed through his head,
and must have caused instant death, since
when his landlady's son, who holds the
Office Of Page to the Parlimcnt, reached
the tragic scene few minutes later, the
vital spark had fled Thomas Darcy
/ McGec had led varied and evcntru lie
He was native Of Ireland, having been
boru in Carlipgford, April -, 1875
Ills l,ther, Mr.. James McGee, was subs
scqucntly appointed TO an office in the
Gus louise at Wexford, AMI there
Niece, .ir., was educated IN 1912 he
emlgratcd 10 America, and obtained
position on the Boston press but the
moment the Young Ireland movement
commenced in the Grcen Isle he returned
thither, and joined the staff of Tire Na,ion
newspaper, and that band of patriots who
sought to rouse the Irish people to battle
for their rights. After the suppression
of the Young Ireland cA,cate, Thomas
Darcy Niece, more fortunate than some
of his compatliots, contrived to eludc the
vigilance of the British detectives. and
once more embarked lOl our Western
Hemisphere. Having arrived in New
York, he established Journal, which he
christened THE 1mGicdi Cen, and in that
journals columns he vin1icated the claim
OF ireland to nationality. When Mr.
McGce first came TO this country he was
an ardent admirci and advocate of repub-
lican institutions; but during the KNOW
Nothing excitement his political views
underwent material change. and from
the period OF his removal to Canada he
avowed himself Il steady royal>t, and by
letters and addresses did his utmost to
turn the tide of Irish imni!ration from
the United States to the New DoMinion.
| The eXile's reputation for ability and clio.
qucnce insured him distinguished re-
ception from the Canadians, who raised
him to the highest digri!ios which it was
]
citizens of Montreal chose him as their
representative. In 1864 he was made
President Of tie Executive Council. He
figured as chief Canadian Commissioner
at the fist pori- md Dublin Exhibitions
and took prominent part as delegate in
all the conferences helh to promnto the
confederation OF the British Nurth Amer.
lean Provinces
Mr.. Mcticc had not complete his l3d
| year. and was ia the mat wiiv Of bodily
and mental ,ig"r when the pi-tnl of the
assassin slot i'm down He was man
OF r'tirrd cultnt", 4nl Of marked ability
~ an 1rator ana writer, while hi- gen.
iality and wit wn hm troop. Of frrnIs
| He has left nuinber al literary works of
romNidcrahl" merit. the principal of which
are his ''Li,r- of Iri.h Writers" and Il
"Porular History of ireland" published
in Me- orl. in 1862
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