The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-03-10

citizenship are to lie elevated and every
4 where assured or made more Uncertain aiiti
insecure rs hat Ne hall DO.
But, sir. aside fram the claim Of citizen
shin. which i enough 10 demand the mos,
faithful. II redY, ant earnest INQUIRY into
the cuyditiou OF tne~e suffering prs
by this house and the government, human
it's. civilization. aud the progress Of the
age demand investigation lnto the charges
male against he government OF breat
Britain in then .eha.:.
And. Iir. SPEAK, he republic OF the
: United Safes ough: sc,day to be in stu
alton, with reference . It's oTn states ani
;eople. Wni.h would enable him without
/ reuro-:h to demonstrate with the British
! government against it, wrongs upon Ireland
/ The treatment Of those who so recently
I rebeiel against this government ought TO
4 have been such that our example Q! it>et
! would have opened all the door. of British
/ prisons and lie, the political prisoners go
/ free
/ Yes. sir, we had the oppor' unity, such
a. We may never have ageIn, Oy eur gener>
osity, our magnanimlly at home, and for
giyenes. Of those who had offender against
! this government, to set an example that
would have made this country llustrlous
( for all coming time, and would not only
have opene the prison doors and act tree
/ our imprisoned cOuntrymen from British
oppression. but would have lifted the crus
/ hand of British oppression from ireland
Itself 1t might have made lighter the
>hacales that Cypress political offenders
throughout the world.
MIR Speaker let us pass this resolution,
but let II. not feel that our duty Is then
I / ! f1E IA nh h
ont delay until -e relieve our country from
the rcproach the burning reproach Of neg
( lectiag to protect those OF our countrymen
whom We require to defend Us. Thus
much in reference to these political prison
ers, even if they are fairly tried and proper
( IS convicted
Dut- if the charge be true that Amer
lean citizens nave been tired for acts done
or words spoken on the soil Of the republic,
and convicted and sentenced, and are row
suffering in the horrible manner described,
to them and IN their case this resolution
and action OF this house Is a H0ckery; 1t is
cruelty itself.
care not who these men are, 10 what
society they may have belonged, what
opinion, thcy may have entertained, wheLh-
er they are red republican, black repubh-
can, Feni2ns, or what not; if they are cltl-
Gems Of the republic they are entitled to its
protection And II the United States has
| due regard for these men and proper self
| respect there are no jails IN Great Britain
or on earth strong enough TO nod It's cltl>
zens for such offence and IN such manner
convicted What, sir, must American
I citizens, on American sol, he required 70
speak with haired breath in subdued tones
and IN manner prescribed and words dlctat-
ed by the code or law of Great Britain?
Is F,nianism in America to be made and
punished as crime in England Are lrieh
men, by naturalization IN this country, to
| foreswear all remembrance and love of the
homes Of their childhood and the graves Of
their ancestors under penalty, If they should
! chance to visit them, of being cast into pris
| on and immured in dungeons as tel0ns? Is
it crime for an lrishman in America to
weep over the wrongs Of England toward
| Ireland aud wish or even pray that she may
! be free? May nor an American citizen
talk Of or even labor for liberty to the OPP
pressed in America without fear OF the
foreign despot's prison?
Sir, have, ever since | began to read
Irish history, ever since my earliest child
with the oppressed people of that country.
| have earnestly h0ped-and | trust, ear
nestly prayed-that Great Britain might
| see it for her best interest to lat 60 her hold
| on that people. Some of Great Britain 5
! best statesmen have sympathjz4d with Ire
! land, and have IL most eloqueuts words
pleaded for liberty and justice Tor that lco-
! pie. II to sympathize with Ireland and
! to express that sympathy on ali proper oc
ca>ions, aud TO with. devoutly wish, that
the time may come when she will take her
place among the nations Of the earth be a
crime, |, TOO, am criminal.
But, sir, deny that citizen CT the re
public can, by acts or words done or spoken
IN the republic, commit crimes against the
government and laws Of Great Britain or
any other foreign nation. The IDEA Is
prep0stcrouS; it is at war with all personal
freedom and national citizenship, Govern
ment protection is myth and cheat
And every day and every hour that this
government permits such a pretence or
claim on the part Of any foreign govern
ment To 60 urdenied and Gnrebuked we are
rs a government failing TO do our duty to
our own citizens.
The gentleman from Vermont Mr. VII
lsri suspects "a cat in the meal" in this
resolution He thinks it is in The interest
of Fcnianism. The gen;eman's scent is
keen, indeed | can find nothing Of The
kind in it, and were it no, for the old dregs
of prescription and native Amcricansm
still lingering in his system. | doubt if he
could. But il all he said of the hidden
meaning, the Interior purpose of the reso-
luton were true, it would not turn m,
stomach. / stand upon the doctrine, broad
or narrow, that Fenianism in America is
not crime in England An American Fen
ian is not an English criminal And ii is
no business of the English government
what an lrishman, adopted as citizen Of
this public, shall do within the jurisdiction
of this republic. She has nothing ~ do
with our citizens as individuals, unless they
commit crime or offend against the laws
within her borders For everything else. If
Great Britain has or thinks she has cause
Of complaint on account of the doincs Of
our citizens let her make her complaint 10
and against the government Itself
Not for Joe.
',Oh no. no. we won't blow,
Not IS We knows Of,
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