The New York herald., 1870-04-30
Ire'snd's Appeal to ths Free Press and
Freemeu OF Amertcn.


Freeneu OF Amertcn.
Ireland, suffocating slmost to political strau-
gulation under the operation OF the new
British Coercion law, asprates an appeal for
sympathy, for moral support and Christian
kindly consideration, to the American people.
Breathing through the executive gag. this
suffering European nationality seeks to record
the present case Of her children-down-,
trodden, yet liberty loving-in the pages Of
the HERALD, and asks, through our columns,
II 1t be in accordance with the order of Gods
providence and the rules Of civilization by
popular enlightenment that, in the present hour
Of the worlds history, powerful country
Shall be permitted to completely oblit-
crate distinct insular race, or shall the
ruling force 60 on to etface q people so
distinct from her own in every essential
element OF humanity that one of her most
prominent statesmen, now deceased, declared
solemnly in the House of Lords only a few
years since that the 'Trish were aliens in lam
guage, in creed and blood" Accepting this
modern feudal ban of alienage and divorce,
Ireland has steadily and persistently endea-
vored 10 walk alone since the moment of its
utterance. She now seeks to show to the
world still more distinctly how completely her
children recognize the unalterable geographical
position in which their country has been
placed by nature and natures God--how she
stands with ''her back unto Britain, her face
TO the West"
Messrs. Sullivan and Richard Pigott,
editors of the Dublin Nation and Dublin
LrisAman newspapers, respectively, write us
specially the letters which appear in our col
umns to-day. They write to say that 'liberty
Of the press has ceased to exist in Ireland"
They furnish to the American people the
means of accomplishment of this sad
result by presenting through our press
copies of the leading provisions of the
''Irish Coercion biir' which has been just
lately matured in the British Parliament and
which has been received in Ireland as the
message Of war'-a distinct unequiyocal act
of defiance coming from England after seven
hundred years Of continued premonitory irri-
tati0n. We need not ment on the contents
Of these communications. They will command
American Continent, on soil where so many
millions of Irishmen, and the children of Irish
men daily return tina ks to the God of the
Universe that they have been assigned to rest,
to breathe, to work and to die. Messrs.
Pigott and Sullivan appear to be
ment. They deal in facts. They have
neither the opportunity nor the mood for fancy.
They appear before nation which has been
always kindly disposed towards Ireland ma
ton which ever sympathized with her in her
want and needs, material and political. Ire
land has returned to America tribute of vast
national worth. Her industrial hands have
come to us by Millions Her blood was
represented in the Continental Congress-
and in the ranks of the patriot RevO-
lutionary army. Her exiled sons stood
on the decks of our infant navy;
Commodore Jack Barry, first hoisted the
free flag of the confederation to the "main" on
an American war vessel. The sound of the
guns of this navy was reverberated across the
Atlantic to Ireland and brought hope and re-
newed life to the hearts of Charlemont, Graf
tan, Flood, Burke, Curran, Busbe, Plunkett
and the rest, the linen OF the oldcn time"
These men have died and s'passed away"
but to-day Ireland avails herself Of the
ciyilizing agencies Of steam, electricity and
the printing press, and thus speaks to the
American nation, asking that she shall not be
permitted to expire under the ''gag," but be
consoled to life so as that she may bear her
part in perfecting the coming universal
fraternzation of the nationalities, and show
her green flag in that grand array of free
ensigns which will soon decorate the countries
of the Old World ''from Scinde to the Shan
mona line Of freemen's flags begirt with
| freemen's cannon" Ireands appeal is thus
before the American people.