New-York tribune., 1870-04-09

papcr was in existence and when the French conspiracy
oicias training and drilling was the nightly practice
the Island and when taccording 10 the snho -
uon RGTea Wask ~ poued forth the
hemcnt ncteinents TO rebeioni Look at the criminal
Were tSey more free from crime There Is not Judge
the Irish Bench who did not notice ana %
the gratifying disappearance OF crime from the cOu g
during that period which u Is notorious was one wan" apd
which " "Ecnanisiu,' =" scdltloh, ooHSPA"''' ~
treason were most rife in Ireland
Nobody. so far as know, has undertaken to an
swer that exposition of facts, aud the argument
based on theory vet until it is answered legislation
is not instifcd on the Governments own theory
do nj want TO use hard words about men whom 1
have always respected, but / am bound TO quote
what Mr. Sullivan SAYS respecting the speech OF ono
of the law officers for the CTownthe Irish SOLICITOR
General:
false and hollow pre,ense it is hat agan IN 1reaGJ
have connection or sympathy and for al lustfatioh ..
tne ad nn h MONT need but refer TO Mr. Dowse
sneech in Parliamcn, on Monday night by way OF
nnwer. are now sought up and yocated landlord
assassinatio pretended to quote some OF Their ar
we're from The Nec York Irish C,sen and the defunct
Irsh People The extract from the }oarhai @ az
to Inudlord assassination never appeared, mat am
Irish @ one or n two yecet6e OF tee ex,aS i Co
Corcoap and another were, understand quoted IN the
DSner named by wr. Dowse in December last The
soicitor-Genera however, did not allow the House use
10 understand this. He used these quotations 10 Ter
W his hearers into supporting G d S PnaSa rSa rsud as
were, the authors OF those ar,eles r 'ns s ,n vt
dence against the Irish Press But the fraud VIII accom-
bowses quotations from The Eei0 York Irish Ctsen and
the defnct Irish People will do famous service as atIces
from the sediti0us Irish newspapers
1t need not be supposed that because there is no
efficient Press law now in existence this bill is ne
cessary. The Government says 1t can't Work the law
but what are the facts
ha aIIa Mr. stated,
in Ireland are melting to treason or conspiracy action
entirely outside the Constitution there i the Treason
felony act whereby such papers may be sezcd and the
plant eouscaed for even as 1t s England can boast OF
Western Furope Never yet has that Act been applied
against newspaper with eiecting Its total suppression
enforced the Crown officials suppressed the paper rst
aud tried aftcrward: rt broke into the Offices selze
;nrrat in rrison and then before a chosen iary, pro-
cecded to Try whether he was guilty. of course he
always was
Mr. Sulliyau's letter concludes bypointng out that
the only excuse alleged for this bill is the tyrans
plea necessity To the threats it addresses to Irish
Journalists. Mr. Sullivan, himself Of the fore
most, responds by an energetic and impassioned
defiance:
Tho cowardlv acraran VIII elude its vigilance.
the Fouan rrccOnciable will prudently lie low and bide
bis time while he grapcshot living in the air; yet VIII
there bc Q hone and usi) Journals in Ireland, neither
Fcnnn nor Rnandite VINO VIII ON Pubic grnn.us an, ana
degradation OF he press
NJ. Louis Blanc, in letter to lie Temps, points out
that this bill is equivalent to placing Ireland in
state of siege. NJ Louis Blanc is one Of few French
men who knows England thoroughly well. English
men are much in the habit of listening to his judg-
mcns rs those Of profound statesman as impartial
as he is intelligent. Nothing is more common than
to see his letters translated and quoted into English
papers Yet VI. Louis Blanc's judgment on this bill
has no more effect than the protest of its victims.
The bill goes through under whip and spur. The
Land bill is made TO wait. When Mr.. Glad
stone brought in that great measure. 1t was hailed
as O measure of pacifcation. Mr.. Disraells sneer-
that it was not an agricultural but political bill
was in truth the highest praise lie could have be-
slowed. But rs measure of pacificaton, what is
now the use Of tho Land bill The country will be
in n state Of siege once free Press Will exist at tho
caprice of a Lord Lieutenant, and Ireland will Justly
deem herself Iusulted as well as oppressed. What
will it be but 4 mockery to offer measure Of agri-
cultural relief to a country TO which the commonest
civil and political rights are denied! G.w.s.