New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-01-28
Prom The London Spectator. Jas. u
THE FENIANS IN JAIL

TnF WAY WE TREAT POLITICAL PRISONERS.
II is a sorry admission 70 be obliged TO make,
bit il h the trsith-and we believe that ehe policy no
pis Of England and the people Of ireland is TO state the
truth the whole truth and nothing but the TILT on az
are srry 70 say that the complaints 80 an1y ana per
ing treatment of Fenian prisoners detained in En-
gsb jas have BEEN II bot literally maintained certain
yaneed In toe of Commons by Members Of Paria
Inent aud in memorials addressed " the Government
manner therefore which such charges could raised
have iayara6y been met ey the Ministers especially re-
denant and egoiieal denial At last however, the
occasion when Ear Se event cessation Of se
fa disturbances which preVaed IN tbree OF Tour Hlh
s .Ssms Of 'as' co%sCH e inquire tie eGfees
brought against tue prison officials Tnat commission
rsas advanced against the Administration. II
simple matter Of fact that In one ease the case OF
fnre-toTtnre of novel kind certainly but quite az brn
al the boot Da %e Soee a Tl In @
fury on ths side Of the equator Mr. Gladstone saw
@ saS he recorded then in ms and tone
which thrilled the hearts of all clyiDzed men But
~ maber and less cultivated comrades wbo for
an Of characterization u ne pn,eT aaa " h%
iaanseed behind bus back. except a. the hour Of meals
hours of sleep for - INN ,oS o AZ sr
aciai paralysis and unnanning gnom,ny hS% ne
would cescbed ihe exquisite tor.urs snia of
q ht' fny, tIroueh more than whole month IN
the fn heat d Hespotan Midsummer OF te o s
bis hands, Of the organs hae vi ssy, and indjs
his lrAD, the most active l nGlhRsn1h neessant
pensable agents Of his hfei Cobsdsf INC 'o bana
s.sries Of services which the cunning OF m ia them
renders ~ MN In the eourse OF one Tno ~, eel foT "a
che stat . Of sSSs 's Se
year with bis hands piniOned at the Holds 81
such state s at the nsrSy OF , "s s evsd or the bug
barrow ia his and be cannot heip mnss"r The ssnse
now from his eyer he cannot brush tbem OH ,,maed
OF personal th, which ls tbe sofes' u' 80 r. the nm
vyo, ~ an unusually robust constitution, Al sup
year when the air OF cell ~ IKE tae M 18th sck
Suppose such man 10 be suddenly $1,000 49, ne has
ness, thai he bursts blood vessel INA. ho ~" -
a Mt that he yomits violently, that NJ III
,si1cd by cholera how II be W Gun. ~ Voice
IIe mag be too weak 70 cry ~ Tba hell n indeed
bell tie provided, with his teeth iis befe that uie
oil tOIture which originally suggested sueh P pun ~,
bIeDt ar Handwriting behind the back, MOST
yeals itself handcufed in front w0uId w
reelred doing violence himself or othsfs ".
such q reason only, II II manifest ought hannouns ~
strait waistc0at 20 be employed on the Plsos -
country pretending 10 consider ltsef ChIlrnp no W a.
1zed-but Handwriting IN front does not reduce man ,
zach condition that, where his state IL not INC
a cripple, ~ 10 less like that OF ooip'o,,
w. youder what may become the fayOTte atutuue.ol
A man whose hands arc strapped behind bis BACK Ioi
many bonrE day. and many days together INC inR1
nCus violence that II done 10 Of the most
aud complcx nerves, muscles aud vessels ln INC pouy 10
such that hardly escape iDcuiItng the naDi ~
su.uIsu OF ancb yIOsiE some form OF parytls ioc
RIO was chained. But man who Is chained can Az
down or -, down with tOIoraDle man VINO 10
I,adclfgd behind the back can only lie down on NE
lsest and that in form peculiarly Injurious w INC as
ti,n az The lungs aud Unless his cell happeH "
1n,sgue ri down without very great discomfort
Krcrlmg IL Of the few bOdlly adjustments Ioshpio,
70 hiu' the ono that, perhaps, can DO longer
endured kneelias WIN ono SNo"o'i '''N