The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-15
IRISH AMERICANS IN IRELAND.

WHAT THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT THINKS OF
TILE RETURNED DEMOCRATIC EEToRa1ERs--
SOCIAL INFERENCEs FROM THE TIPPEnARY
ELECTION.
In the House OF Commons on the LIST OF March
Sir NJ. II. Beach rose, on the par: OF tue govern
ment, to Call the attention OF the Rouse TO the
statutes generally known as the Peace Preserva-
ton (ireand) acts ana to state the proposals.
which Her Majesty's government mad to make
with regard 10 them. It was he said the desire
OF the government, as much as 1t was that OF hon.
oraDle members. that Ireland should as soon as
possible be placed In this matter upon aD equality
with the rest OF the United Kingdom; but still the
government felt that with them rested the re-
spons.bility OF securing peace and good order in
Ireland, and they should not shrink from
adhering 10 any proposals which they might
think necessary to secure that result. ("Hear,
hear!'') The acts In question were four.
First the Crime and Outrage act OF ls47,
which would continue in force until the end OF
December of TINS year; second, tn Peace Preser.
vatIol act OF 1870; third. the Projection OF Lie
ana Property act Of 1872, both OF WHICH wound
UntawIul oaIiis act. : . Now. as rerafded
ordinary crime, those connected with Ireland
might be proud and thankful TO notice the small
amount or ordinary crime in that country. (Cries
oil Hear, hear!' from the IRISH members) Ire
land was comparatively Tree from those cases of
records Of this country. t"Hear hearP') As TO
agrarlan crime the outrages reported under that
" to ,a2s ' IN is7o and las. year they had had
fallen to 2l3. That was. no douot, sats-
factory SO lar as it went; but yer they
must admit that crime OF this nature st1 existed
Ireland 20 o dangerous ana unsatisfactory ex-
tent. He found considerable number OF cases
OF threatening letters in 1874. not Il lew or whicn
were cases IN which no one was brought TO justice.
while IN others no one was convicted Tor that
offence These were facts which, IN spite of the
numhpr OIlfraQeS GOnll nHerinnken
bv the government ana Parliament In dealing
with THIS question. r'Hear, hearty he would
state the proposals which The government
had to make with regard TO the PROVISIONS OF the
Peace Preservation act and he would first deal
with that part OF 1t which related TO restrictions
upon the Tree holding OF arms. lie mad no wish
10 make TOO much or the recent election ior TIP
perary. mat mater was not o. sucn very
serious nature that IN Itself In need influence the
House III dealing with t0is matter. II the electors
OF Tipperary chose repeatedly 10 return members
who disqualified 10 sitln that House they were
more likely 10 make themselves ridiculous than
TO do anybody narm by their actions: and with
regard 10 Mr.. Mitchell himself, since his return
ireland, neither his actions nor his speeches had
tended 10 any.serlous breach OF toe peace. 'Hear,
hear rD In TACT, be mad himself distinctly repud-
lated the idea OF any such Intention. But the
House might iairy remember the reason why the
electors OF Tpperary returned Mr Mitchell as their
representative. i"Hea. ~ from an irish member)
MT. Mitchell stated to an audience IN Corr tnat
they returned him as their REPRESENTATIVE because
land: ana ne Islr N. II. Beach) looked upon the
election tor Tipperary o no more i'm portance tnaD
as showing to the pubic az large tnat n MANY
paris OF ireland theredid exist to very consider
abe extent dislike TO the connection with Eng.
land t''Hear, hear!D That beiug go, he asked the
House whether, considering that since l347 there
had been a restriction IN Ireland upon the Tree
possession OF arms by HE people, IL would be IA.
ylsdule chat that restriction should be at once and
entirely removed. He frankly owned that u was
difficult 10 exaggeraie the danger that ght ac-
c!ue from the ifec and unrestricted possession OF
arms By pie liable 10 be inDamcd by speak.
ers and writers and TO take part Ia such hopeless
and unreasonabie enterprises as some OF those
which, during the last twenty years, had found
place in the records OF Ireland. ('hear, bearfD
Another point was that emigration from ireland TO
America mad considerably diminished, aud they
mad, instead, pe0pe returning 70 tbaE country, or
whom he feared II must be SAID that during
their residence IN America they mad acquired u
good many estern wees, aud forgotten go0Q
many lr.sa virtues. Z" Hear, hearty IL would not
be conducive TO the security OF lie aud property
In ireland that the free possession OF reviewers,
for ius lance. should re gwen to persons OF the
class to when ne ALLUDED (" Hear, GeaF!il Again,
tnere was strange, Dut wIdey.exteGded pre-
dnection In the North OF Ireland Ia Iavor OF the
use, and occasionally the discharge, oil arms ia
we're harmless, yet occaslOualN and moro
frequently IMAM they could wish they we're pro-
nuctive Of very serious consequences. lie did
NOT think therefore that those parts OF Ireland
where party ieelluR ran high It would be adylsA.
Die 10 introduce the unrestricted possession Ul
arms. For these reasons IL was tho Intention Oh
toe government 10 recommend TO tue House that
Inc res riction on toe possession or arms snould
La. gstFtl naI