Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-03-20

His Confederate Record.

full country" This may not he liter
aiiv true: but il is true enough: ard it
will be none the less true 81 long as
suci, political cut-thruats and incen
diaries "a John Mitchell are set up
their as representative men and idol
or less familiar with the history of this
professional Anarch and bistuTter OF
the Peace: and they arc aware that lie
was ,xpatriated along with sundry
others of his iik, by the British Go
veInmeHt to the penal colonies of Aus
rr;liia for hiS efforts at stirring up
sedi,ion and rebellion i'll Ireland
twenty five or thirty years ago. Nit
chelI.s career in the United States is
all too unacceptable to Americans VINO
honor their country'> flag and its in
situations. When he had effected his
escape from his British compressor
he found welcome and safe asylum in
the United States. He pais; the deut
just as all ingraies and traitors do, by
Joining the enemies of tine flag that
tres>. From Tho breaking cut of the
war till the final surrender. and until
the country was well rii of him, Nit
cheil out cursed the !nade.s reviler If
the Union in his denunciation Of
Federal authority and all Congress
sional acts and purposes looking to the
salvation ami uphoIdingof the Repub
lie He has gone 20 his own. and his
own have received him with open
arms. He is now the standing Home
Rule" candidate forthe HritiSh House
of Co:niuons II; the Burruush oil TIP
rerary. lie has been elected once and
been retuss 1 a seat i'll Parliament. On
the 2ih Of February, being again
candidate. he was advertised to lecture
before the TTpperarians at the Thea;er
deliver his address, it was read for
him by person volunteering 10 per-
form that office. The proceedings of
the lecture were reported by the Cork
Erqmiaer, and we reproduce the follow
ing from that papers EO,cs of Nit
ciieil's written address:
1.-The Prime Minister has darcd.o say
that my alleged disability tests upou
two diStinc, grounds-one, that / am
row a fcion. and this Is the only legal
u ri T
bruke my parole of honor. a matter
which has nothing 20 do with the law
of the ease AZ all. ami il only dragged
in n cover me with eyccratiou. and 20
bring my constituents into contempt
for haviu. elected such Il person. The
London Times. indeed. has discovered
Il third d!~cractsui crime of which [
have Teen gui:ty-yiZ.. that | WAS a
Confederate during the war
in America. As to the last charge,
own the soft impeachment. was a
and 80 were all the best
men that | met in America. tUear.
hear Nv three sons served III the
Confederate army, and two of them
Tell in battle | am not such a craven
reCreaut as to affect 10 he ashamed of
that cause. rs for the other mere
dreadful crime charged against me
namely, tina: / broke my parole of
honor in escaping from penal colony,
/ might. perhaps, content myself with |
to the authority of Mr.. Mar |
lin. member for Meath; Of Mr. Smy:h, |
member from Wesrmeath, and of Mr.. !
Smith o'Brien tcheersl, who haze !
all Indignantly viTii"ated me against |
Ihat ruilian charge. Does Mr.. DiSraeli |
imagine for u moment that if | had !
done the shameful! deed he attributes |
10 me / could now stand ur and hook !
my countrymen in she ftcc.'
Here is "a patriot" protesting Il /
luenchless love for Irish Liberty. who !
OWNS to having been a devoted friend /
NJ the cause Of a coHfgieracy whose /
was African slavery. and !
who "iOrics in the fac, that his three |
sons took up arms against the stars
and stripes. II the people of Ireland
expect ever to merit the sympathy of
The only Americans who have it in
heir power to help them, they will
tease giving cnuntenance to such
political bandits Is John Mitchell.
OUTWARD OPENING DoogS. - Ger
ainly there should Ire law on our
tatue- books compelling all school