National Republican., 1881-08-03
THE IRISH QUESTION.
Great BritnIn's same Old Siamc-A slight
nefrOapect.

"F. J. c." sends the following on the
Irish questions Permit me, as a citizen Of Irish
birth and race, but one who as loyalty loves the
dear old flag rs any who first drew breath beneath
It, to thank THE REPUBLICAN, for its intelligent and
outspoken expose Of the stupid hoax now being
attempted by sympdhi:ing England on the
American people. Great Britain has seen fitting
opportunity In the recent attempt on our Prcsi =
dents life, following close II did the Nihist
sa,'inalion of the Car, to pawn one Of her very
old police tricks upon the more gullible Of the
American press and people, and in doing so is no
doubt ably seconded by her subsidized agents
through the States. Irish lawyers and police
agents have long been thoroughly acquainted
with what is called manufacturing evidence q
process by which many an obnoxious peasant in
the proclaimed districts has been tried aud con.
vlctcd for the illegal possession OF firearms
placed over night in the thatch ofhis cabin by the
same hand that next day found it, The present
very transparent little
GAME OF GREAT BRITAIN
Is but a slight variation OF this same old trick, and
preceded, as II was by the unusual gush Of sym
pathy' from Mr.. Gladstone and our loving cousins
in general. is an insult to the intelligence of the
American people SuppOsng revolutionary So
cicty existing In ireland decided on introducing
Thomasscn clockwork machines into the coun
try, would an organization composed exclusively
Of idiots import such machines, ready set up and
loaded, packed in barrels Of cement with printed
bil-hcads, and shipped on vessels containing hun.
dredS of our common kindred The cities of Dub.
lin. Belfast, Cork, even Liverpool contain Irish
mechanics equal to those In any part of the United
States, and, did Irish revolutionary leaders so
desire, II required little risk and less ingenuity to
openly import the necessary clockwork from
France or Switzerland, TO be afterward put to-.
gether by skilled members Of the organization.
Your able article suggests comparison between
English sympathy for American national distress
to-day and twenty years since. on the sth Of No
vembcr, 1901 when Captain wilkes, Of our navy
captured the rebel ENJOYS, Mason and slide from
off the British mailship Trent, Great Britain, TAX
ing advantage ofthe life and death struggle Of
OUR YoUSG REPUBLIC
poured her troops into Canada. While the London
Times demanded war and English sentiment
wherever II could get vent rcoiccd at our defeats
aud bewailed Our victories, the Irish People news
paper. then the organ of Irish liberty published In
Dublin by O'Donovnn Rosa, declared as It's
motto England Her friends our enemics-her
enemies our fricndsn The navy. yards Of Glasgow
Scotland turned loose on our commerce in quick
succession Internal machines called the Georgia
the Shenandoah. the Chlckamauga, and the olustee
fully armed, equipped, and manned. From tho
docks of Liverpool was dispatched in like manner
the pirate Florida which in the =. ginning of her
career gave us a taste OF English sympathy by de-
sroying fifteen unarmed American merchantmen.
Last though by no means least, comes the Ala.
bama Built by English subscription in the docks
Of Liverpool, armed with guns and munitions from
English arsenals, she destroyed nearly
SEVENTY VESSELS BEARING OUR FLAG
at a cost of ten million dollars. DO Americans so
soon forget the stalwart arms that so willingly
piled sponge and rammer between her decks as
our flag was swept from the high sens were knit
with the muscle of this selfsame sympathzing
England? DO they forget the Alabamas English
tender, Deerhound, and how she smuggod the
pirate semmes right from under the guns of the
Kearsarge? These are non. historical facts which
1t would be well to remember before cxpending too
much maudlin sentiment OIL the home made out.
RACES of our now aiIectionate cousin"