Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1881-01-06
THE IRISH REVOLUTION.

II were II not for the occasional acts
OF individual vengeance and brutal
violence, such a. the assassination Of
Lord MGuutmorres. the present attitude
OF the Irish people, a. described in a
cable extract Of a Dublin letter to the
London Times, would command the
undivided sympathy Of our own c0un-
try. That letter, published yesteaday
~ our foreign despatche-, wa- not in
tended by the writer to stimulate sym-
patay for the Irish cause. or 10 excite
admiration for the rcsolute front pre-
sented hy the people under the gl!d-
aDcc Of their leaders in the Land
League; but II j. sure to have that
effect wherever it j. read bv Amerl-
can. who recall to mind the early
Resistance To British mi.rule IN the
American colonies. The substance
aud point Of the letter !. that the
Irish people, 10 give concentrated force
TO their resistance to the evil. and
expressions. Of which they complain.
have improyised an interior govern.
mcnt OF their own. which. In many
respects. j. more potent than the gov
ernnent authorized and supported bv
Bnu,h law. la the language of the
letter writer, Its code i. clear. It's
executive absolute, it, machinery
complete, and it. action uniform.
There i. a government de facfo and a
government dc jure-the former WELD
ing power which is felt aud feared
aud the latter meaning the British
vIce-regal government, exhibiting
only pomp, but little reality of power
lhis dc Jacio interior government il
described as having it. magistrates
and courts, in which disputes are set
tied, to the exclusion of the regular
law courts aud magistrates: a. lew
ing taxes, which are promptly paid.
while the taxes under the law cannot
be collected a issuing licences for
markets aud fairs aud doing other
acts in the nature Of local government:
aud as, in fact, lacking but the one
great attribute Of a national army to
make 1t equal. il not superior, to the
government of the British Niccrov.
All Americans ought TO be able TO
understand that, and If the dc fqcto
rule were free from acts Of murder aud
'iher violence to the person, they
should be ready TO regard it with keen
iellow.feeling. Leaving these out, it
is our own Revolutionary experience
over again. 1t requires no recent
study of our own history to remember
1ow petition after petition, and appeal
lpon appeal, were sent BY the Ameri-
AN colunists from 1870 to "a and -
or redress Of the hardships and griev-
inces inflicted on them by a govern
nent which turned a dead ear to all
heir prayers; bow their appeals we're
,ouched lu terms expressing the very
humility of loyalty. in order to get
ustice by anything short of armed
'ebelllon and how, instead of getting
'edress, they were met by DELAYS. hard,
sords and threats, aud then by fleets
md armies, with soldiers qnar;ered il
heir houses. Our resistance bcran
Ways precisely similar to some Of thus
n Ireland at this time. There werI
oyalists 10 those days who complainant
Ind some of them with reason, tdgr
terrorism and social ostracisrnZ
vas popular feeling Of this d
Induced Benjamin Thompsan
wards Count Bumbnrd, to fl - =.
home TO takessup =
lbode in Europe. His case i "
# many. Recollections Of this
lnable IL 10 make better u1easn
he word terrorism " in. Ireland
| comes flashing to Us over go
lnder the sea. The pafriotz
Revolution put every man u
an who lempled 10 serj
gent under the stamp acl
4 land first of I'll herr
,hial the non.impor@sI
hey refused TO bux
NJ to their own
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