The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-08-18
LAND LEAGUE AND ASSASSINATION.


week rerar,ling assassination. They say th'!
arr not in favor of assassination, and never ex-
messed any sympathy with il. One of the'n
said 10 ms that we must not cofound O'DonoVaii
Tox., and sueh men with the Land Leaugne, as
they are Fenian leaders, which is an entirely
separate movement FROM the Land LeaSue-
We will remark that we did not intend 10 coz
vey the idea that any Of the Irishmen oi DOM
phan County were in favor of ASSASSINATION i"i
we do not think that any one of them Is Oh ihA'
stripe. They are generally peaeeable, hard
working people, and kind neiglibors. Our al
vice was suggested, partly, by seeing the names
of some persons who were to take a leading part
in the proceedings of theday, whom we kne" ="
be adventures, with real interest IN the
movement bpt ready to help on and take ad-
vantage of any excitenent-men who are lead
ers Of workingmen's organizations, GreenoaeA-
ers Socialists, Communists, Nihilists, anu any
thing else that promises them brief notor1ety.
We knew that such men would endeayor to lead
the meeting to the endorsement of the most e.
treme views. and the result showed that we
were not far from correct.
In another column we copy number oi eA-
tracts from O'Donovan Rossa's paper, which are
most infamous. Grove, of Peoria, atteinptea l"
carry out what Rosa advised. These men may
not belong to the Land League, but they are
the style of men who will force themselves mt"
any movement, and intrnde their infamous sen
timeuts upon its policy. They are men OF ur-
bounded impudenee, and professional asitators,
and are the most difficult TO keep out Of any
popular movement, The closer they arc watch
ed. and kept from all connection with the Land
League, the better it viii be for that organiza-
fion. Such men will be the first to betray the
Irish cause for hire and it is even now reported
tina: some of them are spies in the pay OF the
British Government.
But il is fact that cannot be disguised, that
some of the leading Land Leaguers are in full
sympathy with the assassins. One Hartmann,
a Russian assassin, fled that country, and took
refuge in America. 1t was feared that our Gov
ernlnent contemplated giving him up to the Rus
sian authorities, and he took refuge in Canada.
A meeting of sympathy held in New York,
which was presided over by Mr.. Haggerty, Pres
ident Of the American Land League, and which
endorsed Hartmann, and denounced any attempt
10 give him up. The President of the United
States, guilty Of no wrong against any man, has
recently been the victim of one of this very
same class of men, and is even now lowering be-
tween life and death. Endorse, harbor and pro-
tect such miscreants, and Eo public man is safe,
if they conceive the idea that he should he out
Of the way. They come here and e0nspire
against Governments with which this nation is
at peace, violate treaty obligations, and coneoct
schemes to destroy life and private property.
Our Government cannot honestly do otherwise
than arrest and exterminate such villains.
The sympathy of the American people is with
the suffering people of Ireland. Can they re
tain that sympathy by involving our Govern
ment in quarrels with other nations, and by
taking TO their bOsoms assaSsins, from the bullet
of one of whom their own President is lying
PROSTATE at the door of death Ireland needs
and must have the sympathy of the civilized
and humane portion of the people of the world,
not the rufiians the assassins, AID the midnight
mnrderers. The way to obtain that is too plain
to require any hint here. The experience of all
time goes to show that when any great crisis ar
rives, and earnest work is to be done, it is the
calm, quiet, peaceable, Industrious well-balanc-
cd class that has to do it, while the brawlcrs,
the rufians, the assassins, who did the most to
perez pitate the trouble, stink to the brush or
piIlage in the wake of the army, or remain at
home and fatten at the expense of the cause.
When the time of trial in Ireland comes, watch
and see if the O'Donovan Rossas, the Groves,
and the Hartmanns do not keep away from dan
ger, and place themselves in position where
they can gather wealth from the snfferings of
their unfortunate country. WiAn it comes to
arning for the freedom of Ireland, p. V. Wise
will not answer at roll-eall He will remain at
home, to stir up new disturbances, and incite to
fresh deeds of outlawry.
0,Donovan Rosa and his kind admit placing
dynamite on board British ships, to blow themup
at sea, and conveying "infernal machines" into
English business houses and factories, to de-
stroy them. This would result in destroying an
immense amount of private property, and the
lives of hundreds and thousands of innocent pco-
pie including Americans and Irshmen, women
and children. Is this good way to gain SYM
pathy for Ireland! When actual hostilities
come, many extreme measures are allowable
but before that stage, they simply outlawry,
savagery, aud piracy. 1t shonld be borne in
mind also, that by striking at the commerce and
the manufactures of England, the blow falls up
on the industrial and laboring classes, not the
aristOcracy. The industrial and laboring class
es of England sympathized with the American
Government, during the rebellion, and prevent
ed the recognition of the Confederacy by The
British Government The same classes sympa-
thized with the people of Ireland The aristoc-
racy of England are the enemies of the United
States, and they are the oppressors of Ireland.
The House of Commons, representing the pco-
pie Of England, has been trying to pass meas
ures for tho relief of Ireland. The House of
Lords, the aristocracy and immense land-Own-
ers, who hold their Office and their possessions
by virtue of their birth, is the body that is
withholding relief from Ireland. They are not
beholden to the people, and are deaf to their
cries of distress. IfeXtreme measures are deem
ed necessary, the aristOcracy are the ones TO
reach, not tae working classes, who would give
relief, if they could.
A recent conclave of Irish Land Leaguers has
Just been held in Chicago. One who was in it
has been interviewed, and says that one of the
things they did was to keep out and repudiate
ssIch men as O'Donovan Rosa and Grove. If
this is true, they have done good thing for the
Land League This is just what we wanted the
Irishmen of Doniphan County to do.
An IXQUIRY-We are not versed in legal lore
as well as we should be, and sometimes get an
idea that law is thus and so because it seems to
us reasonable and common sense that it should
be so. We now ask for information. They
have been holding liquor trials before Uncle
Chester Thomas, Police Judge of Topeka. They