The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1882-04-12
IMPRISONED AMERICANS.
The Report of Secretary Frelinghuysen Re-
lating to Imprisoned American Citizens in
Ireland.

The Report of Secretary Frelinghuysen Re-
lating to Imprisoned American Citizens in
Ireland.
WASHINGTON, April 5.-The President sent 10
the Senate to-day the report of Secretary of State
Frelinghuysen relating to the American citizens
imprisoned in Ireland. The Secretary says no
copy of 1.-The act for better protection of persons
aud property in Ireland" (tne act under which
the arrests complained of were made being found
in the Department Of State here at the time of its
passage, on the 18th of May last the then SecTe-
tary OF state instructed Lowell to obtain and for
ward authentic copies of il at his earliest con-
venience. Lowell complied with this instruction
on the 18th Of June last, but meanwhile the De-
AS the Secretary of State instructed Lowell as fol
lows on the I'd OF June last:
Whatever necessity may be in the estimation of
her Msjesty for the existence ana enforcement in
Ireland OF exceptional legislative measures re-
Gently enacted III respect TO that country, the
Government can not view with uacOncern the
upon the execution OF these measures to natural
lied citizens OF the United States of Irish origin,
whose business relations may render necessary
their presence in Ireland or any other part of the
United kinydom, or whose filiai instincts and
love Tor kindred may have prompted them to re-
visit their native country. IL American citizens,
while within British jurisdiction, offended
against British laws, this Government viii not
seek 10 shield them from the legal consequences
OF their acts but il insists on the application to
jurisprudence which in the United States secure
TO every man who offends against its law,
whether he be an American citizen foreign
subject those incidents 70 criminal prosecution
which afford the best safeguards 10 personal lib
erty and strongest securities against oppression
under the forms OF law, which might otherwise
be practiced through excessive zeal. That the
accused person shall Immediately upon arrest be
Informed of the specific form of Ofiehse which
he is held, and be offered an opportunity for
speedy trial before an impartial Court aud Jury
an essential to criminal prose cutOn. necessary
alike To the protection of innocence and assert
ment of guilt
Lowell replied TO this
II will give me great pleasure to communicate
10 Lord Granville the views you have SO clearly
and eloquently expressed as to the Injustice Of
some of the features of the so-called Protection
Act and especially 10 its restorative character
But l would respectfully suggest whether any
steps would be gained toward speedy trial or re-
lease If Walsh by argument against the law it.
SELF under which he was apprehended, so long as
Lord Granville expressly declines TO make any
distinction between British subjects and Amer
lean citizens in the application of the law, pO-
sitiOn which, presume, may be justified by pre-
cedent under our diplomatic history.
On the SlSt of January last the House OF Rep
resentatives called for list of all American cit-
Zens. naturaliZed or native born, under arrest or
imprisoned, and especially such of said citizens
as have been arrested and imprisoned under the
suspension of habeas corpus in Ireland" etc. A
copy of the resolution was forwarded to Lowell.
1t appears, from his return The following arrests
and imprisOnments of persons claiming To be
American citizens were made after January, 1881,
namely; NJ. b. FOgarty, Michael BOytOn. Daniel
McSweeney, Henry O'Manoney, James T. Daley,
McEnery. Ennis, II. O'COnnOr, Michael Hart, Jo-
seph ID. Alton.
In the course of correspondence ii appears that
Boyton was not al American citizen and some
doubt was thrown by the Consul at Cork upon
O'MahOney S naturalization.