The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-24
RIDICULOUS DEMANDS.

question of imprisoning lrish-American
suspects in Great Britain, arose numerous
and vigorous have been the efforts of GER
tain parties IN this country TO secure the re-
call of MINISTER LOWELL, from the court oil
st James. With all due difference to the
opinions of the parties who have been ana
who are yet indeed seeking this end we
must say that the proposition Is one
Of the most monstrously absurd which
has been made public for the
past twenty years. Fortunately some OF
the more influential public prints take such
view of it, and ridicule the itea OF recall
ing, and thereby politically d.saracing a
recognized great man, simply because he
fails to develop the warlike proclivities, and
rive expression to the blood. and-thunder
sentiments of one of the smallest factions
or classes of our 100000 of people. Mr..
LOWELL il one of the foremost names in
our history, ripe in scholarship and all the
graces and attainments, socially and
intellectually, necessary for the dis
charge of his ministerial duties, and it is
an honor to the United States to be repre-
scented abroad by such man. To recall
him therefore because he does not happen to
be of the Fenian cast of mind or choose to
complicate himself or his government by
foolish intermeddling in the local disturb
ances Of England would be shameful. 1t is
not often that we get a good man
abroad, faithful type of both
our independence and culture and
who can reflect credit upon us. And the eff
fort to retire such II man and send to for
eign courts in his stead, some num-skull
who would act in childish obedience to the
dozen or so Land leagues in the United
States and create serious misunderstood.
ings with perhaps our best European
friend, is about as irrational and absurd d
demand as we can well conceive of. Mr.
LowELLsonly offence is the declaration that
it was impossible for him to secure the re
| lease of Irish American agitators who got
themselves into English prisons by viola-
ting local English statutes. For this sensi
| BILE and statcsmanike expression few
| journals and perhaps one-twentieth of tn,
extensive population Of these states think
| Mr.. LOWELL should be recalled. Even the
New York Herald, so great journal a.
that, becomes as incorporate and ridicu
lous on the subject as a Fenian orator
would in offering resolutions at an indigna
ton meeting Recently Mr.. BENEET's bis
paper remarked editorially as follows; ave
think it is expedient that the United States
should put another minister al
London, and we should not b,
surprised If that were also til,
| opinion of Mr.. Lowell himself Justly OF
unlustly, he does not possess the conf
dence of the great body of American citi
zens of Irish descent in matters of his charg,
in respect to which their sensiblities ar,
uncommonly acute and to such morbiC
degree is this the case that even his compli
mcnts to England and to English institu
iions which America lnherits expressed witt
d plomahc courtesy, at artistic and literary
l ulV lltO u pulllltu
significance or woefuily misrepresented.
Some people seem always to forget tn,
fact that this is not an Irish country, or Ger
man, or English, or African, or what not
but the home of all peoples and kindred
and when our ministers are sent abroat
they do not go as the representatives of any
special class, but for us ALL and with tn,
principal and really only special purpose o
maintaining our neutral and friendly rela
tons with foreign governments. Under
such circumstances, therefore, the demand
for the recall of Mr.. LOWELL is not onl,
ridiculous in the extreme. but, if lstene,
to, would remove from European court cir
cles the only man vino is, by reputation an,
ability, capable of properly representing
both the culture and development of thi
new world.