The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1882-05-05
IInGE RIArK ON IRELAND.
TIE ARREST AND IAIPRIsCNAENT or INSO-
CENT PERSONS DENOUNCED N YIGOR-
oUs AND ELOQUENT TERMS
Following is another extract from

Following is another extract from the ad-
mirable speech delivered by Hon. Jereml9h n
:. Black in Baltimore on the evening Of the
18th alt. in presence Of the State Council Of
the Irish Land League aud thousands cf 9th
er citizens
II am able to maintain against ali opposers that
70 seize an innocent man, put him In prison snd
hold him there deprived Of his liberty, 10 anon
the offences against divine and human law which
cannot under any circutnstances ever be Juetiflei
,,s-,on 1iror another. but ft fs almost Infinitely
worse when q fs done by mag istrate, whose duty
Il is 10 prevent such wrongs not commit tAeu
For sught can see. the kidnapping q Eve
hundred innocent persons for not believing IN 15e
land act was as lauless as so mqny murders. The
Secretary and Lord Lieutenant iEht Just as uro-
tv private assassination An order that dlssatis-
aed IrIshmeu should be stabbed ln their sleep OF
poisoned in their food would seem more iefoeoes'
ity. II Mr. ParnclI and the Land League had
managed TO carry Of Mr.. Forster and hve hundred
Of his ablest friends and kept thcm ilamured In
dungeons for a period OF hopeless END, the case
what Mr. P.rneii has suffered nor quite 50 bad,
fcr the injury TO him was inflicted by the very
hand that was specially bound % protect nlul;
tVThfs charge Of laUlsssness is not answered by
showing that the atrocities eomplained-ei were
6Cy eouId not give 10 such crimes the sanctfty Of
legal Justice. ] admit that Parliament is unliTr-
tied IN its power 20 legislate bus an e art6 order
to- XIII or iTaprison man IS not legislation The
Coercion act IS not a law, but . sent tepse. - .
doom pronounced upon innocent 1nd absent pa
ties without notice, hearing OF rrlalr T. was ~
course. irregular unjust and uuagthcrizedi 1ut
stil IL was, in its nature an adj udteo.ioh ~
particular persons. not a rule Of RTtion. " leIlr
therefore the Vfoeroy and the SecTStnry foT Ire
land plead the Coercion sct, they Do not justify
their hfdsous crime but only prove tsat a naloTl'
~ Of the Lords aud Commons are srndug theis &C
IT Hsrod OF Judsa had got an order from The
Sanhedrfn OF some other legislative council dl-
ne OF his deputies suspected Of being less thsn
two years old, would that have snnctinod the
"tlsughter Of the ihnocenttt' In point OF i.ot'
he had the legislative approval for be vTni him
self the lawnakinE power, as wen as the eIecu-
tive. 50 was Charles TX. when he put tne llEes
Of Coligny and his friends az the mercy of ths
Guises. Louis XIV. could crafty thetspief an5
pimps about his court by sending innocent zen 70
rot in his bastiIes, and say: This is laE the
State does Il: am the Stato.n The Roma9 sen
ate actually did concur With Nsro In the ql-5ee
which let loose the Prer0rfEn Guards upon ali Eho
we're suspected ot believing IN the Gospel; bot
that takes nothing from the HISTORICAL lGiaIny o
che Imperator. though it does add much 70 ne
Dsd reputation Of the CouEcript Fathers. -
British Government. and sitting IN Ireland, tEfs
Coercion act which che Ministry got a faeile Par
soure technical effect but in the eye Of reason and
justice It ts 10 eGtsuation at al Of their gross
..Ilus NJ have spoken Of the case As T. stands
voices in making mp the Judgment Of the world
But recent events have given u5 more part
interest I'm the subject natter American cLlLeIil
have been kidnapped as hssely as the lrith pajrl-
ots- What viii We DO about thatE know not.
Our own history mas not always Heen q PROUD .-ei
our diplomatic record 10 not free from bluuders.
and the argun4rniIn Cd iorlI-e1l. while 10 proves
nothing. may embarrass discussion. But II we
submit to this insult we must Hcsnowlc edge that
England lS the master of Ireland and America
both. II. On the other hand. We call that lawlcss
. Power to proper reckoning. she VII see the ne
cessity not only or disehsrgiug z the American pris-
oners but q making fuu and smple replra tie n
lest a worse ching come UuUn her. Tho release OF
the Irish VIII necessarily follow for Eng land eau
not afford u admit that she has yielded 20 fes Z
what she denies 10 Justice This VIII advance = .a
interests Of freedom more than anything that De s
[ happened since Wellington and Peel Knocked u1 D
der 10 Catholic emancipation. But ths prefer d
Ministry mag not be as wise es their predecessqr
They may resist our demand and bring on trea1
of the extremely pleasant relations nov sNistiu
between the trTO Ciuveruulen What rEen-
venture no prediction. bur / DO know that ever
truc-hearted nan in America viii Pc glad q IN
/ chance To Quarrel for q cause like that.
II make no argument on the case There is n
+ open question shout It. IuEBrnatiouEl law define
with perfect cIsaruess how q citizen OF one cuuu
try NAV and uEuet be treated when sc7Clruiui
within the territorial luriHtic-i5u Of another i
. that wero not enough, We have treaties ot nmit3
peace and commerce with Great Britain which ad
nit Of no doubJful INTERPRETATION Let 10 MAJ
fool you into the BELIEF that England can lawful
+ " kidnap American without being retppsl. i
FOR the injury. listen 20 no scurTy politician Wh
tells you that thcre IS any difference IN this res
pect between native and @ nu-uralizcd ciLlzen
There is 10 dtEr-Cure-uut . particle One ha
precisely f,he same right 90 80 forth uum1lette.
. over every sea and every land ~ says our oWl
law; SO saws the public law Of Chrlstendam-"