Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-15
CLEVELAND IRISHMEN.
Condemninx the Pheaix Park
Murders, and English Severity.

REGULATIONS Condemninx the Pheaix Park
MURDER, and English Severity.
CLEVELAND, o., May 14.-An adjourn
ed meeting of Irishmen tonight adopted
the following report of committee pre-
viously appointed:
WHEREAS, The appalling intelligence
of the assassination of Lord Cavendish,
the newly appointed chief secretary, and
Thomas Henry Burke, under secretary
for Ireland, in Phoenix park, near Dublin,
on the evening'of the 9th of this month,
is now confirmed in all its shocking de-
tails; and
WHEREAS, The victims of this horrible
tragedy were bearers of an olive branch
which in time might become laurel
crown to Ireland, and an acknowledge
ment that in the face Of an honest and
manly, though passive determination of
a people demanding justice, coercion had
failed, and would have been succeeded
by milder, more humane and rational
policy in the government of the country;
and,
WHEREAS, By this impolitic, bloody
deed the uplifted hearts of brave and
long suffering people have been rudely
stricken down, their new born hopes we'll
nigh shattered, their fearless leaders dis
heartened and for the moment rendered
powerless, and the venerable brow of
Erin crimsoned with shame; that the ex-
ecrable stabbers have profaned her sa-
cred soil and stained her ancient Chris
tian hospitality by shedding the blood of
an unoffending stranger; therefore, be it
Res0Iped, That III mass meeting as
sembled the English speaking people of
Cleveland, O., whether of Irish birth or
not, hereby condemn-nay, execreate-
this foul murder and denouuce its per-
petrators for having outraged Irish viz
tue and Irish courage by q dastardly
crime, in denunciation Of which we re-
joice to hear the press, pulpit and lead
ers of the Irish people, both lay and cleri-
cal, raise their voices; denunciation
which is received, not by us only, but by
the whole civilized world, with joy that
the martyred nation still abhors the spirit
of socialism, nihilism and communism.
Reso1ued, That we deeply condole with
the Irish people in their hour OF sorrow
and indignation into which the atrocious
act of few misguided, goddess memo
friends of the Irish cause-have plunged
them, and earnestly pray that the quick
apprehension and punishment OF the muir
derers may purge not Ireland only, but
the whole human family of such men,
who, while they live, must wander
through the world as outcasts with limo
cent blood upon their hands, Stunned by
honest men wherever they appear.
Resozoed, That in presence Of what
seems a;direct fatality destructive ofitheir
hopes, we tender our heartfelt sympathy
to Charles Stewart Parnell, John Dillon,
Michael Davitt, and the rest of that gal
liant band of constitutional agitators,
whose patriotic determination in the
face of intolerant odds, has challenged
the admiration of friends and foes, and
bid them persevere in the advocacy of
Ireland's cause and hope in heavens aid
for the attainment of success; and,
WHEREAS, Intelligence has also reached
us from time to time that by straining
the laws, unjust and oppressive even
when strictly interpreted, hundreds Sf
innocent victims have been torn from
their families and cast into English pris-
ons in Ireland, and the most cherished
privileges Of Magma Charta denied them,
the right of publicly expressing grievan-
ces prevented by force of arms,
evictions executed at the point of the
bayonet, unarmed persons ruthlessly shot
down for clinging to their desolate
homes, and if recent reports be true,
harmless women and children cruelty
murdered for innocently parading the
streets Of their native towns, and that all
this has happened under the eye, and
with the sanction of the first executive;
be it further
Reso1ced, That regardless of the names,
bi nth or nationality of the offenders, we
condemn the enactors of all repressive.
unconstitutional legislation, except
for the punishment of the most
desperate criminals. We reprobate as
crime against justice, the prohibition of
q suffering people to publicly make
known their wrongs. We censure the
tyrannical employment of an armed force
in the election of tenants and we arraign
as murderers no less guilty than those of
Phoenix Park the royal Irish constabulary
for the blood they have shed for the past
two years.