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. the question before IL moved odl3charge
The committee from It's further Cunsidera-
tlon. He wanted the house 10 be fully and
thoroughly posted with REGARD TO the CON
sequences of It's action, and 10 know when II
starts on journey where 10 will lead. He
did not want this government TO be com.
PEELED TO tdse The backward track. lie had
sympathy WITH. Irish people and with all
people who were deprived Of thoir rights,
but there was great difference between
sympathy and duty. This government i'll
I view of the treaty obligations should not use
/ its sympathy to foment trouble in neigh
| boring country. He defended the president,
1 the state department and the foreign. re-
lations committee from the imputations
cast upon it, and said that all had been
diligently Studying the problem, which
proved the most intricate and delicate
which had entered into our diplomatic
since the close of the war, to
show the importance Of the house being
in possession of information before acting
upon such an important question. He de-
clared that McEnry, one OF the men In
cluded in the resolution, was not an Ameri-
can citizen; that another, O'Mahoney, 1t
the time of his arrest, was holding Office
T in Great Britain. The house was called
upon to demand the release of man who
was not an American citizen, and he
. warned tllc nOuse llliI WDCU one ut-
mands Of another she must be prepared to
take the consequences of that demand.
! Deuster, also d member OF tine foreign
relations committee, said if any one fancied
| that these questions were not deba. able, or
were speculative questions, he was mis-
taken He advanced it as his opinion that
if the members votes should be recorded
in this resolution here to-day, it might
transpire that the vote cast by any member
/ in the American congress at its present see-
SION was fraught with more gravity. The
state department realized the Importance
of the question whether the house did or
did not. He was vested with con-
fdential authority but he could
! imagine party in Greet Britain which was
watching every movement of Gladstone's
government, and would be only too glad on
pletense of undue partiality to American
citizens to move a vote OF want OF conf
dence and respect in Gladstone's govern
ment. 1t was barely possible that that
government was between the devil and the
! deep sea on this question. There might be
party in Great Britain whose highest de-
sire would be TO marshal squadrons and
crush Ireland under the hoof of 4 re-
| lentless war. It's well to pause and con-
slider whether this was Just the time TO vote
resolution of demand or defence 10 the
British government. Negotiations were
still going on by cable dispatches, and il the
the committee hoped to be able to report
| the resolutions with the intelligence that
the entire number of American prisoners
were released.
Cox, of New York, offered the following
resolution: That the president of the
United States be requested to communicate
| to this house any additional correspondence
with the British government on file in the
state department in reference to the
| alleged Imprisonment of citizens OF
the United States in Ireland, and
that the president be requested to
continue his efforts for the prompt release
or prompt trial of any citizen who may
now remain upjustly imprisoned in Ireland
by the government of Great Britain.
--Blount opposed Robinson's resolution be-
cause it presented question which
might involve this country with Great
Britain. He presumed if the president
would make prompt demand the gentle
men who were now criticizing the commit
tee must be prepared TO stand by the ad-
!, administration in that demand and by that
the gentleman from New York (Rooinson(
WI en- he said 'if your demand is declined
inean war" This was a matter of
the greatest nations on the globe. Should
war come between them it would be no
| childs play. This generation knew what
war m ,anJ and the American people did
not want it, unless il should come in just
grounds, but this demand was made in
good faith, lie trlssed there would be -
retrocesson, that the UniteG.--St ates ~
make itself contemplate with "mpty beat
ing. In conclusion he defend d and justi-
fed the action Of the committee on foreign
affairs.
lie was followed in the same view by
| Wilson, of West Virginia. and the debate
was closed by Robinson, of New York, who
withdrew his resolution.
The resolution offered by Cox as a
substitute was then adopted without
division.
HOMINATIONS.
The president to-day nominated John w,
Howell collector of customs for the district
of Fernandina, Florida; Benjamin J.
Morey, of Louisiana, assistant appraiser
district OF New Orleans; John s. Wise,
attorney of the United States, eastern dis
trict OF Virginia; Rutlegc =. Hughes mar
shal OF the United States, eastern district
Of Virginia.