The true northerner., 1882-05-12

The assassination of the newly appointed
chief secretary of Ireland, Lord Frederick
Cavendish and under secretary Burke. 10y
stabbing them while out walking in Phoenix
park at Doublin, has struck blow at
Irelands cause from which she will not soon
recover. The concessions which the British
government has recently made, have been
long stride toward that independence for
which the Irish have so long contended Mr..
Gladstone by his recent change of policy of
the British government, was doing that for
Ireland which no other British minister ever
dared to do. He had proclaimed policy of
tenant right and release from landloraism,
which no other than himself has had the
courage to suggest. He boldly set aside the
policy of coercion, opened the prison doors
and sent Lord Cavendish to Ireland the
bearer of the best and gladdest news Ireland
had heard for centuries. II may have been
the dawn of the glorious day for which
lrelands greatest orator. Robert Emmett,
contended and TO which he referred when he
said, let no man dare write my epitaph un-
I'll my country shall take her stand among
the other nations of the earth, and other
men and other times can do it Justice" Yet
upon the very dawn of better times 10 Irish
men they murder in cold blood the very
messenger of peace sent TO make them pros
porous. The leading newspapers of this
country speak of the result of this foul muir
der as i'll nowise tending to advance the well
fare of Irelands poor. The Chicago Tribune
says;
What the outcome of this bloody proceed
ing will bo cannot now be foretold But
there is one result which il can hardly fail to
produce, and that is. 10 stamp the whole
Fenian conspiracy in Ireland with eternal
infamy. IL will compel the Irish people TO
rid themselves of the odium of any affiliation
with Communism. Nihilism. Fenianism. or
any other ism that makes assassination part
of Its political action. Ii is hardly necessary
To express the hope that the actual assassins
may be discovered and of course punished,
but the civilization of the age demands that
wholesale Organizations Of men, under what
ever name they may assume. that practice
assassination 10 prevent political reform shall
be exterminated. The welfare of the whole
island calls for the riddance OF these de-
| praved wretches who seek 10 thwart and de-
! stroy measures of relief which millions have
! longed for lest il may lead to peace between
/ the people of the two islands and end their
business of misunderstanding and discord.
The Detroit Pos, aHd Tribune says;
The assassination of the newly appointed
chief secretary for Ireland. and his under
secretary was not only crime but a most de
plorahle blunder. Ii can have but one result
il will compel a policy Of repression in Ire
| land beside which the operation of the coer-
cion act will seem like child's play. Ii may
mean the resignation of Gladstone and the
calling of new ministry under Conservative
/ leadership: IL may mean the restoration OF
Secretary Foster 20 his old post, if be vii
take il: il certainly means repetition OF
Irish history by the en- ne suojusauon' II
some form. of Ireland hy Ems. Hhu' IL may
mcan war. If it comes 10 that. 70, 'ie iiut
ders In Phoenix park cannot fall TO i'us'
England as the firing upon Fort sunni
roused the states of the north.
Ii will no; te strange il martaai Ia " is pro
claimed throrgtioos southern and western
Ireland. 1t will be Strange IL the COZ. 1try 4
not filed with troops tSfore the close On IN,
present week. II called for. volunteers u
no, he wanting in every copnty and city {
England. The government will IL ncrd be.
send an army that viii equal the entirc sdul,
population Of the disaffected districts.
The exploit at Dublin mus. in the nature
of things. produce a settlement Of the Irish
question that viii. for this generation az least.
be final. IL viii be settlement; by force.
Assassination has destroyed the possibility
Of Cancellation. The military arm Of the
government VIII pa; down instruction. and
the civil arm viii hold il down.