The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1882-05-09
A FouI Murder.

tally murdered in Phoenix Park,
Dublin, last Saturday evening, be-
ing stabbed to death at the hands
of parties unknown. Twas but
few days ago that Forster, the OBJ
noxious secretary resigned. Par
nell, Davitt, and other prominent
Land Leaguers were released from
Jail and all ireland rang with joy
full acclamations at the great vic
tory that had been achieved m the
overthrow Of Forster and the sus-
pension of the:' coercion act"
There seems to be something
unfortunate about Ireland: Just
about the time that the patience
which her people must cultivate
by practice, for they are denied it
bv nature, results in a triumph,
some idiot does something in q
frenzy that sets every ones teeth
on edge for another generation.
As the New York Sun says;
There's something appalling in
the folly Of the crime which was
committed last night in DnblIn,
and by which bearers of the mes
sage of peace aud good will were
UNANIMOUSLY done 10 death. The
effect which this act will have, and
perhaps was meant to have, on the
policy of Cancellation will be meal.
culably harmful nor should we be
surprised if it entailed the down
fall of Gladstone's ministry in the
very hour when it merited the
highest esteem and confidence.
1t is probable the crime was the
work of miscreants who saw in
Gladstone's concilatory policy the
ruin of their clandcstiro schemes,
aud who determined to paralyze i,
at the cost OF country the
scoundrels pretended 10 serve,
and by the butchery of the meu
who came On the blessed errand oi
delivery and paciGcation. Never
in the whole course of their history
have the prospects OF the Irish
people been brighter than "a hours
ago. That these prospects are
very deeply overcast by the de-
testablo crime committed yester-
day cannot for moment be doubt.
ed by those conversant with the
difficulties which already beset
Gladstone's path. The calamitous
consequence of the tragedy we
cannot as yet begin to measure,
but we think of the huge power
for evil which circumstances have
given the authors Of this bloody
deed, it seems to us that something
like a curse has overshadowed
Ireland.
The Brooklyn Eagle says;
Here we have another illustration
of how swiftly fools may destroy
what it has taken men ages oi
patient toll to build.
The New York Times: The
assassination OF the new chief
secretary and permanent under
secretary OF Ireland follows hard
upon the announcement of the
policy of bold Cancellation by
G!adstone's government. 1t is in
every light a terrible mis-
fortune to tho Irish people.
If Ireland is to be put under mill
tary laws, it is safe TO say Gladstone
would neither assume nor be en-
trusted with the task. There is in
this horrible event one suggestion
which Americans cannot regard
without shame. It is that brutal
assassination, which disgraces Ire
land and endangers the best inter-
ests of the Irish, is in harmony
with the teachings of certain resi-
dents of this country, who have
steadily advocated it in order to
ill their own pockets. For this
the laws of the United States fur
nish no preventive and no penalty
The thing seems so preposter.
ously foolish that we must natu.
rally think it was an enemy in
stead of supposed friend of the
Irish people that perpetrated the
cruel deed.