Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-05-23

When we read of the oppression Of Poland
by Russia, of Italy and Hungary by Austria
the cold-blooded cruelty with which ma
tional feeling was disregarded, and the ear,
nest yearnings of patriotism were crushed
and trampled upon as if what is most sub
lime and holy in manhood WIS the very
abyss of guilt and crime, makes the blood
bubble in our veins with is,3IZnaiion- Oar
sympathy, evsrF 6e1tzr Izs1I13-s Of oar zoGI
goes on. toFFrs the wssusrsi p%apJe, and
every zoGIor We have OF Vi-rgn. and x1o6-
nssz, and Of tie G5gnitF Of the h11&a spe-
eiss u Outraged BY siis crlssIs5ss d the re-
lentIesz opprssso<. The lad that stands cut
to-day az %ibs EIobe Of nations Is Ire
land, but we are 10th 10 give that
stern condemnation to England that their
heartless expressions have compelled our
hearts to deal out toward Austria end Russia.
Eogland has done so much to enlighten and
civilize the world; on its coil the oppressed
OF all nationalities have always found q
refuge where the revengeful fury of their
tyrants could never reach them. Eugland
has set the example OF so many noble deeds,
Injustice and aid the cause of freedom, and
has at its head at this moment a man of
such noble aims and generous motives, that
we find it difficult to number England with
the oppressors whose deeds stain the pages
of history, and make us blush for the race
of which we form part. Is the present
attitude of the Irish nation really that of
noble people claiming and indicating rights
that no brave, self-respecting population,
when deprived OF, will sit down content and
satisfed2 Or is the present agitation in
ireland a mere outbreak of turbulent
men; of selfish schemers seeking fame
and profit by raising up trouble, and
making popular fury and disturbance the
instruments of carrying out ends for their
own enrichment and ACKNOWLEDGEMENT? Or
is the whirlpool which is converting Ireland
into an abyss the work of secret societies,
whose hatred is directed not go much at op-
pressers as against all virtue in public life,
all safety to the institutions that preserve
the welfare of society, all the harmony that
makes domestic life blessing? Is Ireland
goaded to resistance by the experience of
NSaA ufscHtcS-tuc HSSuAls VI OppIcee1Ou-Or
is the violence there mere breach of law
less natures and ill-constitu:ed social senti-
ment, against law, order, justice, and domes-
tic pesce?- Putting aside the unbridled viru-
lence of toryism, TO which 60 much of Ire
lands direst suffering has been owing in the
past, and whose luminosity the sufferings of
generations OF victims have not yet appeased,
as notice the tone of the calm, thoughtful,
candid portion of the press, that knows how
to deal fairly even with those whose senti-
ments or policy it disspproves. The London
Economist is known to be cool and unimpas-
stoned in its reasoning, and impartial in its
judgment, and that paper thus describes the
attitude of the Irish people toward the law
at this troublous and excited time: 'The
law itself in these parts of Ireland is In a
condition almost without precedent in Eu-
rope. Upon all ordinary subjects it is car
ried out as well as it is anywhere. If a man
murders wayfarer for robbery, or steals his
neighbor's spoons, or interferes with him in
any way, he is punished exactly as he would
be in London or Paris. There is in the worst