Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1882-05-13
4 Deadly Blow 1t Ireland.

The new Chief Secretary OF lro
land, Lord Frederick Cavendish, and
! under Secretary Thomas Henry
Burke, we're murdered in Phoenix
Park, Dublin, Saturday evening last
They had been engaged in Official
business at Dublin and in the even
ing took : stroll in the park, when a
car containing four men drove up
A short struggle took place, and the
two men were left weltering in their
blood, having been stabbed in the
throat and breast. Cause there can
be non assigned, az the men were
OH missions of relief to Ireland, anu
the Cavendish family for centuries
opposed the crown in it's measures
of oppression against Ireland. This
conclusiyely shows that it was the
work of base assassins who prosper.
ed by Ireland's adversely, and they
cut short the days Of her greatest
hopes that the time of their own
prosperity might be heightened.
Ireland is no more responsible for
this cowardly act than was America
for the death of Lincoln or Garfield,
yet it will initiate against her. not
only in the public sentiment of the
English people, but in the new and
hopeful policyjust inaugurated. The
dastardly deed is denounced by the
press everywhere, and by the peo-
pie, but more especially by the
Land League and it's branches in this
country, but by none more deprecat-
cd than the Irish people themselves,
who are the real sufferers, and at the
very time when they were expecting
relief. The only hope is that the
assassins may speedily be brought
to justice, and themselves suffer the
penalty of their crime. The Land
League at it's earliest moment pub
lished the following manifesto to the
people of Ireland:-
On the eve Of what seemed a
bright future for our country, that
evil destiny which apparently pur-
sued us for centuries has struck at
our hopes another blow which can
not be exaggerated in its disastrous
consequences. In this hour of sorrow.
full gloom we give expression to our
sympathy with the people of Ireland
in the calamity to their canse through
this horrible deed, and with those
determined at the last hour that q
policy of Cancellation should supplant
that of terrorism and national dis
trust. We earnestly hope that tho
attitude and action of the Irish peo-
PIE will show to the world that an
assassination such as Ids startled
us almost to the abandonment of
hope of our cOuntry's future is deep
ly and religiously abhorrent to their
every feeling and instinct. We APP
peal to you to show by every man
ner of expression that, amidst the
universal feeling of horror which the
assassination has excited, no people
feel so deep detestatiOn of its at
rocity, or so deep sympathy with
those whose hearts must be scared
by it, as the nation upon whose pros.
perity and reviying hopes it may
entail consequences more ruinOus
than those that have fallen to the
lot Of unhappy Ireland during the
present generation. We feel that
10 act that has ever beon perpetrat.
ell in our country during the ex.
citing struggles of the past fifty
years has 50 stained the name of
hOspitable Ireland as this cowardly
and unprovoked assassination of
friendly stranger, and that until the
murderers of Cavendish and Burke
are brought to justice that stain will
sully our country's name.
When the Pope heard of the assas-
sinations he sent instructions to the
Irish bishops to request the clergy
to express from their pulpits exc
Grafton of the crime, and exhort the
faithful to respect the law of the
land.
John Boyle O'Reily and Patrick
A. Collins, of Boston, sent a dispatch
by cable to Mr.. Parnell pledging the
Irishmen of Boston to pay reward
of $4,000 for the apprehension of the
assaSsins.
Rev. Henry w. Beecher, preach
ing on the murders in Ireland, said
that the act was but trying to
change the destinies of ma
tons oy the pistol and dagger. 1t
was bloody murder, but the work
was not that Of Irish people, or
even of any Irish party.
The notorious Patrick Grove, of
Peoria, ILL.,, who creaIed a great SEN
satiOn some time ago by fathering
the schemes to blow up British
vessels by Internal machines, in an
interview says he thought assassi-
nation sometimes justifiable as q
last resort. He declared that so far
as England is concerned the assas.
sins knife has been her weapon for
years, and in this instance she has
only been paid back in her own
coin. He was Of the opinion, how
ever, that the attack was aimed at
Burke, and not at his superior.
Burke was the under-secretary Of
the government at the time Of the
Fenian troubles, and made himself
thoroughly obnoxious to that class.
He was most bitter and malignant
enemy of the Irish race, and was de-
tested as much by it as was Lord