National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-28
ROBINSON AND COX.


tiIcs-Somc Laughter.
Mr., William r. Robinson Of New York, In the
House on Thursday resumed the floor ON the reso-
luton requesting the President to obtain from the
British government a list of American citizens
imprisoned In England. Theodore Of Abyssinia,
he said had once taken Il into his head to arrest
some Englishmen who were travelling in his ter
rtory. England had interfered and, by English
force those prisoners had been released, the capt.
tai Of Abyssinia laid in ashes and the King killed
He tRobinsou) did not ask for anything more in
this case than that America should do the same
| Thing lLaughtcrl II was a good precedent, II
we have, he continued any respect for American
citizenship; If we have ears to hear their groans
above the
rISKLE or GoBLETs OF CHAMPAGNE
by which the representatives Of our Government
I are dcaenod so that they cannot hear them-if
our ears can hear them, ask no more than that
We follow the example OF England, send over
! troops enough TO take these men out of prison and
! lay London IN ashes by our artillery. Admiral
| Porter Is idle, General Grant is out of tho army
aud wants to get back and sherman is pretty
good general Let us send these men over with
! enough force of American cannon TO take those
| prisoners out Of the English basti!cs.
NJ, Hazolton Of WISCONSIN, inquired the names
Mr.. RObinsun--No; Parncll Is not one Of our citi-
| zcus, but II would be Our duty to make him one
! He Is son Of the nobest woman In this country
modnre who fought on the ocean that flag which
was shameiully hoisted few days since at York
| town. ...--
In the course Of his farther remarks Mr.
| Robinson referred to Ireland, and then, stopping
begged correspondents and journalists not TO say
| he was talking about Ireland when he was talking
about this great American subject. He referred to
his service as q correspondent aud created burst
oflaughter by stating that he Ind been expelled
consequence OF making some sighting alluston
TO Ohio sausages Referring to the case of I
MICHAEL p. BoYToN
he characterized the action of the State ,o,,o,,
mcnt In that connection as a coward oro,piiug |
out of the contest BoytOn fingered! III ',n'b |
he was SICK and dying and lost sight. He was was
mHT Iody could GE in which his
on th@l me unit .i,, .Stes had vessel off the
oU"S, "' 'a's G"r ~, powder and ball enough to
iIrn i,c wy ,yos 2brican citizens to come home.
P w. Oh IL m trampling on deienscless woman
man 3mber present were to see on the street
he, ;aimglIng upon woman, even sT, II he knew
hent TO
TAKE THE RurP1AN BY THE THROAT?
Great Britain was the brutal man who had the
female Ireland, by the throat and in the mud and
America lacked The manhood aud hardihood to
Interfere. He ridiculcd the actions Of our for
business was in learning The tricks of monarchies
aud aristocracies, and bringing them home and
inoculating our system with, them, poison
ing. our blood with a political Pygmia.
"to the DEVIL" Laughter lie referred to the
Conduct of one of our foreign ministers, whom he
declined to name, in riding down the streets of an
European capital accompanied by a livered
lackey and pictured the amazed aristocracy stand
ing aghast at the sight of the representative of u
great Republic parading in such style and ex-
claiming: " LOOK at those brooches and that
jacket
THEY ARE UTTERLY TOO TOO" [LAUGHTEa.l
Z" IT," he continued, "you get n Secretary of State,
however good involved in the mcshes OF the Eng
fish arstocracy, with the eloquent tinkling Of
untaxed cigars from Cuba, amid the blaze and
beauty of Washington society, where eyes sparkle
brighter than diamonds and where signs are
sweeter than the breathing of imprisoned Amer
can citizens, what chance has some poor fellow
who fought at Antietam or was wounded at
Gettysburg-whst chance has he for justice with
that tinking of gobles and nonsense and frivolity
rendered to the
BRITISH FLAG AT YORKTOWN,
he said: 81 am going to ask the House to say that
they did not join in that disgrace; to. say that
whatever II may have been done for-whether in
a moment of gush and folly or pstheticsn--it was
not done by the sanction of this House. II any
member of this House will march through his dis
trict next election holding up the English flag aud
give me the opportunity to follow him with the
American flag will canvass the district, and We
Will sec who Will be returned Laughter In
referring to the occasion on which Mr.. ,Parnell
had addressed the House, he declared that that
| gentleman had been made a member of the body.
| The House had been in session at the time and he
! had been member because he had addressed II.
| In the course of his remarks he stated that lie
represented the district In which the churches of
| Talmagc and Beecher were situated, and recon-
mendcd the former a. good chaplain for the
regiment which the House would authorize to go
over and bring home the Americans In conclu-
! sion, Mr.. Robinson desired to offer resolution
! published some time ago. condemning the action
| of the United States Government in saluting the
British flag at Yorktown, but Mr.. Orth refused 10
! yield Tor that purpose.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, said that this question of
reaching out helping hand to lrishmen who had
been naturaized had many valuable and useful
nrpppIpnts
| British prisons of Edward ON. Condor. lie did
not intend to reach out 10 the indefinite abstract
sympathy with men who were not American citi-
Zens. Persons who were Of foreign birth, but who
were naturaizcd in this country, must be regarded
as entitled 10 every right and protection which
| belonged to q native born citizen; and when
nation was forgetful of It's duty to one
decadcnce. II was already dead rs to the cxutunt
spirit Of nationality when IL no longer considered
| that every citizen was worthy of Its protection.
The representatives of the people should be scrl-
law, but in yindiCaing the just and fair rights OF
citizens. He attributed in part the present dis
tressed condition Of Ireland 10 the policy Of Eng
land in closing Its prison doors upon its chosen rep
resentative men. In this matter of arrestng under
Il suspension Of the habeas corpus American Clti-
zens and British members of Parliament, Glad
stone had placed himself outside OF the pale o
humanity where he had placed King BOmba
of Naples thirty years ago. He culogized the Irish
race which had fought for liberty i'll every land
and succeeded in almost every land except III
own. That race had In this country given pros
peTily to business, glory to elOquence-ail thn
made country grand and glorious IN hi tory. II
conclusion, he quoted from BayRrd TaylOrs poem
as to RcOmposite race:
TO one strong race all races here unite.
Tongues melt In hers Hereditary ioremen
Forget their sword and slogan, kith and clan
| Twas glorious onco 10 be ROman
She makes II glorious now TO be n man
, TAnnIaIsn