The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-05-18

of &4mished OF mqfderea lrt1men-1am-
i isE<d and nur1ercdsby We Gngllsh garr1-
son in that Inflated island. There Is ana
can be but one excuse for the action OF
tiTos3 members of the Land League VINO
have voted money as reward for the cap
ltufe and lconviction OF Lord Oavendisn
and Mr.. Burkes murderers, ana mas ~
a strong belief that the crime was commit
ted IN the interest of the landlords IL
fwould Dot be difficult tos instance more
than one Doneraile conspiracy gotten up
by the agents Of the Government and the
enemies of Ireland. The English Govern
mef1t has abundant means at It's d1sposaa 70
I purchase traitors and employ naetectlses,
and " would li,eecomeI iflshm q se oAer
themselves as pioodnounas 10 Engianu =. 1,
hunt down her criminals. IL Mr. Parnell
had been assassiAatea when out on parole
a rev weeks ago. as ruInored e. Inc pame.
there Is not an irish iandioru VINO Wouiu
not cry geo gratsos, nor an Engflsn oppo-
I nentWho woafd denounee sae Crime
nave nosymp athy Walh assassins, nor 40 ],
nehess sehael AoH payenulsn ~ s,i
Mr.. burke were murdered py aHsn-
men IN tne lnterest OF iish IHae-
pendenee. But II every MEMBER. on the
band League IN ireland and OUT q u were
no become specials constapie anu 70 oneT
the last cent he was worth as reward. the
English would not Deileve MN sincere nor
hold him guittless OF the crime. It's pam
from the repressive measures proposed oy
the government tnat.S noIWitnstanding the
Land Leaguers manIfestoes, resoautionsand
| rewards, the English Government oeiieves
4 the Land League to be at the bottom OF the
assassination
1 - While any CONCESSIONS ne ceuid posslDiy
make TO ireland would not reconciie me 70
English domination IN that land, yet L
would not purchase the sovereign 1nde
peudence OF my country at the cost OF MI
Gladstone's assassination would rather
see Ireland blotted out forever from the
map of Europe than that her freedom
should be stained with so black and hellish
| crime 1 repeat there is no reputable
Fenfan who would sanction, counfenance
or connive at the murder OF any member
of n the government. will mot
serve The interests OF the Land League
| to give tacit approval to the accusa-
ton of the Fenians In an organ SO closely
identified with the Land League movement
as the Dublin Freemaass Journal. If the
Fenians favored assassination, the father
of the present editor and owner OF that pa
per, the late SiraJohn Gray, would not have
died on his bed for he did more to convict
the Fenians when on trial, and to damage
their characters than Maggie, Warner, Mas
say or Corydon, and yet no Fenian hurt y
shairof his head Whenit was proposed
to blow. up Ballybaugh, where the inform
ers against the Fenians WIRE kept during
the state trials, Mr.. Stephens, the Head
Centre of the Fenian organization would
not hear of it, and emphatically forbade il
to be done. When Alien, Larlxin and
O'Brien wene judically murdered in 1867
by the British Government for the acciden-
tai killing of Sergeant Brett-at a time
when the Fenians were most desperate
no member of the government was in
iured.. Mr.. Hardy, the Home Secretary,
was well named Hanging Hardy,
Just as Mr. Forster was nick,
named Buckshot Forster. Every sensible
man knowssthat the assassination of every
member of both hoI1ses of Parliament with
,he nnaen and ravaI fs,i,a ;nci,de would
not lead TO the Independence OF Ireland.
1t is not enough that a people desire freedom
they must deserve il. FL the Irish people
wish to remain united to England and be-
content with "a domestic Legislature, it
would be the widest folly 30 insist that
they must, whether they will or not, be-
come free, sovereign and independent
nation. II we are to attach any Importance 4
to the meaning of Home Rule and the pub
lie tltteFanees of MIR. Farnel and others,
from England, but on the contrary would
form q closer union with her ii she would ]
give them what they call seff-govern
ment. If they got this they say they would
gladly aekneWledge the supremacy of Eng
land. Most Fenians know this and they
know also that sat present MIR. Parnells
policy has the support of the. great mass
of the Irish people. can't therefore, see
any advantage that the Fenians could hope
to gain By disseminating Lord CaEendisE
and Mr. Burke, assuming for the sake 81
Argument that they favored ASSASSINATION.
conclude, then. that the gentlemen were
not murdered by the remains nor by the
so-oaIIed american uesperadoes who have
notsoenough money at their disposal TO
harm any one or anything them
selves
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had anybody else motlveF whose m
terests We're menaced by the reconciliation
OF Mr.: Gladstone ana Mr.' Parneh and the /
reiease OF the ieaaInsf Land Aseaghe sus-
peetst lheTe. Is put one answer; me inter-
ests OF me tand-0Wners- when the prison
gates OF kllmalnham ana Portland were
thrown open TO Messrs FarneA Ufiion and
DayItt the doom OF the landlords was seal
ed. Mr.. Gladstone had surrendered att
discretion to the leaders sf the Land
league; the Landlords saw that the end