St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1882-06-03

| state of affairs to which the horrors Of the
French revolution will be as childs play"
| A Boston dispatch says; "All the Irshmen
who have been seen tonight, including tho
Hon. p. A. Collins and John Boyle O'Reilly,
condemn the assassination of Lord Cavendish
! in Inmeasured terms. They say that the kill
ing of Forster might have been, perhaps. just
fable; but there is no excuse for tho murtier
of man who has yet done nothing; and the
opinion seems to be unanimous that the result
of to-night's work in Dublin will be to injure
the cause of ireland more than almost any,
thing else could have done. In this view the
so-called nationalists well as the slnOn-pllre
Land-Leaguers agree, although they suppose
that the perpetrators of the crime were mis-
guided Fcnians. Mr. O'Rely compared the
act of the assassins to that of Guteau, and
said that it was equally devoid of political
Significance"
A special of the 9Th from New York says:
"The news of the assassination made n sem
saton at the meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Of the Land League at Brooklyn to-
night. Justice Walsh hoped the details would
show that the Irish people were not RESPONSE
BILE. Mr.. O'Connell said it was Il pity that tho
predecessor of Lord Cavendish had not been
| served the same way. John Rooney, who pre-
sided, called O'Connell to order. Michael D.
| Gallagher, President of the Parncl League of
| New York, said. this evening, that the assassi-
| nation, if not the act of lunatic,
| would probably prove to be the crime
| OF paid emissary of the party of coercion.
| The bloody deed could not have been the act
| of lover of Ireland. 1t would be productive
of nothing but harm to Ireland. 1t would
doubtless check and retard Gladstone's new
| departure, and perhaps cause him to retrace
| his steps and have recourse to sterner meas
ures than ever. He would be wrong, however,
in holding whole people guilty for the wick
! ed and insane act of a few. The Land League
would deplore the murder"
| A Philadelphia special says: "Several prom
| inent Land-Leayuers were interviewed to-
| night on the assassination of Lord Cavendish.
! They all expressed horror at the deed, and said
| the men who did it could not have had tn good
of Ireland at heart. Some thought they must
be insane. Not one of them could speak in
strong enough terms of horror. Dr.. william
Carroll put the murderers on par with 6 ,li-
tcau and the man who attempted to shoot tho
Queen
BUFFALO, N. Y, May7.
Several of the most prominent members of
| the Irish National Land League in this city
execrate the horrible crime and trust the per-
| petrators of the tiendsh act may be brought
speedily to justice. The assassination is con-
sidered to be q direct blow at the interest and
rising hopes of Ireland, and is particularly to
be depored at this time.
The following telegram was cabled tonight:
To the Hon. William E. Gladstone, Premier,
| London:
As President of the Land Leaguein America,
] beg to express the deepest adherence of the
teri bic crime Just committed i'll Dublin, es-
| pecay in hour which, owing to your
change of policy, looked brightest for Ireland.
| JAMES MOONEY.