Morning journal and courier., 1882-05-13
American Citizens Denounce the Murder
 "A Stormy Meeting in Cooper Union.

American C1GtZenS DenOunce the N1uruer
 "A Stormy Meeting in Cooper Union.
 NEW YORK, May 12.-Cooper Union was crowded to it's utmost capacity this evening by citizens of all classes to give expression to the sense of abhorrence with which the as- sassination of Lord Cavendish and Under Secretary Burke was received by all classes of American citizens. Among the audience were many ladies. O'Donovan Rossa sat in the centre of the hall facing the platform sur rounded by number of friends. In conse- quence of threats having been made that the meeting would be broken up, one hundred policemen were distributed throughout the hall to preserve order A reserve of fifty was also detailed in the upper part of the building ready to act at paoment's notice Mayor Grace presided, and in opening the meeting said the last time he presided in this hall was when meeting was held to protest against the imprisonment of American citi- zens in Ireland. Happily they had been released. We are now assembled to express our abhorrence at the great crime. We had recovered from our first surprise when the news flashed over the wires Ca voice-Three
 
 save Ireland ) that the Chief Secretary of Ireland had been stricken down. While I fear it has done no little harm to the Irish cause, feel confident that the deed was not done by friends of Ireland or the Irish cause. He then denounced the new bill that had re- gently been introduced and concluded by say ing he had no doubt but that at an early day the Irish people would obtain self govern
 
 speaker, said he did not see that it was nec- esssry to hold public meeting to denounce this foul and unnatural murder, unnatural because committed in Ireland. (Uproar It was cold blooded murder and that was the least that could be said of it. GA voice ''Humbug!" and general uproar.) The speaker next referred to the killing of Presi- 1 dent Garfield and said that the assassin of ! our chief magistrate was awaiting his doom. l He was pleased that no complioity could be charged against Irishmen of any faction, but 1 it was foolishness to suppose that Irishmen could treat English with brute force. Eng
 land is too powerful to attempt it. 1t was,
 in his opinion, 8 criminal act. GA voice Dynamite !'O After reviewing at great 1 length the wrongs, he condemned in strong terms the new bill recently introduced into I the English Parliament. He concluded by saying that the hGuE m Ireland was very stormy Gne. It was an hour of danger but light followed darkness. It was the darkest
 hour just before the dawn. A great uproar here followed, during which e man named Horgan among the audience attem pted to ad dress the meeting. Order wag finally re- { stored and the chairman introduced as the l next speaker w. B. Wallace, president of the Land League of New York, who said that they had assembled together to l repudiate assassination, no matter by l whom it was committed. England was sure I to take advantage of it and would enact stronger law than ever before Their duty ! was to stand by Charles Stuart Parnell (great l cheers) and strengthen their hands by your l support. This assassination was not the l work of Land Lsaguers, but of enemies of ! the Irish people,
 l Jaues Redpath said that an assassin was not only without heart, but without brains. He detested assassins but God bless Nihilism | and dynamite in Russia {Cheers) The as- sassination of Oavendish and Burke was 1 fatal blow to progressive liberty in Ireland
 but the real assassins of Cavendish and Burke
 were not the red handed murderers that com
 mitted the act, but Gladstone and Fora- | ter. (Cheers.) Speeches were also made by A. B. Costello and othera, after which
 resolutions were adopted strongly condemn
 ing the assassination of Cavendish and Rurke uniting with the people of Ireland in their | indignant repudiatiop of eomplicity with so
 black & deed proclaiming the conviction that
 such outrages tend to injure the projects of the Irish Land League, retard the
 adoption of necessary amendments to
 the land act and damage the oause of Irish nationality denouncing
 the law last night o4ersd by the government
 as greaser wrong than any to which Ireland has yet been subject; protesting that the
 employment of brute force, whether by the
 dagger of the assassin or by organized mill
 tary power, is only calculated to aggravate
 the situation and embitter the feeling be- Gladstone if he desires concilistiop in Ireland
 to put stop to outrages inflicted by the DO, lice and magistrates on the people pledging