Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-22

e,s when they treat tie affair with such
exasperaiing GOODNESS Either they have
forgiven us, or they regard the littie un-
please ntnt ss % being beneath their no
tirp, for you could no more get up
Quarrel with them on the subject than
YOU could get an American lndian 70
Quarrel with YOU about the location OF
the north pole. They really act some
times as though they wefe glad we got
the better of them on that occasion, re-
mjndipg one of the TYPICAL gstsrfamii.
les. who in the anger OF moment
cusses the fellow that ran of with bis
daughter, but who on second thought
piy,s the pair his "Bless We my chill.
Tr, NJ and comes finally to think that
lie bold young man did him good
turn in taking the girl Of his hands.
But though You cannot strike up DIS
pute with the English on the old revoiu.
tionary issues, there are O'her and more
modern Anglo.American questions
with reference 10 which you can rufiie
them in moment. Napoleon was
right in speaking of these as
A Nation OF hhOpkeepers.
for the pocket is unqnestiOnably their
tenderest spot, and hence the large
award they had TO make In the Ala.
bama case still rambles in their thoughts
and they would dearly love, As the recent
sgitation SHOWS, to get q portion Oft back
again. Naturally, too, they always
carry the chip on the shoulder toward
our countryinen on Irish questions.
Apart from defects which they know 70
exist in the extrsdition treaty, the un-
pleasant fact stares them in the lace
4aov rvt.,a oh N
the worst enemies OF their government,
to men whom their law, could 1t reach
them, would cOnsign to prison instant.
~, even II it did not bring the gsllows
into reQuisition for their punishment.
With much force Of emphasis and with
some show of reason they often ask,
what is the United States govern
ment doing TO restrain or discourage |
these bloody conspirators?' "If IL is
not doing anything" they add, why
is 1t not"' Suppose" they say in
cliPchipg the argument, the English |
government were to wink at men un- |
der its protection who were known to |
be plotting treason and assassination
against W.. What Them And the |
latest u. claratioH Of the murderous par |
pores of those American citizens who |
are making war on Great Britain Is
perhaps the most provoking Of all. Be-
cause he presided over trial which re-
suited in the conv ction aud sentence |
10 lie terms Of several
Dynamite ConsptrRtOrs,
the Lord Chief Justice OF England has |
Teen condemned to death, and the tri- |
unal which has just passed this muir.
der0us decree is opposed Of naturaiIzeu |
tizeI of the Cuiled States, and seems |
to exist without let or hindrance of the |
United States government. To be sure |
ole asp, ct of this affair is us ludlcorous |
as anyth ny could we'll he, and looking |
at il from this point Of view the most i
sensible comment upon the recent &c.
ion of tie Irish Brotherhood is that Of
paper here which advises the mem.
ters OF this organization TO at once come
over snd begin work, SO as to give
Lord COlcridgp, whom they have sen.
tened tO death, q speedy opportunity
Of returning the compliment. But there
is graver aspect the case, and his
is the side at which the people gener-
ally are looking. Hence they feel that,
fittings are as they seem, things are
not exactly as they should be, and
there is IA growing demand throughout
the country that the two governments
should enter into a business like cor.
r, spondence, and should try to reach u
satisfactory settlement of this vexed
question. Meanwhile many here have
secret sense Of delight in the pauper
emigration rumpus that is going on.
They are chagrined, il il true, at being
found out, but they feel, nevertheless,
that turn and turn about is only fair
play, and that considering that Amer
ica has sent so many murderOus con-
>piTators over here, il il not such an
aw full crime after all to ship to tie land
flowing with milk and honey a few
wretches whose only oifense is that they
are poor. On the treatment which
some Of these poverty stricken creatures
are said to have received some OF the
papers spt ak with considerable warmth.
The GiObc can almost see cause for
great international quarrel in the az.
fair. "However justiti able the QUERY
in New York against the assisted i'm
migrants may be-" it says, "it isdoubt-
ful whether the United States govern
ment are not overstepping their rights
in sending back to New York
Those Immigrants
who have been sent to the interior. II /
is one thing TO prevent paupers from /
landing, according to International con
ventions, but quite another thing TO
forcibly transport British subjects who
are travelling TO the interior back |
again to the sea coast. The rough aud |
ready methods which Americans adapt |
for remedying their own grievances
caLnot be applied To international ques
tons without grave results"
But have depressed again. ] must |
couIe back to the Fouth, and this great
American holiday shall give as a text
tor few closing observations on British
cousins heat us all to pieces. In fact
the prevailing T. ndency in the two coun-
tries is n two entirely opposite directions
for with us the chief concern il to know
how much work We can do without
killing ourselves out, while anxiety here
appears to be to take as much Iecrea.
ton as possible. The English people
owe holiday and they know how to
use it. They are jo'lier than we are and |
seem TO " derstand much better than
We how to throw off dull care. When
hey go to the country or to the sea side
they leave behind not only the city's
heat but its business and hustle. Min.
ele with the gentlemen at an English
watering place and you will find the
conversation turning wholly upon
ports and pleasures, whereas the SINH.
Or places in our own country, the talk
would all be Of stocks and bonds and
he latest market quotation. And as
with the highest so with the lowest.
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picnic equally with the annual Sunday
.cboOl treat Is grand frolic where all
-eem to have merry hearts to give no
thought either to the morrow or tO the
yesterday. Naturally a people who 50
enjoy their holidays will have great
Dany of them. The week between
Christmas and New Years Is almost en-.
tirely given up to recreation, ss
are also several days at easter
and a day or two at Whitsuntide |
Good Friday il another day sacred TO
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