Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-14
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Editor Morning NelcS: Permit me to
call attention to some erroneous views of
your correspondent Newry. His keen
eyes have seen the angels weaving a crown
in heaven in reward to our government
for protecting its citizens abroad. The
fact in the case is, our government has
been singularlv derelict in protecting its
citizens. We call to mind the fact that
under the infamous coercion act num-
Der of American citizens were cast into
British iails. The Minister Plenipoten-
tiary did nothing for them, and they might
have rotted in English dungeons
had not an indignant public COM
PEELED our government to take
some tardy and puny measures
for the protection of its own citizens.
And in spite of the protests of Americans,
our government still keeps as its Repre-
sentative to England Mr.. Lowell, a nOtO-
rious tOady of the British Government
and an enemy of the Irish. Even in the
case of O'DOnnell, how your cOrrespOn-
dent NewTy, can see anything wherein to
praise the American Government, is a
mystery to me. Under the very nose of
the American Ambassador, O'Donnell,
known to be an American citizen, has a
most unfair and illegal trial: he is con-
uGlluE4 anu SEItGLCCl ~ bt nuii2. anu
not a step is taken, either by the Ameri-
can Ambassador or by the govern
ment which he represents, to see that
justice is done to an American citizen.
Only when a large committee of distin-
guished Americans wait on the President
does our government awaken to the fact
that it would be we'll to see justice done
its own citizens. And for that your cor
respondent, Newry, sees angels wearing a
hnTh or Mr I Mr.
Arthur; but they may have been cOlOred
angels.
As to the POntifical Government, let me
state that it would be against inter-
national law to interfere in the trial of a
nOn-citizen charged with murder. Sec
ondly, the POntifcal Government does not
exist. The Pope is the visible head Of the
Catholic Church, but his temporal gov
eminent has been taken away from him.
Moreover, had he even his little principal
ity, with no fleet or army to back up
his interference with England. which
has for centuries recognized no official re-
lations with the Pope, the British Govern
ment would no doubt regard his interfer-
ence as mere piece Of impertinence. But
Newry fOrgets the letters which POpes and
Bishops have written in behalf Of Ireland,
Poland, and other oppressed nationalities.
But the POpes do oppose dynamite poll
cy-and here is probably where the shoe
pinches Mr.. Newry.
VIII NewTy please show me where
Pepes and Bishops "have taught that an
Irishman's patriotic inspirations are but
a dream?" He is also singularly unfOrtu-
nate in regard to law. He does not know
that the teaching of st. Thomas and all
other Catholic theolOgians is that the
first requisite for a law, to be law at all,
is that it must be just. Newry's discrim-
inatiOn between "heretic and faithful is
bOsh of purest ray serene. To Newry's
remark that ''misery and degradation in
this life will add glory to the life ever
lasting" we most emphatically say, Yes,
if misery and degradation be patiently
borne. For our authority we most re-
respectfully refer Newry to Christ's SER
mon on the mount, which will probably
be new reading to him. CORK.