National Republican., 1883-04-11
AN KNGLIsHMAN's APPEAL.
10 the Editor,

In your article Of the ninth instant, en-
titled "The Irish Under Two Flags" you
quoted from Mr.. Smalley's letter to the New
York Tribune as follows: "The dynamite dis
closures yesterday and to-day fill many col
umns in the newspapers, but are received by
the public with q degree of composure which
may fairly bo called amazing" Now, you
may lampoon "the London dude OF the 1,f-
bune" as you choose, but the words quoted are
as true as gospel.
Tho English people are always calm and
unmoved" under trying circumstances. They
are zone and all" In favor Of law aud order OF
liberty-not licenses and are, although SEEM
ingly composed, amazed at the recent demon-
lac developments
Many portions of the article referred to do
not sound well in this land, whore fair means
In all things takes preference over foul
Why not denounce in fitting terms the
mouthings of such madmen, such blood
thirsty blatherskites and towards Us Rosa
and Grove, whose only argument Is the torch,
the dagger, the pistol, the knife, and dyna-
mite? Their language is not only inccndiary,
but barbaric and unfit for utterance in civ
ilized land. Their foul-mouthed utterances
are most insulting TO all "true blue" Ameri-
cans. We were born in England, but we love
America with all our hearts. We cannot be
really good citizens and acknowledge " two
flags" neither can we be Englishmen, Irish
men, Germans, Italians, or Frenchmen and
Americans at the same time. No, sir. We
are in favor Of
one nag, one land,
One heart one hand,
One country evermoro.
We deeply sympathize with all law abiding
Irishmen and Irish-Americans in these
desperately wicked times. Ireland wants to
govern her own affairs, and her leaders we'll
know that she is at present incapable of self
government! She needs q thorough Protestant
system of education. She needs Modifying
and Sankeying all over; then shall this
emerald ''set in the silver sea" blossom as the
rose Why, sir, in large majority Of the
counties in ireland persons, even to the
manor born" who venture to differ with the
teachings of the Romish church must give
their thoughts no tongue" Let Ireland
educate, and she cannot fail to Christianize.
Here Is the solid, enduring basis for self-goy-
ernment! What utter nonsense to talk OF n
republic based on popery Bah Bosh! |
close with an extract clipped from brilliant
and powerful letter by Mr.. Sullivan, NJ. p, to
the New York Irish American, and which was
published entire in The NATIONAL. REPuB-
LIoAN soon after and styled f" Human
Monsters" "I thank thee, Mr.. Editor, for
teaching me that word" .tall II
am ono Of nearly two millions Of Irishmen
resident on this side Of the Irish channel. Our
homes are in the midst Of the cities that are for
sooth 10 be kerosened and dynamited. Our little
ones to roast In the fires which our chiyalrous
friends (safe and sound, 1000 miles away in New
York or Peoria are to send men to start around us
The brute creation will fight for Its young. Are
we lower and baser than they? Could we hearken
unmoved to childhood's shrek from garrett and
nursery, calling In vain on father" for rescue2
should we iorsooth eoolly answer back TO our. per
ones n In ' order that Mr. broWe % Of M of f" PcorS s
may think that he has frightened John Bull r
Well, know that no such cowardlce and atrocity
dare be practiced or really will DO practiced. But
while those men on your side of the water who
publish such schemes are thinking Of how TO
frlghten John Bull, or put Harcourt In a rage.
as some of them declared 10 me last autumn, they
are not frightening England bit, but they arc
doing horrible injury 10 Irishmen and to Ireland.
They are evicting honest Irishmen from good EN-.
ployment and comfortable homes and casting
them into cruel poverty. They arc hurting Irish
girls upon the streets OF English cities They are
before my eyes, driving Irish children Of tender
years TO mehdcancy and crime in the cutters aud
slums OF London.
You never fail to give publicity to the letters
and interviews oflrish- Americans, and we now
ask as a favor the publication of this.
ANGLo-AMERIcAN.