The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-16
O'DONNELL'S DOOM.
49,
His. Earthly Career Will End To-Mor'
row.
Characteristic Opinions from Con.
gresham Finerty.
A Sluggiug Match-The Coming
King-And Other News. y

presses himself freely in regard to
the probable event of o DOnnell be-
ing hanged en- Monday. He said he
had called on the President In regard
to the case within a few hours, but
obtained no information beyond the
assurance that action had been ia
ken, and the result would be an
nounced through the state depart
ment when the reply was received
from England. The President did
notexpress an opinion, Finerty said,
but was courteous as usual, although
he appeared rather serious and
somewhat anxious. In case ODon>
mel is hanged on Monday, continued
Finerty, it will be snub to the
United States. The House, by re-
solution, requested the President to
ask a respite; if it has been asked,
which L suppose it has, and refused,
both the executive and the house,
and consequently the whole coun.
try, have been not only snubbed,
but insulted. We may in that
event acknowledge that our gov
eminent is utterly unable to obtain
even the slightest concession OF
common justice for one OF its cltl-
zens from England. We may as
well say to Great Britain, Arrest
every American citizen you sus.
pect, keep him In Jail without trial,
hang him outside even the forms of
your own laws, we as nation have
fallen so low that we cannot do
anything to hinder you. You may
do, in short, with our people
what you damn please on your own
dunghill." Sir William Vernon
Harcourt will be the medium
through whom the refusal of the
respite will be communicated. He
is the Home Secretary, and detests
Americans. He is a sarcastic
brute, whose face always wears a
sheer. Gladstone holds such man
in that position on the principle
perhaps that man often keeps a
vicious dog: He may be disagree
able to others, but useful to him.
Gladstone would never get along
without some catankerous person
in his government.
"What can Congress do if O'Don-
mel is hanged?" was asked.
Fold its hands after quietly
pocketing the insult. If you had
asked NE what any nation of our
national strength, Or less than our
national strength, would do under
like circumstances, might answer,
in fact l would answer, it would
suspend diplomatic relations with
Great Britain until the insult was
explained or atoned for"
Would you vote for such pro-
ceedings?"
"What would be the use if did?
Commercial interests, as they are
called, will ever in this country be
superior to the idea of national
honor. / might stand nearly alone
in that position, and 1 certainly do
not desire practical isolation. We
are commercial people. Were we
q belligerent nation, there would
be music in the air be-
fore Monday night. We are
the second largest Caucasian
nation i'll regard to population
and believe territory. yet We are
afraid to seek refuge in the Stars
and Stripes, which are rapidly. in
foreign relations, degenerating into
q sort of pocket handkerchief. In
the adoped citizen business, it is
more "faunting lie" than ever it
was in the worst days of slavery
l am sorry to have to speak so
rudely of the national symbol, but
frankness is sometimes wholesome"
"What remedies do you propose
to restore the Stars and Stripes to
their ancient responsibility abroad ?"
"Give some other element in the
country than shopkeepers chance;
reconstruct the navy; represent us
in London and recall that weak
snob and dude Of dudes, the Lord
Rector of the University of Edin-
burgh, adopted Scotchman "a pretty
representative of the United States
in EnglandT'
The nation has no navy to assist
itself with, right or wrong. Success
sive administrations and congresses
of the last fifteen years have al
lowed our navy to rot in the docks
they deserve party reprobation. The
President has certainly done what
he could to remedy the state of al
fairs and hope his recommended
tions about the navy to the present
Congress will be sustained. With
reference to the party, suppose
Congress should declare for the Sus-
pension of diplomatic relations and
England declare war? If England
will do nothing she would back
down completely, because she knows
she has everything to lose in such
struggle. The English might block
ade all of our potts, but we
would not starve. We would be
healthy and happy at home and
nothing else. while our letters Of
marque authorizing privateers TO
prey ON her commerce would soon
make havoc with her, if no more
She might annoy us badly for six
after war was declared. but
within a year or eighteen months at
most, we would starve her, and she
knows it. Her fleet great as it is,
could never protect her merchant
marine" /
"What do you think, leaving out
the question of war. Congress will
do in the premises?"
efT boa-d tbat cbou1d OHM.