St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-06-16
Communicated
= HAAsYILLE, La, June 11th, 1883.

Communicated @
HAAsyILLE, La, June 18th, 1883.
Editor DEMOCRAT
The last master stroke of Mr.. ference
Mcclure in the Democrat OF the 9th
INST, shows that the gentleman is evil
IDENTIFY getting pretty hot, as the cham 1
Dion OF English misrule. There is
danger that Mr.. Mcclure may go OH by
spontaneous combustion. l shall keep a
close watch in the columns OF our lead
ing dailies expecting to see q dispatch
reading something as follows:
"ASoTHER CASE OF SPONTANEOUS CoMBUs-
TIoN THE Great and Learned, the NOBLE
Hearted Halter OF Dynamite, Mr.. Terence Nae, Nc
sIned by heat produced by hate of the Irish
Cause and their struggle for independence.
eIgnorance.n am more than willing
that you should, if to your liking, con-
slider me ignorant, and all the dynaml-
tards and the Irish generally. That IS
right you have a perfect title to, and l
for one must accept your ruling. You
have the brain, the Christian education
that so nicely fits you to hold the lofty
position you have aspired to, relative to
Irishmen and the Irish race. Yes slr,
you may if you choose, term them low
ana ignorant or use any language you
like, doubt, etc., for aught care.
The dynamitards will grow IN
strength regardless OF your master es-
says in the interest of England.
Mr.. Terence Mcclure, permit me TO
give you a letter written by General
VIM. C.. Halpin, corner of Twelfth and
Main street, Cincinnati, Ohio, May 23d,
1888. ..To the Editor United Irishmen !:
/ am glad to see that you are costing
John Bull large sums OF money IN keep
ING up an extra staff of police, detec-
tiyes, informers and paying American
newspaper proprietors for denouncIng
Won and praising the Christion virtues
of Mr., Bull. wish had a million to
send YOU to assist in blowing the old
ltypocrite to pieces, and ! would dle
contented and happy when the deed
was done. The same American papers
that call you all the bad names IN the
vocabulary of slang applaud the Mill
ist for exploding dynamite under y the
feet Of the emperor, and hug the ltal-
ian Iridenta to their warm embrace.
The power of money can make an IN
former and change an editors primer.
ule with equal facility. Il cannot trust
myself to speak of the last effort OF the
Pone to drive the Irish church and peo-
nile into the tender embrace OF the En-
rlish aristocracy. If Ireland and her
people are to take their politics as we'll
as their religion from Rome then the
freedom of that unhappy land may be
looked for after the day OF general
Judgment General Halpin you may
set down, if you like as an Ignorant
Irishman. Well, here is another one
Judge NJ. NJ. Rooney, No. 1914, North
Sixteenth street, st. Louis, Mo-, de-
elares for dynamite. He concludes a
long letter in these words: Cast your
fears to the winds and strike the muir
derers Of our people when and wherever
YOU find an opportunity" Father Wm.
MaIony, Cherry Creek, Nevada, puts
4 down 800 to- purchase dynamite. to
ciyilize England with. wonder what
tl,e Pope will do about it You Mr.
WcGuire will set it down as ignorance
T wish to call your attention to an artl-
eIe that was published a short time past
in that staunch old catholic journal, the
New York Freeman's Journal, SO ably
edited by Mr. McAllister. He says that
England is reaping only what she has
soWn. London has been the refuge fol
all the conspirators OF the world. She
las petted and caressed them, made
them the "lions" OF her assemblies ant ano
given them every aid and comfort. The
S,eonIe Of the United States are no
anxious to nurse assassins, but Wha1
precedent can England show. our gov
4rnment for giving up OF these men
accused Of crimes which they may o.
NAV not have committed. The United
States cannot surrender conspirators
That word liberty which means ont
thing when Mr.. Gladstone called dowI
fhe anger of England on the prisons Q:
Naples and another when he saw tit tt
crowd Irish suspects in KIllmenham
England permitted Mazinni and nearly
every Italian or French conspirato
who could reach London to form planl
.g,nmolested for CELEBRATING" their coun
tries. Shall the United States interfere
with Jeremiah O'DonOvan's schemes
which are no worse than those cOncOct
ed by the Mazinian cliques, with the ap
nrobation of "perfdious Albion" ane
DENY them the privilege OF asylum be
cause she ask those things, when these
sconspirators blow up an American cltl
zen or shatter the flag post Of the Amer
.ican flag, the eagle will be heard from
Init until then, England the nursing
mother of plots against possible nation
al rivals may take care of herself.
England is reaping what she has sOWI
"a crop of Upas trees.
4 hideous, horrible crop, monstrou
and unnatural. The secret societies II
ireland could never have existed excep
for her deyilish policy of repression Q
tha Catholic faith and coercion she drOV'