Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-12-20
IRISH PATRIOTS
Bitterly Denounce What They Term the
Legal Murder OF O'Donnell by the
British Government.
Enthusiastic Meeting at Washington,
Presided Over by Richelieu Robin.
son. of Massachusetts.
Speeches by Congressman Finerfy; OF H.
linOis, Calkins, and Belford,
OF Colorado.

WASHINGTON, December ia large
meeting was held this evening at Ford's
Operahouse under the auspices of the
Clafi ne Gael, to express, in the words of
the call, the "Afiieft-sa opinion and feel
ing in regard to the ludicia. --pyder of
ParricclE ODonnell by the British autfiof-
ities."
CONGRESSMAN ROBINSON,
of New York, presided. He stated that
O'Donhell was not the first Irishman Eng
land had Murdered, nor would he be the
last; f6r intStminabie war waged between
Ireland ard Ehsland; He thanked God
for that, because England fSpfssetted ops
preston and everything despicabie Of Tire
! nineteenth century. He criticised the
Atiglciiiiiania which led the American
people to .tete and MAZE much of English
men who visited America simp1; because
they were Englishmen. He did not meai
to find fault with the 40, 500, 900 citizens of
the United States, but with the 100000
dudes who flocked in the train of every
Englishman. The United States could
not afford to have her citizens arrested by
I FrglaIId without d protest, nor have them
convicted without d fair trial. The nsrre
of Patrick CDcnneif was prottder,
and more to be HSnored than
those of all the queens and monartfis "
! the whole world. He stated that it was
/ his intention to get the House OF Repre-
sentatives to say ,shethhr they approved
the course OF the Minister % Great
Britain. If he had been true representa-
tive of the United States Patrick O'Donnell
would be alive to-day. Lord j. Russell
Lowell must come home. The whole
+! dip16Hiatie corps was disgrace to
| America. ,.....
coN0RssssHSES cSLKINs
said he was not here because Le hNd fish
| blood in his veins, but because he had
always been lover of liberty, and be-
cause he hated tyranny and intolerance.
He hoped to live to see the day when the
people Of Ireland would be as free as the
citizens Of America, The time was not
far of, when the tyranny Under which
Ireland was oppressed would be broken
Ii it should turn out; when a proper in
| vestigatiop is made, that O'Donnell was
convicted I'm spite OF law and againct it
then Ireland had added one more patriot
TO her long line of individual sufferers fol
freedom.
| CONGRESSMAN FINsRTf,
of Illinois, said the meeting was called to
lament the impotency of great nation
which, by nation not fit to black its
shoes, had Teen insulted in the person o
its President. There was dav when tn,
cannon of America would have answered
the insult and defiance OF England. Th'
question was not so much one of lrisf
liberty as American decadence. Their,
never was an insult more direc
nor inexcusable than the refusa
OF Lord Granville to consider tn,
request of the American nation. Suppos,
the President had telegraped Lowell Fri
day, night 81 demand respite of Patricl
| al L Il IL -.
relations will be suspended 1t woull
: have said that the blood of tn
nation was up, and if England hat
sent her fleets, they would hay,
been met as they have been me
before. Referring to the contest 70
the chairrarslip of the Committee Oh
Foreign Affairs, he said the backbone of
1 certain party would resent tile. appoint
ment of any man said to be under the in
fiuence of England as the head of tina
] committee. If one party wasresponsible 10
Lowell, he did not want another party to b
responsible for a gentleman who was Gel
tain to be the ally and supporter of tn
policy of that minister, He had spokel
these words as a Democrat, knowing tn
backbone Of the party, because he though
some Democrat should tell the presidin
officer OF the House What people of hi
sentiments thought OF surrendefing tn
control of foreign affairs into the hands o
clique who believed in hobnobbing wit
the English aristocracy.
CONGRESSMAN BELFoRD,
of Colorado, indorsed the remarks G
Robinson, and asserted that O'Donnel
was doomed to death for the just act c
!, killing sneak. Had he been tried by
Colorado jury they would have acqHitte
J him without retiring. The man who er
tered conspiracy and then gave away hi
eonfederates In order to save his ow
. neck, had no right TO live.
The meeting; which was very enthus
J astie, frequently interrupted the speaker
with loud cheers, adjourned after tn
adoption of resolutions condemnatory {
IL of DIT n1,r, all