Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1883-04-20
Is ASSASSINATION VAN.

curtaliS enc horfoIs VI WAT ny fcih'cu
methods of killing. This is an empty
boast. The c~ruelest wars have been
those waged between the most civilized
nations. The means Of war are to be
determined by the necessities OF the
case. Arms are chosen and methods de-
yised in accordance with the compare
tive strength Of the belIigerents and the
extremity Of the grievance suffered. 1t
must be remembered also that man,
when viewed from the point Of war, IS
an animal, or rather a beast. His civiii-
cation. his morals are cast aside, and in
the struggle for life he uses whatever
a his rage supplies. The death OF
innoccnts is inevitable in war. The
logic of war is that if the struggle is JUS
tiiable the means rendered. necessary
and unavoidable to accomplish the end
proposed by it are legitimate. Physi-
calIy unable to cope with a monster from
whom you cannot escape, would you not
dash vitriol into his face, or blow him
up with dynamite, even if you had to de-
stroy all his household along with him ?
The answer is in the question. These
thoughts are suggested by the history OF
ireland. The Irish prefer death to their
present condition, but they have a very
pardonable desire to live. As they can
not live, however, in honor, as the men OF
other nations do and continue at tie
same time in servile subsection to En-
gland; and as either they or the English
must die in order that Ireland may be
free; and As they are reduced to the ex-
tremity Of using nitro-glycerine and dyna-
mite to acquire their freedom they have
at last made up their minds to use dyna-
mite and nitro glycerine for this purpose,
On this vital topic the New York
World says:
sIf one country gained another by the
sword six hundred years ago and has
made so little progress in conciliating 1t
since that it holds it by the sword to-
day, il the conquerors despised the con-
qucred and the conquered detested and
loathed the conquerofs, if the conquer
ors paid 30 little attention to the wishes
or opinions OF the conquered that they
took special measures to prevent the rep
resentatives OF the conquered from even
making known to the Legislature OF the
~nauer what those wishes and opin-
ions were, would anybody pretend that
Az o~~,rct.or Iefuuaou thaao txvo couu-
tries could be to the advantage of either ?
Would anybody imagine that the con-
quered people were to blame for the in
compatibility Of temper between them
selves and their conquerors, or that it
made any practical difference in such q
slate Of facts and Of feeling on which
side the blame lay! The presumption,
it must be admitted, as to the origin OF
the discomfort Of the conquered is rather
against the conqueror.
"Now, this is precisely the condition
Of Ireland. The whole Irish people
abhor the British connection and long to
be free from it. They have 10 chance
against the conquerors in open war, but
smothered war has been the imme-
mortal condition Of things between them.
When 9 general instruction is hopeless,
assassination is war, and it is the only
mode Of warfare possible. To deny the
right of . people who consider them
selves oppressed to resort to 'outrages' is
to say that when an oppressed people are
90 weak in numbers as to be unable to
take the field they must submit to what
they regard as oppression or trust to the
amsliorating influences of time and
peaceable agitation.
ITO Irishmen it ID = mere mockery to
talk Of time and ~peaceable agitation.
Ireland has been trying time and peace.
able agitation, varied by outrages. for
Eve or six hundred years. and hates Eng
land a much ~ ever. Not : single con-
cession has been won from England dur
ing all these centuries by Irish appeals to
the English sense Of justice. Whatever
concessions have been made have been
extorted BY oatraees. and 30 have not
had any effect in allaying Irish discon.
tent or in mitigating Irish hatred OF
England. This lesson of history has
been faithfully learned by Irish agi-
tators, and II they want anything from
England their readiest way to get it 10
by killing Englishmen, or blowing up the
houses Of Englishmen, or houghing the
cattle Of Englishmen, or in some other
way destroying the property and dis
quieting the lives of Englishmen.
1T L perfectly natural that English
men should object to these modes OF
political agitation and should prefer
moral s~uasion, which they can stop by
summary measures whenever II becomes
tiresoms. II may be natural that they
should desire to enlist al foreign govern
msnts = police to help them keep the
peace in ireland. But IL i not in the
least natural that they shonld expect
foreign governments 70 accede TO their de-
sires. So far ~ foreign governments are
concerned. Ireland 10 part< Of England,
and the Government Of England u re-
sponsihle for the condition Of ireland,
which has been produced by the Govern.
ment Of England. That they should call
upon foreign governments to pass special
laws in order 70 snabls them 10 suppress
disturbaAces ID their dominions.
argues An fassnrance not. perhaps, un-
English. but that they should expect
such : call TO BE- Answered II not easily
credible. II the English cannot govern
Ireland without calling on al mankind
10 help them suppress Irish resentment
Of the process. thsre il clearly nothing
for them TO do but 70 allow ireland 70
govern herself"
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