The Labor enquirer., 1883-03-10
1nsn1t. to Our Flag.

o,,-outiOn which every citizen OF ILLS
9on1bIic has a right to ask himself at the
-,.6sant moment { We had hoped that
tba time was not long passed when the
,,overnment of any country in the world
EponId dare to insult the American flag
with impunity, and, least of all, the
Government of England; but recent
facts conclusiveIy prove the, fallacy Of
sncb q supposition, for presuming upon
the diIatory action Of the authorities IN
the matter of American citizens ina
,risoned in Ireland, not alone has the
sacred hospitality Of our country been
violated, but an insult unparalleled has
been thrust upon US by a representative
of the British government in New York
We learn that the ship Glamorgan
sailed a few days ago from British port
for Boston. When well out to sea two
gtowawavs from Ireland were discovered
on board, who we're, probably flying from
uncomfortable tyranny at home. Their
names are Andrew Cullen and Thomas
Douse.
Immediately after they were discov-
cred they were led captive. before Cap
tain: Court. and. Chief Officer May and
subjected to rigid examination. Cullen
was found to be in possession Of some
money and at once robbed Of it by the
ships officers. Both men were ordered
to hard labor and worked willingly and
with vigor. Chief Engineer Cantley
thought that man of the name Of Cullen
was wanted either as a witness or prin-
cipal in the. Phoenix Park trials Cullen
was accordingly made prisoner and some
accounts say, actually killed on board
the GIamorgan. The ship was wrecked
in midsea and some of the men on board
were rescued by the steamship Republic,
of the White Star line. Douse is
amongst the saved. The waves had
mercy on him, but the sea monsters on
board this White Star steamer had none,
for we find that he was no sooner landed
on the deck than he was arraigned before
Captain Irving, Of the Republic, and
Purcer Pearson, who, after a formal
examination placed him under guard in
solitary confinement in the hospital Of
the ship. Here he was halfstaVed and
otherwise roughly treated. On arriving
in port this brutal EngIishman sends a
dispatch tohis brothership, the British
consul in New York, asking him to take
charge Of the case That gentleman
would not submit to being disturbed in
his carousal by so paltry a circumstance,
and Dousc was therefore detained for
another night in his ship prison. He
was. however, eventually arraigned before
this British consul in New York and
discharged.
The tyranny of these British bulIies
On the high seas is quite intelIiglbIe to
Irishmen and is a fitting illustration to
their government Of Ireland. But once
they had entered American waters and
taken their moorings in the harbor Of
New York, we imagine that they SHOULD
remember that the practices peculiar to
Dublin bay and Cork harbor were mot
suited to the dignity Of the free republic
Of America. The banner Of the United
States floats here, and its authority is
supreme. England was long since taught
that lesson, but she appears to stand in
need Of being reminded Of il. If the
officers Of the GIamorgan and the Re
public considered that Cullen and Dousc
were criminals, it was their duty to
return them to British territory on dis
covering the fact, or to surrender them
to the government here. That they did
not DO. They took the one man who
survived their brutal treatment not only
nao American waters, but into an
American harbor, and deliberately al
rl.-u and try him by British law under
the shadow of the American flag, whose
protection is supposed to be accorded to-
all who enter even American waters.
This IS All insult to our national dignity
which no American citizen worthy Of
the name can hesitate in demanding an
a"o'o-y for, il seems clear to us that it
j. tAn ,lrty Of our government to at once
l@1n>. sander arrest the men who have
thus dared to insult us and to violate the
hospitality which this country extends
/" h who enter the prescribed lines, Of
us .Hrisd.ct1on. We nope that the
ET"l"~ authorities will not fail to notice