New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-15

II WAS thought 1Ol long tlHlc tIli' lHc
chief use of the Broohlyn Bridge would he to
facilitate travel between the two cities. Con-
siderable interest was felt i'll the progress OF
ihe structure for that reason. But now that
if is approaching completion and is presently
about 10 be opened 10 the public II Is dis
covered that it Ia, much higher NE. to which
the other is secondary and subordinate. Mo-
body cares u cent about the bridge to-day a.
means Of communication between the two
cities. The great question in every mind Is
Shall il BE- used to win the good will Of our
Irish fcllow-citzcns who have kindly abah-
doncd their native land To take charge of
this, or shall it be made the instrument of
running a very large sized garden roller over
their finer feelings and 80 outrlging them and
expressing them and grinding them down that
they will feel compelled by SENSE of personal
honor and their own sclf-rcSpcct to blow up
the whole wrctched affair with dynamite That
is the present aspect of the bridge question. 1t
is now pretty well understood that the design oi
the bridge was originally conceived with the sole
view of Iivcting upon Ireland the letters OF Ing
l,hdc>potism and setting upon the facco LABOR
the heel OF bloatcd Monopoly The design has
been well concealed for years, W,dlc millions
of dollars have been expended to carry out the
subtle scheme Of the coEspirators. No one who
has faithfully followed the proceedings OF the
philosophers who meet every Sunday in Clar-
endon Hall to regulate the universe can doubt
| that the sole purpose of the bridge was 10 do
| honor 10 Queen Victoria and the British GOV
eminent. and so strike blow at Ireland. To
doubt this at the present stage Of the pro-
cccdings would he 10 question the sanity OF
the Clarendon Hall philosophers.
The discovery that this was the utcrioI
| purposc in building the bridge was not made
until the announcement appeared that the
| Queens birthday had been fixed upon for the
formal opening and the attending ceremonies
The plot was then laid bare. II was for thu.
that the work had been so long delayed; fOl
this that. under the prctcncc of having beer
disappointed in some oil the steel contracts
,hc trustees dallicd along until the day-day
most appropriate Of all ddys-to wit, " Saint
Patrick's Day in tho Morning. had passed
| The propucty of assOcating the opening Ol
the bridge with the natal day of the patron
saint Of the rulers of the two cities Is Obvious
These trustees skipped it, and evidently skipped
it. rs Artcmus Ward said, "a puIpus.'
They intended, with malice prcpcnsr, TO make
this an occasion for doing honor to the OpprcsSoI
Of ireland and to make it especially glorious ioI
Her Majesty by celebrating upon her birth
day the union of the two cities owned and
governed by Boss Kelly and " Boss
Mclaughlin. SO, having by ingeniously con
tIived delays managed to get by ST. Patrick y.
Day, they fixed, as it were by accident, upon
the , lth ol May for the celebration. Pcrhap,
| they hoped the significance of this choice
would escape observation. They mst0Ok the
temper of thc patriots who sit up n-htS in th,
! Bowcry trailing their cOat-tails on the side
walk for some English cmlssary to step on
II was at once discovered. as it were, stimuli
tancousv, ny various patriotic organizations and
several Aldermen on each side OF the river Il
a moment the conspiracy stood revealed. TIL,
Young Ireland that rules the two cities could
brook no such insult. The demand was mad,
that the date should he changed. and the trus-
tees were given to understand that unless the
change were made the bridge was doomed
The noble spirits who are engaged III freeing
Ireland at long range with their mouths woulo
blow up the bridge and everybody on it.
1t is understood that the trustees hesitate
| They do not want to change the date, anC
they dislike to lose the bridge. The TRIBUSI
takes leave to advise them. One thing is Ger
tain. The Queen of Great Britain must not be
honOrcd in the manner proposed; it would Civ,
offence to a class of patriots who bear absolut,
sway in these two cities, and who are uncOm
monty sensitive to insults They will blow up the
bridge-no one can tell what they won't blow
up-if this thing is persisted in. The frs
duty of property holders in an emergency Xix,
this is to reverence their rulers. During tn,
war We made the mistake of offending thes,
gentlemen by the enforcement of the draft
What did they do7 They burned much prop
erty, slew many people, broke up for a couple
of days, i'll large and wholesale way the
existing condition Of law and order, and made
us understand who and what they were
Now let ut stop right here ant