Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-09
EASTERN NEWS.
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r.x.s speech for O'DonaeiI.
xcroS. Dec. S.-The following
wa VASE of the House of Representa-
and prominent citizens called OF
PRESIDENT today and were granted
tbe .rS;ence in the Cabinet room Coz
% supohinson. of New York; Morrison
ana n and Finersy. of Illinois Gen
Spiins and Judge Foraker. Of Ohio
leieysv Of Iowa Maybury. of Michi
hufpIIa lamb. of Indiana; McAdOo, Of
gan' rarsey: Collins, of Massachusetts,
ssu and Burns. Of Missouri; j. b
UN ~ the Pekin, ILL.,. Daily Times
Hand Young. of Ohio. and others
tiIH few minutes devoted to intro
As;ons the President heartily shaking
euds Nth each of the gentlemen. anc
; interchange of jocular remarks or
~ nolitical status, the callers all beine
ns0mocrats. Mr.. Cox said "Mr. Presi
1snt these score or more Of gent
~ TO speak TO you in behalf
Patrick O'Donnell, a citizen o.
United States. He has Just
w., enmmarily tried and sentenced to
81 On the 18th. We do not come AS
,N1rsrs r. criticise the proceedings by
nns;.h he Was convicted; nor do We ASK
.ha ssn.ence be set aside because
ss took the life of an informer, exc
nc .s5 hv mankind. We simply ask 2
cs.y,onement of the execution; II vour
YaI,ention az our chief magistrate @ All
lave such effect, because II Is 'he earn
- and general sentiment OF the people
m represent. may be allowed 70 say
.r.t certain facts have produced abroad
dseD seated sympathy. These facts are
that the killing was not a murder from
m,lice and was not DELIBERATE. Inc
slsmepts of murder are lacking IN the
sasa The condemned man was not the
AGENT O. a band of avengers. lie was
NOT member of any such or,
canizatiou at the time he entered
anon the voyage. and be was not aware
that Carey, the informer, was a fellow
,asseuger. He was pursuing a bona TIDE
smrney with his wife to Capetown. The
nth ia, the killing was an ARRAY which
rrsw out of a sudden occasion, and has
- connection with the political events
| IN Ireland. Besides, it IL thought by
mauy that the trial was unfair, not 10
~ cruel. The authorize Of Capetown
damned jurisdiction. II ia the law OF
the realm that the nation whose law il
hroken should be the tocs in quo for
rial, The custom and law of the United
states condemn the proceedings, and il
IA contrary to English Jurisprudence
Besides, there was wanting tho old
nractice. of late abrogated in England
thereby the jury should have been
smpaneled, One-half from the IA
ton to which the prisoner belongs.
and another half from the nation by
vhich he is tried. Ii ID also certain that
tbe Judge decided upon the facts III
cell az the law. This was a mocksry IN
iury trial AMI scandal To Justice. /
mention these matters not for your pre-
vutatiOn of them in diplomatic way.
Your administration may not consider
!, proper to critioise, mucn less ~
,nstheinize, the action Of tho British
Court. We would not allow any re!lec
ions upon or judicial action from the
English GOVERNMENT; still these facts
have produced general and irradi
cable impression upon the American
people. As such | recount them sym.
pstby intensified by the knowledge that
Patrick ODonnel il n citizen OF thi.
country, although naturaiized, yet 10y
treaty he is ia the same relation as if he
had been born on our SOIL
General Collins s,id: at has beer
conceded and we'll known that he is a
citizen"
Cox said: "lf, Mr.. President. thi-
hurried execution takes places ttere viii
b. a shudder run through our people.
Foran: ''Is it not trua that O'Don-
nell was a Union so,dier?'
Finer.y: ut il so generally reported
and understood that it has not beer
Wnlradicted."
Coz, continuing-"Let us endeavor "a
do something. | would not embarras'
the executive by undue requests. Hav
ing long served on the cOInioitteo oil
| foreign affairs had occasion to protest
against the assumption or usurpntior
BY Congress Of diplomatic rover which
Is Exclusively lodged in your function
but. sir, you have intcrfered III anothe:
J case, that Of DR.. Lawson. 1t was case
Of poison; murder. It had none of the
interesting and international phases al
this case. |. did not make the universal
sympathy that this case does. Hence
as members of Congress, We. though
unofiicially, represent this universe
Sympathy for the Irish people. A large
vote is among them and we are not q
htt.e Interested, all of Us (laughter); ii
fact. we represent 20.O00,0OO people
OF Irish descent, among whom We ooun
such soldiers IA Gen. Sheridan, and yon
DIR. President, are proud to IL" recknucc
among the descendants % this gallant
race. Hero the President smiled, ant
bowed assent. On behalf of teeSs
sympathetic people, and in view OF thu
facts which have related, We only ash
you ID direct tho Secretary % State t.
op,n negotiations To carry out oar earn
eel Wishes
Finerty "As ordldlrv dip,omac,
woald be too late, may without lmpro
Prlety suggest nego;ilti for n ppst
ponemsnt ot the execution by cable an,
at oacs?'
The President" IA the exacltion l.
nIed for Monday weak. ,ka iIta, OF
course 1t must be by cable"
CDx-"if there should be \ postpone
ment OF taa execution, meanwhile Suit
representation may 10 inado either t.
commute the sentence or enlarge TIA
Prisoner under proper conditions. W.
appeal TO yo9r cleineucy and hum ,nitg.
The President in rop.y. saia the De
@rtment of State would ut once tels
Graph to Minister Lowell t. make q!
possible inquiry regarding ODonneit
ci!izenship, and he, the President, wonlS
axe whatever action he could WIZ
propriety.
Cox, before retiring with tbe drleaa
ton. handed tbs President n copy al
me appeal prepared by the Clan IA tiAe
association. whi.h has been sent To eact
member OF Congress-, aud which IN tn
main part is as follows:
The act for tso commission of shic
our fe!low-citizsn. Patrick VDonnel
now awaits execution IL having dare
70 defend successfully has life agsinr
On attack made on him bv wretch VII
ead already destroyed and honnded &
dsath several of his own associa,~.
The conduct Of ODonneu il r-i.ard-
not only "a jus.itiable. bu. ~ meritos
oas by hundreds of thousands of Amer
ON citizens OF every origin, ~ is prove
By the liberal 90 atribations to the fua
tor his defense. We request Won
Prompt aid in relieving him from b
impending fate. not for these reaser
None. but because il il ackRewledce
BY even the prosecutors that not oai
vas he unoonnecsed with any sosiesl
bu. WAS quite unAws-c Of thu identis
Of his assailant until very short tim
before the adray; therefore the esesu