New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-21

ohout plowing mp buildings. 1t could not be done
in England itself. and it cannot be done here.
These men are shrewd. they have plenty of money,
tbov undoubtedly have good legal advice, and
thov take care not to come into conflict Win
the law. 1t is often said in vague way
IN the English papers that the United
States Government ought to do something.
What can il do We can't abridge the right oil
free speech. Clearly we can't reach that form OF
the trouble without altering our institutions entre
w. aud no one would propose to do that. was 10
England during the Chartst excitement, ana the
trades against the Government were great deai
6ercer than the talk of these dynamite men to-day
But they could not touch man until he had COM
m1tted some overt act. The English certainly
ought 10 understand this. They know that our
laws are very much like their laws, and they can
not EXPECT us to do for them in this country what
we could not do for ourselves and what they could
not do themselves in England. These men do moth
ing you can lay your hand on here and even If you
could prove conspiracy against them that is not one
of the crimes for which extraditon is provided I'M
der the treaty"
"Would It he practicable to widen the treaty SO
as to include crimes Of this sort I"
"lt is possible of course, but 1t will never DC
done No extradltion treaty can ever DC ehiarseu
so as to include misdemeanors."
Tbeneutrahty laws do not meet the case IN any
way, of courSeT
.'No they are limited in their sphere. They re-
late only 10 the acceptance OF commissions or en-
listments within the United States against any
power with which we are at peace the hitting out
vessels against such power etc. Section O,Zoo OF
| the Revised Statutes makes il a high msdemeanor
TO set on foot or furnish the means for any mill
tarv expedtion or enterprise against any power
Dut fhaae ngDiraCte3
are not military enterprises, and as rule Congress
has been very guarded in passing even such laws
| In 1s3s. at the time of the Canadian rebellion,
law WAS passed at the special request OF the BRITISH
| Government 10 stop enstments on this SIDE
! of the Canadian border. The law made 1t a mlsde-
meauor punishable with fine ard imprisonment In
| the county Jail for persons TO meet together ana
drlll and form companies for the purpose OF inVad'
ing the territory Of any friendly prince or power
Yet CongreSs was not willing that this should be a
law for any length of time and inserted provision
that It should cease TO be in effect two years after
its passage. This law, as say, was passed al the
specia request of Great Britain; and yet, when the
| rebel priyateers were being openly built IN Eng
and by members of Parliament during our Civil
War all the answer we could get to representa-
tions was that the laws could not be changed and
the English laughed at us in their sleeves while the
buiI6inp ofpriyateers went on. Ii is impossible not
10 remember such things although no decent per-
son approves or countenances the schemes of these
| dynamite men"
"Then. with all your experience and attention to
the subject, you see nothing thatcan DC done IL
| this country Y
Nothing except perhaps to have very stringent
laws passed regarding the possession or sale ol eA
plosiyes. That would be entirely in our power
and could be done, Of course. without any treaty
| Beyond that don't see anything 10 do except tc
let the thing die out which it will do, although II
seems likely now that it win last some time
Judge O'Connor went on to speak of the lrisi
question generally in which he IS deeply interested
because lie Is an Irishman and was once an IrisL
agitator. But he has no words IN which 10 express
his detestation of and contempt for the dynamite
scbsmes. The best of these men are foolish" said
ho and worse than foolish. They ought to know
even If there were nothing else said about il, that
II will do them no good 10 blow up few building
and XIII a few people. They can't blow up the
| whole populatlon Of England-or rather remove
them for notice that they have borrowed Guteau's
| word. The evidence at Brady's trial showed that
| the society was for the purpose OF removing op'
| pressors and have no doubt that Ouiteaus mur'
der of Garfield had something to do with suggesting
| these crimes These men are doing good deal ol
injury TO the of Ireland. But ior all that the
Irish troubles are real and great Inc people nave
| been starving there for long time. know no" u
was when | lett there forty year: ago ana II y
worse now. Why, Delaware and Rhode lsiaLt
| would have rebelied against the whole oI th'
United States If they had uttered nom this country
| what the Irish have suffered from England. lheT'
| il only one remedy for their trOubles-hCme rule
| I ne nearer YOU get any people system Of self
| government the better they are of. W hy shoult
! ireland be denied legislature Look at canada
with thirteen legislatures IN the different province
LEGISLATIVE body and vet Ireland is denied one. De
| pend upon IT, home rule IS the remedy"