Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-05-18
FRIDAY Mav Ts,h. .....~Iss3. ,
me IRISH AGAIN.


Dublin on Monday very quietly. al
though ten thousand brople we're az
&bled outside the prison yard 10 which
Brsdy was hanged From all accounts
he died game" and probably consider.
ID himself martyr. as did the large con
course Of people outside who silently
raised their hats when the black flag an
Nsuncing his death appeared above the
walls.
The crime which. hHnanIg speaking,
brady sxpiated four days ago. wis most
datsrdly, but he has hardly received the
severe popular condemnation which has
been heaped upon Carey, the first in
former. One Of the cowardly and dis
Eusting thing about this whole business
u the readiness with which some Of
these criminals have informed on their
fellows when pushed to the wall In
deed there is no telling but that if Carey
bad not fastened to inform on his col
leagues when he found that the Police
Captain frem India, especially appoint
81 for this purpose. was hunting them
down. Brady himself might have been
beforehand with him.
The Cells may have been the grand.
est people in the world, but if Carey,
Brady. Kelly, 0Donovan Rossa and
the fest Of this assassinating. dynamit-
Ing crowd are descended from them.
thea We think recital Of their pristine
glory nag about as much woiglrt and
place in the discussion of the Irish ques.
.ion Of to-day, as there would be in
recommending lying, thieving.
drunken wretch for the position of
sasher in a bank or book keeper in a
mercantile house on the ground that bis
ancestors we're earls or viscounts.
History is History, but cufiously
enough there is more than one side TO
almost every thing that is stated as a
historical fact, or at least there are or
we're so many circumstances surround
ing every so-called historical fact if we
could but discover them and properly
spply them, as to considerably modify
its seeming effect and meaning. There
ere undoubtedly some very dark chap
hers in Irish History and some facts
which bear heavily against England,
but the tendency Of modern parliamcn,a-
ry enactment has been strongly in favor
Of the ameloration of the condition Of
ths law-abiding Irish people This is
not saying that there is moi much more
70 be done il the Irish will permit it.
The land act, giving ''ixity of tenure.
sair rents aud free sales" to the Irish
tenant farmers bad hardly passed before
Lord Cavendish and Mr.. Burke we're
murdered in cold blood in Phoenix Park
BY Brady and his partners. Possibly
meme of the Land Leaguers we're directly
concerned in this tragedy but some pcs
Rive dcnunciation Of these murders by
she League as an order would have re-
lieved its members from suspicion. Just
as a resolution by the Philadelphia CON
vention against dynamite would have
relieved the members of that body from
the suspicion of endorsing this cowardly
method of warfare. Such a resolution
would have been much more effective
in gaining sympathy for Irelands woes
saan rehashing of grievances hundreds
Of years old The facts that the Irish
Nationalists party is organizing fund
for the relief of persons who have been
ARRESTED in connection with murder
trials, and that a circular has been sent
~ all trades-people in Dublin threaten
log them not to have any de,lings with
any ofshe jurors who found the Phoenix
Park murderers guilty, constitute strong
evidence that large body Of the Irish
people far from condemning, actually en-
dorse these murderers and dynamite
eends. Those people are serving Ire
land best who attempt to rcpress Irish I
crimes and openly condemn them, instead
81 justi'ying them by appeals to ancient
history or excusing them on the plea of
Irish ardency The Land League or
The National League and other active
champions Of Irish wrongs could render
no better service to Ireland to begin with
than warning all Irishnen against these
secret societies and compounders Of
dynamite. but all the leaders and
champions seem to refrain from this
noss salutary step with caution which
discredits them with the civilized wor d.
They seem to think their is an Irish
right and wrong distinct from that of
the rest of the world. There were such
things as local morals in the Middle
Ages. but they are extinct and cannot
be revived.
We are glad to see that the Pope ha.
sent document to the Irish Bishops
'.,ondemning the raising of fund for
Mr. Parnell'' and generally desiring
them to forbid the clergy to participate
ia political meetings or encouraging
subscriptions in aid Of tire present agita
non" All we'll wishers ofIrelasd mH,t