New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-29
IRISH DYNAMITE.
THE FsPLCsIoN-PUBLIO OPINION--C0N-
JECTIJRES

history of last nights explosion. 1t is signih-
cant that the first word on everybody's bps
this morning was "The Irish. of course The origin
| and method of the attempt are still unknown, but
it il taken for granted that the authors OF 80 horrl
bic an outrage can only belong to that race which
| Mr. Parnell. when declining to disconnect himself
from grave crime, described as generous and I'M
pulsye. That is the character the Irish have snc-
ceeded in establishing for themselves. Mr.. Patrick
Ford and Mr.. O'Donovan Rosa, no doubt. think IL
good character. Patriots like Nh.
| Sheridan and Mr.. Egan and hr. John
Dewey NAV be of the same mind. They
will accept this swift divination as a compliment
There must be Inshmcn who do not hut is it not
quite time they should make their dissrn from tho
doctrine of dynamite sOmewat more audible than 1t
now isl In tho roar If last nights explosion their
voices may be lost il hey not raised and there
is only too much probability that we shall hear III
| some quarters an echo instead OF pro est.
Nor do people content themselves with tracing This
new CRIME to the Iish. They trace it TO Mr. Parnel.
or most people do. The exception is The DAILY Nccs
which gives the associate of Mr.. Nc athy the ben
eft of the doubt The passage may he worth Gnoi-
| ing:
The explosion in Char'cs-st las, night follows i'm
medaely upon the rejection Ct an important IRISH
| measure upon Mr.. Paruelps announcement thai az
tation would be renewed II II weT' nor passed, ana
eminent uld grant no ming to Ireland when out
RACES ceased. To many people this sequence OF
They will be disposed to say tina prompt response
| has been gwen Dv lrsrFenians III tmS country u"
| Mr.. PANELS appeal. For ourselves, we must ms
claim any such hasty and unsupport Il conclusion.
Other journals are less disposed 30 mince matters;
less charitable if you like or less sympathetic The
Times stirred into something of its Old vIgor by its
own share IN the peril, speaks with courageous
plaiDness. "The Fenlan answer 10 Mr. GladstOne's
speech on Wednesday has MOI boon long delayed"
ia its opening sente &C. Whoever wrote it accu-
| rately expressed the thought of his readers. lie
has made up his mind OIL the mattrr.-this too, is
now in that journal an unusual example Of prompt
ness and decision II is not case, says be, where
she public need suspend its judgment; the facts are
too clear the impossibility Of anr explanation but
one too apparent. 1--WE are IN the presence oil the
first attempt on the part of tie Dynamite
party to carry out their long threatened policy
Of bringing "the war as they call If, into
the heart of London ana OF destroying public build
ings in the hope of Illus destroying Government
Itself" Nobody supposcs that two simultaneous
ouirages-One on Government office, the other on
The 1imes-are to lie explained on the theory OF a
fortuious coincidence The assassination press
of America winch ip America is treated with a
contemptuous indifference not ielt here, has gwen
warning enough. We have heard OF the war t. be
carried on with all The appianc, Of modern science
IN all the cities of GTea Britain Is tins TIL begin
ming Of itf The Times seems TO think 1t is:
The moment has lceu aptly chosen. In Ireland
the law nas proved Its-if Ion sroug for the Grim
inals; the asSasslns are In sate-kcepnG,
wailing for ther convection ON OF me
England that The next attempt To ter
| r0rIze the GOvcrnmen. ana Parliament must
be made and tie moment selected l. the moment
when the Government mas shown ifself resolved 10
resist further Iilsl d'mancs. a ew GAYS ago ihe
| rumOfs If Lord Spencrrs resignation and OF ms
withdrawal from the Cabinet were anthontativelv
denied: in o ner word, tho Ir~h criminals were
toll that the hand OF the law wa. not ab>ut 70
relax rs hold upon them. o. "Wednesday NT.
Gladstone told br P.rneil that he &c lined 10 re-
open the land question aud thai for inr present no
attempts to renew agra would he OF any avail.
The criminals and the agiators have been prompt
IN their reply.
That will serve as a specimen Of the tone In which
the matter is dealt with by the press. If the
manners OF this u.iness expected to bring about
panic they nave miscalculated | can see 10 slg Of
panic London has .ong known in general way
that 1t might b. called on 10 face "a
peril against which human precautions
might prove powcrless. Last nights
work has perhaps brought II lItto nearer. or
lit more windy TO the mind Of the public. But
there IL something udicrous ard childish in the
notion which Irlshmen seem. to cherish. that
England is to be in Undated III this way, or IN
any way Intimidation answers when practi ed
as Irish agtdtors for some years past have prac
tsed IT, on the weak. the pour, the deienceiess on
their own counirymen. IN whose behalf they pro-
fess with true Irish logic 10 commit OutTa2es. II
is difficult to write seriously OF it "A policy di
rected ag iinot proud and powerful people.
lf panic there were, the signs of it and proofs of
| il woujd he palpablc and numerous. Should any of
vour readers have happened 10 be in Paris when a
serious not III the streets WAS expected, or,
perehance, a revolution and barbados, they
well know how alarm gives token OF its
existence and prevalence The bury in the streets
the whispered talk in tie restaurants; the endless
| proc ,sslon of uggage-laden cabs; the roaring
crowds on The departure platforms of tie railway
stations; the empt,ing courlyards Of the hotels
who's guests are fleeing; the public advice OF great
journals to quit the city, and tie acceptance of 1t
| bv their readers; the movements Of troOps-these
and many other arks of perturbation were always
10 be seen IN Pans, and none of them IL to be seen
to-day in London. That feeling Of anger is r1s'ng
against the Irish in general think is true; but OF
| that by and by.
| This afternoon The Pan Mall Gasette comes TO
| the rescue of Mr Parnel with the oft-repeated
story of the hostility between HIM and the Fenans
| This says Mr. John Morley, is obviously Fenian
| outrage. and it is notorious" that the Fenians
| have always been bitterly hostile TO MIR. Parnel
and his followers. THIS assertion has done duty be-
| fore now-in the case of the PbGnix Park murders
for example do know that the proof Of II has
been supplied. The Fenians and Mr.. Parnell have .
common object which they agree TO pursue by dif-
ferent methods. But let Us admit that between the
two bodies of Irish "palrots" there is as much
enmty as exists between two political parties III
England. IL is long inference from that to
tine conclusion now drawn. l never believed IN
the stories, industriously circulated at tho time
| of the Dublin murders that lir. PaInell himself
was in danger from the same band Of assassins who
filled LORD Frederick Cavendlsh and Mr. Burke.
do not now believe, "DOtolous" though il be. that
the degree OF hostility existing between Mr. Parnei
and the Invincbes is enough to prevent their act
ing in common. cannot forget, nobody can forget