New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
IRISH DYNAMITE.
AMERICAN AND IRISH OPINIONS OF THE
EXPLOSION CONSPIRACY.

IN IRISH dynamite are scanned with something more
than curiosity. In like the present, New-iork
dispatches TO London are of considerable import
once Men turn to them to find ont what Americans
are thinking about the nitro-g lycerine policy and
Its agents as we'll as what those agents are doing
across the Atlantic. But it happens that these dis
patches do not in all cases give quito the same ac-
count of the state of American feeling. Luckily
there are correspondents than one, and II one
makes mistaken Ia possible to correct him by
referring to different source Of information. On
Saturday, for example The Standard published a
telegram purporting to give, among other matters,
an account of what The TRIBUNE had said. The
account as a whole was of character which IN
duced The Standard to remark that the American
press did not altogether rise superior to the state of
mind which permits man to contemplate with
certain degree of satisfaction the misortunes OF his
ncighbors, But turning to The Times and The
Daily NeioS it appeared that THE TRIBUNE had in
fact condemned the present conspiracy as one OF
the most internal ever known. This sentence the
correspondent of The Standard had suppressed.
Perhaps he did not think it material. But 1t Is
difficult to suppose that n writer in London would
have taken the view above quoted if he had been in
possession of the energetic phrase omitted by his
correspondent in New-York and supplied by two
Others.
There is passage in the article published by The
Ncc- York Herald of April or ut is not clear
which, that perplexes the English reader. The
Herald urges that the British should dismiss the
idea that the Irish Irreconclabes receive substantial
support from the United States. But if there be
thing which is regarded hore as certain, 1t is that
not only the funds for outrages, but some of the
men who are to commit them, come from America.
In face of the evidence that Gallagher had large
sum in American bank notes and that other prisoners
had English bank notes with an American stamp on
them it must be interesting to know on what evil
dence your contemporary bases its curious opinion.
1t appears further that some of the apoogists OF
the party of Irish violence are making an effort to
discredlt the accounts published here and tele-
graphed hence to New-York. Assuming that the
latter reasonably correct summaries of the for
mer, nothing could be futile than such an
attempt. The New-York dispatch to this mornings
Standard contains the following surprising passage:
Generally speaking the newspapers are of
opinion that the only remedy is for England 10
make Ireland happy and the suggestion that Eng
land has the slightest ground of complaint against
the States ELECTS in the first place stoid refusal to
believe in the telegraphed statements. For ex-
ample, The Herald says: 1t IS not safe TO infer
that America is the basis of operations OF these pur
veyOrs of dynamite. We can state with confluence
that they are not Americans, and American opinion
of their doings snot materially different from the
English"
own suggestion that these offences may render
necessary combined international action and tho re-
vision of the whole series of tradition treaties At
the moment this view OF the question is not pressed
here the public mind being occupied with the arrests
of the criminals actually English soil and the
break up of the most imminently threatening
conspiracy, But it cannot be long before the prob
lem of dealing with their accomplices in the United
states will be considered So long us the Irish
dynamite parts in America had such poor crea-
ture as Rosa for its head, the English had not
greatly concerned themselves with the question OF
| his impunity. At time. no doubt. Rosa was
| regarded here capable of some mischief as n
moro dangerous rufian than you In America
| thought him. The Herald remarks with certain
defect Of elegance that England refusing TO accept
its own view Of Rosa and his cOnoderates, keeps
| UP a wretched pother about men whose names are
grist for our comic paragrap piers" While II was
supposed that the Glasgow aud Manchester out
RACES mig be the work OF these men, II was per-
haps less easy here to take the comic view than 1t
was found to be in New-York. Stll nobody
wanted to make more of the matter than was
absolutely necessary No formal demand has ever
been addressed by the English Government TO the
American Government for the ertradltion of any
body except persons with respect to whom legal
evidence of legal offence not supplied or ex-
pected
But now comes the definite statement that Pat
rick Ford, who was until recently Mr.. Parnells
stoutest American supporter aud il still the
chief director OF Irish opinion in the
United States, now openly advocates the use
of dynamite" If this be true the suggestion
YOU have thrown out acquires great Importance.
Patrick Ford is understood here to be really what
this CORRESPONDENT describes him 10 be-the chief
director of Irish opinion in Notwithstanding the
same relation in politics TO the consciences Of his
countrymen that the priest or perhaps In these days
the Pope holds to them in matters Of religion. The
Irish World seems to be able to repeal at will any
one of the Ten Com mandments, to say nothing of
snch lighter obligations honor. morality manli-
ness and manly repugnanoe TO base and cowardly
methods Of action 1t and tie editor, we are told,
will control the coming Philadelphia convention.
where the uso OF dynamite for tho wholesale muir
der of innocent men and women and children, Irish
as well as English is to be soemnly proclaimed the
cardinal point in the creed Of Insh-Amercans. The
United States are to become the safe ground from
which the dynamite campaign is to DO carried on.
Money is TO be raised for the avowed obect of blow
ing up London. Agents TO be selected on Ameri-
can soil. equipped with American implements dis.
patched for American ports Crime thus organized,
II is thought here. not merely, mainly crime
against England. 1t is crime against civilization,
and the mon who c0ncoct 1t become simply, in the
vigorous old legal phrase, enemies Of the human
race.
Whether they shall be tolerated in America is, as
you have been the first to remark, a question that
has to be considered and answered somehow or
other. The prejudices or principles which have
made English and Americans alike reluctant to sur
render persons accused Of political offences have
relation to such case as this. 1t is misuse OF
language to call the offences perpetrated and
contemplated, political. The difficulty In tho way
of dealing with criminals who. like Patrick Ford,
coDine themselves to advising and procuring the
use of dynamite abroad. is not international it is
domestic. England will of course not ask for the
extradition of an Irishman resident in the United