Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-01-26
Leo the Lion.


 The Sunday readers of the Star were offered the benefit of a pastoral from Leo, on Irish affairs, if they have not palled upon the public palate "The damnable iteration" of Leo's phrases, adapted no doubt to the ears accus- toned to such language, will not be im- itated iu this communication.
 The late Earl of Mayo, Viceroy of h. dia. invented an expression worthy of that magnificent IrishmRn, that it was the duty of every statesmen "to level up."
 An American traveller, now a resident of Arizona, once, in passing through Ire land, was conversing with one of the natives and spoke admIringly of the soil, the climate, the waters, the holly, the whisky, and all the charms which Ire land possesses. and inquired in wonder what grievances the Irish people had against the British government, and was answered: "Begorre sur, that's what's the trouble, the bloody Saxons have taken away our grievances"
 An Irishman without a grievance and the consequent pleasure of the shillalah Is like a man without soul
 Whenever our judicial ermine is spot less,-and from the Supreme Court at Washington to the remOtest bench of the Republic We can claim a judiciary stand ing upon the pedestal of law regardless of the wares of public opinion-we may commence throwing stones at Justice Denman across the Atlantic.
 We cannot discuss the decisions of Judge Jeffries Gt this remote period-his name has come down to us covered with obloquy, and so has that of Judas Isca- riot; but Story says in his wonderful translations of Roman story that Judas was the Patriot of Judea.
 will disabuse LeO's mind of the hallucination as 10 the writer over the signature "Sum Romanus Civis." he is not and never was in the employment of the CITIZEN, but has voluntarily sup ported the Arizona press without re- gard to race, color, or previous cOndi- tion of servitude." But 1t seems to be regarded heIn0us offense by Leo for any one to express opinions not in &C., cord with his own, and for newspaper to publish then. However this may be, 1t is recorded in indelible ink that O. Donnell was tried, condemned and exc cuted as a murderer, by government whose jurisprudence has no superior in the worlds history. In LeO's first sum- burst of patriotism he declared that ODoDnell shot Carey in "self defence" be now unblushinCly comes forward and calls him political avenger." Leo knowns or ought tO know that one greater than he hath said vengeance is mine, I will repay" It was beyond ex- pectation to hope that a mind composed in the mould of LeO's could stoOp to recognize the stern realities which en- compass the bright little island with cordon of grimy monsters of the sea, that render nothing possible for Ireland but internal peace and prosperity. The echoes of eloquence for Irish independ- ence float on the melancholy beach of times plutonic shore as weird and vail ] ing as the dying echoes of the harp ! that hung on Tara's Halls, and no educated Irishman for the past century not intoxicated with celtic vanity, or | other pOtations, has dreamed, (out of | sleep,) of seeing the harp of Erin on | ground of green, float either upon the land or the ocean as an emblem of | Irish independence.
 The title by which Great Britain holds | Ireland is one which no christian Irish | man will dare dispute; Ireland was ceded by Pope Adrian the Fourth to Henry the Second, King of England for q monetary consideration which divided | by the then estimated population to a penny head The United States hold Arizona and Alaska | by an inferior title, and none dare dis pute their possession. The irony of history is terrlblell!
 The plattudes in Sundays Star are too redolent of the hash Of stump | oratory; nauseating at the breakfast | table, to inspire further comment and | if the local papers will now Boycott" the subject, their readers will be relieved | of aL incubus.