Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-05

an agent for promoting Irish interests;
| simply want to make it plain to Ameri-
can readers that Mr.. Parnell and the other
leading spirits are not held guiltless in
these matters by the people of England, for
the common view taken here is that ban
ouet in Great Britain at which the British
flag is grossly insulted, and an attempt to
destroy life and property in the capital OF
the British nation, are sprouts from the
same generic stem, and that those who
organize the one are morally responsible
for the other. 1t is believed by many to
have been something more than coinci-
dence that at the moment of the under
ground railway horrors Mr. Dsvitt should
have been lecturing in London on the sub
iect OF "Land Reform. There are those
who hold that this conjunction of events
was pre-. arranged, not of course by the
lecturer, but by the authors of the
accompanying outrage, the object being
doubtless to show that IN their
view at least the two occurrences
were not unconnected with each other.
But, bad as they are, the relations between
England and Ireland could soon be made
much worse, and while those on the other
side of the Channel are congratulsting
themselves upon having such leader as
Me-. Parnell, and are heaping upon him
every token of honor, people on this side
are likewise felicitating themselves upon
that gentleman's leadership, for they well
know that change from Parnell to such
turbulent spirits as Healy or Lswton, or
even DAvitt, would lead to violence which
would put the history of the present
regime entirely in the shade, and would
render a thousand times more remote than
at present the probability of any amicable
settlement of the points in contention.
ON THE IRISH SIDE
OF the troublesome Irish question Amer
lean readers have quite enough. But do
they keep posted with reference to the
other side? In simple justice to officers
who fill positions of overwhelming respon-
sibility and of the greatest possible dan
ger, wish that the American people would
carefully peruse the recent speech of the
Chief Secretary for Ireland, G. 0. Trevel-
yam. can give here only few extracts.
% We are told," said Mr.. Trevelyan, that
it is quite natural there should be discon-
tent in Ireland while Eughshmen and
Scotchmen hold office there. Now, to be-
gin with, people who say this forget that
IN admitting persons to official employment
in England no distinction is made between
Englishmen and Irishmen. | will venture
to affirm that for one Englishman
employed in the public service in Ireland
there are twenty Irishmen employed in
India, in England and in the colonies. The
number of Englishmen employed in Ireland
is exceedingly small. The four Land Com
missioners are Irishmen, and l doubt
whether, among the eighty-tive Sub
Commissioners, there are three Eng
lishmen. The Government is constantly
being charged in the House of Commons
with unwillingness to employ Irish Cath
olics. As a matter of fact, there is no
amount of trouble which we do not take in
order to find Irishmen, Catholics as well
as Protestants, who have administrative
capacity, and to employ them but what
encouragement do we receive? An Irish
man and Catholic lat ly, as Chairman Of
an important committee. proved that he was
a man of great tact and judgment-I mean
Mr.. O'Shaughnessy, the late member for
Limerick. The Irish Government at a great
crisis availed themselves of his services as
Chairman of departmental committee,
and found that his administrative powers
were very considerable, we Lueu H.
duced him TO enter the public service.
What was the result? From the
day of his appointment the very
same people who accuse US of not appoint
ing Irishmen and Catholics, have never
ceased abusing Mr.. o Shaug in terms
which I shall not repeat here, for having
accepted office. Nobody has anything but
praise fer the present Under Secretary for
Ireland, Mr.. Hamilton but it is said that
he is a Protestant and Scotchman. The
late Under Secretary, Mr.. Burke, was a
Catholic and an Irishman, and will ven
ture to say that Mr.. Burke received much
harder measure, both in speeches and news
paper, than Mr.. Hamilton does now. !"
The encouraging feature of Mr.. Trevelyan's
speech was the information it contained
respecting the decrease of crime. In Oc-
tober, 1881, agrarian crimes, other than
threatening letters, reached total of DAG ;
last October there were 81 In November,
1881, there were PSI such crimes, whereas
in the past November there were but q
over the whole of Ireland.