Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-10-21
The Rohndii Einsca.

Mr. McSwecney, whose grievances
have been constant source Of agony
to the Republicans, has at last reap
peared on the American continent.
He was one Of the victims of British
oppression, languishing in English
jails, whom Blaine failed to liberate.
Elsewhere we give Mr.. McSweeney's
detailed views in conversation with
reporter of the New York Herald.
The great jingo policy affected Me-
Sweeney, as told by the New York
Herald, thus:
| am bona .fde citizen of the
United States OF America. commit
ted no act either ut home or abroad,
by which forfeited my right to claim
the protection Of the flag OF my adopt
ed country. | came to this country
on "lawful Grand" | was con
demned and sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment without any
form of trial was confined fourteen
months and ten days in II British dun
geon. was locked up in cell six
by twelve feet eighteen hours
daily during that period. com
mitted no crime known to the laws
of this country was charged with
none. appealed to James c. Blaine,
Secretary of State for the United
States, to protect me. My wife APP
pealed to him ON my behalf, He
treated our appeals with cold indiiter-
ence. lie did not condescend even to
reply. This was Mr.. Blaine's "vigor-
GUS foreign policy" when he was in II
position to demand and procure the
release of the American suspects i'm
prisoned in this country. Under these
circumstances would ask the free
men of our great, glorious and free
Republic, will they trust the man who
suffered the spotless emblem Of liber-
ty, the Stars and Stripes, to he dis
graced and tramplcd on by Queen
Victoria's hirelings?
ID. McSwEENEY.
Carrow Canon House, Ireland,
Sept. q, 1884.
Never WAS there more lamentable
surrender Of the American principle
than was embraced in Blaine's pusil-
luminous acceptance Of Minister Low
ellis ideas while the Pine Tree states
man was Mr.. Garfeld's Secretary of
State for the United States. The
travail to which insolvency was sub
jected is fully depicted by that gentle
man i'm letter written to his wife.
We quote:
| have to keep moving about con-
tinually in my narrow space to keep
from freezing You must know how
dreadful it is to be locked up eighteen
hours u day in this cold, damp eli
mate, without any fire, and, worse
still, We are compelled to stand or
walk about daily for five hours in the
open air, in damp, muddy yard,
ankle deep in water, and then return
to our cold cells trembling with cold.
Here was Californian immured in
durance vile and left without recourse
subjected almost to the tortures of
the Black Hole of Calcutta. He has
now come to the United States with
view to enlighten our people. One OF
the clauses OF his interview with the
reporter of the New York Herald de-
serves repetition. He says:
came here OF my own accord, and
unsolicited, and for the sole purpose
of using my utmost endeavors among
the people OF my nationality to defeat
the election of Blaine. am late in
the field, know; but | shall only
work with the more determination to
show the lrish-American citizens OF
this country that Mr.. Blaine is no
friend OF theirs. His talk to the con-
trary is only base trickery to catch
votes. | mean my story shall
be known to every Irish American
throughout this broad country.
Thus we see the anti-British Blaine
glamour dissipated as melts the snow
on the mountain heights OF California
in the June heats.