The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-07-01

ANOTHER SIDE OF A ssY
Which Has Evidently Been "C'd"
for the Campaign The Pun
Knight as Poor Pats Pro-
tectOr-See the Picture!
Il. P. Brooks publishes in the Satu

Il. p. Brooks publishes inthe Satul
Evening Call, of Peoria, Il long art
giving historical facts and persu \
relating to the career \
James G. Blaine. OF Blaine's treatmeh1
of the Irish suspects, he says: ~
Under Mr.. Secretary Evarts | wa nd
abroad as consul at Cork, Ireland, THE
most turbulent and disatlectcd ANIL
British consular jurisdiction in that uhr
fortunate country. In due course Mr.
Blaine succeeded Mr.. Evarts as Secrc-
Ntary of State, and during the entire
friod of his service in that de-
! ISrtment, and until after Mr..
succeeded him, | remained in that Off.
ciN capacity. 1t was while Mr.. Blaintl
wis ut the head of affairs in Washing
tolVhat the Parnell movement reached
its Victorious elimination, and was fol-
lowN by sporadic attempts at re-
bellbn here and there all over
the Island. Those attempts opened
and ! closed the doors Of British
prisoNs upon hundreds of brave
and Perhaps foOlhardy and misguided
men, known in newspaper phrase as
Suspects" Among them were a dozen
or moro naturaliZcd American citizens
some oiwhom instantly appealed to the
nearest consular officer for relief,
release, or protection. The first case
of this kind was that of Michael
Boytou, Brother Of the late swimmer, at
Dublin. The second was that of Henry
O'Mahoney, Of Balhydehob, County
Cork. BOyton's ease of which know
very little, was attended to by Consul
Burrows, AZ Dublin. O'Mahoney's fell
to my lot Imay be treading upon deli
cate ground, but | propose to tell the
entire story Of my connection with that
affair, and | refer to the official records
to sustain my statements. O'MahOney's
wife wrote to me in his behalf, and !
went very soon thereafter, ut my own
expense, to the Limerick Jail to inVes-
| tigatC his claims. | found he had
been an American citizen, had served
in the Union army, and had returned t.
Ireland, where he had been elected t.
and exercised the functions of the Office
of Poor Law Guardian. 1t struck me
that he had forfeited by the latter act al
right to claim American protection. Blu
| wrote to COnSul-tiencral Badcau, thcI
in London, and to Minister Lowell
making out as strong Il case fO
OMahoncyas possible. Some time passct
and | received no answer to my dis
patch. Meanwhile | sent full state
ment to the department asking for in
structions in the premises, and com
planning that Minister Lowell ha,
II neglected to take notice of my oflcia
communication to him. Long befor,
| heard anything from Mr.. Lowell
and quickly as the ocean steamer
could bring 1t rcccivcda dispatch from
the department sent directly by SecrC
% tary Blaine, approving all had done 70
60,
q" the same course in other similar case
e which had then arisen. What instruc
5 tons, if any, the Secretary sent to Min
If lister Lowell | do not pretend to know
: But from that moment there was a diff
l. ference in the treatment my cOmmuni
z cations received ut the legation i'm ON
II don. Mr.. Lowell issued circular lette
l., liable to be construed rs making dis
n tinctiOn between native and naturaliZe
|, Americans, and giving general instru,
# tons to his subordinates regarding tn
II questions at issue i'm those suspect case,
i Right on the heels of this circular. an
q of Secretary Blainc's dispatch /
Is me, O'Mahoncy was released. Tn
e Inference Is too plain to re
v quirc any calculation. Protection 1
i American citizens, of whatever natiyit,
l. in the land of their birth, was then f.
h once asserted, despite Minister Lowell
Ic subscryient explanations of the loci
Pc supremacy of the British laws mth,
lr region. But, alas! O'Nlahoncy rcMsc
Pr to stay released. Instead of quietly a
le tending to his personal affairs and nj
NJ staining from interference in lhe n.
10 tics of u "lricndly power hrHtNs
IL, returned to the stump us the most VII
lent agilutor i'm the South Ut Trojan
lie denounced the British Govcmmc
4 1 .. D =
the steps Of public buildings in Cor
and i'm consequence was rCnrreStCd al
sent back to the Limerick Jail, and
generated as before. For the scro
81, time, rs the result of Secretary Blain,
~, vigorous policy of protection, he "
" freed from his dungeon, although J
actual release was not effected m
NJ after Mr.. Frclinghuyscn came il
H. office.