The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-08-28
~, cox wnIrEsA LGIrER
showing the Absurdlty of nlnino's Claim
10 support From irishmsn
Newark Adyooatel
NEW YORK City, 10 ". 12th st., |
August o, 1884,

Newark Adyooatel
NEW YORK CITY, 10 ". l2th st.,
| Augdst0, 1884,
DEAR Mr.. TAYLoR;-0n arriving home,
| yours Of the 4th inst. awaited me. Ihaye
not time Just now 10 90 fully into the
rec0rds--shOwlng the utter falslty OF the
statements an 10 Mr.. Blaine's care for
| the Irish, In or out OF British bastilea. |
have be0n known for ten or fifteen years
az an actlye'a leading member, who
has brought the cases OF tho suspects"
and others before the Department of
State and Congress. ! have never been
conscious OF Mr.. Blaine'5 sympathy or
been conscious OF anything from him aa
aid. Nor has any other Republican of
any prominence helped In these matters
except Mr., Orth, OF Indiana, now dead,
and Judge Stanley Matthews, When SEN
alOr, the latter aided Judge Thurman
TO pass my House resolutions, Oh the last
day Of the 47th Congress, for the re-
lease OF 0'CondOn, | had, before
then, oven made q trip TO London to help
those In prison, The memorial contest
OF 1882, In Congress, was brought up by
my resolution, Az modified, II finally
passed, IL referred 10 the 0'C0nnOr and
other cases. He was n Baltimore man,
and an American citizen. II was caae
of the arbitrary arrest Of q Suspect"
Tho man was held without due warrant
and denied any trial. Mr.. Blaine was
Secretary OF State, Did he aid In the
enlargement, or forward or demand the
trial OF O'COnnOrY No. He wrote to
the brother In Buffalo "that II was an
elementary principle OF public law
that IN such . case the government Of.
Great Britain, In tho exercise Of It's var
loua functlons-judicinl and executive
administers and lnterpfets the law In
question"
This vas said in reference to n law of
Parliament, called 1.-THE coercion act"
II suspended habeaa corpus. II enabled
an irresponsible officer 10 pick up our
citizens, jail them and try them jlst
when ana how they pleased, however
remote the time Of di8tant tho place, or
not try them at all, at their royal pleas.
ure.
II was simply Infamous. II was o
black blot on civilization, an Insult 10
tho English gR well as TO our cOlBlitu-
enta. we Democrats OF the Marcy school
denied this absolute aud sovereign
righW-as Mr.. Blaine called II, whether
applied "lO citizen or resident
allen, we desired II, and Mr.. Freling.
huyaen, whom he succeeded Mr., Blaine
the Foreign aud Home Affairs Depart.
ment, reiterated our denial. Lot thia be
said to his credit,
But the story of Irish wrong and Re.
publican indifference i5a long one. II
requires much research 20 bring 10 out.
Before long it will be done.
The temporary ardor of few Derfer
yid lrlshmen Ia behalf Of Mr.. Blaine,
because h0 will brlug % slap.dlsh.ra.tle.
te'6ang insane Yig0r into our foreign
policy ig not borne out by good sense
and international comfy, or by u just
love OF either the "Old sod or the new
soil.
After all, tho calm. earnoqt, firm and
Intelligent defiance OF foreign diCtaliOn
which Marcy ana Cass and the DemOc.
racy have illustrated In our past dlplO.
matte and political history, gives the
best assurance that tho flag will cover
the citizen wherever he travels, and that
whether an adopted or native born citi
zvn, the right Of trial speedy and fair
cannot be abridged by coercion or
other tyrannous acts Of Parliament The
Afternoon OF the nineteenth century,
under Democratic rule, will not derO.
gate from the splendid thought and no.
role attitude OF 1915 and It's great decla.
ration. write these views hurriedly.
They may be too crude for publication,
but 10 my old Irish friends in Central
Ohio, and whose children are now ready
TO vote, | commend them as true views
OF duty based on honest experience.
Respectfully, $, s. Cox.
Waldo Taylor, Mayor of Newark, q.