Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-06


In Mondays issue Of the NEWS comments, -
tne recent explosions in London. Won saw. ssrI,o
suHerlngs Of the Irish people demand sv,o,a-
my rom every right-thinking person. Int the
uynahllte policy is condemned by the whole
ei'i,i@eu world" And in your article in Tnes-
u"s NEWS, entitled THE Dynamite War,
you say mo words are too strong tn con.
ueln TINS dynamite war. The use of dvna-
- Oolnps IN great, crowded CITY like
Nonuoh VIII kill men, women and children
VINO know nothing and care less about irish
99Ll@1lIs, WLile those who hold the destinies ~
Even s ~ onelr hands VIII escape unframed
Lseu saVages would hesitate to commit
crimes such as those who are making use ~
45hdInlte commit. The destruction Of half If
dnce III anu hundreds of lives would not in
S St FL gianu 10 release her hold on Ireland
SsnS MOuIu 40 just as she is doing noW-trv tn
NM the guilty parties and punish them. -
No"i as "a locker on in Venice" as il
were neg TO differ with You as to the inn
P9Hcy OF this dynamite warfare and the effect
Miilcn IL VIII nave upon ''the powers that be'i
VINO RUE the British empire. 1 believe that
a. q measure OF redress for intOerable wrongs
inIlcted upon the Irish people from the dsy
that England first obtained foothold an Irish
son up 10 the present hour, period of over
aeseH centuries u IS the best that human in
sehuiIys or, II you please, fendish ingenuity
coulu nave devised, and that it will be more
potent means than any that has hitherto bean
aIdOpteu oy mat long suffering, but undaunt-
OF constralnlng their naughty and relentless
oppressors to release their grin at last and 10
efy, as ana Pharoah Of old to the Israelites.
aIter Moses had lifted up his rod and the
plaques smote the Egyptians for their crueI
oppression of the chosen people of the
AiiIn5i IN depart in peace, Oh Israel" So
viii the British rulers, who now rule ireland
as with a rod of iron. cry, if this dynamite
plague be but administered to them nv the
victims OF their tyranny perseyeringly and
RIittiitessly, depart IN peace. Oh We Irish, with
WIN YOUR dreadful DYNAMITE bpI, rs
NOW, Mr.. Editor, / am no advocate Of AS
sasslnatl0n, or mob laW-Which il about tbe
SAM pa tlllhg-Dut the history Of all countries in
an ages SHOWS that there are times when a
nation Is ground down under the iron heel of
despOusm, and that often lust as the tvrant
seems about TO plant his heavy boot upon her
neck to trample out the last faint signs of vi
sanity IN her PROSTATE form, few Courageous
sons come to the rescue and unceremoni0usIy
remove the tyrant. Can this be called as
SdsstRdttOn! No, 1t is but obeyinr the hehpst
OF the first law of nature-self-p REPRESENTATION
Inc history Of ancient Greece and Rome il
run Oh such cases as this, where heroic men
grants Dy staying the tyrant in his tracks
The history Of modern nations ia
equally equal 3. prolific of such Instances,
suggested to Patrick Henry, the great agita-
tor and patriot orator Of our American revo-
luton, those immortal words which he ut
tered IN the Virginia House of Burgesses:
"C;esar mad his Brutus Charles /. his Crom-
wen, ana George III. may profit by their
example. If that be treason, make the most
Ireland is to-day in the tolls of the oppres-
s0r and Ireland has far more cogent reasons
than America had for wishing to throw Off the !
bFIusn YOKE. Americas grievances were |
JflHes llght as air compared to those which |
Ireland has borne for centuries under British |
domination. So grievOus has been this on |
preston that the name Ireland has become |
synonym the world over for an oppressed |
nation. We, as Americans, should therefore |
he slow to condemn the Irish for adopting |
such measures as they may deem most expe-
HEM HEM ana enectuaI IN bringing about
thradOm, even though such measures |
should not seem to be the mldcst that might |
nc resortea TO- desperate diseases, it should |
DE remembered. require desperate remedies: |
ana long headed, patriotic men in all ages |
and in all climes have borne this fact we'll in |
mind, and nave not hesitated to act in accord |
ance with the dictates of sound judgment and |
patriotism whenever the common veal seemed |
70 demand vigorous and well concerted ac- |
ton. n TINS respect, then, the Irish people |
are not singular. Ihey nave the history of all |
nations before them. Their own history be- |
lore coming under the rule of Britain |
showed that they were amongst the |
nobiest OF peoples; and, even in more |
modern times, Notwithstanding the disad- |
vantage under which they labor in beingruled |
by foreign despot, lrishmen are found in /
every sphere in life. and intellectually as /
well as physically, are the inferior Of none. /
the peers of many. In this, as in other lands /
they ornament the bar, the bench. and the |
pulplls as We'll as ble legislative hall and the |
journalists sanctum. They are in the front |
rank IN the arts and sciences; and their in |
dIyldualIty and force of character is such as |
to leave its impress upon every nation in |
which they take up their abode. scattered as |
they are, throughout the world, as exles |
from their native land, through the relentless |
persecution of their enemies.
Think not, then. that the Irish dvnamiters |
are parcel of madcaps who know not what |
they are doing, or who have no other object in |
view than to do violence TO the feelings Of the
al rftpIF Usaf-1 .
is well known, despite all adverse circum- |
stances, in the vanguard of civilization. They |
have the manhood to redress their own |
wrongs in the only way that is possible to |
them, that is by blowing up their oppressors /
with dynamite. on very well know that |
Britain is one of the strongest powers of the |
earth. How then DO you expect that Ireland, |
when mas the misfortune to be, IN several i'm |
p0rtant respects, by far the weaker nation
and also labors under the great disadvantage |
OF being situated geographically so
power could successfully cope in |
open warfare with such a powerful foe? Their |
only chance OF success, it is manifest to the |
most casual observer is by ''wiles more mex |
pert rs Milton calls il, and the shrewd Irish |
leaders understand this But | dor not think |
that they deserve condemnation because they |
make use of the only means that affords them |
Il prospect of deliverance from thradom
Rather should those be designated rs barbar-
Gus who have by their liendish treatment of |
the irish people driven the latter to this des- |
perate extremity. Innocentpeople, you think, |
should not suffer, as they will, by these explo-
slons. That is true, and ii is TO be deplOred |
that the tyrants cannot be singled out and |
gwen their just deserts without at the same |
time injuring any innocent persons, but you |
should rembember that in nearly all wars non
combatants are frequently killed or injured.
Such things are unavoidable. Turn over the |
pages OF Irish history and they viii recount |
to you the vast number of those killed and in
jured by the fire and sword of the English Op-
pressOr; yea, and even the millions starred |
to death by the usJfrping 'carpet-bag'' land |
lords, who followed. close upon the heels Of the |
armed, red coated hOrdes of England, and at |
the point of the bayOnet deprived the Irish |
people OF their lands. and then tell me who is |
now responsible for the shedding of innocent |
blood, or who are the real assassins-the Irish |
people, who are TRYING to redress their /
wrongs, or the English carpet baggers,' fill |
busters and robbers, who are striving to per-
petuate their hold on their ill-gotten gains,
ana who scruple not at hanging, starving or |
banlshlng lrishmen, even in this enlightened |
age, to effect their iiendiSh purposes. "Let |
Justice be done though the heavens fall"
The dispatches show that the dynamiters |
attempted to blow up only government build |
lngs and such as were frequented mostly by |
government officials and functlOnaries, the |
instruments of English torture of the Irish. |
They made no war on women and children.
Don't forget the Cincinnati riot so soon, and |
that, as you admit, had a wholesome effect in |
correcting abuses IN the halls of justice. II |
the Irish dynamiters may be charac-
terized -2s barbarous because they have |
unintentfonally caused the injury Of a |
few innocent persons, may not the Cincinnati |
rioters, who similarly caused great injury to |
some and loss of life to many innocent people, |
be also called barbarous? And the Cincn-
natl rioters, bear in mind, were mostly Ameri- |
cans. The Irish dynamiters, then, may con-
sole themselves with the reflection that they |
are not the only "barbarOus" people of this |
enlightened age, Notwithstanding "tbey are |
condemned by the whole civilized wOrld.'
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