Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-01-07
OUR LONDON LETTER.
The Hanging OF O'Donnell- Crime
and Its Patriotic Impulse.
The Banquet TO Parncll-A Substan.
'iai Testimonial From Friends.
Gratnitous Insults in Connection with
The Railway Explosions.
speclal correspondence on The Ganette,

to-day. AZ O'Clock this morning the
slayer of The informtr was executed at
Newgate prison, in the presence OF the
prison officials and "A lew other per-
sons. apprehend il is needless that
enter into the particulars of this sad
affair, since they are of "a character
calculated to please only those who de-
light In the horrible. Suffice il to say,
the condemned man did not tlinch AT
the last moment, but met his doom
like one who felt that he had but done
his duty TO his country, and
was willing to take the conse-
quenc.s. So far as the demands
Of the law were concerned, there can
be bus one rational opinion, and that
IL that ODonnell was guilty of MUIR
der, therefore deserved his doom. But
outside of law there is another view of
the matter 10 be taken, which appeals
further TO the words moral aud equt-
able sense. Carey WAS the prime
mover in the terrible plotting that re-
suited in the assassination of Burke
and CaveudIsh. He claimed then To
be AN Irish patriot, and il WAS certain
that many, II not all OF the unfortunate
men who were associated with him
were actuated. 10y what they believed
To Ice u deep sense of duty to thier ia
iured aud down-trodden cuuntry,
When, therefore, he had led them on
to murder, then remorsgleSsly gave
them up to death, it would have been
strange indeed If he had been permit
ted To live by irishmcn. In any other
than II strict legal sense he was
man deserving Of death at the
hands of Irishmrn. Doubtless O'Dan-
nell felt Us did tens OF thousands of his
countrymen, that ii was the patriotic
duty OF the first lrishnnn who met
the wretch to STAY him. can fully
appreciate this feeling, and can readi-
~ understand thai If | was an Irish
man, should have felt Just as O'Don-
nell did. 1t matters little whether
England is All ia the wrong, and Ire
land all in the right, or whether there
has been such an error, aud injustice
and inhunianity on either side. The
fuct remains that lri .hmpn think thev
are right, and while being an outsider.
| may not think altogether us they do
about England. ! honor the spirit
that prompts them to stand up for
their country. / can well remember
that when ] was u siXt,ou-ycar-old
I boy ! jniued the late Confederate
army. Wi,h me il was not question
( lis my country right?h ! was
much TOO young to understand all
the issues involved in the conflict be-
tween the states. But knew | was n
Nirginian, that VII GINA WAC one of
the Confederate States of America.
that the enemies OF Virginia were on
her soil enemies. aud with me there
was but one thought, aud that was
MY country, may she always be
right but right or wrong-my coun-
| try ~ doubt not that this has been
| the feeling with O'Do1uell, ~ of
most, If not all, OF the followers of Par
nell. And uctuated as they are by such
feelings, ~ lit my hat to them !"
/ | don't pretend To 81, they are right.
{ ! cpnfps, freely that ! am not posted,
and, therefore, am not in position 10
| form AN unhiused opinion But they
believe they are right, and have the
courage sof their convic ioLs, and
| honor them Tor IL. AS II lawyer, ]
feel that O'Donnell was guilty of
murder, and that in law lac
nlerited the full that has
this day oyertaken him.
But as man ! must not fail 10 honor
the patriotic impulse that impeled
him to give up his own life that he
might nvenge the deep wrong which
James Carey perpetraled against Ire
land and the Irish people. OF course
all Englishmen will think him only a
bloody -hunded murderer. They can
not sympathize with the feelings that
stirred the patriotic heart of the man.
Hence to them, If they think OF him ri
all hereafter, he viii be ''the assassin
O'Dounel!.p But how different will
Iri,hmen feel about the matter! ,e
them he is already patriot and nov
that he has surrendered his life Il
avenge their wrongs. he vii, be to then.
1.-THE martyr O'DonneIl." His body
may never be laid in consecrated
gr und, yet his memory viii he sacred
tot hem, and in their hearts will be en-
shrined as one who
GAVE HIS LIFE FOR MS COUNTRY.
Newgate pfisoD-yard, where he lies
buried, will henceiorth be 10 them
patriotic shrine, and In the years that
are to come viii he IA Mecca 10 which
lrishmen will make pilgrimages in
honor OF this son Of Erin. True, IL is
not meet that man shall arrogatc TO
himself tho province of him who said,
vengeance is mine, will repay ~
But there are thousands of irish
men who under the game circum-
stances. while remembering the words,
would have felt AS O'Dpnnell did
"v. ng ance Il. God alone belongs:
But when think Of al my wrongs,
My blood AZ liquid iiame.'
A Reuters telegram from Paris says
the following il the leitrr addressed by
NJ. Victor Hugo to the queen, praying
for a reprieve OF O'Donnell: 'The
queen Of England has shown more
than once her greatness OF heart The
queen of England VIII grant the con-
demned man, O'Donnell, his life, and
will accept the unanimous and pro
found thanks of the civilized world"
During the past week Mr.. Parneil
has been honored rs few lrishmen be-
fore him have been honoIed, On the
1lth inst. there was good rally OF
tional tributel was presented to the
Irish leader. Five hundred and sixty
persons sat down 10 the banquet, the
lord mayor of Dublin, Mr.. Dawson,