Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-02

the United States TO claim American
protection, ar, in his own words, 1T
10 manifestly futile to claim that natur-
allied citizens of the United States
should be excepted from it's opera
tion." 1.-THE coercion act). Lest /
should labor under. any misapprehen-
sion with regard to his meaning he
adds, 1.-THE only case in which could
intervene would be where an Ameri-
can citizen should be arrested; it would
be proper to appeal to the courtesy of
the English government for the release
of the prisoner, etc. / have communi-
Gated these views to the department
of state, and have so far received no in
structions in contrary spirit"
AT the time this correspondence took
place, and in fact, during the first six
months of my imprisonment, Mr.. j.
Ct. Blaine was secretary of state. That
Mr.. Lowell received no instructions
in contrary spirit" from that depart
ment, proves conclusiyely that Mr..
Blaine Endorsed "these views" and
consequently he is, beyond all doubt,
responsible for the Outrages committed
on American citizens in this country.
In my correspondence with Mr.. Low
ell during my imprisonment, that
gentleman took ffh ~. to inform me
that he washed to bes he'e that Ameri-
can citizens who wei .,imprisoned i'm
tiona tre met w'. among esc she
first aprisohss hoMn lst released, and
theJ vas not eye4iths adow of foun-
datiasT for suesahtly TAT had COM
smittks any cfpepublicai,ave no doubt
flhs sver bg5eIl the easha<e been re-
n~xifs afteiS among the labo. lmprlson-
mefs had I 4draw it ,,heasl uestion Of
my the hss;;aS a and e'aim
least III N.Y. 9elsshat American cit-
zelEFid nsfaigheth exceptional treat
2atf" TGyas isannS,ubtedly owing
e fhe a, fae pupils Elaine refused n;tld to
anu t9e autifs pemocrere being aware
that L renouHp allegiance to
Queen VictoS had no country
to claim or protec me, felt at liberty
to imprhf'n me for an indefinite
period.
The general impression in this couD-
is that the British government would
not have dared to condemn and sem
tence American citizens without trial
to eighteen months imprisonment,
had they not had an understanding
with Messrs. Blaine and Lowell be-
forehand The fact of their refusal to
intervene on behalf of native born
American citizen, proves that this inn
preston is not altogether groundless.
A young man named Cannon was inn
prisoned i'm this country under Buck
shot Forster's "ProtectiOn to Person
aud Property Act" He also appealed
to the great American minister for
protection. His appeal was accom-
panied by an affidavit subscribed to by
his mother, giving day and date of her
sons birth, the town in New England
in which he was born, and the name
of the clergyman by whom he was
baptized. But this did not appear to
satisfy the Republican ambassador.
He affected to discredit Mrs. Gannon's
statement made under oath. He de-
clared that he had been led to believe
on information furnished by the Irish
police that Mr.. Cannon appeared to be
too young to be of the age his mother
represented him, aud therefore he "did
not think it proper to interfere"
In conclusion beg to say word to
my fellow citizens in the United States
of America. am bona fide citizen
of the United States. | committed no
act, either at home or abroad, by which
L forfeited my right TO claim the prOtec-
ton of the flag of my adopted country.
/ came to this country on lawful err
rand. / was condemned and sentenced
to eighteen months imprisonment with
out any form of trial. was confined
for fourteen months and ten days in a
British dungeon. 1 was locked up in
a cell 6x12, eighteen hours daily during
that period. / committed no crime
known to the laws of this country,
was charged with none, I appealed to
]. 6. Blaine secretary of state, for the
United States to protect me. My wife
appealed to him on my behalf. He
treated our appeals with cold indiffer-
ence; he did not coniescend even to re-
ply. This was Mr.. Blaine's Vigorous
foreign policy" when he was in posi-
ton to demand and procure the release
Of the American suspects imprisoned
in this country. Under these circum-
stances / would ask the freemen Of our
great, glorious and free republic, will
they trust the man who suffered the
spotiess emblem OF liberty, the stars and
stripes, to be disgraced and trampled
on by Queen Victoria's hirelings?
d. MCSwEENEY,
CARROw CANON HOUSE, FALCARAGH,
Sept. Sth, 1884: