The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1885-05-20
A Sandwich Island SIanderer Sque|ched

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the heart of FIVE million Irishmen. and every true
patriot would pray that the perpetrators Of this
eXecrable trangresson be discovered and punished.
He believed that the land Of their birth inno-
| cent of their parentage of these monsters. But If
these dastards were lrishmen, then it became the
duty of every one to assist in the capture of the
murderers. The honor of Ireland must be vindi-
Gated. Judge Toohev introduced the following
preamble and resolutions at the conclusion Of his
I speech:
3" Rssolrea, By this branch Of the Irish National
Land League of California. That apart from the
ucalculable benefits that might accrue TO Ireland
! from the continued administration of the late
! Chief Secretary, we depOre the tragic manner Of
his untimely death at the hands of miscreants vet
unknown and as a lamentable calamity TO people
unto whom be bore the olive branch Of recuncila-
/ tion and ioy to the eIultant national heart.
"ResOlrs3, That we denounce the assassjns of
/ Lord Cavendish and Mr. Burke as enemies Of Ire
/ land and humanity, hends accursed of God and
man, against whom the aveuping hand of every
I Iushmen should be lifted until their horrible
crimes shall have been eXpiated on the gallows
and the infamous names of the murderers are
transmitted to the detesatiOn Of our race forever
Resolrsd, That We are confident in our faith,
no member Of the Land League of Ireland, nor
any man of hope in the national regeneration of
] Ireland at home or abroad was among those COW
ardly and inhuman wretches whose hands have
shed the blood of the innocent, the stranger and
the friend.
Rssoired, That We recommend the Land Lea
que Of Ireland to offer of its funds sufficient
wards for the apprehension of the murderers to
insure their arrest and conviction.
Rssoire1 That the Executive Of the Land Lea
que Of California is hereby requested TO telegraph
TO Charles Stewart Parnell that this organization
will furnish special reward of 5000 for that pur-
pose in order that the assassius may be brought TO
justice and the good name of Ireland and Irishmen
everywhere NAV be vindicated from the t.rribe
disgrace of the atrocious crimes committed in her
name.
The resolutions were adopted unanimously.
Rev. Father Harrington next addressed the meet
ing. likewise coudemninC the deed in the strongest
terms. He urged the Land Leaguers not to be
discouraged, for Ireland now needed its sons and
daughters more than ever. The cloud which hung
over lreland's cause would pass away. After a
short speech by Mr.. Cummings and a collection.
which Melted SCI, the meeting adjourned
The foregoing extracts completely
squelch the ISLANDERS of this Sandwich
Island Saxon, and the following extract
from the San Francisco daily Examiner
confirms all the Monitor said concerning
the assassination of Burke and Cayendish.
"The news Of the murder Of Lord Cayendlsh and
Enthusiastically Burke last evening occtsioned
much excitement among the Irish residents of San
Francisco. The EIdHiHsr had scarcely placed the
news on It's bulletin-bo board when a dense crowd
semhled, and during the evening the sensational
dispatch from Dublin was an object of the most
intense interest The prevailing sentiment was
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of Parne seemed assured. the act of assassins
should have seriously ieopardized the plans of
the Land League. Among the leading Land Lea
guers there was but the feeling Of hearty con-
demnation of the murder. Robert Tobin, Jr. who
has idst returned from a tour of Europe. and who
travelled through the most disafected portions Of
Ireland, expressed TO an Examiner reporter his
| sincere regret for the unexpected outrage Said
Mr.. Iobin - am satisfied from my observation
in ireland that the Land League idea has lately
gwen place TO Home Rule movement, and the
late success of Parnell showed that Ireland was on
the eve Of gaining government OF her own. 1t is
TO be feared that the murder Of Secretary Caven-
dish Will arouse the most violent opposition to the
Irish cause among the Liberal members of Parlia-
ment. While there is reason to believe that the
Land League Is responsible for the crime, the
League will not escape the responsibility If the
/ Wings can help it. The English members Of Par
Lament all say now: 'We have abolished coercion.
and here are the first fruits of the increased free
DOM Mr.. Tobin stated that Mr.. Burke was
very unpopular in Ireland. He shared the odium
with Forster, as he had been identified with seve-
| raj unpopular administrations OF Irish affairs
!" ID. j. Toohey, A. j. Donnelly, Mr.. Mccormick,
editor Of the Monitor; Philip A. Roach. Daniel
Sheehin, John Cavauach and NJ F. Cummings
all expressed their condemnation of the murder
as earnestly as Mr.. Tobin had. They regarded
the crime as calculated 10 do grevous injury TO
the cause of freedom in Ireland though the Land
League was not responsible for it,
Relative to the charge which this despic-
able detractor brings against Rev. Father