Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-01-29
Dynamite Explosions.

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On Saturday afternoon last explo-
sions occurred at two places in Lon
don, the result in each instance being
terrifying, but, fortunately, it cost but
few human lives.
The buildings attacked this time
were the Parliament House and the
Tower of London. OF course the out
rage is charged to the Irish and stimuli
taneous!y comes the charge that the
plot was Matched and the dynamite
manufactured in this country.
The explosions Of Saturday were the
most destructive of property OF amy yet
attempted; the day chosen was "vlsl-
tors day" to the Parliament house and
this senseless villainy, aimed at the de-
struction of valued and historic prop
ertv might easily have counted amongst
its victims, women and children, inno'
cent of the charge Of even feeling
apainst Ireland and the Irish cause.
Inveteratc nate and wild and
senseless hope that such monstrons acts
will coerce England into measures that
will improve the peoples interest In Ire
land, must account for the atroclouS
crimes Of the dynamiters. They hap
pen with alarming frequency, and 1t
would seem that the perpetrators are
not by any means ignorant lrlshmen
thew have been at least III many III
stances shrewd enough to escape the
entire force of Scotland Yard de'ec-
tives. both before in order to prevent
or after the explosion to run down and
punish the perpetrators.
1t is unreasonable to pretend TO hol0
this government responsible Tor the
plotting of these outrages or the man
ufacture of the dynamite used, when
the English government, which by this
time should continually expect an eX-
plosion, is not able to detect them Ill
time to prevent them. There is nc
painsaving the fact however that there
are blatant and vicious demagosnes IL
this country, who not the Govern
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ment but the public sentiment OF TINS
country should smother, not by rldicuIe
nor reproof, bat by we'll directed vol
lev of stale eggs, The utterances OF
men like one Griffith, who made /
speech at meeting Of Socialists, pre5l
ded over by ncgress in Chicago OF
Sunday last to the effect that 1t was
necessary that the innocent should sui
fer in order to accomplish good results
that little hogs grease and htll'
nitric acid made the compound, tel
cents worth of which would blow :
building to atoms; while another sug
gested that the dead bodies of capital
lists would do as well as hogs grease
and the negro woman sad she had OF.
ten wished she had been u man, bu
that since she had learned that it was
woman who had blown up Parlamen
building in London, she wouldn't sWal
places with any man in the country
aud all this villainous stuff was loudl,
applauded "by large and enthusias
tic audience" Now if such peopl
were hit squarely in the face with
brickbat, whenever they presumed t
o!ter such insults to an assemblage c
Americans and the perpetrator as care
fully screened from the police justice a
are the London dynamiters from tn
halter, it would go further toward
strengthening the friendly relation
between the two Governments than a
the resolutions Senator Bayard Ca
offer, or all the bills Senator Edmund
can introduce.
We believe there is truth in tn
charges that the plots and the dyns
lutte and probably the hand to plac
them in position, belong to this cour
try, but there is scarcely one thin
practicable for our government to d'
but fair minded citizens, the American
who above all, honors the doctrine I
fair play in free fight, can squelc
these hot tempered advocates Of
wanton destruction Of property, sense
less and aimless, by insisting upon tt
recognition of American doctrine
which are nowhere understood as ths
of cowardiy assassination.
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