Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-01-26
The Dynamiis outragss.

70 0t-LrVJ FaIL OF the ApNeL OF LiiL-
don ana Westminster hall, they have
succeeded. There are few places that
are held more deeply In yenerAtion
than these ancient edifices. and there
are few buildings whose destruction
cculd be more indicative OF brutal,
savage, stupid. wsnton vandalism,
without one redeeming element OF sd-
vantage.
They Are not public buildings used
by cfticials Of the govern
ment; they represent no historic
incident iDimicsl to Ireland. They
are typical Of nothing against which
Irishmen cherish q hatred.
They are merely two very old build
ings frequented on holidays by the
most Innocent OF rural sight-seers.
The day selected was, moreover, one
Of thoss when the houses Of parliament
were not sitting, 20 that even the a.
tempt to destroy the house OF COM
mons was directed sgAinst inoffensive
families strolllng through the building.
snd could not even indirectly hurt any
Of the members Of the government or
Of either house.
II IL, indeed, as II the dynamiters
pretending 70 stack the government
buildings OF Washington, had gone
into the quiet rooms Of the Smith.
sonian insutute and left packages Of
I dynamite beneath the showcase
mutilating the most harmless Of the
community.
II the dynRmiters want 10 be effect
/ i've. why not attack the great dooksi
the warehouses in the city, the ship
ping ia the port?
They would thus reach the pockets
OF the wealthy merchants, the most
sensitive people in the world, and
avoid iBjuring innocent country folk
They would thus directly and effect
ually arouse the influential classes to &
realization Of the necessity Of concilia
tory action.
They would thus appeal to pockeu
which would cry cut for peace at any
price, and the Irish cause would no
have 70 suffer the odium OF the miser
ably mean and contemplate attack
. upon little children and helpless wo
men and unblamable men, which ha
, been the main feature Of these inhu
! man explosions.
, Civilization should cry out in ever
. part Of the world sgainst such act
! Of reckless vandalism.
T The buildings most nearly cor
, cerned, the White tower and Yves
minister hall, are the most complete
: the old buildings OF London. tn
tower has been on its present site sinC
the time Of the Romans; and Yves
3 minister hall was built by Rufus earl
= in the twelfth century.
8 Upon its foot worn flags have stOO
o the kings and queens whose nam'
i are identified with the most stirrin
incidents Of English history.
Within the sefsame walls Of thu
venerable old building have been enac
Il ed some OF the most brilliant, the mo
! powerful, the most dramatic seem
+ with which the liberty Of the Englis
d people has been identified.
The magnificent vaulted roof, upC
Ie whose rafters rests the dust Of ce
10 turtles, has rung with the clang
E, armor In medimval times, has echo'
y back the voice Of the lion-heart'
o. Richard, Of Queen Elizabeth, ofCarC
le nal Wolseley of men whose names Ell
n blazon every chapter In the nation
rs story OF chivalry and elcquence.
And now it is no more than a siler
as unused, venerated pile, which, like t
a. Tower Of London, represents son
g. thing which can never be replaced,
y Not alone, therefore, has humani
20 been outraged, but the pride of {
Is people has been aroused, and they "
AZ combine to incense public sentime
~ against everything associated with
III despicable, so pointless, 80 easy a eriu
6 The blowing up OF the Clerkenw
~ prison liberated the FeniAn prisone
IT. the murder of the policeman, in ore
It's 70 free compatriots from the pris
es wagon, the assassination Of two
n rect and responsible officials
Ie- the government, all find
co logical sequence, a defensi
I nationality, paTdonable sympatl
ot- If assassination can have 7
", son or sympathy, but ori
he such AS this, as weak as
he was wicked, as purposeless as =: v
~ impolitic, must stir to indignation
,es blood NJ every American heart VIII
ny despises coward even worse than
hates tyrant.
nd Civil Editorial Reform.
nd Waco Examiner.
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