The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-02-05
INeALLs az pYTANIrR.

Senator Ingalls, few days ago made
an excellent speech upon the subject
which Is now 90 prominently before the
world In the face Of the spread of the
use of that terrible engine OF riotrY.dyna-
mite, his remarks are timely. The fol-
lowing is what he said:
Mr.. President, / observe In the dis
patches from London, printed on Saiur-
day evening and yesterday morning, that
there was profound feeling expressed
among the citizens OF Great Britain in
favor Of bringing some pressure 70 bear
upon the people of the United States to
prevent further operations by those who
are employing dynamite IS an instru-
ment OF destruction. The dispatches
further said that this sentiment had been
somewhat modified by Information OF
the bill offered by the senator from Yer
mont, Mr.. Edmunds, In the senate of the
United States as expressive of q determ-
nation on the part Of the American peo-
pie that this government should not be
held in any way responsible for these re-
voting outrages. notice also an add
| tional statement, that at . railway sta
ton an American travler was assailed
| by Infurated EnRlishmen, and only es-
capped violence by the display or use Of
his revolver.
Mr.. President, shall vote for the
adoption of the resolution offered by the
senator from Delaware, not a. expressive
in any way whatever Of the inculpation
of the American people in these crimes !;
not because l believe there has been any
sympathy on the part of the United
States with those who have been enRag-
ed IN them not as an apology; not as an
implication of any conviction that there
has been guilty completely on the part
of any of the citizens of this country, but
only as a declaration of my adherence
of these methods that have been employ
cd. and my conviction that those who
employ them are not alone the worst en-
emies of the cause that they assume TO
represent, but of the cause of civilization
and good government everywhere.
Sir, the bombs that shattered the walls
of the parliament houses of England
and the tower of London shook the
foundations of every capital in Christen-
dom. There was no parliament house
from Paris to st. Petersburg that did
not tremble at that blow. Such acts are
declarations of war against society, and
merit and must receive the comdemna-
tiOn and adherence of all patriotic aud
thoughtful men.
But, sir, there Is something worse in
cOCAOly tldu uoA4AbC, esn0 SuAN 10 SAO
passions, the wrongs and the guilt which
make dynamite possible. The worst
dynamite is in the soul of man. Pow
erty, helpless and hopeless, oppression,
ignorance, vice, the wrongs of centuries,
are the ingredients of that minister of
destruction. Every effect has its cause.
Tyranny makes the nihilIst. Despotism
makes the CaTbonsri and the Commune.
Free and happy citizens do not murder
monarchs, nor destroy their cspitOls;
and intend by my vote OIL this resolu-
ton TO express my detestation of Injus-
tee everywhere, and to say further that
ii it assumed that the American people
or that the Irishmen natnralized IN
America are in any way responsible for
or in sympathy with these crimes, or are
in any manner their sccompfices and
abettors, repel and dlsavow It,
The terrible events OF Saturday con-
vey solemn and portentous lesson. No
matter what opinion the student of his
tory may have about the course OF Eng
land toward ireland for centuries; of
her policies in the East Indies. in China,
in Egypt, in New Zealand, in all por-
tons of the earth where her power has
been exerted, there can be but one opin-
ion of the lesson tibet these occurrences
teach and that is, that for nations, as
for men, there Is nothing ultimately so
Improbable as injustice. The thief rObs
himself; the murderer inf1icts deeper
wound upon himself than that which
Stays his victim; 8 nation or a state that
imposes chains upon any portion of its
citizens or its subjects places heavier
manacles upon itself than those which
bind its helpless victims; and those who
deny the rights of mankind or impair
the essential prerogstives of freedom
anywhere must not forget that behind
them, silent and tardV It may be. but in
exorable and relentless, stands. with up
lifted hand, the menacing specter of
vengeance and retribution.