The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1885-01-29
Thursday, Jan. %. 1885.
The Dynamite Atrocities.

The Dynamite Atrocities.
Only the smallest portion of
the Irish people AN be held ac-
countable for the dynamite bar
barism in London OH Saturday,
The Irish do not make treacher-
Gus and cowardly war on women
and children, and this is precisely
what the bomb explosions in the
Tower an Parliament building
amounted 10. We do not accept
the idea that the plot was
planned in this country, for We
do not give the smallest credit to
the gasconading of Rosa and his
feeble imitators. 1t is more like
ly to have been devised at Paris,
the head and centre of the an
archical element of Europe, and
to have been the outcome of the
Joint labors of Continental Nihi-
lists and socialists; of course
with the active aid of desperate
I:ish refugees. But, be this as it
may, it is the cause of Ireland
that will suffer most, not only at
home and in Great Britain. but
in all parts Of the civilized world.
Last week at Cork, Parnell made
speeches congratulating the peo-
pie on the progress the Irish
cause had made the last few
years, and the certainty their de-
mand for home government wo'd
be conceded, with its great possi-
bilities in the direction of home
rule as free and untrammeled as
that of any American State. The
echo of his words has not died
away when comes this dastardly
crime-at war with the civiliza-
tion and Christianity Of the age
and bearing no more relation to
the redress Of Irish grievance
than murder and lynching on the
frontier. 1t has one relation,
however; it will impede and de-
lay progress and reform in Ire
land; the righteous Irish cause
will be confused with plots to
murder women and children and
destroy works of art and monu-
ments of antiquity. The sympa-
thy of the the civilized world viii!
be solidified and embittered the
elements of discord thrown into
the ranks of the Irish National
lists and united and patriotic ef-I
forts stayed. All this to CRAFTY
the blind and murlerous fanati-
cism of outcasts from home and
church. There was no more
sense, method or patriotism in
this dynamite demonstration
than in the murder of Lincoln by
Wilkes Boo h, which put back
the work of reconciliation be-
tween the North and South ten
years.
What action Congress may
take on The subject is indicated
by the bill introduced ON Satur-
day by Senator Edmunds. impo-
sing heavy penalties on the man.
ufacture or sale of explosives to
be used in foreign countries for
the injury or destruction of life
and property. as well as b. the
resolution of Senator Bayard ex-l
pressing horror and detestation
Of such monstrous crimes against
civilization" Action is demand |
ed that will prevent this country
becoming a place of refuge for
conspirators engaged in this bust
ness of murder, and especially 10
prevent its being made base of
operations in the manufacture of
the deadly explosives. This leg
isIation is not based on any de-
sire to oblige England or make
sympathy for the wrongs it has
inflicted on Ireland for centuries;
far from it, but il Is necessary for
our own honor and civilization,
and to prevent The dynamite
fend becoming an established in
stitution in our midst, who will
in time be as ready 10 work his
revenges in America as in foreign
countries.