Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-11-21
REYNOLDS AS 4 PATRIOT,

To those who know James Reynolds of New Haven and the personal sacrifices he has made for the land of his birth any de fense of his patriotism is supert1uous. And yet as that patriotism and it's motives have been called in question by a malignant hound in New Haven it might not be amiss to see what is thought of it by men quail fled to pass judgment thereon. In a work entitled Gladstone Parnell, and The Great Irish Struggle" by the distinguished authors, journalists and friends of Ireland Hon Thomas Power O'Connor, NJ. F., and Robert McWade, Esq, of Philadelphia, we find mention of MT Reynolds as one of the jealous friends of the Irish cause, from which we reproduce a few extracts as follows:
 The history of the Irish cause in America can never be fully told without reference to the activities and practical interest that have been shown for the past two decades by James Reynolds (known as "Catalpa Jim'0 of New Haven, Conn. \ staunch and uncompromising believer in the right of universal freedom, he has always come to the front in any practical movement for the veal of his native land Never falter. ing, even when the sacrifice of his worldly resources was demanded, the voice of his country has dominated all his being, and next to the love of his Maker comes the reverent devotion that he has for the land of his birth. James Reynolds is a pure, unselfsh patriot: around his name breathes lustre undimmed by single thought of personal ambition, the faintest breath of self-interest or personal aggrandizement Other men have given greater intellectual gifts to the service of Ireland: others have told her wrongs with a sublimer magic of eloquence, and walked the sympathies of men in the sweep of their mighty oratory, and still others, perhaps, have braved a larger measure of personal danger; but none has devoted his whole energies, his entire worldly fortune with loftier patriotism, a more generous spirit of sacri- fee than James Reynolds has for the little isle that gave him birth. x
 When in the years following the Amer ican rebellion Irish patriotism was directed in an active movement against England through her colonies in America we find him foremost among those whose financial resources flowed freely into the common treasury. x But it was in the Catalpa movement that his great patriot ism found it's highest opportunity and the name of James Reynolds gained the inn perishable splendor of immortal fame x While the fame of this daring rescue shall last, while the name of Cstalpa shall wake and fan the fires of Irish en- thusiasm, so long will the name of James Reynolds be held in fond and loving re- membrance. For it was he who mort gagged his home, who placed chattel upon his household goods, who beggared him self for the time that the sinews might be forthcoming to inaugurate and sustain the expedition. His patriotism and love for Ireland is pure as the spotless lily; with hope springing eternal in his breast he looks for the morn when the sunburst of freedom shall illumine his native land and the minstrel shall sing once again the glories of free and unite Ireland.
 Such is the judgment of men who stand close to Parnel and the leaders in the great Irish struggle, men who have known MT Reynolds and his works and have had the fullest and freest opportunity to size the man and his motives. We are very