The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-24
Let Us Deal With the British Tories,

u, We are glad to hear from DR.. THOMAS
Adds EMMETT that the National Federation
Of America. which has its quarters in the
Cooper Union building Of this city. Is sufl-
GENTLY organized to undertake the colleo-
don Of Parliamentary fund for the Irish
Nationalist party. Most heartily will We
cooperate with them foy the purpose. From
this hour until HoHe Rule bill shall have
become an act oY Parliament THE Sun will
% receive and forward contributions from the
friends Of Ireland. and will publish daily in
its columns the names Of the subscribers,
together with the amounts subscribed. We
call upon every promoter Of the Irish Par
namentary Fund OF six years ago to renew
et more suspicious juncture the efforts
which have done him honor: and we ask
every Irish Catholic priest In this city to
remember how much he accomplished In
1885. and to set his hand to the good work
once more.
But not by any means is our appeal con-
fined to Americans Of Irish lineage. There
never was a time when it was easy to OBJ
tain from all American citizens liberal and
even lavish contributions to the Irish No
6onallst cause. The enemies OF Irishmen
arc now. as they have always been. our
enemies. and the only friends we have In
England are those who have determined
that Justice shall at last be done to Ireland.
The British aristocrats and oligarchs, who
are infexibly opposed to granting Ireland
0elf-government, are the same men who
but yesterday viewed with malignant sat-
isfaction our controversy with Chill; they
are the children OF the men who desired to
recognize the Southern Confederacy and to
break up the Union: they are the descend
ants Of the men who in the early years of
this century kidnapped our sailors and de-
stroyed our commerce. and who in the re-
sultant war committed acts OF vandalism
ut Washington such as they would have
been ashamed to perpetrate in any Eu-
ropean capital. On the other hand. the
present English befrienders Of Ireland
are the lineal representatives of the
small but able body OF Wing patriots
who. headed by Lord SHELBURNE and
CHARLES Fox. regarded the legislation
which provoked the American Revolution
as tissue Of blunders and iniquities. and
who In the negotiations leading TO the
treaty OF 1888. dealt with US far more gen.
orously than our French allies desired. To
lrishmen themselves 1t is impossible to
overrate the magnitude OF our national in
debtedness. When we were weak they were
strong. and In our struggle for indepen-
dence they threw the whole moral weight of
Ireland upon our side. Tho sympathy of
Irishmen with the Americans had by 1882
become universal and outspoken, and 1t
was their insubordinate and mutinous DOS
ture which. more than the surrender OF
and more even than the
threatening combination OF European pow
ers. wrung from GEORGE III. reluctant
acQuiescence In tho loss Of colonies which |
he rightly considered the jewels OF his crown.
Neither did men OF Irish birth restrict |
themselves In our hour of peril to verbal |
expressions Of good will. When our Con-
unental Congress was powerless and our |
troops were starving at Valley Forge. the |
most unstinted contributions for the SUD- |
port OF the Continental army came from |
the Friendly Sons OF st. Patrick In Phila- |
delphia. and. according to testimony taken
on the conduct OF the Revolutionary war |
before committee OF the House Of Com |
mons. one-half Of the Continental army
serving on the side Of the revolving col
onies were men who had been born in Ire
land. That Ia the way the account stands
We do not say between Irish Americans and
their mother country, but between native
Americans and the people which. for up
ward o. century, have been its jealous
and unfiinching friends. We do not believe
that this city holds to-day descendant OF
the mon Of '76 who. with these facts brought
home to him. would not eagerly deal blow