Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-10-28
Wayne MacVeagh's Letter ON
His Conduct Receives a
Scoring.
The Gillian Minister Wants to
Defend His Irish-American-
ism at Any Cost.
Proud OF Being a Fugitive From
Justice Like Emmett
and Others.

New York, Oct. o4-Patrick Egan.
minister to Chilli, today made public his
reply to the recent speech of Wayne
MacNeagh rejecting on Egan'S chlrac-
er and official fitness. In it Egan says
i'll part: L perceive by the daily press
that ut Il meeting i'll Cooper Union,
under the auspices of the democratic
club of New 1ork-rcncgadc from Your
party rs you are said to be from your
people and creed-you attempt to pal
late your apostacy by undertaking to
do that which the London Times failed
to accomplishing bcSnirch my good
name. With the adroitness of the po-
lice court petlifogger, you, under pre-
text OF referring to something that
somebody else said, aSS;lil me, first rs Il
'SWindler' who failed to account for
the large trust fund placed in his
Charge Second, YOU say 1T was we'll
known 1T Washington when he WAS APP
pointed what the charges We're, and
that he had fled the country to avoid
arrest and trial on Il very serious GRIM
as Il sham patriot and fugitive from
, criminal justice, to which you are
pleased to add that YOU were greatly
, surprised and diSguStcd to find such i
man selected to represent the country
in Il high diplomatic post, and that you
not only reaSSCrtcd your statement that
my appointment was IN insult to Chill,
! l,,,t .,1I M IL
suit To every s,lf-rcSpcctng Irishman
i'll the United States
Il treat those coarse and cowardly
| insults, coming us they do from one Of
| the last StragglcrS of retrcltiug know
| nothingS, who find there is no place for
| them i'll the republican party, with tho
same contempt | have shown for I'LL
attacks in the English and American
pro British press. Were il not that
| they were spoken ut a meeting ut which
figured rs vice presidents such names as
| II. f. Gilroy. VIM. X. Grace, j. j. oDon-
ought, John CrimminS and others and
| that il is reported that your words were
received with loud cheering, | am con
WINGED that in the entire ranks OF the
| republican party there could not be
! found a single man who would make
on the character of IN Irish American
SO wauton, foul ard unfoundcd an at
tack rs you HAY" made upon me, but IL
such an one could be found, AMI h9
/ should. l!narr similar circumstances,
| aSSlIl in like manner IN my presence
any Of the gentlemen have manned
above. | VIII simpl! say that there
would not be in New York city any nan
sufficiently large to contain him ana me.
! | would publicly bring to order, ana
| either he or should leave The building.
! In your great desire to aSSlil me, You
have been forced, | perceive, to 1ali
| back entirely upon my connection Wi'h
| thr Irish movement III Ireland. 10 tho
Irish race here and in the old Land, my
conduct in that connection needs no
| yindication.'
With regard to being Il sham patriot
and fugitive from criminal Justice MI.
Egan leaves the first part OF the cllarGo
10 the Judgment Of his lriSil-Ancrican
! fellow citizens and to the second part
pleads guilty, being Il fugitive IN tho
same way rs were Thomas Adds En-
nett. Richard O. German and many
others and sincerely proud of having
done so. He calls attention of the fact
that within n short time after his ar
rival i'm this country he was elected
| president of the Irish national league
of America which, during his term OF
office, sent to Ireland S35O,OOO and that
from Irland was forwarded to him in
| 1883, a present of Il costly service OF
silver, accompanied by flattcrlnS all
dress, signed by Parncl, Mccarthy
Dayitt, Dillon and others.
an contradistinction to your mug
Wump opinions" says Mr.. Egan, per
nit me i'm conclusion to quote the scntf
ments expressed by President Harrison
| unon the Irish love of native lana
which you consider such grave offcnse
against criminal Justice In address
ing a delegation Of Instantaneous, he
said: You are -Irish-Amer-
icans-and though you have given the
concentrated loyalty of your honest
hearts to the starry flag and your adopt
ed country, you have not forgotten,
and YOU ought not to forget, to revere
and yenerate the land Of your birth.
What if sprig of green was found
upon the bloody jacket Of a union sol
der who lay dead on Mission Ridge!
The flag he died for was his flag ana
tho Green ONLY a memory and an inspl-
! ratiCn -