The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-15
DEFENSE INSANITY


shows beylnd doubt that the poor TEL
low must at least. have been tenn
porarily insane. which state of mind
must have been superInduced by the
unfortunate system Of naggng that
was practiced by McKinnon ON him.
with all due respect to the memory
Of Engineer McKinnon, and to the
feeling Of his surviving relatives, !
am very sorry to have TO aver, as a
man who has travelled the five con
tinents, by land, and by sea, that
have often noticed, junior officers eX-
ceeding the brief authority that they
are dressed in, SO as to enhance their
own value, in the eyes of their super
iors at the expense of the bone, the
muscle the sinew, and last but not by
a long way least, the principle and the
feelings Of the rank and file
The kind hearted and honest son or
daughter Of Hibernia, who eXpatriates
themselves from the home of their
nativity, and flies to the glorious and
free Republic OF the United States,
for protection under the spread wings
of the American Eagle expects to en-
joy freedom of a different kind, TO
that obtainable. in monarch ridden
countries, where, unless they are of a
sycophantic, servile nature, they can
not get along and after arriving in
this country they are very much dis
posed to resent any overbearing or
arrogant persecution that may be aim
ed at them. A few instances, might be
quoted, to show the susceptibility of
Irishmen, when coerced, or oppressed
or tormented.
Why did General Egan tell his com
handing officer, during the embalmed
beef enquiry that he was guilty of per-
version and that he would force the
lie down his throat covered with the
contents of a soldiers camp latrine?"
Because General Egan was temporarily
insane brought on by villification of
his character. Why did Colonel Ar
thur Lynch fight in the Boer Army?
Because he was insane from the peTse-
cution and coercion that his own coun-
try suffered at the hands of the Beers
opposers Why did the Irish Brigade
| fight at the Battle of Fontenoy? Be
cause they had an insane hatred of
their oppressors. Why did King Brian
Boru, in a maddened charge, drive 80,
600 Danes into the sea, at Clantany, A,
D. 1914? Because the Irish were in
furiated by the oppressive tactics OF
! their enemies.
Now Mr.. Editor, l may be accused
of being a sentimentalist, but if max.
ing the most strenuous appeal, THAI
my limited, and not very grammatical
connection of the English language viii
allow for the life of a fellow-being
be called sentimentalism, then l will
raise my hat and thank God for any o
that description of sentiment, that
may have about me, and when l thinl
of the poor struggling, gray haired
widowed mother of John Wynne, hel
only support, by the hearth side sitting
unconscious of her loved sons predica
ment, it reminds me of the agony, tha
the mother of Christ, must have en-
dured when she beheld her beloved
son crucifed on Mount Calvary, be
tween two thieves, for the love o
man kind.
Mr.. Editor by the insertion of thi'
urgent and pathetic appeal in you
popular journal you will be doing ;
humane, American-like, justice lovinl
action Chat will be appreciated) il
promulgating through the columns o
your admirable journal the inside fact
of Wynne's case, which have beel
cleaned by me at all hours and ma
) God grant, that the Honolulu judg
: and jury, that tries this case will leav
no stones unturned to arrive at JUS
! unbiased and unprejudiced verdict l
closing my defense of Wynne / beg
remain.
UVourc urotaI1y