The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-18
THE IRISH
A Defence Of the Government by n
County Cavan Man.

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To THE EprroR OF THE SuN-Sir: Per-
init an American citizen OF irish origin
to say something from a loyalist point
of view about the recent uprising IN
Ireland and the Governments treat
ment of II. NY credentials: ! was born
in ireland, In County Cavan. the county
that has, also to Its maternal credit
the birth of THE EvENiNo SUMS land all
creation's) william Guard. In Ireland
| was educated until | was fifteen. and
! had the pleasure OF shaking hands
with Biggar and Parnell. In the thirty
five years since 1 have visited the "dart'
seven times.
only a word OF tho past. the ~allurlns
past. Never was n truer epigram than
that OF John Boyle O1teilly when he
said that the curse of Ireland was the
past tense" The English. If SO We ma
call the Norman barons and their re-
tainers. had ~ much warrant in Ire
land as conduerors ever had In other
days. perhaps more. for they were
thither invited for scrapping purposes
by one of Ireland's four or five Kings.
This warrant was hardly modified by
the weary centuries of contention over
various questions. among them the In
cvitable one. religion. synonym or
peace obless tho mark TIL, In the
closing years of the eighteenth century,
ireland, now for coo years an English
possession. came nearest to attaining
the dignity OF national entity under
Grattan's Parliament. II was not n
very representative Parliament. perhaps.
but few p~arlianents were then.
The determining factor In the loss or
that Parliament was the madcap re-
hclliou of Wolf Tone, the Pearse imita-
tton OF which may have AN analogous
effect on the promised Parliament OF
a. r.. 90 .. sI.rA hoo, hoo, gtff
RACES and injustices IN Ireland In tho
past. and everywhere else FOR that mat
tor. why not forget hem? Why WAY
wroth. in exaggerated rhetoric, over
cromwell What have his deeds to do
with modern England" Even the Eng
lish dug up his poor remains for the
: grim vengeance of hanging them to "A
3 ihbct at the foot of which they buried
what was left. minus the head. which
for long after adorned the Gates OF
Westminster. Tho crushing Of Ireland
Industries was largely n matter or pro-
tective tariff. n not wholly unholy cult.
even In modern times. The hardshtpS
II religious disqualification were not
peculiar TO ireland.
To come to our own day and genera
tion. I don't know n single right or
privilege that an Ensliehman possesses
ip the United kingdom that an Irishman
hasn't too. If he behaves himself and
accepts the "fait accompli' And Yet
men Ike Redmond. with wit enough Ia
rococuizc the Impossible and sense
enough to appreciate that there must
exist n ratio between an end and TIC
means Of attaining Il. are called trail
tors ard ~reuegafes. and 20 the air OF
Die Wacht am Rhein'' conducted by a
German womau's husband. For 1t should
he automatic enoush that there Is as
much chance of Ireland brcakin away
from the Brit.s Empire as there 10 OF
Georgia or South Carolina hroakinr
away from these United States. Ire
land may be allowed. as part ~ the
empire. TO exercise n certain colon.a|
: autonomy. though for the life Of mo
can't see the advantage ~ e~Xchanring
FOR the role OF a possession. the proud
title and privilege Of partner a. one OF
the three kingdoms to euide the des-
tin!es OF one of the mighticst Of empires
A. a matter Of fact Ircl1nd's position
- more dominant than equal, IN pro
portion TO accepted representation fpt
Ireland, with a population Of 400 600
sim has the 1903 members Of Iarlia-
mtnt tho act Of Union assured her
while Scotland. with a population OF
4. 500. 900. has only s~eventy-two.
l,ut admitting the apparent fact that
, ireland prefers the obscure role to IN.
proud one, the hope Of ever being any.
thing more than "A colony, Of ever CoW.
~p'etclv scvcriur Itself from the British
Eni re, outraEcs the most e~lcmcAfar!
common sens" and tn" v.rionarios whc
indulge in violence, striving fnr the IN.
~attainahla. don't corHne their power,
for mischief To heating their own head.
against "A wa. Of stone. They cndlr,
ger the autonomy the majority seems {,
want they bring srifrcriuGs IN thci,
roUn-ryn"u IN general and ruin on IN,
already delapidated faces OF Their ia
thotlc owns
Ard thes" are the people wa are aSket
20 syInpathIze with. as brave though ID"
luded! All maimon are brave, an,
when the mad bravery results In re
bcl.ion rs treatment IL never and no
where lenicu' why e,nect T. wow
whom the rebellion Is AGAINST n Govern
ment In the throos OF a mighty con
flct when II has caused the death o
almost $50 military men when aElins
n Government that IN lSiI sometime
distributed as many as 10000 ration.
70 "A famine stricken people, famin,
stricken because, with little hut the I'm
certain potato 70 depend on for susie
nance. tho POPULATION increased iron
5o'0, n00 n 1900 70 over S.o0o.oD =,
lNi5, and this under tho "%hltchtirg'
linton against n Government that Ia
appropriated money enabling tenants &
'hf ~ AA'A - pa az A'N ff'|4
twenty years interest on the NurChas
price Now that's a privilege that man
a farmer IN England and Scotland an.
many n house owner IN Agawam woul
Welcome.
Wa herate tire British Government 70
not being lericnt 10 the mischief naEors
because they we're deludcd or visionary
Well, so was Guitcau, so was CzolEos2
! so were the Chicago anarchists. Th
, Government of the United KirRdor
'ndidr't net ont Of vind'cttveness. CAPITA
pu hpent may not be n deterrent 70
murder. hut the great STATE Of Ne
York thinks Il "a SO does oUr ow.
proud Commonwealth Of Massachusetts
and a. long as Wa practise Il for Il
= deterrent effect q III hchooves us I
blame n Government that employs
similarly. hGAwAM.
= S~rEl%GFlrIp. Mass. May i.