The Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times. — 1882-05-13 (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England)

DAVITT REPENTANT. If any evidence were needed that .oiths of Lord FREDERICK CAVENDISH IMr. BURKE were not totally useless, wi iink .the letter which Mr. Michael Davi, las thought proper to address to the Seat iwould supply the necessary proof. The loud in which those hateful assassinath airouded the country has, just a glimpse silver lining, for undoubtedly they oauded together in one common union, lasses and conditions of men in Ireland , heir hatred of outrage and murder. Mr. '-ovitt makes a complete recantation of tho nions of his younger days. True, he onl, "it" I believed so and so, " is it just a that a man of mature years must be ' the opinions of his youth?" But we 1 ly well what this means. He A and properly suffered for his It opinions of the past, and his presenti act is a complete justification of ae acOon of the Government throughout this anxious time. Originally, as Mr. MBERLAIN Said, the Land League was . justifiable and indeed a commendable 4ganization. Then no action was taken -lust it by the Government. By degrees League became unable to resist availing themselves of Fenian assistance, am iere was the great mistake Made, not by wernmen t, but by. the Lando League., the leaders of that body had accept& assistance' of violent and treasonable ieties they were, to a certain extent ler their control and were compelled , oheir bidding. At least, they could noti oondemn what was going on, though they lid not, in words, support it. When iwas perceived by the Government they lriven to do that which they hated, appl: _ion to the Land League, not reall fuse of its demands in respect to land, bo .4 its complicity with outrage and murder. When the leaders in effect cried "pecciairmus," then came the opportunity for the Government to show generosit '.ind to try to heal the breach s* long had divided the people of th( ;wo countries. Michael Devitt was the launder of the Land League, and is the of all others to whom the mass of the _ Aople look. Words like the following, fall ong from his lips, must produce an influene (the effect of which can hardly be calculat ut which it is to be hoped the Governmeni will be wise enough to take advantage of. He says —"if: in the hot blood of early man 'oood smarting under the cruelties and ir oities perpetrated in my country, I saw in appeal to force the only means of succourit iher, there has dawned upon my gravo lthoughts, in the bitter solitude of a felon't a nobler vision—a dream of the fraternise .ion and enfranc6isement of peoples of mering of hate by justice."  metal), 300 men and boys employed there have . thrown out of work for a time at present unJertainable. The number of widows and orphans of the men Red unhappily is considerable, whilst there ceriuly are not less than 1,000 men, women, and iildren deprived of all means of support by the rising of the pits. Under these circumstances, whilst the owners the colli ry have made every effort to grapple ith the dreadful disaster which has overtaken sm, and whilst the residaits in the immediate 3hbourhood have strained every nerve to render Mance, much will be required which these ited efforts are quite unable to accomplish I am, therefore, requested to appeal to the iblic for that help which is so urgently needed, id to ask you to be good enough to allow a subTiption Het to be op ued in your columns.—l arna ir, your obedient servant,