Show an apostle of barbarism there are some subjects in regard to which it is the duty of every honest journal to speak out plainly without reserve and without regard to consequences no matter who may be oali tended offended until the press is prepared to betray its high trust and grovel in ln the dirt before the power of a perverted public opinion it will never hesitate to denounce such incendiary foes of civilization as the soi disant irish patriot odonovan 0 DONOVAN BOSSA in his lecture at platts platta hall last wednesday night this apost apostle lei lel of wholesale murder and assassination told his audience that he was trying to raise a skirmishing fund funds to enable men who held their lives in their hand ready to lay jay them down at a moments notice to go forward and aud harass england in every way possible among the possible ways were the use of af the torch of the incendiary in burning english cities thus destroying life and property without discrimination irishmen in california were upon to contribute to this fund in order that the hellish work might inight go bravely on we do not hesitate to say that this is a ni ahod of red redressing redressing political which is repugnant antto to every humane and civilized instinct the man who advocates it is a moral monster and an enemy to mankind if an oppressed people cannot emancipate themselves except by such means it is better by fan far that they should continue to suiter suffer the yoke of the tyrant rather than to undertake to achieve their liberty by the overthrow of the whole fabric of civilization whatever may be the wrongs of ireland it is far better that she should continue to endure them than to seek redress by the attro cious clous proposed by this apostle of barbarism the wild appeals which ho he makes to murderous and satanic instincts W will ill iii awaken no approving response in any butsavage breasts and it is sheer madness to imagine that any Y good can be accomplished by sueh such ch insane and inhuman methods the noblest and nod hollest cause must be ruined the madness of such champions our ancestors won their freedom by other and manlier lier iier methods they were a p people a ople opie of less than three millions when they rose against the might of britain and by seven long years of toil toll and battle and privation achieved their independence their cause was just the boon buon for which they contended was precious but washington and Frankli nOtis and patrick henry would have endured a far heavier yoke than that of england all their lives and left it a sad inheritance to their children I 1 rather than have sought to achieve freedom by the hideous methods of the incendiary and the assa assassin I 1 ax san francisco chronicles mav may 19 |