Yesterday week, Sir W. Harcourt read aloud in the House
of Commons a despatch from the United States Minister to Lord Granville on the subject of the Fenian plots in the United States, in which Mr. Blaine instructs him to say that "the National, State, and. Municipal authorities of the United States are all engaged in the work of discovering the wicked authors of the dynamite plot." And Mr. Blaine adds that "no pains or expense will be spared in the detection and prosecution of the guilty parties." That is a very satisfactory document, and shows that the authorities of the United States are opening their eyes to the possible growth of anarchy even under the liberties of a republic. The attempt to assassinate President Garfield has brought that possibility home to all American citizens, and has certainly quickened their sympathies with Englishmen suffering from the dynamite plague.
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