After that, the scene of passion was renewed with Mr.
Sexton, who also gave Colonel Saunderson the lie direct ; but in his case, as he had been personally attacked, which was not the case with Mr. Healy, the Speaker intervened to get Colonel Saunderson to withdraw the imputation of Mr. Sexton's having associated with murderers, knowing them to be murderers,—" murderer," by- the.way, was a word which could hardly refer to any one but Sheridan, against whom a true bill was found by the Grand Jury after his tlight,—and Colonel Saunderson withdrew the charge, admitting that he could not prove Mr. Parnell's or Mr. Sexton's knowledge of Sheridan's designs. Mr. Sexton thereupon with- drew the lie direct, and Colonel Saunderson finished his speech with great composure, giving a careful summary of the American transactions which, in his opinion, proved that Mr. Parnell and Mr. Sexton do not in the least object to associate themselves with the leaders of the American party of dynamite. The thunder- storm had passed off, but the temperature of passion had not
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