Under the heading, "Anti-Amnesty Sentiments from an Unusual Source," Notes
from Ireland points out that the Irish Catholic of July 22nd expresses great indignation be- cause Governor Altgeld, of Illinois, has granted a free pardon to the remaining Chicago anarchists imprisoned for murder- ing " so many gallant members of the local police-force " by the use of dynamite bombs. "It will be remembered that the killed and wounded constables were all Irishmen." " It is safe to say," continues the Irish Catholic, " that the most scandalous display of weakness on the part of a public. functionary ever witnessed now stands to the record of Governor Altgeld. Between the dynamite assassin and civilised communities there can be no truce." May the Irish Catholic, then, be depended on to denounce the Irish amnesty movement now fostered by both sections of the Nationalists, or does the excellent principle it enunciates only apply when the injured men are Irishmen ?
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