DUBLIN CASTLE AND DYNAMITE.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXI, Issue 12, 6 January 1893, Page 16

DUBLIN CASTLE AND DYNAMITE.

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BY journals here and at Home wish the public to believe that the late dynamite crime at Dublin Castle has been the work of a section of the Irish Home Rulers. For this view of the incident there is not a shadow of evidence, and all the probabilities are the other way. But who amongst these gentry care — who amongst them has ever consulted justice in dealing with an Irieh question ? They are themselves, of course, impeccable, and equally, of course, Irish patriots are necessarily criminals. Hack-renting is, no doubt, a divine principle, and no greater proof of depravity can be given than a disinclination to pay rack-rents to idlers, spendthrifts, and Tories. This is the Tory creed, and always, in Ireland at least, has been. Under such circumstances every crime, of course, has been committed, not by the rack-renting class, but by , their victims. This, with Tory politicians, is,, a first prwoipje, and a religious principle. The landlords Are, ioeopa^e of an infringement of the law of morality, and, Unpeople Me incapable of honour, honesty, or even common sense. But,

although this may be landlord public opinion, it is not public opinion generally. Most people will come to the conclusion that a nation is hardly made up of arrant fools, and that men are not such fools as not to be able to discern their At the present moment the friends of the Irish people »re in power and prepared to grant a large measure of Home Rule to that distracted country. It is not at all probable that under such circumstances Irish Home Rulers of any class would be such idiots as to seek to slay their friends and embarass them in their efforts to serve their country and advance the cause they have so much at heart. Whilst, therefore, there is not a tittle of evidenoe to sustain the charge made by the Tory Press against Irish Nationalists, and whilst at the same time all the probabilities are against such a supposition, we come to the conclusion that no rational, dispassionate man will agree with the said Tory Press. If we look for probabilities we must turn our eyes in an opposite direction. Mr Gladstone and Mr Morley, in particular, are objects of detestation to Irish landlordism, and the history of the past informs us that Irish landlordism has no conscience, no heart, and. has never hesitated to do anything that seemed to it necessary to carry its policy or wreak its vengeance. Whilst, therefore, we do not mean to say. that this odious crime is to be laid to the charge of Irish landlordism, we do affirm that it is much more probable that the authors of it are to be found under the banner of Irish landlordism than among the ranks of Irish, Nationalists. But be this as it may, we have no hesitation in denouncing the crime as most criminal, cowardly and reckless, and as one which we heartily hope may be soon discovered and adequately punished no matter who may be the authors of it. The man or men who committed it are unworthy of the right of living amongst human beings, and cannot be regarded in any other light than that of cruel wild beasts, who should be hunted from the society of human beings. All this proves the necessity of putting an end at once to injustice and a cruel administration of the laws even when just. Nothing but just, equitable, and wise government can secure the stability, peace, and prosperity of any country. The consequences of injustice are certain to come home to roost, and sooner or later retribution in some shape or other is sure to follow on evil doing. We heartily wish and sincerely hope that the British Parliament, abjuring party triumphs, will bend itself to the task of doing justice to the Irish nation, so long and io grievously oppresbed.