The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-09 00:00:00

are more ruffians than Butler amongst the Federal ffenerals.
One of the seven Irishmen had fallen in action, and the
survivors, when the order for their discharge arrive d, were
not, as in common decency they should have bee.n, Bent
back furnished with ample means to procure sustona.nce
and transport. That would not have suited the policy of
those who well knew that there were thousands of Da ors
serving under their command who had been similarly en
snared, and who, were their cases equally well ke ,own,
would be as certainly reclaimed ; they therefore detern due('
to conceal, as far as possible, the interference of the
fish Government in behalf of its entrapped subjects, and .0
make it appear to all their partners in misfortune that the, r
comrades were rather about to be punished for raiscouduot
than liberated under compulsion. The six men were
accordingly first confined in the "bull ring," a sort of
opening prison, amongst the most degraded crinainals
ffe ,
and then marched to their destination, handcud.
and guarded with no shelter at night agilinst the the
of the weather, and no bed but
damp earth. They were unsupplied with rations aud left
to support nature as best they might, by feeding nn grass
and unripe apples ; and after being harassed and tormented
in every possible manner that the practised barbarity
Yankee officials could devise, they at length, waYweriathe
exhausted, found themselves under the protection ef "-
.
British flag. So far so wall. We are bound to of
ledge that on this occasion and to this extent our Governiae.nt
—Whig though it be—hasacted in a praiseworthy end dig
nified manner ; but is the matter to end here? Are there to.
be no indemnities enforced for such unmerited sufferingsdr
Is the American Government, as usual, to be coniplirueta,tee
on its ready compliance with the demands of our Alin
and and then allowed to swagger off without coraPen
M`Hugh for his seven months' illsdetention, °r
gal
roe
other six Irishmen
for the indignities and cruelties P
ly
tised upon them, even after having, though unwil!to
participated in the battles of their persecutors? Traf: ieS
when England would have promptly avenged such inj or--
inflicted on her citizens by a demand for an aP°llet
put sve
instead of requesting an indemnity in moneys;
d
in days when the payment of hard cash s colloid's'
ample satisfaction for the most grievous act of 'l5
pression ; and perhaps our Ministry may ePilicek
sufficient courage, and exact at least the -114°
outregeo:
mary penalties for such gross and unprovoked
Lord Palmerston sent a fleet to Athens to demand eatishiSc:
tion for the mere property losses of a British subject' were
thanoa otother
er
now,doubtful—andyitsh 0f satin
claims were exorbitant, and whose nationality was too
equalyYankee
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port are far better founded than wewrehtolasoescelaoirDset:Vj'aiscilgelire:
ates 00,
We own we can scarcely hope it, for the Federal St
as yet more powerful than Greece ; and their victil'ai,s srs
unfortunately for themselves, "mere Irish." Theeile.illt•
declaims most eloquently against those violations "" 'coy
sonal liberty by Uncle Abe and his myrmidons, incitg/3,14
demands " what the Irish newspapers are about tila'A ttb a
do not warn their peasantry against emigrating," ape rld
asks, with a strong touch of contempt, " if they have:h•
themselves to the landlords ?" Ilad the writer of this slash'
t
ing article but coolly reflected on the subject, ha °ill
;feet
fail to discover that the Irish press is powerles 'ttict
what he desires. The Irish peasantry act upon the:/' 014
principles of free trade (of which the Times is 9h: 011
so consistent an advocate) in carrying their labour, lcbich
article they have to dispose of, to the market Pa,them'
lP
it fetches the highest price. No one can preve
and we conceive, that while following the dictates of ,toe'
ticsl economy, they are entitled to at least as nlucla PTir igtv
tion as would be afforded, in case of need, to the cciisilete
ments of a Baring, or the cotton-prints of a Brigilt• leg
is a certain method of effectually stopping the iaaf-I,;:tbe
system to recruit their armies so liberally patronise r-ds°' •eciry'e
Federal Government, which has escaped our conten3P°na--
notice—or which more likely he hesitates to reoraystoe 01
and that is to insist upon ample indemnities bring eel
eptouchvo es
rsgrantedpossibly
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disputed.
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dangerous an experiment on BrotheryJooLharl s an3Ptv
and that the grievances of M‘Hugh and Ills es. wed
augmenttriots will be left unredressed, to the nectild at
amenities of which the Tinics says our MinistrY
some future period " be bound to remind the Aniertes-
vernment."