New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-28
The Tribune and the Foreign News

Just one week ago we published some news,
from a confidential correspondent in Dublin, which
has afforded an opportunity to some OF the papers
ia this and other cities OF bestowing upon US a
vast amount Of bad language and worse manners.
We have quietly endured it till now, that we
have received later intelligence, which enables US
20 make some definite remarks upon the whole
matter
While we were puzzling over the evident alb
surd.ties and contradictions Of the news received
by the steamer Cambria, we received three letters
from Dublin. written in such manner as TO escape
detection by the agents OF the British Post Office
These letters conveyed to us the startling intelli
gence that Ireland had met her oppressors, and
had gained substantial, though not bloodless
victory that the Military were fratemizing with
the people. and that several important posts were
in possession of the Insurgents. We knew that
the letters were written in Dublin. There was
no doubt-there could be none-on this point.
We knew also that the writer would not inten
lonally deceive our readers and yet the news
was So different from the British accounts, though
not quite so inconsistent that thought It wrong
to keep il from the public. We believe there is
not paper in the City that would not have done
the same, had 1t received the letters IN the same
way, making such remarks as its preiudIces or
precaution might have suggested. The fact that
nearly all the papers in the country. including
bitterest revilers. copied them from our columns
proves this
As these letters told us OF people redeemed
from a thraldom infinitely more oppressive thas
our own country abored under when it declared
itself independent and as their statements were
not a whit more unlikely to prove rue-in fact
were not more uutrue-than the inconsistent sto-
ICES published and believed in by our cotempora-
ries OF some forty policemen chasing a thousand
iasurgents-lthe last accounts show that the pc
ice were numerous at Baiiinsarry Is the insur-
gents we concluded % publish them But lest
any OF our readers might be deceived, We INTRO
duced them with some remarks to which We beg
% call special attention The following paragraphs
are from our Editorial introduction 70 the news as
will be seen by turning 70 our paper containing 1t
+ almost Jar0ra5ls 70 tAs people Be bshersd
an set the blind and inconsistent reports Of the British
press SEEM To GIVE FEASIBILITY 70 our CORES
lo1denfs statements
WITHOUT vOUCHISG FOR THE ACCURACY
OF THE STATEMENTS. re gre them NJ IRISH
DUBLIN"
such was the caution, such was the language we
used in publishing the letters referred to and yet
many Of our contemporaries with a recklessness OF
nalgniEy totally inexplcab.e 70 Us have again and
again denounced Us as trying % mislead the public,
aud as having published the letters authentic III
t.hgence. AL We vouched for as that the letters
were written-as they purported 10 be-in Dublin,
and that the gentleman from whom they came.
however deceived he might be himself, did not
mean 70 deceive others. This any intelligent, fair
minded man in tie City, who would take the
trouble to examine the letters. would youch for,
with Us.
Need We say more The above is sufficient for
any reasonable man; and 10 such only would We
address ourselves We regret that the commoa
rumor IN Dublin, upon which or correspondent
founded his letters, was but umor-regret il Tor
Irelands sake-ior EnglanG's sake. Had il been
true, large as was the reported sacrifice Of life,
and deeply as it was to be lameuted it would
have averted Dore extended slaughter. That
Ireland viii yet be free we cannot doubt,-no
more than we can doubt that England viii refuse
70 let her 90 from her bondage, TIL she makes her
e xodus through a sea Of blood. Starvation and
famine, superinduced, 70 a great degree by misgo-
venment, resulting in s0th and thriltlessness,
always consequent upon long years OF oppression
and enslavement viii again carry of is thousands
and tens OF thousands. A continuance Of the clear
ance system will, We fear, again lead to midnight
assassinafions. The scafold viii probably Aow
with biool, aud the dungeon ami the prison-ship
VIII echo the gro4ns OF despairing Patriots. And