The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-16


tious valuations.
lncipient Revolution In Ireland Nipped In
the Bud.
The recent news from Ireland of another me-
ditated rebellion has excited some interest
among Our Irish population in New York, and
the interest is somewhat enhanced by secret
meeting called in New York on Friday evening
for the purpose of raising fund to defend the
unfortunate men under arrest for treason.
The journals which profess to represent the
Irish are very indignant at the course which the
British government is likely to adopt in refe-
renee to the prisoners who have placed them
selves in the power OF the law. 1t is intimated
that they will be tried by special commission,
instead Of the regular periodical Court of Assze.
The object of special commission is to strike
terror" by making the punishment certain, and
also to speedily follow the offence. Now, we
think the English government in doing this will
be only acting in obedience to the dictates of
humanity, for such vigorous action will be most
efectual in deterring others from falling into the
snares laid for them by revolutionary junta
who are safely ensconced in New York, and
who. knowing in their Utmost hearts that any
a miserable failure, are yet collecting money
from simpletOns here, for the purpose
of overthrowing British dominion in that
island, and at the same time playing on the Gre
dulity of misguided young men at the other side
Of tho Atlantic, who, by giving heed to their
evil counsels, are likely to lose what is of more
value to them than money-their personal liberty
in the very prime of existence 1t is this feature
of the case that renders the conduct of those who
call themselves Irish patriots here so highly re-
prehensible in the sight of God and men, The
English and Irish papers say that the arrested
parties are ''the dregs Of Young Ireland" Wheth-
er they are the dregs or the cream we know not,
but they far less criminal than those who have
abused the asylum they have received in thu
United States by holding out false lights, like
pirates, to their victims, which can have no other
effect than wrecking them on lee shore. The
greatest enemies of the Irish are those of their
own household. How far the Sixty-ninth Regi
ment Of New York is mixed up in the affair,
either by accident or by design, and with their
eyes open, cannot be determined in the present
state of our information. But it is evident there
is heavy responsibility somewhere.
There are only two conditions that can Justify
insurrection in any country. One is that there
is very strong probability of success and the
other that the benefit to the country will be COM
with the bloodshed and other calami-
ties entailed by intestine war; AS to the first
there is none but fool or knave will pretend |
to say that rebellion in Ireland, under present
could have the slightest chance Of
success. Indeed, under no circumstances can |
that island, without navy herself, and girt as |
she is with the fleets of England be ever able to
assert her independence, unless by the interven-
ton of France or the United States; and neither
of these Powers have any notion of cmbroiling
themselves in the affairs Of Ireland. In the re-
bellion Of 1898 foreign aid was relied upon, and to
a considerable extent rendered by France But
even with that assistance the instruction failed
In 1S4s, when the triumph of the French revolu-
tion set the continent Of Europe in blaze
Ireland, too, caught the fame, and then her
main hope was aid from the French republic
which was not given. Had the French republic
stood frm-had it adopted the principle of pro-
pagandism and had all Europe become republi-
canized, there might have been some chance of
an Irish republic. But reaction set in and the
people of Ireland, under all the excitement of
public meetings, inHammatory harangues, and
seditious newspapers, would not rse-a determi- |
nation in which they were encouraged by the |
Catholic priesthood They let Mitchell, who |
urged them to rebellion, be arrested, tried con-
victed and "sent out of the country for the |
country's good" without striking blow A sin
gle company Of Dragons was sufficient to escort
him from prison through the streets of Dublin
10 the ship which bore him into exile. The only
ight that could be afterwards got up was the
bttlc Of Ballingarry, fought in the
cabbage garden OF 'hc widow Mccormick, under
he gcneralship OF Mr. Smith OBricn. If the
people did not rise at q time Of great excitement
ike that, and under the most stimulating ap-
planes, what reason is there TO suppose they
would do so now. when everything is quiet. and
here are no leaders 10 inname, organise.
md marshal them for action? The country
never was so loyal to England as it is
1t the present time During the Crimean
war IL was left almost without soldier to
garrison 1t. Why did not the patriots then strike
when that opportunity offered? The fact that
ifty-two thousand militia were raised in Ireland
Turing the war, and seN TO keep The peace In