New-York daily tribune., 1861-07-17
the WAR FOR TAE UNION.
EETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE
THg,NExpLlcAeLE DELAY
WHY NOTHING IS DONE IN TIE EAST
POPULAR PROTEST.
A LESSON FROM HISTORY.

NJ Ne Edit, Of The n. X Tribune -, TT
sm: Froude's History of England, volume H.
skspter viii, on the Irish Rebellion contains
s.ne strange lessons. 1t seems that IN 1904 Inc
Earl sf Kildare raised the standard OF ieOei"On
IN Ireland, numbering and terrorizlng aI' .noS'
xyho were loyal to Henry VIII. and to Engano'
Henry VIII. appointed his old servant oA'n"
son 10 the commend of the forces "Dicn "eio W
be sent from England TO Ireland to suppress tne
rebeil on. quote from Froude;
.rf Stse3notoa could ret out on the instant, the
s.u.,ia ,;abt Ge saved ard Du'iD recovered. Bat
Skefnpton who TOO old for bis WORK, hao eisu
over his o epsratioOs and was not ready, ana she "e
hy would nave been fatsl except fcT the Edil oi
G2y,ouS now our Lyon, MeCiell ul. On the arrival
~ ,hc news Ormopd collected bis people and luvaoed
kildare ard SO saved the English authority IN that
part of Lelnd.' $50 Lyon has now donein Missouri,
and Mcclellan in Virginia -
q The sieve of Dublin was opened by Kildare. If
sAs deputy Skehng,on would only arrive Each hour
he wal looked for yet through tese priceless Gays 10
was lettering AZ beanmAli Wsshingtont rroln Ine
fstalty Which has forever hGunteo the dealings OF In
pi,sh etatssm with Ireland, an old man, past w@ X
weak ia health, and with all the moral oen-
ei.pcies of a falling constitution, had been
soected 10 encounter dangerous rebellion. Tie To-
surrecton had broken cut in june yet 1t was The 4th
Of October. Tie ships were loaded, the horses Were
on board and are seseniDg from confinement; $50
now our soldiers on the Potomac are tlckellng
from moral cOuhutlneni.l 1uo Win NNe ieui
vet Skefington was still mot ready All would
have been lost bat for Ornond. Aud
row at length on the l4th of October, the En-.
stsh anchors hIally raised, the reet crossed
tbe Caal uel, but SkeAngton resolved that, for
binself, be would not li,k the attempt to land.
Brereton his lieutenant, did it, and entered Dub
In. Alter a week OF triAing, Skefhngton con.
segted 10 follow BretetoD to Dublin. There he Icy
down for che Winter, leaving the Earl Of Kildare
undisturbed WHO sacked and burned all the Villages
sround Dublin Yet neither the insults OF the rebel
nos the entrtas of the inhabitants Could move the
inpsrlulbable Ssefhngton. lie lay SUI witaln tLe
fIevmeDf, bit SkeGngton refused 20 gips his cfcers
ca ogpoytua.ty tSr distiaetioR in which he did not
share In these delay 3, aud with this ostenta-
ton vfimbeeiity the Winter passed away. Ibe army,
lyinR idle ia Dublin, grew disOrgnized, and an an
6rssstoa spread o6r0Gd nat Henry gfter all intended
10 return 10 the old policy, and 70 pardon tts rebel
Kildaye, AID TO sestore ham 10 potctr. The depuys
seea was urged upon the King but be refused to pass
sn afrOnG upon al old servant"
The Irish rebellion was fDsDy suppressed. not
BY the skin Of Skefington, but by the prrpoG-
dsrating forces of England and the activity of
Ormond and other young loyal leaders. 1t was
suppressed after on immense destruction Of prop
erty and with numberess evils, all of which
would have been prevented but for the inactivity
Of skefhpgton. History accuses him mof all the
crimes perpetrsted by the rebels. who had plenty
Of time left them TO spread havoc and desOlate
tho country.
I am. Sir your obedisns serysn.
Hss- Ys1k, JIly I6 A STUDENT OF HISTORY.