Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-11-25

! from Ena dl1oflouu ElQllFHE=l
The New York TTbuHs, in an article entitled
"Ths Fenian Broiherhood," has lhess para
graphs;
''Ths laoss important meeting whish this or
gEnisatisn has yst hsl3, convened on the Sd Of
November, in Chicago. Some three hundred
delegates, from all psris Of the United States
from CsRsds and Ireland, wore present. Stir
ring speeches on the prima' object Of the asso-
ciatiOn, the establishment of Irish independence,
were made, and the organization was co4rl letsd
~ electing John O'Makony, Of New YeTk,
'bohd eanisT' Of tho organization, q eouiTal COM
uittss Of five members, 5no Of whem is General
CsrcoTsn, and head couier' for each Of the fol-
loving States: New Ys-k. PolnsyivHaio, Hi
aois, Ohis, Wisconsin, Indiana, hsntassY, Mis-
sour, MzFsachuE5ss5, Tennessee, s4.cEigEs, Cal
ifoTnis, SIS we'll rs the District Of Columbla.
Among these who have expressed thar symps
Shy with this movement we notice tho name OF
GeR. Meagher. Ths accounts Of the proceed
ing Of the congress say that crest unsnimlty
and enthusiasm prevailed, and shat ihs deln
gates sepsTstsd highly gTEtidet snd determined
to weTk on earnestly and energeilealiy in the
work Of freeing Ireland from the dominion Ot
th8 oppresssr.
There are some fsatRras N this Sow national
party oi Ireland which viii interest ths people
Of the United statss. In our war, the Irish
natioRalists have generally expressed sympathy
with cur esase, Offering in this Iespset ir1m
the vast majority Of the Idsh pspers wHioh
have been ardent champions Of th8 South. Bat
our qualification at .Aia sympathy has been
greatly increased hy the frank ay9wel on ne
mari Gf the nBtioDalsts that the cause ei thoir
svrzpaihT wss chiaiy tho hope iEzs The great
ness of the United States would be the downfall
of EaRlaAd; that, therefore, the restoration J.t
the Union would be in the interest 0t lTelsndi
asd that this restoration was more likely 20 pro
.ssd from the North than from the South. il.
vss admitted by more than one Of tkslT speksa-
men that they would Just as well hsve sympa-
,hizod with the South if'thsy could hsVe hoped
that the Ssu.h would bo able to restore the
TTpioH. 4 due appreciation Of the great moral
interests thst are st issue in the war ae have
nowhere met with among the leaders d tie Irish
nasisnalists.
an our sountry tho proainsnk influence Of
! tha Irish generals aud eslones Of car army in
thiE Fepisn BroshsIhsod seems 20 Indieate tbat
.ha orrsnzstion is more under the sOntTcl 0i the
! war democracy than that Of the 9alspoken cop
Dsrhosda. But neither in heir congress nor ~
| any Of their ether manifestations Hhva We Eat
/ found a word Of ceTdisl sympathy with the great
cause OF freedom
/ If was \ matter Of some amusement 10 isoBs
| who did not knew he secret springs Of setioAi
that. o. the outbreak Of She war, the IRISH resi-
dents Of the Yankee States threw themselves in
/ to It with such a mad enthusiasm Il may now
be stated, because the thing has become very
public, that the crest impulsion 70 that move
ipeut was given by a (theR) secret 4sish assooia
tiou tho "Fenian Brotherhood. which was
yrilsi,. rauaiisd bath through Ireland ana Che
Hated States, ard 7Theso object, Of csurss, was
10 avsil themselves of every opportunity which
the affairs Of shs world night aHard 20 destroy
B,itisA dominion IN LELAND ANA the sale
- - Nkm a.
States was shs most foImi3ahle rival OF Urea
Brilsia. BsssionssolV desired thsi It should re-
main united and strong hence their rage ct ih'
Iismsrabernsnt of that Union.
Bat thsy hsd another aottyo. Irishraen a
home are prohibited, under pensitya ai ieisnyi q
Iesrn The uss Of arms OF the Erst elem ats o.
military AT, unless IN the British army The
"brotherhee3,' - therefore, simulated ths Wal
spirit sRong their Pospio, merely because i
would give military training aRd sxpaue1ce e
many thousands Of lrisbmsu, 70 be used after
Esrd for Gbsratien sf ihoir own land With a.
"Usisn" restored by fsrco Of Northern arms
and In spite Of tbs supposed sympathy Of Eng
land With tho South, this delRoed 'nrotheIheed'
hsped that the military services Of the iEisk u
that sffsif would make them psteniial Ia Sgid
ing and rnsplaing the pstcy Of the restored, sRC
/ new resistless, Unioni and the very 6fst thin:
they we're to.do was to pTseipitato i into va
win Eaglan9 Then was 70 be return OF thl
Hsraeleida zisk vengeance Then the snl
bursts Aad iAe banner et green was 70 way
| 0ncs more IN IFish wind alongside the conquer
inc stars and stripes, and British iyrAnny Was &
, oolispss and wilheT before then.
Ia al this was no trAcs or glDpie OF Philsn
, sbrepy of human freedom" THo Irish ma-
! bs sometimes misguided but they are aboV
[ that sort OF nonsense
1 They we're signsIly misguided on the pgss5a
: accession. Seward was too cunning Tor then
4 He and his party affected furious and vindiC
. tive hostility to England-and gave 4 out in
! thousend forms, thst the "recel South one
! gubdued, then would come Engand's turn. o
1 sueh reprsssntAtions, and sunulEled By d
4 brotherhood" /" many thousands Of hno yeun
+ men came over from Ireland, not pressed b
n want to emiersio, bat dTed win aEsred Of Enl
4 lsad. to lift high The banner OF Eagland's to
\. and to prepare an Lnsh-AmeIican oTusaC
/. against English power.
4 The whois affair was biundsr. The f'Unier
i is not restored, and viii never be. If it b,
q been, ths Irish soldiery, aiIsT sheir sergiss w
done, would have been ihlown aside ike al
n other broken iool-cheatsd es u1ual. And 81
= green lags lie toTn on Hauy battlefield, a.
ia tie bones Of ik0se VINO 1ero 70 h5erate lrelaI
!. wniion she plans Of ths continent tT0m GalVl
i son 10 ths Potomac 1t is pity Of ihemj "
n tbev deserved their fato. They were prompt
= snrTv FIRE snd sword into the psscsfuI absdes
- a psepIe who had never Wr0nged them, and
wSlss an Ireland Of thsse Confsdsyaic SiAt'
,bst tkey migkt redsem their 9wn. Il was
~ ar;r,s 1urs to bring its own punishment Il
ce and doubtless viii be and ought to be eman
,sr n.te5 from English dominion, but not this va
"a one fact, hoaavsss is plata trom she prsse.
0s- ings Of the "Fenisns," aud the dissalisfscti
s5 af the TriLuEs ihersup0R, namely That
Irish citizens Of he EaDlsee eoantry boye