Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1864-10-12
European Opinions.

European Opinions. ",
THE CONFEDERATE CAUSE IN IRELAND.
DUBLIN, August 2s.-Ths lovers of
peace--to; say nothing about fair play
may at length congratulate themselves that
the Federal recruiting sergeant has begun
to find his occupation gone in Ireland
This desirable consummation has been but
slowly brought about and many were the
difficulties encountered by the way. These,
however, have been happily surmounted ;
and it is most gratifying to add that Catho-
lies and Pretestsnts, the pulpit and the
press, are now uniting their! efforts in the
cause of peace. al, .st&-,.::S..t ..sx:.T't
The letter of his Holiness Plus TX to
Archbishop Hughes, Of. New York, (the
publication of which in the first instance
inflicted the first serious check upon the
exodus from Ireland,) is now being repro
duoed by the committees. of various politi-
cal societies, and the most effective means
are being used to give to it all the publici-
| ty it so entirely deserves. Copissof thar
remarkable document. are to be found on
the doors of. Catholic places of worship, and
not.a Sunday passes but the epistle . his
Holiness may. number its readers BY many,
many thousands. In one conspicuous In
stance, it forms a portion Of the subject
matter of a. large placard-the remainder of
the "publication" consisting (1st) of an
argumentative paper, called a !sCaution to
Irish Emigrants;" (2d,) q letter contribu-
ted to the Irishman by the late w: s. O.:
Brien, (being powerfully. written answer
to- the orations of "Gen.t. Meagher of the
Sword ~ and (3d AN address from MIR.
John Martin, stating and explaining to his
countrymen the arguments that have con-
WINGED bim that ireland ought, by every
means in her power, to-. endeavor to- bring
the war to an end by the recognition Of che
Confederate States as an independent ma
ton. The tone and spirit of these various
writings, and the beneficial effect they are
calculated to produce upon the public mind,
can be best judged of by the following in-
troductory passage :.ss.1rs = oeSnesit
TO EM1aRANTs. FROM IRELAND. e.,
The majority Of you seek America with
the hope Of bettering your, social condition.
On your arrival in the port ofNew York. /
you may expect 10 be Immediately solicited
to enlist in the Federal army for the restor-
alton of the Union, and for the pretended
liberation of the negro. What will the
liberation Of the negro benefit you or yours
at home or abroad, that you should risk
your lives for his so.called 'sfreedom ?":-
What benefit or credit will rebound to you
from the re.establishment Of the Union,
that you should sell yourselves for few
pounds in hand to the men who would raise
themselves to military rank, pay and pro.
motion, by making your dead bodies the
stepping stone of their ambition? Read )
and from the letters of. John Martin and
W. Smith O'Brien. learn that the war of
the Northern Yankees against the Southern
States is most unjust, most bleody.and
inhuman war. Read and learn from the.
letter of our Holy. Father Pope Plus: TX,
that this war of the North against the South
is the direst, most destructive and most dis.
NAL of all the evils that could befall a peo.
pie or o nation. Read attentively that
epistle of his Holiness, in, which. he urges
and commands Arch bishop Hughes, of
New York, to omit nothing "he can under
take to accomplish" as Bishop to stay the
war and restore peace and then ask your
selves, if you can with safe conscience
despise this entreaty of the Holy Father,
or lend yourselves to counteract his injunc-
tions, by eDlisting or aiding a. war which
the Pope has 80 nnqualifedly condemned,
But even more remarkable proof of the
unanimity With which persons of the high
est influence andof opposite parties are
working together in the cause of peace, is
to be found in the efforts that are daily
made to procure signatures to the appeal
recently put in circulation, from the "Peo-
pie of the United Kingdom of Great Brit
ain and Ireland to the People Of the United
States" That appeal addressed itself to
the ties of kindred, to, the past history. of
the United States, to the long continuance
of the civil war, to the empty character Of
the results, to the waste Of human life, and
to the amount of>loss and misery caused by
the conflict; and entreats the people of the
North to consider their position, and to
make peace with the. Southern States
London lnder, Sept. l.-from an Occa-
sional Correspondent.
.:, AN ITALIAN WITNESS. =.
TURIN, August 13, 1864.
10 the Editor Of the lnder SIR: One
of the few Italians who, seduced by the
rose colored visions of glory and gain, left
their peaceful homes to offer their swords
to the Federal Government, has recently
written to his friends here; and the letter,
coming as it does from an impartial source,
and from a man of considerable military
capacity, cannot, I-thlnk, fail to interest
your readers. The writer, who is from a
small provincial town. Of Piedmont, wentto
the Federal States about two years ago, and
through his introductions and abilities
speedily obtained the command of a cavalry
regiment. He fought with Mcclellan in
his Virginia campaign, and was made pris-
ouer by the ..Confederates in one Of the
bloody battles around Richmond, in which!
condition, owing to the cruel obstinacy Of