The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-12-21
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The Ferian Filkenry Fight.

From the Chiragn Journal. ia
| Some nf !hs Western Fcnans were dis
posed to think hard of'rhe Journal when.
a'wsek or'two ago, it frlt iteelfcrl!cd upon
to make some structures concerning tho f.
nancial extravaganza andapparent III faith
Of the leaders OF that Organization, at
headquarters in New York. They have
doubtless seen and heard enough since
tho publication nf that article. to convince
them that there was only too much orra-
sion for us to speak ont timely word of
warning to the many thousands of Irish
men who were being dupod anil swindIed
ont Of tbc'r r,snev bvn s~t Of men who. il
not actually dishonest are evidently not
fit for the leadership Of 50 important an or
CaniZation q. this is deemed. nor truswnr-
thy rs holders Of the large fund that has
beon contributed for tho supposed purpose
Of rlihernting ireland from British oppres-
sion. Tho Kilkenny fight now i'm progress
betwcon the two factions of these leaders
for the mastery and the money. is the best
pronr we: could possibly produce in iusti-
ton Of our structure and precautions. Fl
We will not snv that this internal dis
sension at the Fenian headquarters is a
calling out among rouges' over the divis-
ion of thoir spoils, but the f;ict thatit looks
very much like it cannot be disguised
We do believe that the body calling itself
bile men, who represent the masses Of the
Irish people in this country. and are anx-
ious II save their cause from becoming q
swindle and bv-word nf reproach; hut
rs regards "President'' OMahonev and
his right hand bower Killian, we have the
gravest suspicion. We must have better
evidences than any vet presented, 10 over
como our distrust of their honesty or their
sincerity i'm behalf Of the cause of poor Ire
land. We only hope that the "Senate''
will succeed i'm ousting these nice, kid
gloved gentlemen from the nest, into
which they have so costly feathered them
selves, and place the Fenian cause into the
hands OF leaders who have theinterests oi
the Irish people al heart and who will moi
lexrerd the Fenian fund by hiring $l2. .0oc
a-year houses for their personal conven.
ience and comfort. and pay to such traitors
as John,Mitchell tons OF thousands Of dol
;. lars out of the same sacred fund for thei,
personal reliefand benefit. Such lavish
expenditures for such purposes will no,
: aid the cause Of Ireland any more than i
the money were thrown into the sea, ol
scattered promiscuously among thesaloor
keepers of New York. 4
The ''Senate has now denounced ano
repudiated president O'Mahoney ant
his associates, who have been living il
clover at the Fenian headqua rters. anC
OMahoney has, in turn, denounced ant
, exercised the "malcontents" of the "Sen
ate." And the fihgt still progresses, O'Ma
. honey & Co., holding fast to the Feniar
money bags, and the Senate accusing
tham Of all manner OF fraud and dishones
ty. Where this imbroglio will end il
plain to be foreseen. Fsnianism will dis
solve in big puff ofsmoke, O'Mahone,
4 Co. will turn up missing, with none,
bags aforesaid, some fine morning, anS
: the down:trodden yeomanry ofold Irelant
may continue to groan in oppression. ant
sigh in poverty and hopelessnes ''in tn
future as I'm the past" We hope this will
not be the result, but this is what it look
like coming tn Mt the present writing.
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