Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-10-25
DAILY SENTINEL
sFiring'' the English Heart
Fnm the London Times, Oct. 4.

Fnm the Loudon lines, uct.4
There j. not the least doub, that very con-
siderable number Of American citizens are at this
moment openly engaged in levying war against
Her Majesty, and il Is not for want OF will that
their efforts are 20 imp0tent These men are
not the agents of foreign power; they are them
selves principals In the enterprise, and their
avowed desire has been TO conquer Ireland from
America just EnglaRd was conquered from
Normandy. AL their operations have been car
red on in broad daylight, and reported in the
papers, nor have they always provoked unfayor-
able comments from the organs Of American
public opinion. The Governments OF England and
the United States are on the best possible terms
with each other, and vet recruits are enlisted BY
thousands on the soil of the United States for an
expedition TO Ireland, not only without disguise,
but With a degree Of bravado. half American and
half Irish, that is almost comical.
Knowing the popularity Of American insti,u-
lions. remembering the embarassments under
which President johnson is laboring to recon-
struet the Union, and having confidence in his
desire 10 remain in smity with this country, we
act wisely ss well as courteously in sbstaning
from any serious remonstranc0 against the sp-
paTent toles4tion of American Fenisnism All
that We claim in return is a like consideration for
the circumstances which made IL impossible to
check entirely the building of Confederate crus-
eEs iR our OWL ports. Ii was not SO much the
want OF more stringent foreign enlistment act
that beted our Efforts. as the extreme difficulty
of applying any law that would be endured by q
free and high spirited people 10 cases which so
nearly resembled the legitimate transactions of
commerce IL is easy to discant on the injury
inflicted on American commerce by single yes
sci like the Shenandoah, but no Que has vet
pointed out what form OF enactment would have
enabled the Crown TO ascertain her destination
and lay an embargo on her in the dockyard.
The same can hardly be said OF the Fenian en-
hstments in America. They are os,ensibly ile-
gal from first 70 last, and have not the advantage
OF any commercial disguise or preteIt what
ever 1t they occasion us much less concern
than the rayages Of the Alabama and her con-
sorts did the Americans, this is because our hold
on Ireland is too firm to be shaken by any fill
busterng agitation. But then for this very reason
they ATE without the least semblance of iustifca-
tion. for nothing could even colorably justify
them but the deep and deliberate aversion of the
Irish people from connection with Great Britain
Feniansm, we would fain believe. is the lsst r.
ducfiO Gd dbsurdum of Irish rebelliOns but the
damage which IL mas already dore in retarding
the progressive improvement OF Ireland. must be
measured In millions o; capital fepelled and the
work Of years undonc This is 10 light griev-
anee, out We have made no complsiut, while the
American press is never tired of accusing us as a
nation OF completely with the crimes Of Captain
Semmes aud Captain Waddtl. Even this iuiUs-
tice We are willing 10 bear with perfect good
humor, and only eEtIeat our critics 10 ask them
selves, IN all honesty, what they would feel il
they - hear os volunteers mastering in
nyriads on tho Canadian frontier, for instance,
and before The eyes of the Canadian authorities
for the invasion Of the United States!