The New York herald., 1865-05-05

with the most eminent philoogss and men of science in
that capital. He then to the United statcs
where he found the vast majority Of his countrymen
strongly democratic and pro slavery. But from tho hour
of landing the present day. his voice, when ne was
asked for an opinion has ceased to condemn the
former slave system Of the South crime against hu-
snity fruitful source Of injury TO the progress OF
truly democratic ideas in this and other lands
THE AMERICAN yENIANs NOT "sECREr NOE OATH
BOUND" SOCIETY WITHIN THE CATHOLIC PRoHI.
BfTFcN.
They smG:s & y: w,sn ns ss oath
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But by che dead, and all tbetr wrongs
one "s 9, y s~4i% nosss sssl dsS dust.
Or ee It we or theyi"
Another attempt injure tAe brotherhood has been
made by certain Of it's enemies who have denounced IL
"a secret society bound together by oath ard as
such distinctly condemned by certain Catholic fuamina
tions orig inally leveed Agpsnst the Carbonar Free
ind other simla1ssociees while the facts On
the contrary that edge Of sccresy, express or
implied is demanded from any candidate for member
ship q the Fenians M Anssrca; s any oath what
required at least On this side Of the Atlantic ana
within the United Satss to ente acolyte to all tho
prtv eses Of becoming accepted brother. Equahy
usrue4s the vague Allegation advanced hy pro- British
agencies against caAe order, that Il ts in any
american sense 'illegal society,"" OR has IN view
"'illegal Objects likely to involve this country in
"A with Great Britain The members Of the BROTHER
hood neither contemplate have SANCTIONED, any
breach Of the United Stsrcs In their efforts
looking to the liberation of Ireland frCm English thra
and whlo ucy would most gladly take advantage Of any
conflict bctwesn the Red Flag and Banner Of Stars at
prove fher fidelity and devotion both TO tho land
Of their Adoption and that Of their Birth the general
plan OF thcir organization las will 'be mere fully de-
veoped hersaf.e does not depend for its hope Of
q between Great Britain and this country
the ying OF against Great Britain by any
foreign land whatever For tho Fenans It would be
happy chance If either France the United States should
go to with England-thus at once Offering supply
of and the necessary munitions Of to the
hundred twenty thousand brothers Of the
order who enrolled and being rudely but efl-
GENTLY drilled high in the mountain solttudes and far
down In iAe moonlt raths Of Innisfa. Should such
chance occur, the peaceful and semipubic efforts
Of the brotherhood this side OF the Atlantic acting
in concert with the secret spyproof and powerful
organization Of nsurrectionary ccmeIts-aready widely
spread and daily spreading widely-throughout
Ireland, will not be without very fair and Hattering
prospect of yet accomplishing its object From this side
Of the Atlantic the Fenans will only havo to supply
nitions, and ofcers-mattors perfectly open to
legal private enterprise under the prccedents established
by the British government In favor of tho Southern
belion; while the active Fenians in their native
land, who under entirely different and admittedly
revolutionary organization, and we'll dsci
plinod enough, with such help this, to drive every
red coat and red flag beyond the limits OF tho elsie OF
Saints within month from the kindng of the bcitane
fires upon her holy hill tops
THE FENIANs, AS A BODY, IGNORE RELIGIOUS DIF-
FERENCEs AND LOCAL AMERICAN POLITICS.
And oh, 'twoad be a noble task
To show before mankind,
How men q every race and creed
- Might be by love combined
Night be combined yet not forget
The fountain whence they
The lorily Shannon nows"
Our fellow citizens Of Irish birth Eavo too often been
made the prey Of designing politicians and dcmagogues
who have only sought their favor for the purpose of
securing their vo:cs-these traders in Mesianism Of
whom have far too many in the democratic politics
Of this city belonging to that well known class who
"only Irish election dsy;' but who-on that part,
lar day, and to suit their selfish purposes of place
and pundcr-aro " as Irish --:' but no matter
what No such Of the Irish VOTE however is con-
tempated by the chiefs Of the Fenian Brotherhood who
ia their corporate organized capacity take interest
whatever in american pocs-each member OF course,
being left FREQ, as an individual, to cast his
whichever side of any American political question may
To him seem best most expcdient As Fcnans their
only thoughts are Of ireland: and their action as
Fcnans have only obcct-the independence and
consequent happiness Of the Old Land which they are
bound by ties either of blood birth or affection: and
in order to exclude cGcctualIy any designs that
might be entertained by political demagogucs to
turn their pure national organization TO base party
and "the spols'-It has been wisely resolved
and solemny set forth in the Fcnin constitution that
every question relating 10 the internal politics OF America
and the quarrcs of American partisans together with
all subjects relating 10 differences in religion, shall be
deberatonsof the Fenan brotherhood and be declared
totally Foreign to the objects and designs Of the ORDER
than which 1t would be difficult TO find an instance
wherein our Inpusive Miles fellow citizens have ar
rived at more wise conclusion. Every man Of Irish
birth or descent who lives the American continent
and all others who friendly to the liberation Of lrc-
land nre invited to join them without distinct Of
class or creed proydcd only that heir characters ee
Brotherhood admitting reasonable question.
ORIGIN OF THE FEsIAN BRoTHERuooD-uow 1T
STARTED AS THE ''E. NJ. A."
..rhoy win not.fs, the Fennn rnce
The cry sweils loud 'r from shore ss 10 Shore
From emerald vale to mountain hoar,
ThSy shall % not S'sl sa rFss he fsaan paGs rscen
And now having stated what the Fenans arc not and
having briefly but sufficiently hope, refued the pro-
British sanders lcvolled against their organization IL is
high time, perhaps that we commence telling what they
nuencc and discipline since the year lsbo-
tho year in which after two previous years
and The late Ieu,cnapt Conps, Mehae, nnnnny
their organization began to settle its present
shape and with its present title Previously In 1857, hs
inchoate germ had been planted by the gentlemen we
nave named, In an organization called the "Emmet
Monument Association or .'E. NJ. A"-the point Of
hung by the brutal sentence OF Lord Clare asked Of his
countrymen that no monument might be erected TO his
memory until his country should have become free OF
British thral-an independent republic
Far better tho silent. unepitaphcd doom,
ohui ireland nation, can build me a tomb"
An association, therefore, which proposed TO build n
monument TO Robert Emmct Irish SOIL implied an
effort fer the overthrow Of British power in ireland; and
this was directly the object Of the 'E NJ A. as much
as u nov IS OF the Fenian Brotherhood The term "Fe-
nanl is we suppose Irish Translation or derIyatye
from the word Phnnicap-the Phunicians having been
the earliest coonsts of Iceland Colonel OMahony the
cld Erse Irish tongue ss witness lis translation of
keatngs History Of ireland; and In the term ''Fenan
he has embodied the nnne recognized by Irishmen an
that relating " the period Ia which their were
most cultivated, prosperous happy and independent
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