Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-21

sAicn tyDpalble- Win toe oppIe-seo OF every
land, and only requires an American induce
nsnt to pass from passive sympathy TO active
support.
The second means contemplated by your
Observation-Disclosures intervention-is also per
fectiy legitimate in the manner and under the
conditions specified. The problem Of Irish inde
pendsncc must be essayed by the home Irish and
worked out on Irish soil. The right of expatri-
alton enables the members OF your Society 90
participate ia all It's stages. The Law of nature
makes them parties TO it, and the opinion Of
mankind approves the natural law The strict
est construction OF neutrality would never think
Of comparing their Glial affection to the uahoiy
lust Of the illIbuster. They contemplate 10
national Fape-they attempt no forcing process
Of provincial seduction. German By birth ana
blood, and common interests: they yet wait The
hour when their native land, self-assertIng' shali
cry out for assistance aud protection o near
that cali-to oe prepared for ito RESPOND 10 u
by every means at their command Is their mani
fest duty and in its performances they will work
no injury to the land Of their adoption Let the
United States be neutral il she will. In that
event she must be impartial, and impartiality
will serve all purposes
Your right to organize being conceded, your
further right to assist any home movement for
Irish Independence being allowed, the prime
question arises. is the opportunity about to be
Unless gross and systematic deception il being
prscticed by the leaders Of the Brotherhood here
and abroad, rising 10 Ireland may be expected
within a very short time IL is not, under
stand. dependent upon the part Of England being
engaged in war IL is TO proceed on the hypoth-
ess that such rising is the best way to induce
foreign complications, but that, whether they
happen or not, the rising itself i practical and
polite Ia this view | concur The beginning
is half the battle. ana any beginning in Ireland
must produce moment0us effects The Eugland
Of Waterloo Is not the England ol 20 day. War
Of any kind. and especially war in her own
household, Is iull ofterror to her She prepares
to loose her grip on Canada. She places
no obstruction In the way Of the Fed
GRAFTON Of the Austrian provinces She
shirks the Danish quarrel which she melted.
She sheds torrents of crocodile tears over the
Presidents assassination, and clapS her
bloody hands in simulated JOY over the recon
struction of the Union. Let but a volley of mus
kerry startIe her in Ireland, and that single re-
port would work her more present aud prospec-
tive agony than any or all dangers which have
been placed in her path during half century
Let the nucleus of instruction preserve form for
n month and the Irish element here instructed
by recent events, strike directly at her com
merce and make way TO her shores, and a repeal
of the Union might loom up in the array OF Brit
ish expedients. BE this as il may, favor the
experiment. The worst failure cannot be more
destructive Of human life aud human happiness
than the present state Of Ireland and. for one,
shall wish God speed to the enterprise, and
at all times.
| know the argument sgaint the hope of Irish
Independence To be drawn from the failue of the
Southern Coniederscy, but deny the analogy
Waving the question of relative merit. England
could not bring into the field 80. 600 men, and ten
times the number could be raised againt her
Mark the difference too, between a nation enter
ing on the suppression of rebellion with the
greatest national debt in the world, and a nation
similarly situated. without any national DIGIT
Consider again, the duration of our civil war
Now, hold that All Irish raising. sustained for
one four the time-one tenth the time-can only
result IN independence TIE heart of the Ameri-
can people would be with il from the beginning
Their means would be az its disposal
Our State Department could not fail 70 make use
of Il in urgent demands. Whoever remembers
the Wild enthusiasm OF As. when the news OF
tire frat contest with the English Government
reached our shores requires argument TO be
convinced of the fact that an Irish rebellion Is
only another name for quasi American strug
gle do not say the United States would ne
cessarily declare war; but | say that To all in
tents aud purposes. the people OF the United
States would assist al Irish rebellion that the
stated for by the ardor and selfsacrifce of the
people. But why chatter about probabilities
The shortest way to satisfy doubts is the trial,
and there is no want OF willing hands TO make it.
The plea that the certainty of success should
be demonstrated before imperillng life or pro
perty, is plausible aud faacious one. There
il DO demonstration-there can be none-until
the thing desired is done or Numbered a good
cause, an honest intention, a regard for the Gus
-. 4. l.. IL.
sion of the perils and opportunities-an overt act
and the demonstration comes. of course, favora-
bly or adversely, as Providence ordains, and
brave men help IL is somewhat remarkable, in
this connection. that nothing is ever effected in
the way OF liberatIng people or nations without
being attempted Ii il also instructive that some
very hopeless looking enterprises have come 10
successful endings: whereas ones apparently easy
of accomplishment remain to be debated and ad-
mired for want of-a start.
Unless all the signs mslead me- that start Is
about To be made. Halfa million of drilled men
await the signal Fifteen millions of their kith
and kin stand at their back All that 10 chivalric
in the old world or the new is ready TO approve,
20 sympathise, TO sid-failuro cannot be worse
than inaction. aud success ia glory and benedc-
ton everlasting
Imagine the worst; an uprising and a defeat
short, sharp and decisive-more graves in Ire
lanO, more conNlcts IN l ASmana. III the unity
in this country Is cheaply purchased by the death
or manning OF one hundred and fifty thousand
Irish. Americans, would blow for Irish indie.
pendcnce be dear at the cost Of an equal number
of lives and limbs and bushel full OF " Arms
and Sedition Acts ?" | think not. The grief and
crimes OF the Middle Passsge-the miseres
and privations Of the Irish poor-the deaths
consequent on constrained emigration. and
the evils OF practical seridom in our large cities
and public works. yearly outweigh the most dis.
as,rous results of unsuccessful rebellion. Is
II urged that failure will give a greater rein 20
tyranny Even il il were so, wherein could
tyranny find new processes of persecutonr What
has II leitI What refined cruelty has il not
practcedl But | question the fact England
has passed from the dogmatic 10 the trimming
role, as well towards her dissatisfied home sub
jeet as towards her foreign colonies Rebellion
IN Ireland Is only another name for greater JUS
tice 70 Ireland, let the effort end how II may
The seventeen wears since lS4s are full OF lessons
Of leniency. h,ly exemplihed and approved by
the high example Of this Government since the
close Of our war. England, heretofore slow to
WELD is no longer slow to learn
You will notice. my dear sir. that express no
opinion on the method 10 be adopted in an Irish
insurrection. or the means already taken 20 assist
Il. OF these care to say nothing. believe in
the justice of your cause: | have faith in the
agencies at work 20 further TO-: trust TO the Wis
dom OF It's leaders: | approve the policy of early
action and, m common Nth those interested by
birth or blood. OF the result, am prepared 10
share the good or evil torture