The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-12-07
CONDITION or IRELAND.
The Pcnian iIoycine -Disnfiection OF
lrI.h People Z nnse. OF Irish niac nnff

The Fcnian 1Iovcnent-Disnfiect ion OF the
lrish People -tauses OF Irish Disc ontent.
The following srtcle which has been prepared
for publication in the SuS, gives clear and com
prehensivo view Of the 'Irish situation" and e1.
poses the wrongs which Ire and has suffered at the
| hands Of Grss, Britain, whose rule over tho Seem
Of the Sea- 10 now endangered by the Fenian
movement:
| Al the present moment, nations that have never
before pad tho slightest attention TO Ireland, are
boxing closely into the Affairs Of that country WIN,
Bccause moyeme ut having for its objert the bere-
ton OF LELAND nom English rule, and the establish
ment OF an Irish republic the principle OF that 80
loriou,ly founded in America has sprung up 10 the
United states nnd In e.and and has assumed such
With ysor every per, %dps T,hin sher
power supposed to have any connection with
ho rsv0l n. fsyy project Th' pFose. +
| y enough, excites In this country, where
| IL 4. altered to have orignsled, no small amount
OF observation in the public journals aud at public
meetings. The principle Of the Fenians Ia that il /.
utterly GU, Of the question to Try any other means OF
by recourse TO the sword while more mot crate men
| asert that there arc but a few grievances In the
| legislative enactments Ireland would be the most
prosperous dependency Of England. The agents and
ministers Of England contrary To the know facts
assert that Ireland Ia happy, con'ented place, and
that whstoyer grievances she may b, laborng under
ave lev and Iliiinf, and Of her osn creation. No
hat that country 10 piospcring The contrary il tho
fact. IL IA not usual or the people Of happy nation
| 10 leave At the rate Of six thousAnd
per week from one port alone. ! 10 not hear OF The
Inhabitants Of any other nation In Europe leaving
their country en- ntdsse Nc the lrish do, though OF
course II cannot be denied that from other stAto- 10
| tins country there I. an influx of people, hut tn.
arises from u entirely different to that winch
| produces the lrirh exodus The Irish leave their
| country becaupe they cannot hOlp II becauso they
are the victims OF unjust laws made ssainst theft
| WI BY rulers la whom they have never confded
While numbers Of other European races, tTyiug 10
better their fortune naturally proceed 10 Sbeyo
i M tuaa.r a.
| ,aid 18th correctness that in case the o1olu.
ari,es nom stern neeessity, aud In the other h on
| love OF adventuTe-trom desire TO mix with IN,
| great world abroad and pick up experience wherever
| Il may be had,
land IL mirgovorned by England aud that that m "A.
government quite enough t. Justify appeal 20 The
sSord. lie; us SEQ II there be any tIuth Ia the a :
| seron. II is well known-no one deny it-thst
the countr, peopo IN Ireland, IRON the contre to
the sea-" are as diGafeCtei tOsaIdA England as they
possibly can DO. have been in every county in Ire
land, aud can assure you that the poasantIy would
welcome with oentnt any lhVsaihe iorce coming With
the intention OF INJECTING blow on Enriani IL
sould make no mater W them shether the Invaders
wsre feneh hm,san'' or Ams5Gani i would be
purpose of driving tie English power out OF the
leland. They would hrst alohth that power, it they
cuu d, and in the next Isace make terms tor n an
selves. They would be glad 10 SEQ the 'Sas,enbch -
as the' esll the English BUNDLED, because the later
| have been Tor centuries the oppTessers of Ireland
This ia fact attested by impartial history, and Nv
| all the unsucceasiul attempts at rebellion aeainat
nslish power in Ireland made throughout siI O. a.
iiyou ask why nation has rebeled arsin., It. m.
lers the tuswer IL ready-that II wHs opple.,od and
| outraged. Bat this answer docs not Glvay, h. M
| good Tor there ha- beer many rebeons which 80
MOI JusIihalethe result OF the pride and anllition
OF lev arrogant men. In the case Of Ireland "A Ia
notorious that At intervals OF sixty, forty aud thirty
years, Tor centuries past, there has heen Ahortiye
reh lIious against England. Ia this retppc Ireland
heaIr mall te'omhlance TO Poland, and no imn.r
tia man denies that Poland has Teen most brut,Ii,,
OUTRAGED by Russia. Poland has frequently feIe 81
az 4nst Ru sian rule, "a Leland has ior many on,
are not In the habit OF forgetting reatne haJI
; those gho do them kind acts anu II Ireland vern
veil governed ly England, rs England glloles an, a.
it's not likely that the former would be cC-tiDusi
| getting up consplrucioH, and ''muycuents" and r.
belons against her beneigc,oIs such conduct
v tohttic. OF Ireland which is--sratituJc
Tor tAvols conferred. But the tact i.
?. tho Iebcllions IN ireland can be Iirec,iv
Ia tra cd 10 the msrOyernment and Oqpres.on of - y!
~ laua, who has 10 blame herself iUr tlr nernct, Q
warfare which she koepz up Win her Tish rul'er,.
In the lrish Parliament which C1rttd tum IL - =,
l. 1.-THE year when the act Of Mon uith t,,I,rN
Catholic mcuul Ell, though the Catholic upinupies
: ed tue Protestant inhabitants gy LAunous 1Hr
Ilthoca tot nothing tIOtn tho EuClsh rArll.rcnt
lu coercion bulls and lusutins euartl.ent- a.
1893 they would have accepted with glaluIe 1. 49,
ye winch would NOT have raised then to eIuAI'tv ar
. tier Protestant noshAoTs, tut these WeIv ie,u,ed
&c and T. ouIy after all explanation Eith tE,
,d b.lsh Government htd iailod. shat tht p,ople n,
lew cuunUo. IN lIgN, and Tor while
W dCsuucto to all the British iulcrs hen In fr'',
An Thea follow cd Humbert's Inv vion .nrres,,s w.
. Emners rsing, hoh onded IN total iaiufe afI -
Einne9i UNHAPPY death. feAu VI trouble follow