New-York daily tribune., 1865-09-26
them. The people are right. We have very
little patience with mossy politicians.
FENIANlsM.

We are. told that an organization, formid'
able in point Of numbers, exists in the
United States, whose object Is to liberate
Ireland. These people are known as the Feni-
avs. There are said to be 100000 of them in
America; 300 900 in Ireland, and 5000 in the
British army Their treasury is reported to con-
tain eight millions of dollars. In one county OF
Ireland we are told that there are fifty thousand
of these sworn soldiers of the Irish Republic" ;"
Nay, further, we are assured that negotiations are
pending for the purchase of eight ocean steam
ers, each warranted to carry one thousand men,
with the certainty, almost, that the purchase
will be made before the lst OF October. Sui
more. we are informed that there have been
immense purchases of arms from the Govern
mcnt by parties who are supposed to be ident-
fed with the Fenians, within the past fortnight;
and that propositions for further purchases are
now under consideration. AS the final and
startling climax--'' the sum total of the whole"
it is whispered - on the hOusetops that one OF
the bank.note companies Of Ncw-York is now
engaged in engraving bonds for the new Irish
Republic.
If all this be true, then there is little doubt
that scheme is on foot to precipitate the Irish
people at home into IN armed contest with En-
gland. 1t is reported from Dublin that the
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland on the 9TH instant
proclaimed what is equivalent to martial law
over the counties Of Tipperary, Limerick. Cork
and Kerry. BY this proclamation he can now
proceed to seize all arms to be found in those
counties, arrest all suspected parties, search
every dwelling and institute the curfew.
This is the Irish situation at the latest dates.
It seems to be expected that the money to
drive the English forces out of Ireland can be
raised in the United States, and we hear that
tax of 800 per head has been levied on the
Fenians of this country.
There are various questions involved in this
project, which it might be profitable for our
adopted fellow citizens to study; but we will
content ourselves to-day with presenting the
physical aspect OF the movement. We presume
that 10 one believes that England would not
resist any dismembement Of her empire with
her "last dollar and her last man." and while
we Will not dispute that there are Fenians who
firmly believe that they would die in the last
ditch rather than yield after they have once
taken up arms, we will assume that the same
laws will decide this impending conflict that
have settled every other contest since men first
fought in battle.
|, is undoubtedly true that in all moral, in
tellectual and scientific struggles, lone with
God is a majority but it is equally true that
in physical combsts Providence always favors
the heaviest battalions The reason is obvious.
Morality, Philosophy and Science can afford to
wait" the eternal years Of God are theirs =
but military conflicts are necessarily sharp,
short and decisive. A Mcclellan, indeed, may
make numbers useless, and Napoleon may in
some degree compensate for inferority of force
by skillful use of it; but the stupidity Of the
one and the genius of the other are nevertheless
subject to the general rule that two are greater
than one.
No one doubts the bravery Of the Irish; in
our ranks and in the Rebel army it has been
conspicuously displayce; but, on the other
hand the valor Of the English is equally incon-
testble We will assume that they are man
for man on an equality as antagonists; and how
standsthe fight Ireland in 1853 was estimated
to contain population Of 6.Ol3, 1903; decrease
of $40. IS3 since 1871. Between 154l and 1s5l
there was a decrease of 1000, 900 souls, owing
mainly TO a famine and al enormous emigration.
IL is certain that the present population Of
Ireland cannot exceed and probably is less by
some hundred thousands than &, ,O00, 900 of souls.
England and Wales in ISL contained an ag-
gregatc population of 1904 ,55I, and in June,
1857 the estimated population gave Is, ,3O4, 900.
England had increased and Ireland had de-
creased. As between England and Ireland,
therefore, tie proportion stands as & to 20; IN
other words, in order to gain her independence,
every IriShman must fight and whip three En-
gliShmen But counting in the Scotch, of
whom, in 1861, there were 3.C6l PSI, the de-
mands on Irish yalor become somewhat ex
ccssiye.
Let lis look at tho situation in tabular
form:
England and Scotland have. souls...... o, 365 PSI
Which leaves after every Irshman shall have
kilt one Saxon dead entuey. sll left 10
Saughter 10 3b1'"ol
As jeffrey said Of Wordswolth's Excursion,
''ths will never do."