The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-20
Tbe F-nian Brotherhood.

United S ates, amounts 10 ou' 'i'i-1' Jul l''It
-. = 7..l.r5 The British Government
,-.,..ss hozsve-. % be hut little alarmed |
nom, ~ Fsnfsus. and although it is well |
upder-too5 that the sim OF lhis association is |
nothing lsss than the Independence Of Ire
land. the English miaistry have but little
corea.,.. in me va-like demonstration OF
,biss.5s of the w.tsr provoking any im-
por,snt outbreak the terr.t ~ Of the
"ssls-sea isle"
The English press TEEN with sarcasm at
the rseept attempted pageant Of the Fenians
IL ireland. The eorstabulary force Of the
United Kingdom being well aPprized Of the
intended processioa, must red in such good
force and f.ue-. that the expected imposing
,neetsele of thous nds Of sympathiz ng
Celts. marching in grim array, dwindled
down TO a haadfgl of men sud boys, mar
shsled bv df, sui drum, TO the tune Of
GARY OWsn." ave men and boys were
tbsv-for ,hev bore the failure Of their pro
cessiou vsliauay. aui marshalled firmly
and fearles-ly to the end
The Catholic priesthood, TOO, have set
their faces against the order-whether from
their religious tenet Of opposition 20 secret
societies. OF from motives o. political policy,
Ne are leG c5uiuseily IN d0ub.. The
SOVEREIGN Pouuf at Rome, yciept the
..Pope. has pronounced against the order,
eth r by iBdiv dual authority CT By his
cardinal proxies. Religion ard revolution
thus seem 10 be at daggers' points; love Of
country ard rel gious devotion are at war
and although we mean nothing dscouFa-
cling 70 the order, We predict that the priest
hood. powerful in their sacred Office, will
inevitably triumph. The opposition Of the
church Is the death blow Of the order, So fal
As their eventual success is concerned.
The revolution Of 1s4s sent to our shore.
many men OF genius iroIi the Irish eruption
such as O'Bueu, O'Gornan, Meagher and
others. OBnsn never gravitated toward
the Americsu people; but O'Gormau snd
Meapher. ike the exiled patriots Of Poland
entered into the genius Ct our fires country
and have become ''oi us and with us" Blu
the great sud iusurmoun able difficulty To-
ward Irish independence is eomPrehendec
"a the simple fact that the levo uti nary
element 60 home amounts 20 substantially
nothing. Gbs power Of the British Gov
eminent is So strong as well as SO watchful
and Irish geo lemen 81 distmctionsfollowiul
the example of Cast ereagh and the Duke O
Wellington. prefer she sristocrstic rule o
Maaarrhv fo th7 Democratic prospect O
free Ireland. Wealth s,ems 20 abhor any
thing that sdgcts democracy.
Thee thoughts lead POS 20 the Iecolect'o
ofthe bitter farcasms of Lord Byron, who
commenting upon the words Of Curran
wrote bic im1u- poem, 'the Irish Avaiar.
CGrr D., iu Che whitening power Of his elo
4ueuce. compared ireland 90 cha tiuadoe
elephant. luseliug 90 receive his pslu
rider" Lord Byron ia this poem certainl
wrecked lis rengeanrs upou George tn
FOURTH. as VI % as has particular O upath
O. Lord Cs-uereach We select few stem
-l- apropos of lhis subject After pitchin
INTO King George, the ro al glutton, co
aHsort, Boz ssys-
.--ut iat udt 81 Iams be- thine iiol alour,
tr L- O. lif hand byholI Seiauus appear
q Iu- HEu ts-erglEh' et hIm sIill o. O. Tue oEus
stretch usgsr named iiif with cur-c- and ieer
Iu row. sh.u De- De vash -H.uid llu>h Or hi
hr..
Deep. de.rutlrg re- uhIeh Doe -ss on beer so.
H-sm proud tls reptile vh.oh er"ied ron. b.
And fruar.,- rsrays HIM ~ th .hout- and
smile
wiasout one -Iaaa iay of her geuius-Vi bout
%. iaurY tdt us' hood. the IRE ot her race
The m.sef6lsHi EuoWeI insight plunge ETiu Boa d0uI
OF tfey.r Eivg birth 90 . being 80 base.
90 che d. Ist Der long boosted proyerb hs hushe'
Wh.ch prus.aus fhat from Erin mo- Upi'ie 81
See ne e55d- Ioaira serpent with venom n
nu.heI
sun uumrg ,i- t.ld- DO the breast of - King q"
The trouble ,f which Byron complains
BE- comparatively just the trouble nov
without complete conceri of action, and q
szure absence Of home traitors, the Fenis
Brotherhood viii only exist ia the Hvow
of purp-ss, but without the power TO e
erciss Boz Irish % queuce has fired q
Celtic heart. just as Roman, Greciun, Poli'
and ali her pa t.iotic eloquence have fir
kindred hcau- bslose; but the flames q
easily quruchei by the duml ness Of re
gious opposition, us well as smo,hered
the weigh of powerful governmel
lu tli- land the sacred fire Of liber
burns staaII y. tnd the sympathy
Tree AmeHc4 b. with the ireedo
of ali couutrir.-IreIand, ltsly, Poland, Gs
many, and Mexie5 alike. Hence il a. ID
these patriotic Foreigners thrive In th'
organizations Tor freedom here. But ii
another thing o., home. There freedom
only inspired by compar son. the ooJ'
OF the iea. and t seems to ne that the b
mode of bringing about universal ireed'
Is Tor all patriots 20 smi crate 70 this count
ant end the remedy here that they IL
elsewhere. Byron was overstrained IN g
when hs wrote the " Irish Avatar," 81
moved by he bitter preiudices when he !
preached Ireland in the following sarcasm
"ur. Taught u my bosom can qucneh for
Aycoulsmft t1ra nsbo. go scr-lc though so
Wha.h, Oh ugh rr5d bike toe worm, will not e.
ne H. elor, 81 'Grausu and geuius OF Moo.e
But slough bitter TO think OF, &c seems D
t'o true that the Fcnians can look for
De help at home just now. The adorsu
cot pose, wealth and .o-ition prize oui
the seeds of frsedsmi and the Fenians "
undoubtedly dud that. notwithstanding
apparent lstic-sness of the British auth'
tiles, the U.trhful eve 81 the ministry "v'
looks nothing. Thoreccut revolution la Q
United S.ate-. she questionable attltu
winch France aud Great Britain have 1
sumed. protesting neutrality, but prs
ucing %, opposite, the iuomcntous gu'
zion of she Monroe doctrine as ahecu
Mexico. The Danish and Italian imhrogl
and indeed the unsettled status of
Europe. nd.cuts that the moment co lri
iud-prud,uoe b. "a % the D cssnt
Poland. Italy. Ireland end Hungary ha
equal GA us upoa thr sympathetic nerve
liberty aul when uusscce-s.ul in toe ma
he uamss .l EosktusLe, Boarls. Shcrida
uFrau, 0'Cauuell. Gaubaldi. Mazzini, Lo,
8.unc, Nicto- Hugo. Kossuth. o'Goma
Neaghcr, a 81 H-.at gsass. degenerate in g
uncharital3- eve oi th- world, from d
symhoi of Har- 1a,-io-s 10 that ot s,mT
t9Als.a,+s. All, hoscysr. ls spr-a 'afta7