The Portland daily press., 1865-09-22
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* x, EanizafiJn which gees by the name Of the Fe-
man Brotherhood seems all at once to have be-
gc5mo the absorbing topic of interest in Eng
land. Hitherto it appears to have been regard
a,sbHfg ell rather as curious phenomenon than as
1' formidable fact; but willie people were doubt
i1ywhether anything 50 absurd In appearances
cold really contain any element of danger,
IA a tho combustible materials 1t contained have
'aa sa ss1denly blazed into sight, and the possible
dang,r of a vide confagration Is revealed Our
-~laseA foreign flies are FLEA with accounts Of
n e Fe1ian loings, of the bold manner in which
q es tao paradss, professions and drills are carried
sa ' on under the very eyes Of the police and the
Moo military, and ofthe frequent collisions between
Numbers of the Association, and persons who
hive made themselves obnoxious to the BROTH
crhcol In matters relating to the Irish, it is es-
pscially difficult to predict anything with GER
80 tainty, BAT things seem to be gettn ripe for
.-s4J gs1e ai Donhs bsboHJ row.. That the british
government begins to look upon the matter as
o1c of some gravity i sufficiently shown by
eaA The fact, stated by our fpatches Of yesterday
tAa-~ anumpsr Of gunboats and two men o.
.st. war had bsen sent to lie OF Bantry Bay, ard
otler stations on the west coast of Ireland
eItiswRli u aderstood that Fenianism has its
orr yin among the Irish in America, whose deep
- hatred Of English rule is not here forbidden to
express ITSELF and whose ardent but not too
well disciplined love of liberty is here stimula-
IA tel BY large enjoyment AS "a natural conse-
qdeacc thefeelins in England azainst what are
.,osr cle l eIri3h Yankees" is very strong, and all
IRISH who are known to have lived in America
are objects Of speca suspicion. Indeed some
sastanca3 are reported in which American
KS b1snes letters passing through British pest
,ssEs oI:ao, have been subject to espionage s.
.vtRa onc singular fact IN connection with this
movement IL the entire want of support, nay,
q acf p2l hosaity of the great body ofthes
Cnnonc priesthood to the whole thing. In
this country the severe denunciations of the
@ 81 passt5 and bishops against the order are we'll
known, and IN Ireland the hostility Is even
'a'E DtTonye- he cause more frequently called ont
ads 5 Inlead, contemporary reminds US that every
,esten9t at insurrection in ireland made durins
81 the last hundred and eighty years has failed,
s. and has not received countenance from the
abba Isish Catholic clergy, who, on the other hand
T, ss.s1Eousy co-operated with Q'Connell,a for
4 n orel than forty years of remarkable agitation,
to ke3o thaf d5ck5 a.cisain the law" --
This fact must have an immense influences
against the movement. IA sentiment must be
very strong indeed which among the Irish can
rlst tue strenuous opposition or even do
Da. wia9ut the sustaining sympathy of the Cath
clio clergy, and If the weight of this influences
u e? added to the powerof the government, the
pE'yees Oh landing hberating army In ireland
anu sweeping of the English rule presents
dificuties which to any ordinary iudgemen.
v'uld sc I'm nluperable Meanwhile tle f1orl,
Correspondent Ofthe New York World writes.
q, gInT6e whole Of Sfunsteris at sveso,,4
fec eruption of Fenianism: from Nh, y 9 per
81 shadow OF Dublin Castle, where Is,rS SAy the
lou-e can hear the mutter of con sq y que
bg along the coast northwartl to the snbnbo =
s7b the Strong Protestant town of Belfast az VI
slutawe ,twsrd to the mouth of the Shsn, my
faa ,kwater, we hear of little else Int nv,
incrj Of mi mi ghtmarches upon wasted heatbs
ani b-lder demonstrations on village greens
7i2 Il the Wicklow mountains, By the jnice Of the
pstafl. the 81 secret eaians make their VOWS.
anil the valleys and glens of Knockmeldrum
90 tlse are congregations Of earnest men In the
moonlight In fact, we have come to season
.eA.s @ 9 on piracy and our phegInatlc neighbors
a:.y's Saint Georges channel cease for the
-r noncs to smile - $50 4
IN CORK the Fenians have boldly nacrhed
.ssa pay ens Vapwen Police Barack, their officers
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