The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-09-20
The Fenian Movement.
The News from Europe Concerning
tt--COmmcnts OF the English PrcAA..
OniyersaIity OF the aIovement. y Ll

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tt-.-COmmcntS OF the English PrcHs-.
UniyersnlIty Orthe Movement. ' .h5
DubliR Correspondence London Eust, SEN. 49,
Open what paper you may, liberal. or
conservative, Roman Catholic or Pro-
testantI and the heading "Eenianism"
\ Is seen In bold type. Eenianism threat
ers, in fuct, as the Evening 1LdiI has il,
to become a sensation theme, to the
injury of tho country" Even this
journal, which regards the power ofithe
organization as absurdly exaggerated,
is obliged to publish in its columns
really startling letters on the subject;
but it prints them unwilIingly, and
only because "the writer's are persons
| of position, whose opinions arc entitled
to respect, and whose patriotism and
sincerity OF purpose cannot be ques-
| toned"
DEFENCELEss CONDITION OF THE couN-|
The first of its correspondents heads
his communication with the. AXIOM
| HIhere is no smoke without firen
! meaning thereby thnt nll the marching
and counter-mnrching of men in Vari-
GUS places, and the almost authenttcn-
ted rumors about depots of arms, prove
at least the existence of an active con-
spiracy, of which these preparations
are the visible result. This being the
cnse. he asks what is the government
doing to "afford security to the lives
and property of the loyalty disposed
should an outbreak occur" An out
break in the sense he applies the word
could not take place : q few- enthusiasts
In different parts of tho country might
repeat the farce of Ballingarry, but u
rising like that in '9S, from the extraor-
binary changes brought about by emil
grafton and other patpable causes, no
sane man need dread. The advice Of
| fered by the writer of this letter, how
over, is worthy consideration. SIN
days of old" he states, tour forefath-
ers, in their own practical way, scatter
ed barracks and troops broadcast over
the country in time of threatened dis
turbances-being at the same time
terror to the disRtfected and comfort
and place of safe retreat to the we'll
disposed. But now-n-days how differ
emily are matters managed. We have
lew thousand menin LeinSter, most of
them massed ut the Curragh to train the
generals; few hundred in Munster; n 4
few score of men in Ulster, and none
whateverin COnnaught. But, say the
advocates ofitl1is system, such is fol-
followed in England to teach our gem
erals how to handle large masses of
troops, and in these days of railways
and telegraphs, whenever the land is
invaded by foreign foe, we can mass
them Immediately Mt given point to
oppose invasion, &c. Very true all this,
no doubt, and applicable to England in
case of invasion, as all would be in CO.
operation with the troops, and RAILWAYS
and telegrnphs would be watched and
cared for with the greatest diligence, so
as to be in perfect order. How different
in ireland, when 1t is n domestic foe we
have to fear, not foreign one. For one
moment imagine an outbreak to occur
in COleraine, Cork or Galway. IIco
men iUith cToIGbdrs aud ten minutes time
ICil render the best made rdiLiCdy useless,
and one man with Il hdtchet aud fire min
Ities' spare time, iciU destroy The best con-
stI'tteted telegraph Hile; and such, no
doubt, would be the first steps taken by
the insurgents. Consider then, the sit
uatiOn ofal loynlists and well disposed
ut the mercy of an excited mob, and
deprived or communication by railway
or telegraph, and no armed force to
support them. All the horrors of the
French revolution and Indian mutiny
would he acted over again. LdCleSS-
ness HtGOWId hare its reign for Il lceeE
at least, before intelligence could Dc con-
Ucycd to the capital aud troops sent back
iIt reply, to project the disturbed DISTRICTS.
Under these circumstances 1 would
respectfully urge on the executive the
urgent necessity of gnrrisoning all parts
of Ireland, as was done in 179S, 1925 and
1877. The government ought never to
lose sight of the fact that they are not
now dealing with hot headed onthusi-
aAfaAaY AAS W as lLt Gitse III 1918, OltL NrlIH
determined and clcCer men; and nothing
shows this more than the organization
of the Fenians, tCIrich never LedUeS n
pass iCord, paper or any other tangible
means by achtch they can be discovered,
and at the same time they dppedf. to be
nNder perfect control from some unseen
authority.
FEAR OF AMERICAN RIDICULE.
The Mail, in commenting upon this
letter., snys: "Tle government are,
we think, perfectly justified in taking
the prOmptest steps to prevent the
growth of an organization which is sup
posed to have some sort of substance
about it, since evidences of its exist
ence-somewhat spectral no doubt-ap-
pear in different parts of the country;
but that it demands such n display of
military energy as 'ROyalist' suggests
we do not believe. Did the government
follow the advice of our friend, and
forthwith garrison the country with
troops of all arms, the Fenians would
begin to think themselves somebodies,
and the drilling in mountain Businesses
and by-plnces of all kinds would go on
with tenfOld enthusiasm. In America,
too, If the plot originates there, the in
eyitable comment upon this parade of
the fears of the British government
would be that England quakes before
the Head Centre O'Mahony and the
Chicago brotherhood; and that notion
OlSG 7IIle lnlnOS OIL the
Yankees, the real result IUhich american
FcHiGniSm, ICe beLieUe, aims at IOOWIR
be nearer its OmpiisImcnt-lIdnLely,
the eInbrOitiIlgo Of England and The United
States in tUGr."
[Ieemdrks Of Ehe london TfRleS.l
In this country, as, indeed, all over.I
the world, there prevails n feeling that
when man has done n days work he
may spend the night as he pleases. He
may go to apublic house, or a club, or
to some place of amusement; lie NAV
sit against n wall while his daughters
are dancing or ready to dance; or he
may go to "the House." A belief that
tho night is your own and you may do
what you like with 1t, is shared by some
who have not done days work, and,
indeed, these are the people who enter
upon the pleasure of the night with the
| greatest alacrity and yigor. We know
not whether it is after a days work or
n days idlenesS, that good many
| Irishmen have lately taken to n now
| kind of nocturnal amusement. They
meet on the roads, or on any dry bit of
fground they can find, and go through
what they consider to be drilling. and
what no doubt is drilling. They have
been seen in various places by dozens
may, travellers who have stumbled on
them in the dark, Talk of hundreds, and
they are described MS going through
! certain military movements with much
activity and precision. The immGtlf-
ntc Ileighborhood of n police station
seems to be no hindrance, and n county
magistrate found.them only seized with
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