The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1865-08-05

as it was called, is spoken of in tie Eastern
press? Aud yet, which is the greater wrong
to be righted-the presence of Maximilian in
country to which we lay no claim, or the
charred and rotten wrecks of u thousand
merchantn en-, sent to the bottom in all the
seas, with American goods in their holds and
the Amsri, al coors at their peaks? That
old world specter in the Southwest will be
exercised by the genius of manifest destiny,
in due course, and meantime does some SER
vice in clearing Mexico of highway robbers
and hereditary assassins-but the crowninG
disgrace of the Trent and the black crime OF
the Alabama, how shall these be wiped out
o. aton-d for if the Anglican hucksters of Our
national honor be allowed to copdole with
the ''neutral enemy?' Surely. If 1t is proper
| to bring about a pressure On the Stale De-
partmeut with a view to intervention i'll Mex :
co. in certain contingency, 1t IS equally
/ proper to agitate for intervention in Ireland,
in a cert:i III contingency and it it is no sign
of incivism to demand strong protests against
/ the pacihcation of Mexico on French basis,
it is m breach of international comfy to cry
out for reparation of losses and In uries suf>
| fered in our own persons and at ou- very
doors. Questions of war or peace be 'ong to
another tribunal but while the effort is being
made to embroil US with France on punctilio,
,
keeping prominently b. fre the nation the
fragrant ontrages on American commerce and
nationality prepetrared By British subjects,
and Sh;eid0 ny British diplomacy.
| This conceive to be the immediate mis-
! sion of your Brotherhood, ard legitimate
! and laudabe evidence Of healthy citizenship.
1t is the first step in the road TO trans Atlantic
amelioration, and efectuallr consistent with
the purpose Of your society and the traditions
al tendencies of republican institutions. To
this extent any class of the community-and
yours among the uumber-may use the fu.
crum of the adopted nationality for foreign
obiec's. Such moral Intervention is merely
concentrated form OF the American national
spIrit-that sublime spirit which sympathises
, with the oppressed OF every land, and only
| requires American iuduccment to pass
from passive sympathy TO active support.
The second means contemplated by your
Brotherhood physical iniervention-is also
perfectly legitimate in the manner and under
tie conditions specified. The Probe Of
Irish independence must be essayed 10y the
home IRISH and worked out OH Irish soil.
The right of expatriation enables the .nem>
bers of your society to participate Ia all its
stages. The law ot nature makes them par
ties - it; and the opinion Of mankind ap-
proves the notural law. he strict construc-
tion OF neutrality would never think OF
com pairing their tilIal affection TO the umholy
lust OF tie fill buster. They contemplate 40
national rape-they attempt no forcing pro-
cess OF provincial seductivn, Germaln bv
birth aud blood, and common .isterest;, they
yet wait the hour when their native land.
and self asserting. shall cry out for assistance
| and protection. To hear that call-to he
prepared for ito respond to ii by every
neans at their command is their manifest
| duty, and in its performance they Will ~ork
no injury to the land OF their adoption. Let
tine United States o. neutral if she viii. In
that event she :. ust be impartial, and i'm lar
TALLY will serve all purI oses.
Your right to organize being conceded,
your further ght to assist any home movement
for I:ish Independence being allowed, the
! prime question arises is the opportunity about
| to be gwen, aud are the chaaces in favor OF
| success!
| Unless gross and systematic deception is
/ beirg practiced By the leaders of the Brother
hood here and abroad. rising III ireland
may tc expected within very short .lre.
! 1t is not, understand, Dependent, upon the
| part OF England beng engaged III War. 1t is
! 70 proceed on the hypothesis that such L
rising is the best way To induce foreign com
| plicaIions. but that, whether thew happen or
! nOt, tue EloIbS itStIi - pIdc'ICdI
In this view concur The beginning Is halt
! the battle, and any beginning in Ireland must
! produce momentous effects. lhe Englan ot
Waterloo is not the England OF to-day, War
OF any kino, and especially war IN her own
| household, is tull OF terror to her. She pre-
par.s to loose her gfip on Canada. She
| places o obstruction on the way OF the
! Federation ot the Australian pro, inces. Sue
| shIrkS the Danish quarrel which She incIted.
| She sheds torrents of crocodile tea rs over the
| the Presidents ASSASSINATION, aud ciaps her
| bloody hands III simula ed Joy over the
| construction OF the Union. Let but voley
ut musketry startle her in Ireland and that
| single report would work her IN pre- present
| ana prospective a. Jny than anv or all dangers
| which have been placed In her path during
/ hal. a century. Let the nucleus oi lusurrec-
ton preserve form tor a month, apd the Irish
element here, instructed by recent events
strke directly at her commerce and maze
way 10 her shores, aud Repeal of the Union
might loom up III the array OF British expe-
d!ruts. Be this 1t may. | favor the ex-
pertinent. The worst failure cannot be more
| destructive OF human lire and Human happ.-
ress than the pres, mt state of Ireland, and,
| for one, | snail wish God speed ~ the enter
prise, now and at all times.
| l know the argument against the hope of
| Irish Independence t. be drawn from the
failure OF the Southern CJnederacy, but |
deny the analogy Waving Ibe question of
relative merit, England could not bring into
the fed 81, 900 men, and ten times the num-
Der could be raised against her. Mark the
difference, too, between alton entering On
the Suppression OF rebellion with the great
est natIona debt in the world, and nation.
similarly situated without any national debt.
| Consider, again, the duration of our civil war.
| Now hold that an Irish rising, sustained for
| ouetourlh the time--oneteiIth the time-can
o..ly result in independence. he heart OF
the American people would be with it from
| the begiLning. Their means would be at its
disposal. Our State Department coUld not
fail to make use of it in urgent demands.
! Whoever remembers the wild entLusa In #
! As, when the news Of the first contest witt.
| the English Government reached our sLores
requires no argument to be convinceu OF the
fact that an Irish rebellion is only another
name for quasi American Struggle. do
no. say the United States would necessarily
! declare war; but say that to all intents and
purposes, the people of the United States
would so assist an Irish rebellion that the
omission of the government would be com
peusa,ed Tor by the ardor and selt:sacriht e
OF the people. But why chafer about
| P'oba"tiities Inc shortest way W satiSiy
doubts is the trial, and there is no want OF
willing hands to make it
The plea that the cert in,y of success
should be demonstrated before imperilling
lie or property lie plausible and tallacious
one There is no demOnstration-tbere can
be none-until the thing desired is done or
blundered. A good cause, ali honest inten.
ton, a regard for The custom OF civilized war
fare, a reasonable discussion y: the perils
and opportunities IAN overt act, and tie de-
mOnsrratiOn comes, Of course, favorably Ut
adversely, as rrovi idence ordains, and brave