Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1866-01-11
THE FENIA MS.


South have so constantly manifested,
and by the fact that the natives of Ire
land residing in our midst have long
been members Of the great Southern
family, for the cause Of which they
have so nobly shed their blood, while
most Of the Irish OF the North only
emigrated within the last four years,
under the temptation Of high boun-
ties, and, with the bravery they have
always exhibited in any cause they
Joined, have at once, on their arrival,
Joined the Union armies, instead of
mixing with the nation.
With such an element of soldiers Of
fortune, it was not difficult for the
leaders Of the Irish Republican party
to form an association formidable 10
numbers, but which, through the
want of homogeneousness, seems des-
tined soon TO dissolve.
The dssensions which have lately
sprung up in the ''Fenian Senate"
have already exhibited degree OF
bitterness and violence perfectly con-
sonant with the warm and excitable
nature Of the Sons Of Erin, and Eng
land may well rejoice at the spectacle
offered by the leaders of the threat
ened Canadian invasion.
1t is, after all, strange spectacle
for the civilized wo'l6 to witness the
open and public manner in which this
movement is beng organized in the
very heart Of the country, apparently
at peace with England, and which is,
at this very moment, demanding most
pressing explanations from that power
on the ground Of alleged violations Of
neutrality.
If this is done as an instance of
proper retaliation, it may evidence a
defiant spirit, but it will hardly en-
danger the peace at home Of "Perhdl-
Gus Albion" while it must be conce-
ded that the covered way in which
England is charged with having assis-
ted the Confederacy has worked much
more mischief to the United States
than the boisterous and bullying pro-
ceedings of the FeDians will ever be
able to work against England.
The Times has taken no part 10
this movement, nor al in the squad.
bling or scrambling which has arisen
in the Fenian organization, because,
at the bottom Of it, there is something
rather suspicious touching the Treas.
ury Department, which institution
seems to have fairly taken after its
honored model, our own Treasury De.
partment and Cotton Bureau.
But the true reason Of this repug.
nance is, as above stated, that the
Irish element Of the North, which
forms the substratum of the institu-
ton, is one Of very recent importation,
aud therefore unable to appreciate the
nature of our institutions, and that
the vast superiority Of intellect, indus,
try, education and patriotism of the
| old Irish residents of the South has
kept them instinctively away from the
agitation. The Irish of the South
| didn't believe, before the war, in the
philanthropy Of the North, which
while allowing their white citizens to
perish with hunger, was seeking new
objects Of sympathy in the Southern
fields. Neither do the Southern
Irish of this day believe that liberty
will come to their brothers at home
in the shape Of a lew hundred ad.
venturers, nabbed as soon as they
land on the shores Of Ireland.
The only good that could result for
the Irish race from the Fenlan move
ment is that, before squandering any
more of their funds, they should en-
ploy them to favor the emigration
of four or five hundred thousand o.
their notable compatrlots to the fertile
fields of the South, where thew vii
be greeted with open arms.-MobiI
Times.