New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-10

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mere application OF wet finger. so to speak. 0
that omnipoten5 institution. in comparison I,
,ha donbtt and bl9osy s,rg..,, hy wLich the Aperi
can Republic "a: obliged 70 H1HindfcaIS rs iyraanQu
authority, although 10 bis foolish eyes after dwelling
three months in the country. mngiing with peassntr
and with gentry. with priests and rectofs in c.;
and country. having been brought into violent contac
with the police ana magislrGcy having waded through
columns II the evidence at State trials and listened {,
informers testimony, and examining with the double In
centives Of interest and duty eyerT salient feature
social and public life that came under his observation
the dimensions and power OF the Fenian Organization
In Ireland would not If II had existed in America an(
been directed against the Government, have deserved
an increase Of the police force. But this only show
how utterly impossible it is Or stranger to undersano
anything about country which be Visits or even Tor IN
tegent natives to know the condition OF I've aDon
them, uDguided by official intelligence, particular,
among people SO peryerse and unintehg DE as tn'
Irish; who IL seems capable OF rising IN feDeon
without arms without leaders. will out ORGANIZATION
turning peaceful Dublin into repetition OF Paris OF n'
Reign OF Terror sackng the Castle OF Duon inurueI
ing al the nobility and llndhodefs IN he country us
trbuting Carter and Currahmofe TO leading tailor ana
establishing Irish Republic in the balls when nay
long been sacred TO Yiee'Regal Majesty and Caoihe
gentility.
The snake has only been scotchel not killed: few
mornings ago the citizens Of Waterford and Dnbill
woke up to be Mortified by sense Of the volcano Oh
which they had been living in peaceful ignorance -
long. proclamation appeared in the newspaper anu
was posted up Oh tie walls signed "Richud L. Duu
lin. and a whole array Of secretaries and officials pro
claiming martial law II those cities ana portion VI '
surrounding country. nterdicting the possession OF
arms without police receipt for the same; gNins
power of search and arrest without warrant TIE po
ee and otherwise fell Of the convincing evidence
of the dangerous condition Of the county and Of tne
rigorous resolution OF the Government authorities III
fact. II Dublin had been like NewOrleans under buy
Ter II could hardly have been more stringent ana hip
traIy. One would think that barricaGes had already
been thrown up in the Liberties and SOneybaitef ana
the cry Of stephens AboO" might at any moment DC
expected TO be heard rising above the rattle OF mrskei
IN TLOmls.st. the spectacle be seen OF infuriGed
pikenen in green uniforms running nom house to house
in MariOnquare stGbbing deienselcss women and toss
ing infants on their bloody spears with endiSh gee
j returned to Dublin with manly determination. be
ing resolved like Godfrey Won Warnheim, to die mar
tyr If need be- 20 the noble cause OF curiosity. lie
latter however has not yet began nor has since TIE
vigorous Of the Government probably struck
CONSERVATION into the hearts Of the disaccted. nnd
daily life goes on in the streets without sign Of
change. except that the police little more MINER.
Gus if POSSIBLE and bear b. their side long cutasscs o.
ferocious make instead OF their peaceful batons
formerly. Every pOssessor OF iow!ng piece or az
antiquarian dagger goes IN trembling shoes to gel a
receipt therefor at the police office or to deliver II u
demand tie penalty being years Imprisonment II
not satisfactorily accounted Tor before tomorrow.
Some pixies have been hShcd out Of The Grad Canal
and some discovered H. disused carpenters shop
and other places. perhaps Amounting 10 10 IN 3D..
magnificent green Uniform 81 supeghne cloth with clasp
Of solid gold and the initials l. Il. Oh is buttons rlng
away by the roadside. and few arrests have been
made Sensible people do not know whether 20 reg1id
the affair as an absurlIty or not. There Should De
smoke without at least some fire, aud the con'ln'
ued representations and precautionary measures OF the
Government are beginning o. have Al elect on those
who were ncrciu!0Us before 10 TIE existence ~
anything more than petty. rhcoilcl! ofginxiOl o'
a few hotheaded tal.oTs aud artisans inflated b! eN.
trayagant notions OF assistance from America. o.
course the wealthy gently who have much intimacy
with their tenants southern planters used 70 h1se
with field hands were long OF ihe opinion that their
threats aud estates require tie protection % tie NJ
tary in OF outbreak and the Protestant ascend
ancy are willing 20 believe anything, no matter how
arocious OF their Catholic fellow subjects bui 10 Is hard
convince the middle class OF citizens and farmers
OF intelligence taat any movement Lot favored b{ the
priesthood could reach any formidable er,el, among
people much undeg rel eious control as The l-sh
pcasautgy aud who be- te more then decma.ei ty
migration wLO without arms or military training
among whom i1foruefs are so plenty and who above
al things. require ;be spell Of pOwef leader. 81 that
they likely 70 DO anything to require the pToc!sma
ton OF marital law. al tine wien no seAb.nn.c ~
political disturbance has occurred IN any form OF h
degree. And such Is TIE conviction which uLilE
a stranger would fOTm.I
One thing Il Is safe 90 prophecy from thc condition Of
things IN Ireland the disgust aud disAearieled feeling
among 90 classes who live By their iahOrOr ~ business
that the emigration Of next spring viii be- greater than
hat eyes before known DO aay previous year ~ the
exodus and that IA few ycafs, uUicss something :
done 90 stop the tide there viii b. what iwegy years
ago would have been laughed % as the aisgidest
o! impOssbiites scarcity of labor ln Ireland. Tie
landlords then will be az uurestrcied liberty ~ cargy
oat ihcir experiment or rather viii d. Compelled o.
account Of lack OF terAnt- b. turn Ireland into vast
sGuzins faTII aof Easir-t. luiNN