Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-06-15
THE FENIANS

have finally made an inroad into Canada
AMI captured fort. Beyond this-and
the tort, it is said, was almost Immediately
rotaken-nothing has cen done nor are
the indications such as TO lead ono to look
for any further results but discontinue and
loss. The Canadian militia arc all under
arms, Federal war vessels have been set to
patroling the lakes, and the New York
militia ordered out to prevent \ further
breach of neutrality by the departure
acroSs tho border Of fresh invaders. There
is much said in the kilograms about Fe-
nian regiments Of horse and foot, of arms
by tho thirty thousand stand and tho like,
but it may be safely assumed that this Cam
adam furore will DO but repetition on a
large scale of tho Passport fiasco.
For the rank and file Of the Fcnian
army-those sturdy warm hearted men
who, as accounts tells us, have faced grim
visaged war before, in either the Confcder-
ate or federate scrvicc-il is immossible
not to feel profound pity. Ireland is
dear to her people and The memory of her
wrongs can awaken just Indignation even
in the bosoms of many who never t7od on
her soil or partook Of her lineage. For
very near FIVE hundred years a noble peo-
pic have been subject to the yoke of for
eIgh power, alien alike in ancestors, dispo>
sltion, and religion. Absenteeism and the
Church establishment, nominal representa-
ton grevous imposts, thinly disguised mar
tial law and constant sense Of the oppres-
sors wrong and the proud mans con,ume-
ly, have been the lot Of Erin and her sons
tor one weary generation after another.
believing fully in tho great right Of self
government, and having hearty fellow
feeling with all who lauguish under the
iron rod, the actuating motives of the Fe.-
nian masses are such as 10 command res
pect though they may not, on grounds of
proprety, meet approval.
Having lamentnble experience of un-
successful war TIE South it is fancied ha.
Tor its universal sentiment, deep comnis-
Grafton for these unfortunate Irishmen who
have been deuded into throwing their lives
away. Already an engagement is reported
and doubtless by this time theirs has becn
yet further bloodshed. English Mary will
be called on to weep for her George, and
black eyed North, in too many instances,
may be left for her lifetime, to bewail her
dead Paudeen. For this blood so usclesslv
poured out there is some one responsible,
and, with tho l;ght tefore us, we hold the
the leaders Of this Fenian movement strict
~ chargeabe with the death of every gal
lsnt Celt Or sturdy British volunteer.
These men, the leaders, dwell in Gotham.
'te palaces ard rake in their thousands as
the croupier rakes in the gold of his gam
bling throng. Poor labouring men and
toiling women servants have been bled over
and over again by this gigantic imposture,
which battens the few into opulence
and sends the many out helpless to die.
For the whole scheme from its wirepullipg
inception to its bloody and fast nearing
close, we have no terms but those of entire
reprobation, and have only kept silence
thus far in the trust that madness would be
content with filching and not dare to en-
ter upon murder.
Just prior to The Eastport fasco the re-
ceipts OF the French treasury were, we
learn. for from plenteous, and divisions ex-
listed in its senatorial co-department which
threatened to bring the whole organization
to the ground. For the purpose, therefore,
of stimulating the tagging zeal of our
Irish population, of widening the stream
of cash CONFEDERATION, and perpetuatipg
the existence Of the gainful Brotherhood,
it was resolved to enter upon actual hostil-
tiles. Victory, even Of the most partial
nature, would have stirred up An enthusi-
asm that would have unlocked the purse Of
every Irish man and woman in tho land,
and even defeat would hsve been hardly
less potent in producing SO desirable an ef.
fect' But, Providence kindly 30 ordering,
the Maine attempt came to naught.-The
leaders scuttled back to New York the
rank and file were left beggared and help.
lees, and the word went forth that the
whole thing was money-making sham.
Yet, not to hsve refuted this very reasona
bic statement would have been to relin-
quish profitable idea, and as nothing but
blood could elevate fallen dignity, blood
was restored on. 1t, If accounts. be true, has
been freely poued out. The price has been