Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-01
EUROPE.
AuGihonsi News by the AustraIasian-
The English Press on the President,s
Messase-The Fenians, dc.
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Messase-The Fenians, dc.
we gather from the Australasian's mail the fol
| lowing interesting news:
| THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
| The London Tines says the passage in pregiden
| Johnson message which especially concernS Fng
land ought to be accepted in friendly snirit
| Inc h9rnsng Post remarks: THE tone of the mes
Goyor sGagg guSntS US IN assuming that the American
| friends u "o 'heH
The 4elegraph declares the document reflects III,
highest credit upon its author That it furnishes thf
| world with satisfactory augures of peace And thai
| Illustrates spirit Of manly straightforward
The London Daily Ne,es refrains from saying much
with only telegraphc synopsis of President John.
foreign nations is friendly in tone and Intention "
The London Morning Herald is silent upon the
| The London Standard says that tboupb tha r,os-
sage may not be all that could be wished it is rs
and satisfactory as could be reasonably
for granted. ~ " '' 'dAeh
The Manchester Guardian says;
President Johnsons message to Congress at tbe
commencement of the present session of thn Ameri
can can Leglsiature has been awaited with deep and
aIural curiosity. 1t constitutes the first formal Off
cal attempt TO review the condition of the country
alteI lour years of civil war; and the Importance
wnch 1t requires from the unsettled state of pubIic
affairs is heightened by the consideration of the mn
preceoented power which the victorious Federal GOV
ernment WleldS at the present crisis
: The entire agreement of foraicnars IN
President Johnsons satements eibe re- ft IN IN
oPnon with regard to foreign questions is NOT 10 he
oAPecteu., In tbe tone IN which he speaks of these
SUBJECTS there Is. however, nothing of which dissen
IlehtS nave any reason to complain. He does those
governments with which he has been and still is in
controversy the credit Of believing that they are AMI
mated by as amlcable disposition as his own Tho
pr % mat me accordance of belligerent rights
70 tne insurgents IN the late struggle is unprece-
9ented has been so eXhauStiyely discussed bptUac,
Mr.; Seward and Earl Russell that nothing need he
sa4 now except that is not admitted on Our side
9i the water The additional statement that this act
mas not been justified by the issue must he roundoj
on mlSapprehensiOn for our cnrirsn yvas not -"
ehced by any calculation to the ISSUE but on press
rights. N' '"'' ii'oi'S'' ana
The temporary difference between ourscIvos and
america are discussed III tone which seems to leave
nothlng TO be desired; and, so far can be Judged
may be inferred that President johnson discerns no
greateT danger of any disturbance of the peace from
dlHcultles III that direction.
THE ESCAPED FENIAN HEAD CENTRE
The Dublin Evening Post says: The renort tbot
stephens has arrived in Paris is stated to be fly
has been demanded bv the British Government on tT
ground OF prison breaking, to which demand the
French Goyernment replied by referring the British
munster TO the crime Tor which Stephens was origin
ally committed conending that the minor offence of
prison breaking is merged in the high political crime
refugee" 04 '''
The Drogheda correspondent of Sa,nders'q Nees-
@ seuGr on the other hand says There are strong
gr9un9S Tor believing that stephens is still on Irish
soil. No sensible person would doubt this when he
mad the opportunity of frequently passing throug6
the rural districts and entering into conversation
with the young men of the class who
who assert that Stephens even at the risk of his life
must remain in Ireland as the Head Centre Of Ills
country When asked, a few days ago. why it was |
that stephens would be so foolish as remain here
knowing that one thousand pounds were offered for
his apprehension, and that should he again be |
taken all chance of escape, might be given up for |
ever. shrewd country lad remarked Would Won |
want general to leave his army? Stephens is sworn
to remain with his men, Others argue that |
should the Head Centre fly from the country, he |
would be considered having abdicated and thar no
fenian, alter such a circumstance would occur was
Tor moment bound to the oath he has taken There
Is strong belief entertained in many remote dis
rcS that James Stephens Is not only secretly loca
ted IN this country but that he continues TO issue
despatchGS, from time to time through the country to
y an! Is Another significant fact connected I'm
nGin,anisil Is tne ssa2t sympathy cynce5 ior each
PRISONER VINO receives his sentence ~ DuDn and for
those who are in prison. 1t is confidently believed
tnat SUBSCRIPTIONS arc beips collected throughout
different districts of the country for the support of
the wives and families Of all who arc or may be ar
rested for tcnianism, who are not provided enough
to afford the means of sustcnancc themselves, and
that even respectable farmers coerced to con-
tribute 70 the funds"