The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-03

THE FENIAN CoNGREsS.-There assembled
yesterday in New York the much-talked-of
Congress which was to heal the breach which
has come so near rending asunder the en-
tire organization. The first action of the
body was to pass resolutions approving of the
course of President O'MAHoNY, and de-
nouncing the Senate as usurping authority
and tampering with the records of the Phlla-
delphia Congress. From this moment, there
fore, JOHN O'MAHoNY must be recognized
by US and the world as the legal head of the
American Branch of the Brotherhood. The
General Congress Of the Order, a quorum
being present, has approved oil his course, re-
cognized him as President, and left no alter
native to the minority but to submit to the
decision. President O'MAHoNY is the legal
Head Centre, and hereafter we shall speak
of him as such. 1t was on motion of the
Philadelphia Circles that his actions were
sanctioned, and their resolutions adopted by
an immense majority vote.
We hope that hereafter the conduct of the
Order will be unanimous. That all dissen-
sons and chickering's will cease, and that har-
mony and patriotism may achieve the freedom
oftheir native land. The success OF the cause
depends upon unity. We say, with HsoP,
if the sticks are bound together they cannot
be broken, but divided any child can sever
them with ease. The work on which the
Irish-Americans set out placed them in a
position to admit of no retreat with honor
Either they must cease to make any effort,
Lott lilo hot Of fha
Herald which we publish on our inside page
to-day, or else they must put shoulder to shoul-
der and strive together until they either fail
after gallant effort or "die in the last ditch"
When the Macedonian phalanX was formed,
its members stood side by side, each covering
his neighbor with his shield. When thus
formed, like brothers, each protecting the
other, no attacks of any foes could break their
ranks; and it wae only when one, fearful of
his friend, withdrew his shield to guard his
own breast, that the column was destroyed.
So it is with the Fenians. If each will protect
the other, they will be invincible; but should
self come into the question. the effort may
well be termed the "Fenian Fizzle." 1t is for
each member OF the organization to decide.
We, therefore, as friends OF the movement,
again raise our voice in favor OF harmony
Cancellation, and compromise. The action OF
the Congress has made O'MAHoNY the
legal chlef. If the Senate faction continue to
resist they put themselves in the attitude OF
rebels against the constituted authority of the
Brotherhood, and attack the Order, not the
alleged President, for by the decision yester-
dayl the Society and O'MAHoNY became
one. Surely there are none so wilful as to be
willing to sacrifice the high aim for which the
association was formed to personal feeling
Fit is continued, we can draw but one infer
ence-that the malconteDts did, indeed
desire to secure profits, and not to promote
the Good of the Order. The treachery which
has been secured by British gold in days gone
by appears to be yet omnipotent, and the
ROBERTS faction will hereafter stand, unless
they submit, as agents and accessories to the
hated Saxon Government.