The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-15


! the martyrs of political msrule aud class VEN
| geance incur the pains of exile or the ignominy
! of the gallows. The blood of patriots has a
| germInant quality, resuscitating power; aud
! In their sufienngs and sacrifices are frequently
! laid the foundations of uation's stability
and welfare and glory. lreland's native born
champions have successivey disappeared from
| the scene of conhict-some executed for treason,
! some exiled others dead; but Ireland's cause
| in the sense of the nations protest against
! oppression and demand for justice, still lives,
| and has at length found representation and an
! advocacy full OF promise for its ultimate trl
umph. Our readers VIII at once perceive tnat
we alude 10 the demonstration which took
place in Dublin on the goth OF last mon'h, on
the occasion OF Mr.. Blight's visit to tnat City'
That demonstration Was in every way mosC r, re-
markable one, and we venture 10 tnnN ~ WI WIZ
form an epoch IN the history OF the Green Isle.
Mr. Bright is, we believe me n[s, ,ver SSho haa
OF poliucal note and poiitcal power ~ mno nas
so completely won the confidence OF the lrish
Liberals and of the great BODY OF the Irish
people, as to have been lhVlIen NV Il1 anu Welcome9
to Ireland in the capacity in which be appeared
at the Dublin banquet. He is, we believe, the
first English Protestant around whom the
Roman Catholic hierarchy and priesthood of
Ireland sinking differences of religious doc
trine, have shown themselves willing and ready
to rally and do battle tor thelr country.
And 1t is just at the time when, under
his able leadership and nspiritlng elo-
quence, the people OF England and Scot
land have been reused from the Glands End
10 John o. Groat's," to demand and insist upon
having their political rights, that the liberal
party in Ireland and the Catholic priesthood
nave invoked his assistance in their struggles,
and united to do him honor. IL is when revo-
luton is impending IN England, that the cham.
rion OF movement that is growing into vast
proportions, and acquiring strength which
promises to be irresistible, Is invited to formally
espouse the cause OF ireland, and make it a part
OF the grand programme OF reform he Is engaged
and pledged to work out That cause thus
becomes part and parcel OF the great reform
mn Of Hay ntn1fc etc tee
side all of ability and energy and organization
belonging to the movement We write as of an
accomplished tact; for it is evident from the
tenor OF the speeches delivered at the Dublin
banquet by the spokesman OF the hosts, the
ODonoghue, and the guest of the occasion, Mr..
Bright as well as from the letters ofthe prelates
OF the Irish Catholic Church in reference to the
event, that coalition has already been formed
between the advanced llIsh party and the Re-
form League, with view to the common object
OF compelling the English olgarchy to do JUS
tice to the people OF the whole United King
dom. For Ireland, the alliance is most auspl-
cious: tor the cause of Parliamentary reform,
nothing could possibly be more Opportune.
The twofold agitation-that for suffrage
in England, and that for the redress of Ireland's
cruel wrongs-will act and react upon both
countries in such way as to intllct irrepara-
bic injury upon the Tory power, and hasten the
downfall OF caste ascendancy and class legiSla-
ton. Much, however, will depend upon the
perectng of that union between parties on both
SIDES OF st. Georges Channel, for which Mr..
Bright so eoquently pleaded in his Dublin
speech. We may not anticipate evil and failure
in a case like this. Let us rather hope that the
work so auspiciously begun will be pushed to
complete SUCCESS
1t Is matter for curious speculation what
effect this new coalition is likely to have upon
Fenianism. The movement known by That
name had its origin IN the wrongs OF Ireland.
What of strength 1t possesses, what of danger
it menaces to England spring altogether from
that root of bitterness" With the redress OF
those wrongs, or even with the inception Of
feasible measures of redress, Fenapism would
be lett without motive or a reasonable object.
In the interests of Ireland it is TO be hoped that
the questions, to the final settlement of which
some OF her sons see no other way but an appeal
TO the sword, may be satisfactorily adjusted by
the more peaceful means to be found in political
combination and organized effort.