The Portland daily press., 1866-01-04
Feuianisun.

AhC IoiuA1u VI A1llu 10 q NOiy PiSooeAAho A@aN,
and worthy of being the abode of Freedom.
Had King James, about hundred years ago,
maintained himself there against the invasion
of usurping Orange, and kept upon his head
the crown which the grasping Dutchman cuff
ed off and cooked upon his own, the same
mild rule which that gentle Stuart had exer-
cised in England, might have been admins
tered in Ireland, and the latter have been an
independent kingdom to this day. However,
the Kernes are now better fighting men than
their ancestors were at the Doyne, and also
more highly civilized and capable of govern
ing themselves; the which they desire ardent
ly to do, and it is but natural that they should
chafe under the yoke of England, vino does
not seem at all disposed to let the people go.
The peculiar fitness for the profession of max
valuable to John Pharaoh to be lightly lost
Accordingly poor Patrick is compelled to
"groan and sweat under weary load" or en-
igrate to America. 9g
AT this juncture up starts Moses OMaho-
ney, in the city of New York, proclaiming
himself deliverer of the oppressed, and cali
ing upon his countrymen in exile with him to
contribute literally of their substance, that he
may have funds wherewith to get up plaques
to plague the land of England with, until
John Pharaoh shall be glad to hustle Ireland
out of his dominions that he may have rest.
Moses O'Mahoney is hailed by all the Patricks
in America as the veritable O'Donnell who is
to restore again the kingdom to Ireland, and
bring about numerous fairs and free fights,
and secure to every inhabitant rasher of ba-
con and a keg of poteen, forever. Every Bid
dy's son of them, therefore, sends in his mite
in response to the call, and soon Moses O'Ma-
honey has more money than he knows what
to do with, and having secured palatial apart
ments in fashionable locality, and gathered
a number of boon companions about him, he
sets himself up in the presidential line and
every day with his senators deliberates deep
ly over the plaques wherewith he will plague
the land of England, and over the welfare of
the down-nodden isle. oltar
But in little while a lamentable ,dissen-
sion breaks out in the palace of the new
prince. At one of the revels with which the
cares of state are won't to be enlivened, dis
pute arises about the division of the property
of Englishmen in Ireland to be confiscated
when the proper time comes, some of the sem
ators clamoring for larger shares than the
president is willing to allow them, and others
unmarried, demanding that the English wo-
men to be captured shall be turned over to
them to be made wives Of on the Mormon
plan, which demand the President refuses to
accede to. Whereupon after much wrangling,
all who are not under the table and who are
able to walk, to the number OF ten, secede
from the councils of Moses O'Mahoaey, and
the next morning becoming confirmed in, in
stead of repenting of their wrong Medicines,
they proceed to depose that potentate and to
elect Aaron Roberts in his stead. But as Moses
refuses to be deposed, Aaron Roberts with his
council of ten establishes himself in another
quarter of the city, in an elegant suite of apart
ments, and sets himself about issuing counter
blasts to all the Patricks in the country, bid
ding them cease giving their mites to O'Ma-
honey, but to give them all to him, for that the
said o Mahoney is an imposter. These events
throw all the Patricks into state of excite |
nent, and some of them so over to Aaron,
while others cleave to Moses, and all seem to
Jay much more attention to these disputes
han to the liberation of Ireland. z The house
being divided against itself is expected to fall
,y the outsiders looking on at this great COM
,dy. r "a aAeE, za.,rs eaa en-
A disinterested observer is very likely to
consider any scheme for bringing about the
of Ireland against the viii of
England as chjmerical, the question whether
'eteris pdribus part of an empire can sue
'eed in winning its, way out of the bonds
which bind it to the stronger portion when
he latter is determined to withstand the at
empt, has been pretty concusively settled in
his country, in the case of South vs. NORTH
It is probable indeed that notions set afloat by
his very CONFUSION of ours in Patrick's brain
lave moved him to these Fenian overt acts, but
With his usual lack of Judgment he has jump
ID at the wrong conclusion. Having seen
light triumph over wrong in pitched battle
n America, he at once infers that what
lie considers right will triumph over what he
outsiders wrong in Ireland if only pitched
attle can be gotten up between them. His
method Of reasoningis, given, England. Ireland
With shillelah and a bit of shindy between
he two, liberty to the latter results. But
'atrick's faith in the sovereign virtues of the
blinds his eyes to its defects, one of
he most fatal of which is that it can be used
against him as well as for him, and because
night happened to coincide with right in our
struggle, he overlooks the fact that we con-
luered on account of our might rather than
Of our right And if Patrick sets upon John
Bull relying upon right and the shillelah for
success, a6y sensible man can tell him before
hand that he will get his eyes opened at tbe
expense of his head. % ~
1t is pretty evident howeve, that no niece
Of good fortune of this or any other kind is
likely to fall to Patrick's lot this time, through
5he agency of the Fenians. The sickness of
heart which comes from hope deferred is much
he most probable harvest that he will reap
rom the seed he is sowing. Were either fac
ion sincerely animated with the purpose of
efecting the independence of ireland, only |
the goomiest auguries Of their ultimate sue
cess eouldbe drawn from their present discord. |
That very hypocrisy however seems to indi-
cate plainly the hypocrisy of the leaders in
the ill-judged enterprise. " -
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