Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1866-06-23
From the Stockton independently
Bad Blood ON the Bord.r

war; who harbored and encouraged pirates 70
prey upon our commerce and drive our mercan
tile marine from the ocean who turned Canada
into an asylum for houseburners robbers nisop
ers, murderers, and covered and protected those
who were clearly implicated in the plot TO assas-
sinate President Lincoln-all under pretended
neutrality-are now learning to their cost that
- chickens come home to roost" and that everv
wrong inevitably provokes relation The present.
effort of the Fenians to effect permanent lodpe-
ment on the farther banks of the ST. Lawrence
and the Lakes may fail. We have as vet not
much confidence that it will succeed The o.,
Mahony and his right-bower, KiIian too long
postponed the hour of opportunity. Had they
struck the blows last August that General Swee
ney is now striking, their work would have been
readily responded TO by three-fourths o. the peo
pie of the United States, and could not have
been interfered with by this Government They
could have obtained 100, 600 soldiers then as
easily 10 900 now. The great difficulty with
O'Mahony l. Co. was that they trusted nothing
to moral forces. But whether General Sweeney
succeeds or fails in the present campaign wheth-
er his plans be thwarted by Seward or the British
army in Canada or by both combned-of this
fact the English tories and the Canadians who
have upheld their conduct, may be assured; they
have conjured up the fiend of dstrust and hatred
which nothing short of the final absorption of
British America by this country will allay.
The sooner this absorption takes place the
better. Until it does there will be no peace
the border. Some things it is in human nature
to forgive and forget but ngratittIde is not one
of them-especially such base and black-hearted
ingratitude as that shown by the Canadians to-
ward their neighbors in New York and Vermont.
1t was by and under the Reciprocity Treaty
these miserable wretches lived and grew rich
The bulk of their trade was with.us. We gave
all and received nothing Yet on the very first
favorable opportunity they aimed their daggers
with fendsh purpose right at the heart of our
country, and chuckled sardonically at every one
of our misfortunes. If their laws did not, at
least their judges in the administration of them,
did, sanction and applaud the worst phases of
Canadian public opinion in its malignant intent
against country and countrymen. Blind and
stupid demons What else could they expect
save that wrongs such these would beget
hatred on our part and when the moment of OPP
portunity came, our people, if not the Govern
ment, our people, even in disregard of the Gov
eminent, would retaliate?
The hour has come. The Fenians are carry
ing fire and the sword into the Canadian terrific
ry. The Government of the United States as
in duty bound, endcavors to put down the Fen
ian movement and preserve an honest bona tide
neutrality. But the lines of the Fenian ad-
vance long. The ends nearly a thou
sand miles apart and it is not to be expected
that we shall call out an army large enough to
guard every point of this thousand miles. Cen
erals Meade and Barry may do their very best
with the force allowed them, and they cannot
fence back the wave of Celtic invasion. If the
people of New England, New York and the North
west would lend helping-hand to the efforts of
our Generals. the case might be different. But
the reverse of this, we imagine, is the fact. 1t
is no use talking about the necessity Of peace
and the crueltics of war to people whose towns
have been burned, whose kindred shot in the
streets, whose banks have been robbed, and
whose beloved Chief Magistrate has been assIs-
sinated, when those who did it Or plotted 1t, or
applauded or protected the doers,. are just
:. across the line" and the avenger ready to fall
upon them. To'nsk the citizens of Vermont and
New York to aid in keeping the Fenians ont OF
Canada, is to ask suspension OF human nature
They will not do it. The Fenians need fear no
spies in that direction They will find the popu-
lace all their friends. Nor will they find our
soldiers. we imagine, very enthusiastic. in keep
ing them back Neither the Governor of Mich-
gan New York or Vermont has called out the
State militia TO act in the matter. We hope they
will not until requested to DO oby the Presidents
proclamation. We hope not one prisoner OF the
Fenians who may fall into the hands OF the
United States will be surrendered to British
authority. We hope, furthermore, nay we be-
lieve, that not of them will be punished
They violate neutrality and offend against II law
of Congress, we know, which is certainly not
right, but, as in offending, they in some measure
avenge insults that have been offered to this
Government, this should be admitted AS plea
in Justification of the offence. AT least the Fen
ians are not housc-burners, robbers, prisoners
and assasSins, like the villains who received
asylum and brohcrly welcome in Canada when
plotting and raiding against the United States,
sharpening their daggers for the heart of Presi-
dent Lincoln and Seward, and mixing their
potions to poison the water in Croton aquedhct.
The Fenians may fail in this campaign. But
if they do, in some form or another the spirit
that inspires an effort to conquer Canada will be
revived and re-reviyed until the achievement is
crowned with success.
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