Litchfield enquirer., 1866-11-22
.Fenianism

rio eiiifhS, ana now great pEpPoICioAVi v those who are Fenians, voted the Union ticket in the late elections, we do not pre- tend to know but we. do know that many Irish votes in the State of New York and at the West, went. boswell snf- enormous mIajorities. T During these elections, both parties bid high for 1Fenfian votes.l The unfortunate men who have been sen fenced to death in Canada, received an amount of American sympathy far more general than-s that. professed for old John Brown in his day of agony Had these men been executed, Republican and Demo cratic Central Committees both stood ready to put on crape. to figure as chief mourn CTS, to join in the Irish cry for.i vengeance. All this comingso near the 9th of Novem- Der, signifed very little yet it is not all a sham. There.as no love in America for that English aristocracy which every Irish man hates,i and whose yoke we barely es- capped. The Union party, particularly, has late reason to hate the dominant class of England Professing to be abolition ists themselves, they gave their almost un
 divided sympathy to slavery ever 10th to recognize revolution, fully accomplished, they made haste-to recognize Southern in
 surrection before it was fairly begun they gave the South great material aid through out the war, yet refused to grant as belli- gerent rights on the ocean, which they had themselves always exacted of other na- tions. Since the war, they have transfer red their affections, to Mr. Johnson and the Democratic party. In fact, whoever has been against us, whether Jefferson Davis, General Mcclellan, or Andrew Johnson, has had their support i.. ",. .,i:. '.
 Throughout Great Britain, the friends of the Union party are also the friends of Ire land; while that 'atrocious Church estab- ishment which tyrannizes over; her, has, always been our bitter enemy,4eht ,o-5 j
 It would seem, then, that our Irish titi- zens should be our natural allies against those systems of oppression which are linked together the world over in favor of the down -trodden in Ireland and in Amer ica. Why has this never been the case? Eve " Irishman comes to this country red republican, hating aristocratic tyranny with bitterness engendered by lifelong expe- rience of its expressions; yet he no sooner becomes an American citizen than he be- comes conservative and persecution him. self At home he is for manhood suffrage for taking the land from the rich and di- viding it among the poor. Here, he sees q whole laboring class in slavery, without, re- 'gret after their liberation, he votes to de- ny them the suffrage, to remand them to their former masters. How can this strange inconsistency be accounted for? is.O Our 'ex- plantation is this;. When Irishmen first be- glh >focking to this country in numbefs, they joined. .thataparty, democratic in it's name and nature,' which was composed of the radicals of that day. This party they supported to a man i; while, in return, it al ways advocated universal white suffrage, and defended successfully the foreigners right to the elective; franchise against ire quent attack When, the slavery issue arose, the Democratic party lost it's original de7 mocratic character lost at least one third of its northern, native born members, and dwindled into tool of the Southern faris- tocracy. The foreign element, imperfectly understanding American politics, taking no part in the management of our govern-
 ment, but constantly increasing in size, came at last to be. the chief support of this aristocratic faction. Such was the state of things up'to the end of the war;" Will it continued We hope moi, not chiefly be- cause it would make our party stronger, but because it. would manifestly be for the
 advantage of the native and the foreigner
 that the latter, should att Last become sufi- ciently naturaIzed to take real interest in our politics, to become, in fact, an Ameri- eaninstend - end of sn alien @ ssh as he has has hitherto been. t. ao,a 44ssslt yf.s,ia,.,- :. The Union party, however, can never be a friend to mere fibusterism, nor approve of anydivided allegiance which may inter fere with that first duty every American cit zen owes his country; but it can thorough ly sympathize' with Irish hatred of the Brit ish governing class, and we think. the time will come, when, if England does not grant eoual rights to her sister island, the A1qert jean people will give her freedom. This task would not be an easy one, for it will only be accomplished after the ruin of the British naval power, and the overthrow of the British empirea 9s"tta .ss .a
 !. In the meantime, every true friend will advise the Fenians+ to wait. What might be beyond the full power pYyyer of our republic to accomplish, their inadequate means will be worse than sqiandered in attempting;
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 .s. The Twin Relio of Barbarisin: 4 5. T A LESSON FROM THE INFIpEIs.-7-The Turks whom we have been accustomed to regard as little better than heather, have set an example which ought to shame the Christian people of America. Our read CTS have observed that an insurrection has been going on in Candid for some weekss the Sh5stans' M