Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1866-12-20
RUTLAND HERALD.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1856,
Fenianlsm aad Ireland.


o. the many projects with which the
public mind is now exci,ed, that of the
pending or the existing revolution in
Ireland, is perhaps the most important,
and Aha, 1t should be watched with In
terest BY tbs entire world, and particu'
larly by a people educated and brought
up amid the blessings OF liberty and free
institutions, like the people Of the
United States, is not to be wondered at.
The aim Of the FeDian leaders In Ire
hnd Is to secure for that unhappy island
the liberty fer which Washington, La
Ayette, and other Revolutionary heroes
bught for against the mother country
h our own 'land of the free and home
Of the brave" The principles imbued
In the minds Of Americans in the Revo.
luton, and inherited by their descend
ants Of the present day, causes us to
look with eyes Of favor upon a people Of
no matter what color or race, or in no
matter what quarter of the globe VINO
are struggling for the same liberty which
our fathers commended for 1t was this
which made our hearts warm to the at
tempts, to overthrow monarchies, of
Kosssth in Hungary, Schmayl in eau
sassia, Emmit, O'Brien, Meagher and
their 90. patriots in Ireland, and Louis
Napoleon in France, until he, by his gov
ornamental coup detat, plunged that count
ry into a more absolute monarchy than
that which existed previous to the revo-
luton of l848.
And, though we watch with interest
all news from Europe FOR intelligence
concerning the prospects or results OF
the popular uprising in Ireland, and
while correspondence of American pa
pers from that island informs US that
British troops are being poured into Ire
land as fast as the home government
can spare or withdraw them from her
colonies, that the Irish coast j. peing
patrolled by British mea .of-war, and
that the masses OF the irish population
are "spilin' for fight" tits curious that
the English papers are almost entirely
without news from Ireland, and that
they refrain, to singular degree, from
discussions of an affair which must new
ertheless, it would seem, be attracting
the attention of the whole English
public.
Just now, we suppose, in England,
they are waiting for that something to
turn up" which has been for some time
expected. Ireland appears, in the mean
time, to be full of smouldering excite
nert. Business is deranged; in several
cities there has been a run upon the
banks; everywhere arrests are made, oil
obscure persons, upon trivial or rldleu-
lous charges--as for "tampering with
constable; :" here and there, it is reported,
a gorgeous Fenian uniform, full OF gold
lace, and "made up in the best OF style,
Or case of arms, with bayonets
Rxed,n falls into the hands OF the au'
thorities; and wherever three or foul
Irishmen are seen talking together, the
police call ont for the military, and the
soldiers are put under arms, "with
twenty cartridges per man."
This vigilance on the part of the crown
is evidently not exercised for nothing
and while we have little hope for. the
ultimate success Of the present attempt
TO free Ireland from British thraldom
we can only hope that the efforts O.
Stephens and his followers may be at
tended with better success than thai
which marked the Ill starred outbreaks
participated in by Smith O'Brien, Johr
Mitchell, Thomas Francis Meagher anc
Robert Emmett, honored and honorable
as these names were, and some of then
are still. ......