The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-06-11

That saved US; but few establishments can
keep fire department Great reform is needed
in the manner of building in New York. We
call the attention of property holders to this
fact and we ask the city authorities to do
whatever they can to make the reform. Let
them begin with the places Of amusement.
Finale or the Fenian Foray-The Warm
ing TO England.
The Canadian campaign Of the Fenians is
ended. The expeditionary forces, ba6aed and
disappointed at every turn, demoralized and
disheartened, have been recalled, disbanded
and dispersed. 1t was manifest that such would
be the fate Of the enterprise with the sudden
failure Of O'Neill's Fort Erie movement. mas
much as success in all such adventures depends
upon prosperous beginning. American neu-
trality rendered anything like a systematic and
formidable invasion Of Canada impossible in
the outset, and the necessity thus devolving
upon the Fenlans Of advancing to the border
their men, arms, munitions and supplies in
small parcels and by stealth defeated the OBJ
ject Of concentration at any available point
II is manifest, however, from the number Of
lighting Fenians gathered along our frontier
between Buffalo and St. Adams and from the
large amounts Of their arms and materials Of
war captured en- route at various points between
the town Of Erie in Pennsylvania and the Yer
mont northern border, that they had mon
enough, arms enough and munitions enough to
open q campaign, once in force on the other
side Of the line, that would probably have car
ried them through from Toronto to HALIFAX
American neutrality has rescued her Britain
mic Majesty's North American possessions from
what would have been . terrible and bloody
war had our government adopted Lord John
Russells British neutrality. But General
Meade, In the line Of his duty, hes been
a. active and vigilant in vindioatng the
honor Of the @old flag" against these
followers Of General Sweeny a. be was against
the armed rebel legions Of Je6 Davis. General
Meade has also shown stroke Of statesman
ship in furnishing the disbanded and moneyless
Fenians transportation homewards. 1t relieves
them and the people on both sides Of the Dor
der. 1t puts an end to any further apprehen-
sions Of marauding incursions by squads Of hun
CRY and desperate men in search Of Subsistence,
and 1t brings the war to an end. We guess,
however, that the discovery that many Of these
Fenians were old soldiers from the army Of the
Potomac had something To do with this offer of
free transportation.
The question now recurs, what becomes Of
Fenianismi The O'Mahony wing failed at
Campobello, the RobertsSSweeny wing have
failed in more extensive military adventure
for an Irish base Of operations on this side the
Atlantic, and now there only remains untried
the plan Of Stephens, the G. o. L R., and his
"men in the gap" O'Mahony has fallen under
. cloud, Killian has been killed of, Sweeny has
collapsed, O'Neill found the enemys country
too hot to hold him, Spear has retired in dis
gust, and now Stephens looms up again a. the
Head Centre. What chance is there for
Stephens. None, we apprehend, just now.
Between the OMahony Fenians and the Roberts
Fenians the American field Of Irish patriotism
in the way Of greenbacks has been pretty
thoroughly harvested for the present Our
hard working Irish Americans will probably
now think Il better to send ovey to Ireland the
funds they can spare to assist in bringing. to
this country tho members Of their families still
left behind than TO contribute any more money
to these Fenian sdventuren for the present
General Sweeny has ct least given solemn
warning to the British government that
"England's difficulty will be Ireland's oppor-
tunity," and that diniculty may come sooner
than il generally anticipated. That the news
Of the invasion Of Canada by the Fenians from
the United States will create lively sensation,
net only in Ireland, but over al the British
islands, we have no doubt With the Cont
nent on the verge Of general war and with the
republican revolutionary elements there await
Ing the signal TO rise, II is not Rkely that the OPP
pressed and impoverished working classes even
Of England arc insensible Of the advantages
that may come 70 them for one Of those bold
movements for reform which end In sweeping
revolutions. At all events, this Canadian
furry Of the Fenians will rskindls the agitation
Of the Irish question throughout the United
Kingdom into . fame which cannot be ex-
tinguished short Of some important and sur
prising results
Meantime, ~ England il warned that her
retention Of her North American possessions
from the Fenians depends upon American
neutrality, We think the occasion justi6es an
immediate demand upon the British govern
ment for those indemnities due on account Of
the losses inflicted upon American commerce,
from 1861 to 1865, through Englands peculiar
neutrality. We should like to hear Of the re-
opening Of this subject, not through Mr.. Seward
and Mr.. Adams but through special am
bassador TO England with IN ulunAtum for
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