The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1866-12-07

all the secrets Of the organization. This
man has been bought, and is at this
moment doing the work not for which
he may have been sent here by James
Stephens to do, but that for which he
is paid by the British Government.
THE BRIGHT DODGE. .r
Leaving for n moment this branch
of the subject, let mo speak Of the re-
cent Bright reform banquet and meet
ing in Ireland. John Bright is well
aware that, however reform may sue
coed in England, IT would by no means
work in Ireland. The English Gov
ernment knows Of this, and know also
that he can never hope to carry through
such movement in Parliament View
ing, then, the disloyal, the undoubtedly
disaffected state of the Irish people, he
| (Bright) was sent over here to distract
public attention from Fenianism, TO
convert FcTians to the old doctrine of
agitation" preached by byO'Connell but
which never did any good for Ireland
and never will. The Irish people are
dissatisfied, and justly so, with the
laws that now govern them; but give
them q code of laws as just as the an
cient Breton, as faultless as those of
Draco, the Grecian legislator, and re-
membering the wrongs of centuries,
they will still hate England, still be
dissatisfied, and still be Fenians. 1t is
not with the present that they
quarrel, but with the past, Whether
this would be just or not, would be
| anfoi1a r,nt,,,,na - a
satisfied 1t is the feeling of the majority
of the Irish nation. Thus John Bright
has undoubtedly failed in his mission
His eloquence = and l listened to it, on
the two occasions he spoke in Dublin,
with pleasurc-fell on listless ears
His auditors knew, when he spoke of
Justice to Ireland" that it were inn.
possible OF attainment in his way, and,
though they perhaps heard with pleas
urc the orator Of the people, they
needed not what he said The people
want separation from England, and
this alone.
la. A CHANGE OF PLAN.
With the knowledge thus attained,
England has discovered that revolu-
IllOn CuhuOb w ublnCus. DhO NIACn bHuN
plan by suspending the "act" as j
said, and found it inefficacious. Now
she is determined to let the storm come
and strive to weather il, to let the Fe-
mans rise and fight it out. Arrests
are becoming less frequent, though the
same vigilance is exercised as before
and all the attention is turned not t.
/ arrcsting rebellion, but to suppress
ing it so soon as it shows itself With
this end, additional numbers of "cock
ney' detectives have been imported
hither, These are distributed through.
out the country, and scarcely town
land is there that has not its special.
Dublin is full of them. Tlpperary
rwarms with them. Kerry, Cork and
Wexford-all the counties in Ireland,
in fact, have their share Of these OBJ
noxious personages. This secret SER
vice force is under complete organiza-
ton, Sir Thomas Darcon, of the Castle,
and Lake, of the constabulary, being
Mt the head. Bi-weekly " reports are
made from each man to headquarters,
and from these reports weekly state
ment is sent to Irish Executive. Thus
everything occurring in the country is
known, almost as soon as il takes place,
to the Government. On these reports,
the military force under Lord Strath-
nairn, formerly Sir Hugh Roise, is
manipulated, weak points arc strength
ened, and strong ones made even more
strong, .-a..- r.sd and yares..r...
WHAT THE FENIANs ARE DOING.
| AS the first of January approaches
the hopes Of the Fenians are rising
They have no doubt but that Stephens
will fulfill his promises Of coming back
to Ireland, and there is q rumor here
that he is already on his way, Though
the Government has undoubted facili
ties for procuring information as re-
CARDS the working of Fenianism here
unfortunately am not 30 we'll situated
can, through certain officials here
hear Of the movements of the Govern.
ment; but, even though your CORES.
pondent, cannot bid sufficiently high
for INSCRIPTIONS traitors. Their figure
is rather too lofty for my oxchequer
However, / can put you in possession
of some few important facts During
the past six weeks no less than sixteen
|; thousand revolvers have been dstribu.
ted through the Fenian circles in Ire
land These weapons have been in
the city, stored, for some time, having
been purchased by James Stephens
from an English manufacturing house
This will probably explain hiS seeming
reluctance TO account for moneys re.
cciFed from John Mitchell Did he
{ state he purchased with the money
} arms and munitions Of war, he would
Of course, be compelled to give some in,
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