The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-31
Radicals Counting Fenians.

late | mon IalT WAS aa'e''i''N
plaec for a meeting Of Fcnians. But ZIG
meeting was not there held ana q gf'"'
deal of DISPUTE arose as 10 the cause "i
the disappointment. FoKNES's ohro"'ce
charged that the meeting was prohloi1ca
by Mayor WAILAcH to prevent an apprc-
hcndcd expression of sentiment favor
able TO Rndicalisn, against the President
and ~"agaiust human slavery The Star,
in reply, denied that the Mayor had any
thing to do with it, nc being out of town,
and knowing nothing Of the matter; and
that paper charged that the interference
Was by the metropolitan police force, at
the instance OF the lady managers OF the
fair: which said police force is a congress
>ional, and not a metropolitan, institution.
Moreover, the star states that the Fcnian
orator RuBLR1s Was summoned from the
capi,al, and the congressional orators en-
gagged" for the night were detained in Con-
rrc>s. and the meeting was necessarily
postponed.
llaHtNtI, lli1 "ho i"'N >f''SH "l
! which 10 base a little clcctionccring trick
! by the cunning Radicals so that, in the
House at the night session OF Friday,
| while the business of the country was
pressing heavily for consideration, Mr..
| DEIANo. of Ohio, moved a Joint rcsolu-
| ton setting forth that the Mayor OF the
| citv had prevented the holding Of 4 fe-
man meeting in the Fair building, corner
of PENNSYLVANIA avenue and Seventh
street, and resolving that citizens be au-
,hor;zcd to use that building for all lawful
meetings, and especially for "mcctinGsior
tho liberation of Ireland This rcsoiu-
,;on vas hurried through aud sent to the
| Senate. In the Senate, Mr.. WILSON, OF
Massachusetts,, who is less like an Irish
man in sentiment AMI feeling Ito the credit
and honor OF Irishmcn be it said) than any
man i'm the world, became the patron of
the resolution, and proceeded to engineer
il through. Mr.. JOHNSON, OF Maryland,
demonstrated against the passage OF the
resolution. He thought ii would give
England cause Of complaint, and, however
England may have acted, We should pre-
serve our neutrality and national honor.
He was replied to with an aiicctation Of
sympathy with Ireland by those who have
shown none that is real, 10y volunteering
themselves, or giving any material aid to
Fcnianism. They invcighcd against Eng
land. Mr.. liowE declared that she was
ain favor Of encouraging every struggle
I" for liberty, honestly made, he cared not
.sbv whom.' Yet this same Mr.. Howe
was doing his best TO cypress southern
citizens and deprive them Of representa-
ton, The resolution was paSscd-twcnty
ayes to seven noes.
This was indeed 4 very small business;
but the work and those who engaged i'll II
were not ut all di>prop"rtioncd. The Irish
are a generous and coniidinS race; but
certainly they have learned enough OF
RadiraliSm 10 understand its tricks. They
can never forget how they were bamboo
zlcd into cnliSting against the South upon
the promise Of aid - free Ireland as .
as the South was conquered. They caInc-
,wn hr,droJ Thousand TO perform, Irish
I like, their part Of the bargain, trusting to
the other party to fulfil his obligation al
."mu,r,., How MANY enlisted in the Ca.
madam invasion, How many of them will
enlist in any war for Ireland They will
PASS resolutions but as for rcrilling their
lives Cor the Irish aS the Irish have pcrillcd
theirs for them-why that's Il thing not