The New York herald., 1866-03-16
THE FENIANS.


Assuming an Ugly Look-striking Adj
missions or the London Prcss-Painful
Incidents OF the Hcbeilion, tsr., sc.
The Dublin correspondent OF the London Tines says
that the search for tephens has become keen aud
determined 1t is believed that he IL in Dublin and the
police almost certain of speedily arrcsting him. IL Is
supposed that he has managed 10 escape thus far by
continual change OF residence.
HOW THE SOLDIERS ARE BROUGHT IN-THE MOVE
MEST MODELLED on THE CONTINENTAL PLAN
ITS DANGEROUS CHARACTER, ETC.
correspondence London Telegraph, March IL
The success OF the Fenans in corrupng the soldery
is not only remarkable in ITSELF but especially notable
when conrased with the utter absence OF all IN tary
dsanecon '43 and 4s, and with the fidelity OF tn,
irish constabulary aud police During The great political
artailons led by OConneli and smith o. 'Bren while
Ireapd ag tated from end to end by stirring
speeches monster meetings and seditious clubs, not
a sipq,e soldier vas accused suspected
of sediliou Now movement, organized In Amer
Tea by Irshmen Of the lower orders, led by Mr.
James Stephens man almos, utterly unknown
social position. ecesds IN soci'g sat in regimen after
regmn and IN coTupno prirate soldiers AID even non.
commits ioneI oGces 10 erem cniy partially rep'oled
by the cnrt may-;al aady held The fact Is that, for
the Irish history political movement has
torTo ed t.e pan, and riacnnsy 81 h1e esrf soee Va
ties secret but they we're local. aimless sectaran
silly. But the Fcnian So iety now In existence for eight
years built up on the model of the French AMI
1tailan societies, and 1t Is said that stephens and
OMahony spent some years % the Continent, study
Ing originals from tho bcs living authoriies The
agatcrs O 43 and as doubtless hoped the troops
penetrated by tae vague national enthusiasm that
had overspread the island but they took no practical
steps towards seducing individual soldiers On the other
hand, without speeches, meet ngs agitation, the
Fenian Society simply detailed number OF men TO each
company Of each reg ment In the British army and the
men con,inus their work. whether the regiment sta
toned In Engla Ireland The msfns operasdt IN
very SIMPLE Long before Fenianism invented the
Irish artisans peasants the habit OF treating
private sold the questionable hospitality OF glasses
Of fiery whskcy Compared with the yeomanry or osd,
with the conslabsTy OF the present day the sodery
has always been and continue TO be wonderfully popu
lar Somehow the people feel that the troops
rather than with goodwill; they have seen
English troops with the fury OF battle In their faces;
always ready 70 join in svee to drink and talk
presenting In fact the greatest possible contrast 10 the
stalSer he psbIin p,.cenlln Almost inyariabiy re-.
cru ted glass of whiskey, and Ia public house
the sodier-especaily the Irshman-returns readily 20
his first aud the fenian- II Is said, have certain
public houses in this ty where II l. understood that
soldiers to bc charged for drink Irishm,n
stitue sixth the population Of the whole empire
but they furnish, understand about third OF the
army, and some reg ments have an enormous prepon'
This Is a raihSs.rous ntnation bit when think OF
the obvious remedy met By the besetting weak
Of representative govcrn'icnisdelay and ndeei
sion movements OF repression and desire to conform
TO public opinion IN everything done Sir George Grey
made II a matt of boast the other day tina, rcgi
had been sent to Icl nd oui of their turn OF ser
vice. IL ought to be a matter cf rcproach believe
that every regiment In the British srvcc, containing
large proportion OF lrshmen, ought 70 b. kept out OF
Ireland with the most Jealous care-that tho three
Guards regiments ought 10 b. sent here for perma
duty and that the summer advances the English
militia ought 10 be embodied aud distr butsd throughout
the Irish II Is dOubly unfair 10 keep Irish
soldiers hero; Il encourages the Fenians who have full
confidence their public house friends snd exposes
the men TO unIuo temptation. If were dealing with
ordinary agitation there might be policy IN showing
dclcacy to the methods Of repression In using
Irish English trvops and IN pgocecdlng far
possible by constitutional methods but Mr. James
stephens and his fnends only laugh az such scrulesi
whi the presence IN Ireland of English regiments who
would drink barack cantccus nsead Of ~hiskcy
ni the public houses and who would attend Protestant
service instead ~ the mass would be the thing that
would be heavy blow aad great hscouragemeni
10 Fcnan hopes am by means an advocate OF mere
repressoa think ,hc d.ly .. Lame 70 ryos ,s.
movement itself; bU rePrenon. mans H1n, de-inrf,
maut iyr. You must utterly destroy all hopes OF
even part al succ.ss You safe enough at present.
No lender Of an nsurrcction would Commence m WIN
ter his cannot ann at night or camp out but
,rhsH n kaerei g1thered nr datan ~, real dan0er
cu nr,s, F,niaaisr tvR Las hu rsn, and uaiss vat
preca tIksa may nick, Lrt1ns socne 9 rdPine
and b. ID II would bo put down proapey ana stormy;
I have no doubt; but the mischief thai would
be done by even an outbreak ic5 "ees vs.
incaculabie. II would ihro~ ireland back AZ lcast
half century u would create an alarm and insecurity
that twenty years OF Tranquility could ni aay la lsss
the actual outbreak did god: showed al What only
few kuew-tLat the Increment VIZ mere Whiting aud
talk-,hai the leaders had knewiedge whatever 81
insuucctouary or military nrtcs-thA Tue people we're
neher drilled nor Iefdssa s az S De ssos eoanlrv I,
was therefore desrabbe that snsth OBricn should
stake the neld that we might 90 the raegene.s OF hs
following and the utterly unpracca nature of The man.
Bst c.> Fsniani 'sry d,fercv we1 hey are noi
IysiB.en " the I'D M brs An>1oaHiied fhceraisss
much ~ ,hr,~d r.oct'eai aud ai>r'a'sed ha" peS
| p.eci>c.ssorh They have giyeo up the old deyo
/ lion for the priest They have given up Ia
IRISH mania for making speeches AID having neeungA
They hold their Tongues aud keep thor powder ay "
America they sponL aud write. and quarrel. and "a !
trash with touching rcseinhafe W 'oala hme. p'.i
they do all that merely - raise the wind merely
excite generosity the conrbu'ory lnshmeu caeFed
throughout the staieA H,rs they ohsBV and pie ~ ~
mt rad prsgv ssoc,ffaiit The government Know
| that stephens II In Dublin, yet de'mte a re.ard OF
ca o0e-qsadyvp ,r,df 'rerod for Sntfh ~ br'en
| they cannot catch him. The g0yermen, SHOWS ha
| ,here ara other manufactures and stores % arm
| and ammunition Ia Dublin bosds@ those Arrshi
| discovered, and VI lssg otnaR fsd he~ oar
| Mr. Oiiphani in the House. corgrn'uiatcs ~ TIA
the Fenians have emo ren,cmen among them, and o
doubt IS right in assert ng ha, unt charscternlic
the movement win ALLEVIATE the public orint"n of IN
United States For my part hg"eNer aeepy rtre
with OF education Refinement h0reser mistake
IN their Vows, could ash thein 1hat they want
read yoar Parliamentary debate. and yOur most ut
answersble appeals thrown away on ignprani me
banded together IN n secret league Ihc nmenibf
of Parliamentary goyernmenis-the mnd n9gisg
| ~ Sir George Crey--cyen the eytnptihy oi
| Bright docs not touch these men. They are ianaiic
consplraors and the has onet aud the hal Nll aIon
teach thsm respec, Tor tb" law tpre' y ought u '
the province ~ the End out shy u = tha,
sentative people prone OF I'D 10 loyalty almost ger. j
and warm hearted " Wild should not have tecn lon
since over " tranquility ~ some Of tho'e ar
A. Edward used IN wales-such a. frsncsJoseph s NJ
eseayng % ~ HIngary-or such c0nccsso onss % nat 0n
ana iiglous feelings and such measures ~ lu.tre
erurpated rebellion IN the Hixhiands and made ia "o
scotland loyal to Hanover an King
san tsctpvNrs or rug coSsrfRAcr.
: fFrom the London Telegraph, March l.
There are tao rather ssd stories arising cut OF y
| government scton 10 tbs Suppression. You rememp'
! street in this ei,y rso men soauainlanees Of hr