The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-19

the upper classes and the detraction Of .
large section Of the press, he is received
with open arms and hailed as the cham
pion Of their rights by the great body Of the
people. Those who have been watchful of Mr..
Bright's movements and have noticed the en-
thusiasm which, in every instance, in England
and in Scotland, his appearance has excited,
will naturally attach not little Importance to
the visit which he has just made to the Irish
metropolis. From the Dubliners he received
most hearty welcome The banquet held in his
honpr seems to have been successful even be-
You'd expectation. With the O'Donoghue in
the chair, and surrounded by the dignitaries
and clergy OF the Roman Catholic Church, the
great English reformer had much cause to be
satisfied. It was tribute of respect from the
great body of the Irish people in the persons
Of their only true representatives tribute
heartily and honestly given, and, we believe,
GRATEFULLY received. The clergy Of the Estab-
lished Church were conspicuous by their alb
sencs, but that was only to be expected.
MI. Bright, Notwithstanding his brilliant and
unseldsh advocacy of the cause of Ireland, was
not permitted to take his departure from the
shores Of the Green Isle without experiencing
considerable share of the pointed personal
annoyances to which every leader who seeks
to champion the constitltionalism OF that
country is invariably subject. AT the meeting
of the workingmen in Dublin he was brought
face to face with most dangerous element of
the Irish population, which at the present mo-
ment, moved by the spirit Of Fenianism, cares
nothing for either priest or parson, and there
his address was interrupted by the exhibition
of war dance, given to "The March Of the
Fenian Men, after which "cheers for James
Stephens" and "The Irish Republic" fell with
ominous and disagreeable sound on the cars OF
the peace reformer.
Mr.. Pope Hennessey, NJ. p, an Irish leader
Of repute, and warm advocate of Polish re-
generation, in m address to the electors of
Wexford, which we print to-day, assails Mr..
Bright personally with much severity, and
winds up by CHASING him as Parliamentary
enemy TO the cause Of the struggling nation
alities, and wholesale objection to his land
tenure reform plan and other theories for the
cure Of the ills Of Ireland. There is little
doubt that Mr.. Hennesscy's sweeping con-
domination of Mr.. Bright will distract the pop
ular sentiment of the country very consider
ably, and aid England vastly in pursuance
of her old plan Of diside Ell impera, as applied
to the unhappy island. .., TX
Mr.. Brights detractors will exert themselves
to the utmost to depreciatc the practical i'm
portancc Of his Dublin visit; but, in spite Of
what may be said TO the contrary, there are
many who will continue to believe that good
will be the result Never were the Irish people
in greater need OF an intelligent and patriotic
leader than at the present moment. As much
as to the unjust laws, to which Mr.. Bright in
his banquet speech referred, the woes Of Ire
land are TO be attributed to the easy confidence
which her people have uniformly reposed in
demagogues-men who have
played with their generous instincts and
worked upon them for purely selfish ends.
Much, We arc willing TO believe, has been done
for Ireland in recent years. Wrongs have
been righted, grievances have been removed.
We have never been Of those who measure the
wrongs Of Ireland by the tide Of emigration
which continues to roll towards these shores.
Legislation alone never made people either
prosperous or happy and never will. The
circumstances Of one country are not the
circumstances Of another and We are equally
unable to comprehend why, II they are to
better their position, the Irish people should
not come to America, or why their coming
here should necessarily be the result Of wrong
and injustice. But making every allowance,
Ireland, II is not TO be denied, has grievances
enough-grievsnce sufficient to irritats, and
even more than irritste, q less excitsble people.
What she needs, however, ia not second
Fenian Invasion, or any other foolish resort 10
violence, which can only end in aggravating
and prolonsing her misery, but men Of ability
and patriotism who will clearly, intel
ligently and forcibly give expression TO her
wrongs and demand their redress. In the
absence of any prominent leader Of their own.
the Irish people have called Mr.. Bright 10 their
aid, and he has nobly responded. 1t viii be
strange, indeed, if his whitening exposure of
those two gigantic evils--evils unparalleled
under any government calling itself liberal
should not result in some practical good. II
Mr.. Bright shall succeed in directing the Irish
mind TO more practicable Issues he will not
only prove himself friend Of Ireland, but
entitlc himself to the gratitude Of the British
empire.
DIsrnLrny FRAuDs-STARTINo DIscr0susEa. -
Frauds upon the government, through viola
ton Of the internal revenue laws, 70 the extent
Of million and half of dollars, have just
been discovered In Brooklyn. Il appears that
large quantities Of Illicit whiskey were found
in different private distilleries through the
vigilance OF government detectives and the
Deputy United States Marshal when Il Is
known that these frauds have been going on
for some time It becomes questionable whether