The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1866-03-24

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borne upon every breeze. T~he6enthu.
asm seems TO be general. Louisville,
KY, sends Il regiment to swell The
number Of regiments from Northern
mud more populous cities.
Now, what Will the result be? Is 3
question we must leave for time to an
swcr. We shall not even venture Il
prediction-shaIl only note events ~
they ;%ranspirc, and leave the Home
journal readers to draw their own con
illusions. Whether the Fcnians will be
able to oycrrun and conquer Canada,
and then hold possession Of it against
the colossal power Of England; and,
holding il, how Ireland is to be liberia
ted: and whether the United states
will be involved and, If involved, the
effect upon our people and our internal
politics and parties and relations; and
what action Napoleon will take in the
mattcr-whcther he will be II party to
the strife, helping Fcnianism oc@S@S his
uncle's %jaiIor, or by earned neutraIi-
Ity" attempt in such IN suspicious mo
ment to strengthen his Mexican proiege,'
all these are questions which will be
solved one Of two ways if %Fenianism
prove not all a myth.
We must aver that 50 far rs England
and the FcnianS are concerned, we are
not IN Indifferent Spectator, and we
cannot help n wee bit Of yearning for
down.trodden Ireland, and n good wisi,
for any Inudable effort in her behalf,
albeit rchcilions are odious just now,
and the rebellion Of Ireland ut this
ja@ncturc is therefore inauspiciOus. Yet,
we hazard the wish that Erin may be
ablc to free herself from the jaws Of the
Lion that for roo years have fastened
upon her. 1t is a God given right for
her TO revolt under oppressive laws, but
we trGmblc for her fate ifSucccs3 should
fail to crown her efforts. Then indeed
will her heroes become traitors, and de
feat must render up an account for eve
ry deed, and every idle expression.
lis Victory that gives no account OF
action, and cOnsccratcS men as heroes.
This fearful truth should nerve the arms
Of the Irish, as it will, no doubt. The
tendency Of the times is towards cen
trali2ation and consolidation Of power
in strong governments. This is bad
Cor the Fcnians, but let ii spur them
on to rcdoubIcd cXcrtion. The brave
can die but once,. and since death. is 4
debt we all must pay, better die free,
men than live slaves.
The Irish have abundant cansos to
hate EnrIaud. Their country has been
the worst governed country ON earth,
! and will continue to be while England
holds sway, unless indeed the Radicals
succeed in getting this country under
lhcir thumb, in which; case iraiands
situation will be an Eden compared
10 the Southern States, now begging
for peace and harmony with the North.
\ contemporary truly remarks: " " hat
ever benefits the British laws conferred
upon the people Of England, they con,
itrrcd none upon Ireland, Magma
Lhoyta became humbu", whcu ireland
was concerned and the I'LL OK rights
has always been Il dead letter TO the
Irish. Being the poorest country III
Europe, it sustains the richest church,
and pays more taxes to support II re-
~lioious establishment to which the tax
payers do not belong than any coun
try in the world just rs the Radicals
would have the South support agov-
crnment in which she is allowed no
voice. But if Ireland asserts her man
hood she is to be put down with the
cannon and the bayonct, for it is the
old fashioned British policy, when dis
affection among its subjects Is hroachcd,
to proceed to execute the discontinued
rather than cmoyc the cause Of com
plant.
As VIC have said, we say again-Our
sympathy is with the Fenian2, and We
have none for England. Her Exeter
Hall ranaticism her political preachers
and abolition e~missarics; and her mo-
ney. wrung from Irish whites more OPP
pressed and i%nfinitly worse off than the
negro slaves Of the South ever were,
urged on the mad abolitionists of this
country until the teachings Of such ru-
ritanical dcmagogues and mcddlers cul-
minated in Fastening, il not in actually
Inducing the late fearful and bloody
in~ternicinc strife in this country, which
has resulted to the injury Of the black
race, by placing them in u position they
are untitled by nature for, and the dcs-
truction OF the great planting interests
upon which was built the wealth Of the
whole land, even if it should not finally
end in a political equality of races as
unwise Us it is insulting to the God
who created Heaven and earth, and
made one man black and inferior, and
another white and superior, just as he
made one star to differ from another.
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