The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-29

EItuCu pIOVInCeBs VIVID NnOSe ne lan0e0 III
England A. d. one thousand and sixty-six and
at the battle OF Hastings utterly annihilated the
Saxons at q single blow-a blow from which
they have never recovered, and probably never
VIII. smile when hear people say that IL was
not conquest. 1t was the most crushing de-
structiOn of q people that ever occurred The
lands were parcelled out among Williams fol-
lowers, and three-fourths of the lands of the
United Kingdom are to-day held by their de.
scendants. In l172, aided by Irish treachery,
they conquered ireland. know that some en-
thusiastic Irishmen will deny this; but lis it not
Sos lact mat m IT, eyer since they have held thus
Norman, with handful of followers accom-
plshed this. In the early part of the eleventh
century Edward conquered Wales; six centu..
ries later Scotland became practically part of
England under James /. There is in reality no
English, Irish, Scotch, or Welsh people.
grant that there are artisans aud peasants who
are permitted by their Norman lords tn work and
10 exc out miserable existence. This Norman
race is brave, wise for its own interests, crafty
cruel, and avariclous. Look at the wars of the
Roses and see this cruelty, bravery, and ava
rice. Poictiers, Cressy, and Aglncourt latest
this bravery in former times, and Waterloo,
which decided the modern C@sar's fate, was
won by Wellington, a lneal descendant of a
Norman chief. They, as a race, have never
shown the white feather upon any battlefield of
the world. In the United Kingdom they have
established ian impeTlUr1 in inlpeTio,n and with
remarkable wisdom they have made the Saxon
thralls of England believe that it is they who
govern tue WOTlu. L nave SO ldf eXnlDlCeQ, III q
short space the gradual increase and present
power Of this Norman aIistocracy; but there is
one point have 1orgotten-it Is this:-Under
Henry VIII they assisted him to rob the Catholic
Church OF all its possessions. So much for their
avarice.
What force have the Fenians tn compete with
this power' ANY attempt made to invade ireland
is utterly hopeless. The coast is completely
surrounded With armed ships, so that tast-hy-
ing pigeon could not obtain ingress TO the land
without being discovered. The friends of the
Government in Ireland are sufficiently able to
put down any and every attempt at 1nslJTTectiOn
The population is about six millions OF inhabi-
tauts. 1t may be fairly assumed that one and q
hall millions are Protestants; not less than four
teen hundred thousand OF these will be on the
side of British rules every squireen Catholic and
Protestant, the bulk OF the clergy of every
denomination, every titled and untitled aristo-
crat, every policeman and armed soldier, will
be on the side of the Government. Now mark,
here are the educated, intelligent, and armed
BALI the Irish people arrayed upon the side of
what they call law and order They will fight
ther own countrymen and put them down,
because they have to fight the undiscplined,
narmed half. Moreover, the gold of the Gov-I
ernment can, does, and will buy spies, informers
and traitors auu there is no difficulty TO find
judges, oaTrlsters, and mixed iurles to convict
the poor, deiudeG fellows who may be foolish
and rash enough TO come under the lash of the
law.
l know it is hoped that Louis Napoleon NAV
assist the Irish to obtain their independence
NO luttu Ill MS sane INluu can suppose SuCn q
thine probable. LOUIS Napoleon is a mere satrap
OF England; he must do her behestS. He carried
her policemans staff in London ia 1S48, 10 sup
press an abortive Chartist outbreak. He is
TOO anxious to establish his dynasty to
aid revolution in any quarter. He has
been beggar, a wanGerer an outcast too
long TO imperil his throne by coming to logger
beads with England. He knows that she would
let loose the red republicans of Europe upou
him, and topple his throne over in less than
month, and send HIM forth again to beg his
bread. Hope tor the Irish from such quarter
is hopeless. may be told that she could not
do this. state in reply that she hunted far
greater man than he, and left him TO pine to
death upon small isle in the South Atlaptic
Let my countrymen look INTO all these matters
with care, and then draw their conclusions.
| am panied to advert to the brawls denuncia
tons, and counter-denunciations of the Fenian
factions which have occurred in our midst dur
ing the last few months. Are these leaders
sincere? Does it not appear as if it were
struggle for power, as the power brings grist to
the mill l? Why is it that the Messrs Roberts
and O'Mahony Congress and the Senate cannot
agree? If we are to believe each of the other
faction, they must both be wrong The myth,
Stephens, is an enigmatical character. How was
1t that he was enabled to open nine locks, and
thus escape from iailY Did gold do itY There
are people who say that Stevens is in the employ
OF the British Government. / am not disposed
to.say so, and shall wait events to develop this
transaction. Where are the appointed places of
rendezvous for the Fenian army? Not surely in
the United States, because our Government can
not, will not, and ought not to permit it. Indeed,
Inns Fenlanlsm promises to beget Nativism, which
God avert
l now proceed to ascertain the numbers of
men and amount of money requisite to make
probable invasion of Ireland. 1t will be readily
ADMITTED that no likely successful rising could
take place without the assistance of at least
hundred thousand armed invaders: to convey
these across the ocean from some standpoint It
VIII take one hundred transports and at least
mere ought to be twenty armed steamers to pro-
tect them in their transit because if any leader
rash enough were to arm privateer, to prey
upon British commerce, his vessel would be CAP,
tured, and he and his crew would be strung no
TO the yardarm as pirates. / suppose the Feaian
leaders have the men; but have they the money
or credit to clothe, equip, and pay the hundred
thousand men for one year? I prove below the
cost OF such an army. Patriotism is very fine,
put II Will not buy gun, clothe back, or fill
belly. 1t takes money, ready money or sound
credit, to do this. Probable cost is appended in
a note.
need hardly state, Fenanism is composed of
sincere enthusiasts, who are ready to peril lite.
limb, and property to emancpate Ireland: OF
knaves, who look solely to the amount of money
that can be made OF the last class, who are the
dupes who give their means to aid this torlorn
hope.
l can point out method by which the power
OF England can be humbled and Ireland sepa-
lated from England and her independence esta.
Dllshed at no distant day. Let those who are
now making sacrifices tor Fenianism save their
money and send tor their relatives to come here
and settle; let them become COCO American
citizens; let them teach their children and chill.
drens children 10 look upon England the
oppressor of their race; let them aid in a com.
plete reunion upon equal rehts for the South.
and heal up its bleeding wounds. Do not per.
NIT $50 tar as you can prevent), that the South
is to be gOUeYUed as Enc land governs ireland. as
Russia governs Polal ld, and as Austria governs
Huneary This appears to me to be the only
feasible hope tor ireland. Whenever the time
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