New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-06-04

he had an organized force of 10000 men in Ire.
land, and that had England gone to war on the
/ Danish question he would have taken the field
| without arms y In any case he intended to
spring the mine in 1885, but thought better of it.
On his return to Ireland, he had hard work to keep
the potbolling, the bad news from America having
damped the revolutionary FIRE considerably. Al
though the conspiracy was not discovered at this
time, yet England dare not go to war on account
of the invincble Fenian host Then again
although everything was ready, the co. 900
men in Ireland could not move without
more money from America but the
American Brotherhood did not care about sending
money, they sent over two delegates instead to
investigate matters. One of these delegates. Mr.
Meehan, particular friend of Mr.. Stephens, had
the misfortune to lose Cor dispose of a very i'm
pOrtant document, which being afterwards found
in the hands of the police, resulted in the capture
of some of the members of the I. r. B.. and the ex-
posure of the whole scheme--the counties were
proclaimed, and then the British press (of which
Mr.. Stephens spoke in very warm terms) began
to boast that the organization was suppressed But
not so the organization in Ireland to-day is strong
in everything save only wal. material d. e. money!
which reminds me of little story. Pat asked
friend what he had for dinner. The friend
replied roast beef and baked potatoes
"Be-dad, the same as myself" says Pat, "bar-
ring the beef" But in this hour of strength came
the news of disruption in America and in order to
mend matters, Mr.. Stephens determined to get
himself arrested finally escaped and came to
America; arriyedin New ork iustas Mahony and
Killian had made hole in The bladder, and isnow
engaged in the hopeless task of initiating it again.
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of the speech Mr.. Stephens beloved to his hearers
at tJones's Wood But how ditferentare the impress
sions my friend of the CRESCENT gives vent to
under his editorial 1--WE"
! Inasmuoh as that Stephens IL very plain
speaker, agree, but that The is empbaticay
man Of action, largely endowed with practical
good sense" dispute-in fact his own words
| clearly prove the contrary. He is prophehc,n
we are told, and "points nearly to the hour when
he will commence to reap the harvest Of his sow.
ing." Exactly Coming events cast their
shadows before; it needs no prophet to tell that as
| soon as Stephens returns to ireland he will most
assuredly reap the harvest of his soWing-he has
sown the wind, and win reap the whirlwind How
any one can fail to see exaggeration in his state
ments, / cannot understand. For instance what
he says about the present state of affairs in Ire
land speaks for itself. Allowing his statement to
be true, that he has 100000 men-aud even allow
ing for the sake of Argument, that, instead of
only $4,000 being drilled they have all arrived at
the very height Of military profcieney-how on
earth is he to get arms and munitions to them, if
he had the money to purchase those necessaries
tomorrow?
As to such men as Cleburne, Finnfgan, Nolan.
Downing, and the thousands of other noble Irish.
men who have distinguished themselves in arms
and proved themselves worthy of the land which
gave them birth, you put them to the blush by
mentioning their names in connection with the ras
oally proceedings of Stephens, Mahony, Killian
Il 90.
The bilious and insulting comparison between
historical England and England Of to-day, which
the writer INDUCES in coming from SO deeply pre-
JUDGED source, needs no comment. Convinced
that the Incorporate language with which the arti,
Gle concludes will be repudiated by the majority
of the Southern people,
have the honor to subscribe myself
"BLARsTE0n BRITIsHER.