Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1866-02-24
A Letter to Fenians ON Fenian-
ism,

ism.
To the Editor of the UoYM 1T is a
duty owe to my fellow Irshmen to state
my views frankly and fcarlessly regarding
the Feniau organization and movement
now existing in this country and Ireland.
In connection with this portion of my let
tor propose to examine the strength and
resources Of the British Empire. Every
Irishman can then judge for himself. Have
the Feuiau leaders impartially weighed
over in their minds the tremendous power
of Great Britain ? If ttey have, have
they placed the facts before the Irish peo
pie?
The subjects Of Epgands Queen amount
to about two hnndred and twenty millions
Of souls. 1t is calculated that one in six
is capable Of bearing arms. If this cal
culatiou be correct, it gives her upwards
of thirty-six millions Of a5ls-bodied men
She uses one portion OF her subjects to
keep another or other portions in subiac-
tiou. and she uses one race TO conquer
auother-noue more so than the lrish.-
She holds all the keys that command the
sea aud ocean thoroug ghiares. In the Med
iterranean she owns the strongly fortified
! Iaand of Malta, as well as the Rock Of
| Gibraltar, that commands the entrance in
to the same sea. She possesses Auen, ,one
hundred miles east of the Strait of Babel
Maudel,, or Cato of Tears, and thus con-
trolls the Red Sea and, per consequence,
the Indian Ocean and Persian Gnlf. From
| uindoo Cush to Cape COmorin, and from
the mouths of the Indus to those Of the
Gauges. she holds upwards of one hun
dred millions of the dark races in subjec-
ton, with about thirty thousand white
Celts and Saxons. To tile west Of The
PuDjaub her sway is o omnipotenl in Afsh
anistan and Beloochistsn and she control:
the destiuies of Farther India indeed
Burmah and Siam may be considered al
outposts of her empire. Sailing from the
Gulf Of Mauacar aud PalEs Channel, witt
the beautiful Island of Ceylon on the south
which is also hers, in northcasterly di
rec.oD, We arrive at the English province
Of Arracan. Shaping the ships course
southcrly, we pass blythe British territory
Tennaserip, and arrive at Maacca Straits
On the west coast OF tho MaIayan PENN
sula she owns MALAGA colony. Slill far
ther she owns tie strongely fortified lsl'
of Singapore, which commands the strait
Of that name, and therefore the entranc
into the Chinese Sea- She owns the ISL
of Hong Kong, at the mouth of the Honi
Kong river, ,and can at any moment block
ade Canton city. She has her grasp upoI
) China, and before she is done she will alb
sorb il, as she has done India. Itis wit
her mere matter of time. She reason
not for the hour. but for the future aggrau
dizement of her empire. The island cor
= tiuent of Australia is hers, so are Ne'
Guinea and Van piemans Land ; she ha
established her authority in the great isl
of Borneo. She owns the Isle of Ascer
sion, aud waters her ships at st, Helen'
The Mauritius, west of Madagascar,
hers. From the Capo Of Good Hope sa
along the western coast almost to the rive
Senegal, and we find her colonies of Gan
bia, Sierra Leone, and Fernando Pc; il
deed, for thousand miles along this Goa
G the natives dread her power. Along tt
/ eastern cost the English influence is par
a mount. She owns British Guiana, on II
|. North Paeifc-a country two-and-a-ha
m times as large as Ireland. She owns tt
h Falkland Isles, about three hundrd mlI'
from Cape Horn, Honduras furnishes h