, 1866-11-13

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dent marks Of disapprobation. Among
the resolutions adopted at Pittsburg was
one advocating the change in the Ameri-
can neutrality laws, proposed by General
Banks in the Fenian interest, at the last
Session of Congress. 1t appears that
this Convention, of soldiers and sailors
was controlled throughout by New Eng
land influences, but although that section
Of country shows great skill in moulding
the politics of all the other parts of the
Union, it finds some difficulty in ruling
its own people. Wendell Phillips, one of
the most extreme Radicals, it will be
remembered, was recently nominated for
Congress in Boston j; but although sure
of an election, he has declined the honor,
on the ground that in these times a seat
in Congress carries with it too much re-
sponsibility and too little power. Mr..
Phillips is a constant and earnest advo-
cate Of the impeachment of the President,
and his deposition from power as soon as
the articles of impeachment are adopted
by the House !; butt although at present
a consistent partisan, he generally flies
off at a tangent whenever the opportunity
is offered, and never acknowledges the
least obedience to party rules. If Presi-
dent Johnson should ever be impeached,
Wendell Phillips is as likely to be his
defender as his accuser.
Vague rumours of a Fenian raid against
Canada continue, but nothing definite
appears to be known in any quarter upon
the subject. 1t is announced that a
Fenian force is concentrated in the north
ern part of Vermont, and this has alarm
ed the Canadians, who are gathering
Volunteers on the Vermont frontier.
The object of this raid, if one is really
contemplated, can be nothing beyond a
m~arauding excursion, for it is significant
that both Stephens and Roberts d~enounce
this particular party as outlaws, whose
movements are unauthorized from "head-
quarters" If these robbers start across
the border, short and sorrowful will be
their excursion, for enough Canadians
are on the alert to provide each ~valorous
Fenian with a score of foes. The Fenian
party in Northern Vermont numbers 800,
and is poorly armed, and no intelligence
of an attempt to advance across the bor-
der has been received. That General
Sweeny, the Fenian military leader, had
come to grief is already known in Eng
land, and now he seems to bitterly re-
pent of the folly that led him ever to
connect himself with the Brotherhood,
for he has published a most mournful
card, in which he says he declines to
take any further part in the proceedings
of the Fenians. Some, as yet unsuccess-
ful, attempts have been made in New
York to reunite the two wings of Feni-
anism, but it is probable that their quar-
rel will continue as long as the order is
in existence. James Stephens, at q
large Fenian ''picnic," held near New
York this week, made a speech in which
he announced his intention to return to
Ireland during the present year.
The Navy Department has received
official intelligence from the United
States squadron in the Gulf of Mexico
that no attempt has been made to enforce
the Imperialist blockade, which was an
nounced as .disregarded" by the Presi-
dents recent proclamation. The des-
patches state that no French or Imperi-
alist vessels have appeared off Tampico
or the Rio Grande, and that nc a%pprehen-
sions Of any attempt to enforce the
blockade were entertained.