The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-08-22
lFENIAN tmArTERs.
General sWeeney,s address.

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General sWeeney's Address.
NEw YoRK, august 20.
The following is the address of Gen.
| Sweeney to the Fenian Brotherhood,
concerning political complication:
TO tie FeEltdR BTofh b0od:-The old
and tried members OF the Fenfan Broth
erhOod regret that some political pa
| peTS are endeavoring TO make IL appear
used for party purposes in the APP
preaching political campaign, and i
cannot allow such an impression to 90
abroad without a protest on my part.
The Fenian Brotherhood was ablfsh-
ed for the liberation of Ireland from a
Estate OF foreign ulfsrule land su6juga-
| ton, which, for the continuation and
intensity ofits persecution, has no par
allel in history While solely devoted
! 70 the grand object Of their mission, the
members of the Fenian Brotherhood
sympathize with every struggling ma
tiOnRlity, and are ardent lovers of free
dom for all men in every land. Two
of the fundnu1sntRli rules ofthe 0rgani-
Zatton are, that the religious and pOlit-
fcal questions should be entirely ex-
cluded from their e0unsels, and it Is
owing chiefly to thUse wise provisions,
that the Fenian Brotherhood, without
the aid of single dollar from any po-
itica1 party in the country, and in the
face of the most fierce opposition, has
spread its branches into every land,
and has become the great power in
America which it is to-day.
While every citizen in his individual
capacity has right to vote as his judg-
ment dictates, 1 apprehend in that dis
ruption disaster, and the utter blight
ing of all our hUpeS would be the result
ofturning the Fenian brotherhood into
political organization at this iuncture,
although the attempt may be made by
some ambitious men, who must neceS
sarfly exercise an influence in so wide
spread combination. Still, am sure
the great majority of the Fenian broth
erhOod are too devoted to the grand
cause to which their lives are pledged,
to allow that cause to be swallowed up
in the vortex Of American politics, or
to permit themselves to be diverted for
single moment from the direct path
which must eventually lead them to
success.
ThelPittsburgh Congress held in Feb
ruary, 1866, was very explicit in refer
ence TO this matter. In the sixth days
session the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Res0EUed, That this Congress, in the
name of the Eenian Brotherhood, in
the most solemn and emphatic manner
disclaim any intention, design or fncli-
nation to usethe power of this organi-
Eany form party politics in America,
such policy being entirely foreign to
our arms and repHgnRnt to our patriot
ism, and those who would attempt to
traffic in. the sacred impulses of Irish
| hearts deserve and should receive the
scoFn and detestation Of all true men.
whoever attempts 70 violate, abrogate
or eVade that resolution will incur q
serious responsibility which am not
prepared 70 sanction or to share In my
official connection with the Fenian
brotherhood. ExhoEfing an the metn-
bes Of the. organization. to perseSere in
the safe and successful course which
they have hitherto. pursued, am
'n'ts tsigned5 1i5 T.w. SWEENEY.
1,rEsI Secretary OF Var, r. B.
OTTAWA, G. W., Monday, August
20.-A special to the New YorkIsi6ltHe
says. =A'a -
The military preparations are threat
teuing. Some apprehension is felt for
ito-moTroW. Eleven hundred men are
now in Welland Canal, at ThoEld, two
batfaliOus being volunteers, and half q
battalion and half 9 battery Of regulars;
also q troop-Of volunteer cavalry.
The Adj0tant General went mp west
on Saturday 70 join the forces.
The Governor General viii go to
Quebec tomorrow or the day after.
| Fire arms and munitions ofWnr are
to be admitted into Canada free Of duty;
up to the fifteenth of next month, in ac-
CoIdance with an order In Council Of
the 18th Inst. This Is to enable private
parties 70 get breech=lOadiug arms
cheaply, TO resist raids upon the pro-
vince, sssf7yf-fr3eE f7Tg
OF the report that Lord Mas isto
succeed the present Governor Of Cana
da, it Is said the latter himself knows
--e-~S>----.--
TIE MemphistophiIes Of Europe has
shown his hand at1ase isThe Alps, the
Pyrennees, P the Ocean, and the Rhine
are the natural boundaries of France, -
said the first NapOIeon, and the naphaH
of his uncle, atter having annexed q
cUmyenient bit Of Alpine Territory to his
empire, now proposes 70 carry out the
Traditional Nap0leonie policy by plant
ing the French nag on the left b6nIzsof
the Rhine. The French people, always
I anxions for AEEitoEial aegTandfseuaenf
viii probably back the startling de-
mandihs has made upon Prussia, al
most unanimously and C may be taken
l for granted that Prussia, rampant with
! victory, VIII continue t6 refuse it. For
this sieontfugeney fapoleon 8 pEsparihg
@nay, is probably already rreTiartli
steadily increasing his means Of de-
fence military and, naval. The French
army has BEEN placed upon q war GoOt-
ing again, and q swarm OF formidable
fr0l-e1ads, faIly armed and aeco1trsd,
arssrellfiyl to put t0'issa from B1ese
l GhsfbdurgI and other naval dlepots OF
file empire 1t Z Giayss notice A war to
/ which the stru sla hetWa Waen Prussia and
| Austria would Be mere chIld,s play ap-
I pears 70 be Imminent. Wedo not Sc
how the Emperor, II hereaI1y made the
/ pree1pt tory demand aseribed 70 him,
could receCie from his position, and, as
il asserted. abandon the claim Alto
getlsf; and there seems q, BE- no likeli=
I hood thai ether tIis PrIissfan Govern
I1ent or the people Of Germany viii
tl1naly surfeEfieE The r fSllefnfsh teFrit0IY
| heieoTais. he
AcURnus 81 ia,iie has inst reaehe
I pu1i1eltEl n 5tsria G11nsy, New YORK.
A young blAessl1iE Idsd. by two willy
Il sisters, worked q l6n . FiSh but eredn-
! Ious old faFEh6l N Hare g Hollow. ETin
relh.iEe eitlsr. TN hs g4ye him nearly
an his pEopeEtyS and daeded his farm
tos one of the WorneIl.s Ehef fellow
squlaildaFed 50 90 OF tlla old MANS
tearntugs 1lef5re his eyes were opened.