Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-03-20
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FROM IRELAND DIRECT.
A special correspondent Of the New
York 7ribuns-a paper bitterly opposed
to Fenianism-thus writes from Dublin,
under date of January I'd, 1856:
PERSONAL LIBERTY IN IRELAND.
Personal liberty is very precarious in
Ireland just now. 1t is a notorious fact
that no man is safe from arrest on the
Aimsiest charge Of suspicion and detained
as long as the police desire. Your cor
respondent only escaped arrest by adopt
ing the dodge" used by the people
themselves when they want to indulge in
a Fenian talk. The way this is accom-
plished is by ridiculing and abusing the
Fenians, while you can, under cover Of
the abuse you heap on them, discuss their
prospects of success or failure from every
point Of view, while at the same time, as
a straw shows which way the current
goes, Q stray word will reveal the sympa-
thizer or his opponent. All the jails in
Ireland are at present OVERLOOKING with
prisoners, and in Cork an additional build
ing, well guarded by mounted troops, has
been leased by the Government for the in
generation Of suspected persons.
WOMEN EMPLOYED As DETECTIVES.
Detectives, to use the words Of the peo-
Pile themselves, are "as thick as black
berries" the railway stations, hotels, cars
and steamboats, tecm with them. There
must be a small army Of detectives in Ire.
land. l blarniea myself into the good
graces Of . Government officer stationed
at the Castle. who informed me Of q fact I
had previously learned from other sources,
namely, that the British Government has
recently employed o large number OF very
modest-looking young English ladies to
travel in Ireland, and pay particular at
tention to the conversations going on in
the cars, steamboats,, hotels. etc. The
officer spoke very highly Of their services,
and said that through their exertions
several important leaders had been cap.
tured. He went az far as to offer to BET
me O pound that Stevens would be arrest.
ed through the exertions of these women
detectives.
STEVENS IN IRELAND.
With regard to Stevens there is but one
opinion, and that 10 that he is in Ireland.
Yesterday It was strongly reported in
Dublin that his whereabouts was known
to the police, but this is doubtful. Search
il being made for him every day in
various parts Of the country. l believe II
10 unknown in what part Of Ireland he 10
in, and il 10 rather strange that such . bit
Of triAing information cannot be procured
for $1,000.
NuMBRR op PBNIANs Il IRELAND.
As I have not the honor Of having been
initiated into the Fenian Order, I cannot
give you any idea as to the number Of
sworn or enrolled Fenians in Ireland, but
l can in good part supply the deficiency
Of my information by informing you Of
the number of the sympathizers with the
cause, and their name is Legion. All
Catholics in the country, rich or poor, are
confirmed sympathizers, or sworn Fenians.
About one out of every dozen Catholic
priests are on the same side. / estimate,
after careful consideration, that there are
from 3,00o,0 900 to 100000 of sympa-
thizers or worn Fenians in Ireland. The
police magnify every little circumstance
that arises regarding the capture OF arms,
in order, I presume, to bring credit on
their exertions. If an old horse pistol is
found in a cow-house, where it may have
lain for the last dozen years, it is at once
given to the country through the police
reports as q Seizure Of arms"
THE CAPTURE OF CANADA THE ONLY HOPE.
The people Of Ireland, who sympathize
with F~enianism, say that if the real OBJ
ject Of the extensive organization in Amer
lea is to procure a rising Of the people in
Ireland. then, indeed, the cause Of Ireland
is hopeless, and the sooner the organi1a-
ton is disbanded the better it will be for
Ireland" They say they have only one
hope-the only bright side Of the picture
that they can find to contemplate is that
Canada may be captured. ali" say they.
" u friends in America really intend 10
help Ireland. let them go to work at once,
and without further talk, take Canada
They imagine there are Irish enough in
the United States to actually swarm and
overrun the country. They say "there is
no law against having arms in Canada ;
therefore. when you are ready, let every
Fenian repair to Canada with his gun and
his ammunition. and when the desired
number of men are across the border. let
them, on a given day, point 10000 guns
at the garrisons Of Canada. Let them
have q few skillful Generals, and Canada
will soon be theirs. 1t will be a rising Of
British subjects to establish a Government
for themselves, to be called the Irish Re-
public of North America. "Then Irish
men will have a chance Of testing them
selves and proving to the world whether
they are capable Of governing themselves
or not. II they are able to govern them
selves and maintain friendship with the
United States, then old Ireland would
swell with joy from the Giants Causeway
to Cape Clear, then Luby and the rest Of
hem would be exchanged. A good land
lord and tenant bill would become a law
in Ireland. Poorhouses and tithes would
be abolished. Her school system would
be Of her own choosing. In . word, all
her grievances would be redressed, and,
perhaps, after years, the blessings that low
from . well-regulated Republic would be
hers. But an attempt to free Ireland will
only degrade her moro than she is in the
eyes Of the world will bring death and
ruin on Thousands OF her sons ; will only
tighten the chains around her neck and
reduce her to actual wretchedness. "Try
Canada" they say, "if you fail in being
able to govern yourselves, you can ask to
be admitted to the Federal Union. Can.
ada will mako two good.sized States.
But we believe II you bring all your ener-
gies to bear you can't fail, and In any case
the question Of Fenianism will have re.
ceived the only solution that It ever can
and the sooner that contamination
is reached the sooner Ireland will cease
her s~ufferings." "