Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1867-03-21
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 90, 1857.
The Irish Rebellion.


rhe last or present uprising In Ire
land IL apparently failure, and though
as q freedom. loving people, the symps'
thies OF Americans must be In favor OF
The reyolu,ionists In that country, the
mode in which the people OF Ireland
have endeayored in this, their last and
greatest attempt at revolution, as well
IA all former ones, to obtain liberation
from the thraldom Of Great Britain,
cannot fail TO impress even upon our
minds the hopelessness Of the object the
Penlans have In view, !. G. the establish
ment of an "Irish Republic" until the
occurrence of such an event as the dis.
memberment Of the British Empire,
which at present seems very remote.
Though the struggle may be prolonged
there can be little or no doubt Of Its
ultimate failure, and the longer the
strife is maintained the more direiul
must be the effects upon that unhappy
land. War at best is a great evil, but
when inaugurated as this has been, with
such powerful odds against 1t, 1t can be
looked upon as little less than suicidal
TO Its projectors and their object, and 1t
does seem that the money being wormed
ont of Irishmen everywhere would be
better applied were it used in allevlst-
ing the wants of the people, and allow
their real or imaginary wrongs to be re-
dressed by peaceful means, by moral
suasion, without resort to arms, such
~ the liberals in England are now en-
deavoring to do, and such as their own
distinguished countryman, oConnell,
was partially successful in wringing
from the British Parliament.
An Irishman's love for his native land
is proverbial; indeed, 1t is only excelled
by his hatred of and his desire of its
separation from England, and though
nearly all of them agree upon this
point, no two of them will agree upon
the means to be used for the accom-
plshment Of their designs. Ireland has
about one.slxth Of the representation in
The British Parliament, and were these
representatives to stand firmly by each
other in all measures for the promotion
Of Irish liberty, they would exercise, 1t
appears to us, more potent influence
apon that body than can be accom-
ylished by rebellion, as aside from them
selves, large numbers of the liberal
party would flock to their standard, q
cause which they would OF necessity be
compelled to take, in consideration Of
Irish aid for the accomplishment Of their
swn ends in England.
Internal dissenslon was the first
cause whereby Ireland's independence
was wrested from her, it has been
cause from which she has ever suffered,
and, indeed, there is still reason to be-
heye that the only subject upon which
her people ever will agree is "hatred to
the Saxon" and even though united
apon that, their leaders have never yet
acted in unison for the attainment of his
expulsion from their shores. To speak
of the present uprising as gtgaatic, as
some of our brethren have done, unless
h comparison with former attempts, or
10 accord to it a fair prospect of success
M simply absurd. No force Of insur-
gents which has yet been brought to-
gether upon Irish soil to oppose British
troops, not even the 1900 spoken of near
Dublin, has made anything like stand,
and the war thus far has been COM
paratively bloodless one.
A guerrilla warfare, such as the pres
ent struggle in Ireland must eventually
become, can only tend to still more i'm
iMpovcrish Its inhabitants; and until
those who clamor for her independence
are ready to take the field 10 ireland in
Sufficient numbers to contend success
fully with their opposing forces, and are
aided by q flotilla so powerful that the
Enlish navy cannot precludeit its entrance
30 Irish ports, the establishment of a
Republic in Ireland must evidently re-
nsin in the dim vista of the future,
much as we Of America may desire the
contrary.
RIoT AT CARLISLE, PBSN.-A dis
patch from Carlisle, Penn, dated Satur-