The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-06-13

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forget it, say a majority Of Englshmen;
and very uDwisely they lay tho fat
tering junction to their souls that this
confession OF their fathers sins meets
all tho requirements of the situation
to-day. The atrocities Of the conquest
should be attributed in a measure to
the character of tho times. Ifthat will
not do, there arc the soveroigns and
soldiers, whose memoirs the Irish arc
at full liberty to damn for riveting the
yoke in 30 rough a fashion. The yoke
itself is q grand thing. England has
no apologies to offer for ~subjecting tur-
bulent Celts Of English laws and tho
English Established Church.
These are blessings that all the be-
nighted Latin States covet, but arc, of
course untitled to enjoy. Ireland in
sists that she is in the same unhappy
condition. English civil and religious
institutions may be blessings for Eng
land. but it must be confessed that for
ireland Troy have proved the source of,
and been made the apology for wrongs
! that England herself would fain forget.
1t is evident ireland prefers indepeE-
| dence to all the Wanted advantages Of
English rule. She has told the world
this since 1872, and all but England
believes her, and admit it to be just as
natural and proper for the 1rishmon to
object to English rule, as the Venetian
to Austrian, the Pole to Russian, the
Hungarian to German, or the Cretan
to Mussulman. Though England did
not go TO war for thePoles,t the Venetians,
H%ungarians, or Neapolitans, she gave
them something moro than lip sympa-
thy and to day her diplomatic inau-
nee is exerted IN favor Of the annexa-
ton Of Crete to Greece.
Yet in the face Of such q record as
this, EnglIHd'S leading journal is as
tonished that the Irish should object
to English rule, rs bong that Of the
foreigner, and can cody talk Of effac.
ing Irish disaffcction in another cen.
tury. deep and almost inoradicable
discomfort prevails, and it will take,
perhaps. another century TO cflace the
d,saficction to England, which now
exists among a largo portion Of her
Greland's) people" Why, this is the
language begotten Of the madness Of
dcspotic power. Accomplish in one
century what seven have not suficcd
for! Vain hope, fatal deluslon. From
the invasion to this very year Of
grace, almost every generation ofIrish.
men have risen IN "rcbc,iion' against
England. OF late years rebellion has
become the normal state of the "Sister
Island" And still the victor huge the
delusions lis it all pretcnse?) that in
just n hundred years more dlsaffec.
ton will be cradictated, andhereditary
rebels become loyal subjects of the
alien power. Self-delusions so vain
and stolid could find Judgment only
IN English self complacency.
II is II faulty in keeping with this
that prompts the leading organ d
England TO desire continental States
to "pote the sum total Of Fcnian ac-
cusations"--that rs, as tho leading or,
gan puts t.
ut IS enough that we are foreigners
and that tho Irish, or all who may
choose to call themselves Irish, want
Ireland to themselves
Precisely because you are foreigners
This in the mind Of the average Eng
lishmen, is no good reason for Ing
lands Withdrawing from Ireland
But Ireland, for the Irish, IL the sam
in principle rs Venctia for the Ital
ians, Poland for the Poles, Hungary
for Hungarian, Crete and the IoniaI
Isles for the Crooks, all which cries
as VIC might tell them, has the hearty
and ostentatious Endorsement Of Eng.
land. Tho doctrine Of nationahtIc,
AZ enunc;ated by the Emperor Napo
leon, will prove wholesome or vicious
according rs it is wisely applied. Blu
| this is o the question, rs between
, England and Ireland. Government
y. exist for the people, not the peopl
, for governments, least Of all for allie.
governments. Though there be moth,
: ing oppressive in the rule, o peopI
-. have the right to throw it off il it b
4 that of tho foreigners, (e.g. Austria !
: Venctia.) These are some of tn
q principles undergoing the "doctrine
of nalionalities," and winch Englan
h has indorsed-the cases Of Vcnetii
@ Poland, Crete, &c.
For her to appeal now 20 her neigh
n bors to Judge between her and til
Fenians is n big blnnder. By her ow
acts and declarations on the issue al
stands self condemned. The neigh
bors to whom she appeals are the pc,
= pie who shed their blood on foroig
y soil for the establishment Of the Yer
= dogma which she now sneers at whC
i applied to ireland. England can n
. escape the logic Of her own acts, II,
. attitude and declarations on tho van
p GUS European questions we have en-
ID merated, and, consplcuously, her a
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