Arizona miner., 1867-04-06
THE ENIAN FAILURE.


The Foaian movement FOR the freedom Of
Ireland has failed a. completely as the most
loyal Englishman could have wished, and to
much greater extent than the government
Of Great Britain had supposed it would. The
lack Of GOODNESS and judgment-the reckless
rather than prudent patriotism, which dis
tingui-h the Irish character, were never more
conspicuously or unfortunately shown than
in this last and bOldest movement for indie
dependent ireland. A few eloquent but i'm
practicable, and in several Instances, coward
Is and dishonest leaders, have succeeded in
getting quite a number OF the poor people 81
Ireland into prison. and in taking from the
Irish in America, for no purpose saving their
own personal benefit, many thousand Of hard
earned dollars.
The di7gracefu scenes which the leaders
have been eBacting in New York are at an
end the disastrous raid into Canada Is for
gotten, excepting by those who fell into the
hands Of Her Majesty's Government and
even Stephens, the great organizer, has skulk
ed away, and IL half that Is told Of his conduct
is true, he had better continne in obscrrity.
( Now with ireland we Of America have
much true sympathy. Under British govern
ment, or misgoyenment, she has suffered
great wrongs and our hereditary hatred 10
the English lion is such that we delight in
every step calculated to curtail his power.
/ Bat from the start it was evident To all Oh
servant men that the Fenian . oyement could
be Of no practical benefit 20 ireland In the
I first place, the Irish people have never been
united in the movement. A dozen men.
claiming to be chosen as LEADER, each. have
had their followers. What funds have h,en
raised they have divided among themselves.
The Canadian invasion was most unfimely
and i'll advised affair, resulting a. any man OF
the least military knowledge must have known
Il would and all the Promised uprisings on
the sold sod" have been nipped in the bud
by Her Majesty's ever vigiant constabnlary.
+. F. Millen, a Fenian header, has lately
addressed letter 20 the LgSfaga Tunes. cx-
p'sing the doings Of Stephens, and placing
that worthy, or unworthy, in very bad
'rHf+ an iitHHihNh rADhit tdftlull1 TeruSe
this letter, not alone for its unclOaking Of one
who would seeem TO be a gigantic humbug.
but for the Importance and wisdom Of the adj
vice Of Mr. Mllen. IL is this Watch for
the time when England's difficulty will be
lreland's opportunity. 1t is coming, and lie.
1t he one year or twenty, we must wait for
it,
In other words, Mr.. Millen thinks there f
no hope Of the success Of Fenian movement
while England is at peace When she is en-
gagged IN war is the time TO strike. This we
think Is 10 the point; and we doubt not that
all movements towards the liberation Of Ire.
land, made before the arrival of such time,
will result in ignomnions defeat.
p. 5. Since the above was written we have
read OF the attempted uprising Of the Fenians
in Ireland, and Of the new excitement in the
Atlantic States among the Irish, bat we do
not see any reason to change our views. The
movement in ireland was immediately
squelched by the Engli-h government, as all
other equally foolish ones will be.