The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-21
TIE IRISH REPUBLIC,


influence and effect upon tho minus Of good,
suffering, harm less, hut impulsive and cxcita-
bic, md, wilhnl, credulous people, who always
have Ind, and still have, our entire sympathy.
The fruits Of Fcninnism aro before the world,
precisely such rs every man Of sense coud not
but forcsee. Wo were in hopes that the insti-
tuition was dcfnnct, TINT the +. u. had gone
into liquidation; and this wc hoped because of
our regard for ihc Irish people, both here and
in the old country. But il would seem thcro
is still mn Irish Republic, Of which journal of
the snme name 10 the organ. This paper is
published in Chicago, and tho seventh number
for juno ~ now lies before us. In il wo find
tho following /" official" notice to the Circles
of the +: b.: .
liEADoUARrEns FEN1AN BRornnnHoop,
NEW YonK, 10 W. dth ST., fIny 81, 1867. I
- t.i" toFFIC1kL.)
|. Parties rcmittnS money To these Headquarters
will .ploaso mako tho samo payablo to Patrick Kcc-
nan, Treasurer.
WILLIAM II. ROBERTS,
.aL. Iresuicat +. d.
MrcnAEJ. J. Callahan. Ass't Treas. Il. II.
''Tho Croaking of Cowards" is The title of
editorihl No. ,'of The lnpcr before us, in which
q tremendous casligation is administered to the
,lasiar,ls,. who lislen 10 The grooming of hc Shan
J'aa I'och', when sho anys: There arc ships
upon the say" "For over two hundred years"
says Tic elilor, 'this old woman, in ynrio,ls
disguiscs has been combing down The bump Of
snli.esccm In our people, and tcnching them
this Slaves doctrine Of flooking without for that
which muSl be developed within" lie snys
tho Irish bad 70 long dclu,lcd themselves with
the conviction that. tho Fronch TINT Sppin, nn,l
OF late, Amcricn also, would come 10 their do
| livcrancc, That they bcgnn to believe that their
| own, or their country's redemption wns mol worth
the spiling Of u drop of Irish blood. Fcnain-
isih, he then proceeds TO say, had takon tho old
| lady Qhc Shan Fan Pocho by tho neck, nnd
ahovel her into the grave. II seems now that
Fenianism did not heap enough of earth upon
her, for, taking advantage of tho late disasters
10 The organization, she Inns risen in The hnbili-
meats Of death aud, smnrting under tho casti-
CATION she received from Fcniun han,ls, sho
emit free Irclnntl"-..l:ngland is Too strong ~ !"
''Thosc fellows were cursed uul couldn't hovo
luck !" Repent, confess yourselves, he COOL,
snbscrSicnt slRvcs, and sin no more" and
! so On.
at is strange how disaster brings out tho
most cruel and cownrdly of your enemies. For
the last seven years the Ecninn brotherhood
has been teachng the people sclf-reiinncc; and
undoing the miserable mcshcs with which
moral force had surrounded thcm," etc., ctc.
wo do not find it 80 strange ut nll that oft re-
pcatcd disasters should unnervc the people and
make them losc heart in the cnuac and conf
!dence in their leaders; especially when some
OF thoso persons turn States evidence, anu
others run nwny with the money bags. The
project Of these Fenians in as utterly hopeless
as hove been the similar attempts of lie Poles
during the last thrce-aunrters of n century. It
is certainly moro lieroic;poetio and patriotic to
hcnp curses upon tho Shan Ian Hoeht nnd hcr
croonngs, nnd shout, rs our editor does: "Out
and make way for no Fenian men :" but there
is no sense In it, These gentlemen should hear
IN mind that tho ago Of heroes is past Thoy
have come Two thousand years loo latc into tho
world. Tho :Irshman loves his country. to he
sure, but ho has aomc regard also for his
family, those dependent upon his personal c1-
ertion for support lie docs not feel called
upon TO struggle against adverse fate, run his
head against a stoncwalli just because his
father or grandfather had done SO, md because
tho snme stoncwall is still standing there, only
considerably stronger than ever before And
he is. tho moro 10 be excused for his indiffcr-
e. enee 70 70 Fcnianism, when we benr in mind Tint
the ministers Of the Church 10 which ho is so
nrdontly attached, for over quarter of dem
turc, with scarcely on exception, have uniform
" opposed tho misguided struggles for Irish
independence. 90
:; Tho editor loses his temper, and holds forth
in the following angry strain So a..rs#a,i
nifty thst tho more miserable aud degraded people
become tho moro they foar death abbott tho change
from thor homea TO their grayes is hardly worth
who have boon slowly degraded and who como To
beitove. at last, as thoy have beon taught. that
they we're Intended for persecution md martyrlom
much afraid OF war as tho inmates Of DOOR ho1ses.
Ne!t 70 those favored individuals como tho ro-
ornIts for tho sane Institutions. The hlghor you
go tho loss becomes the foar Of DEATH" 10:
There is certainly some truth in tho forego-
ing, Courage undOubtedlyiq largely a matter
of education, and tho moro stake q man hos in
society, whether IL bc of properly, influence,
fhmily or position, tho creator ho feels tho OBJ
legation to behave in creliiablo manner in
tho facO Of danger. But we do not think the
Irish people at large deserve such scolding,
simply becanso they are slow to run into tho
lions mouth. which they are sober and sensi-
ble enough to zee is ever oprn to devour thom
in cnsc they, allow themselves to indulge in
fonian freak.niIf tho. ..fow hot-hoaded ohthu-
siasts, who foment rebellion, and Of eoufao aro
prepared to receive tho result with eauanimiiy.
could DO 'mado alono to bear. tho burden Of
their failuro, wo should feel less concern; but
from our heart wo pity the poor people, who
nre periodically Iashod into patriotic fury by
leaders, eithor themselves misguided or else
false, ambitious and designing. "a. q.
These repeated outbreaks and insurreetion,
oficonfio relard my attempts at reformation
by tho British Government, and only stimulate
IL to further measures toward its own security.
A moro stringent police, and heavier burdens
Of taxation, aro some Of the consequences.
These, again, produce on increase Of dmlgra-
tion; and already thoro arc more Irishmen,
and descendants of Irish in America than there
are in Ireland. So Mr.. MAourRE recently MS
serte,l IN the House Of Commons In this way
Alone We fear, can this ycxed question bo ulti-
lmatoly settled. ireland will ever remain under
brf.ish dominion and gradually her people
will become moro and more blended with tbn