The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-24
The Annual Fenian Picnic at Chicago.

The Annual Fenian Picnic at Chicago.
The fourth annual picnic of the Fenian Brotherhood
off Haas Park Thursday 10Th inst nspe of the lies of
wretched Engish-bom English paid, penny ainers,
the picnic in its main points least great
cess There must have been ten thousand people the
ground The day delightful the locality charming and
the railway arrangements all that could be expected
especially when taken into consideration that the getting
and off of such vast multitude matter of great
difficulty Although nearly hundred engaged,
hundreds of the males compelled ride outside for
want of room inside 1t almost a miracle that such
numbers could have been back and forward closely
pressed together without accident.
Some five hundred of "the BOYS in greer" turned out fully
uniformed and armed. The military commanded by
General Spear, Colonel Cosgrove Adutant Crowley and
Lieut. Hennessy These four gentlemen well mounted
and presented in their gorgeous uniforms of green and gold
very fine pectaces No less than four u s. generals in civic
costume, present They General White General
Osborne General Mann and General Beveridge These gen.
temen attended by Messrs Morrison Cardwel and
RUSSELL who had been appointed to wait henvited guests
About o'clock substantial lunch of cold meat and Mr.
Coneys best Rhine spread the grass. AS the
guests soldiers and who had been used to the field
the fight and the bvouac they made croakng complaints
because there tabeclohs and scarcity of knives
and forks Some half dozen gentlemen connected with the
various daie of the city also present. and parook of
the humble fare prepared by the Brotherhood which, if not
got up recherche style it might be- rendered in
that spirit of hospitality which told of the coueousness
and sincerity of those by whom it given
We sorry to have to acknowledge that there
slight disturbance there always will be at such large
gatherings but have failed to hear of any being
seriously injured The fact is that of those present
parook too freely of whatever drinks the ground
and natural consequence there some confuson
but nothing like what of the Chicago daily papers
have endeavored to make the public believe. In plain
words, there fight from beginning to end
worth of pins, and if only the amount of disturb
had taken place in any crowd not Irish crowd, the
yenomous English hrelings who do the reporting (lng) for the
Chicago papers Mould haze taken the slightest notice Of It,
Here deliberately make very grave charge against two
aeas of the Chicago papers When opened the papers
the morning following the picnic could hardly believe
eyes read accounts of fights that had exist
ence except in the brain of the wreched cockney scbbr
who wrote about them No wonder that Europeans should
still believe that America doomed to DEATH and that the
Republic only mighty bubble, waiting for the prick of
tiny English pin to burst it. Now hate sdewnded allu
sons muggy inuendoe So consequently openly state
1t as our deliberate conviction that the notices of the picnic
IN some Chicago journals owed their unriend tone to Eng
lsh niuence-he very English influence that msrep
resents Americans all possible OCCASIONS and that carica
lures the slightest difference of opinion III the halls of legs
ton as mortal comba. What in the of God is to be-
comeof America II British spy and enemyof America is
to be found whenever they are wanted to do English work
Must miracle greater than that of the oaves and fishes be
performed to open the eyes American people? Perhaps
when their country prey anarchy and when the cry of
joy once more heard in England or was heard before
when Lee ana Jackson were winning vcories) the Amer
can people will who their real enemy If onr Amer
can friends have any doubt great portion Of the news
papers, osensby American, being written up in the English
interest let them go into the and behold who write
I'D those deectabe articles Hsh affairs We saw now
and we will prove by and by that part of the English