The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-03-11
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MONDAY MORNING, MARCH II, 1857
THE FENIANs AGAIN.

MONDAY MORNING, MARCH Il, 1861.
= THE FENIANs AGAIN.
The Queen. in her late speech, on the opening u
Parliament, announced to the assemDleo P0el'
and her ssfaithful commons" that Ireland, threa'-
oned sor a while with domestic 1orols; had become
nac;fed and that the troops that had been SEM
tb;ther to insure such result could soon Do WIN
drawn. Tn this, it would now appear, her Majesty
w.s mistaken. She evidently reckoned wltnout
her (Fenian) host. The Queen, we fear, was no'
informed of the extent Of the dlsatecnon III ne
land. Neither can re at this distance nave any
adeouate conception Of the exact state OF tnlngs
in that unfortunats country. We have occaslona'
acconnts Of risings-now in Cork, now in Drogne-
do. now in the vicinity of Dublin, and al tniS
nresent moment all over the island. Inc Engnsn
papers labor to prove that these are mere spas
modic outbreaks, without concert, Wltnou5 orean-
ization. and they even have the assurance 10 say'
| without cause.
When we consider that very extensive consta-
hillary force is permanently duty in every part OF
1reland.-that garrisons of British troops dot the
whole island; that avery large and part
Of the population in every quarter Of the kingdom
ia radically opposed to the :Fenlan, movement
that the habeas corpus act has been SUSPENDED lh
Ireland for many months; that every insurTechon
| in the island during the last six hundred years
bas resnted in grievous disaster; that on the irst
;ndication Of q contemplated outbreak tens OF
thousands of English troops are sent over 10 mp
in the ud,-when we read OF the repeateo selzoies
of arms,-of government spies being In every Guy
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town, village and hamlet from Malln lead 20 tne
Cove Of Cork. and from the Giants CauseWay 10
Bantry Bay,-we cannot suppress our surprise
that. Notwithstanding all these precautions, there
sbonld still be o possibility Of anything like an
armed and organized opposition to the mperla'
government. And when we furthermore renect at
the summary, and not always very mercltul man
ner in which the ssHome Government" dlsposes
NJ the insurgents, and that {: aumber OF unfortu-
nate Fenians we're sentenced TO the penal colonies
within the past twelve months, we cannot with
hold our admiration, that Notwithstanding all
these signal discouragements, there should oe
still spirit enough left in this poor people to ven
ture ON fresh attempts to drive the English from
their soil. That these efforts are, and ever Will be
homeless. and must end in inevitable failure, and IN
ruin to the deuded creatures who engage IN it, ls
very clear to u.s. md the only wonder is that tney
and especiallyth 1len Of intelligence, cannot see
this themselves.
We were led to believe, moreover, from the OF
rans of reform in England that they had made
common cause with the Irish; and it was natural
for us to deduce from such fact that the leaders OF
Fenianism would not attempt any renewed action
at present, as it would necessarily prejudice their
cause in uniting against them men and parties
who would otherwise feel free to advocate re-
dress Of their grievances. But we were mistaken.
A few weeks ago the news came suddenly that
Chester had been invaded. The plot was formed
in Liverpool, but, it would appear, had been dis
closed by some renegade Fenian, and the police at
Chester we're on the alert. Still the attempt to
take the Castle came very.near being SUCCESS.
Thsre was but one company Of about sixty men in
the Castle and report says these were disaffected
The invaders numbered about 1200. The town
was alarmed, public meeting was convened,
special constables were sworn in,-amoDg these q
number of volunteers, and the yeomanry were
called out. The Fenians did not use their advan-
tase. The 1900 soon dispersed again, and all was
quiet as betore.. What thee special object Of the
Chester expedition was is not known with any GER
tainty, butit is supposed they intended raid on
the Castle, for the ordnance stores it was known
to contain 5000 staL. Of arms, 1000 swords, and
Gcsv, GCca rounds Of ammunition. But unfortunate
ly, or perhaps fortunately, the golden opportunity
was allow cd to pass unimproyed. The, capture Of
the Castle could have led to no permanent good
result, whereas it undoubtedly would have done o
world Of immediate mischief ~. ..r,.. ..i.!,s :.
Now the telegraph Informs .us Of 9 new rising,
md if thebrief, and often highly eniigmatial and
not altogether reliable utterances Of the Cable may
be believed the present movement is of wider e1-
tent than anything ainoe The days Of Lea EDWARD
FITZGERALD. In 1S48 the disafecGon was confined
chiefly to the South and Southwest, the insurgents
having perhaps sympathizers here and there in the
Province Of Ulster, but nothing Like general de-
monstration. We are told that an attack is
threatened in Tpperary. This may prove trou-
blesome; for the ssEpperary Boys" have ever been
a tower Of strength to the popular side, and they
unite with their brother Fenians, they. will make
formidable fight. The Tipperary Boys have always
been among the foremost champions for thei liberty
Of Ireland. Yet, wide spread, simultaneous, and,
il q measure, unlocked for, as was this new out
break the: constituted sapthoriGes appeart have
had little difficulty in defeating the Feniahs, cap
turing, many, and driving the remainder to the
mountain recesses. We; await full particulars by
the mail: with considerable anxiety; but after all,
even with the best wishes for Ireland and the ut
m;,s5 respect for her .neople, we can only regret
these repeated outbreaks, which always end in dis
aster, and cannot, by pny possibility, do gool,
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