The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-27
Our Special Irish Correspondence.

at the occasion of the first international exhibition were
brought out in oils color and Autographs to show
that the world through the agency of Prince Albert and the
exhibition had reached when human differences were
at and perpetual agreement according to the fashion
OF Quakers to be the result amongst the nations
AT that time soldiers depicted turning their swords
into plowshares and their disused cannon into bronze
medals for the encouragement of trade.
few years after 1851 saw peace bubble blown
pieces and in Europe in the auspices of the times
than it stood for fifty years before
Something in the present events in Ireland remind me of
all this The Special Commission passed and gone
like the exhibition of products which extngushed war,
and placed soldiers the civil list forever The cry is loud
around that the paccaton of Ireland is complete that
rebellion exnguished green Shores and that there
is be any difference between the Irish people
and English Government, of their souls and bodies.
Such is the tone in which the Solicitor General delighted
his audience the close of the Special Commission in Lime
rick such the in which those echoes of the Gov
ernment the principal journals the Irish press preach
ing.
They telling the country that many Fenan have
been convicted that many could have been convicted
if the Government minded and that inormers
ready to any amount.
WELL that is their side of the story but the people have
their sde and look it. and keep for their personal
deectatiOn, and to them appears very bright side. 1t
true they admit that hundred and sixty prisoners have
been convicted at Dublin Limerick, and Cork during the
hearing of these trials that the Council for the Crown
has been telling the public that normers offered their
services than the Crown wanted but the right did not
in that ne if they did, not hundred and
sxtywo prisoners would have been suffering penal servud
but prisoners than the as of the United Kingdom
could hold
remember rather a startling incident prove this turning
up time ago. When the news first communicated
that important nformers about assist the Government
in their purpose of convcng the Fenan prisoners mistakes
to of the
mentioned in this way and that of perhaps the most
trusted in the Dublin district who prisoner at the
time. Panic and CONSERVATION prevailed amongst the
who believed themselves betrayed. No they knew
could sacrifice the Mooch of the power regnant in
Ireland and no blow could fall crushngy the
They doomed to be
RIGHT
The hearted and trusted rshman thus for moment
mistaken and misunderstood bore his of
those which nformer carried also alias He
prisoner but the prison terro did not shake him into dis
honor few days by and the glad published
that sent for trial of the provincial towns where
glad say hewas fortunate enough escape the ng
of the harpies of the law.
STEPHEN j.
Is to-day in cell of that terrible institution Jail under the
silent system On Friday last he sentenced inn
prisOnment for fifteen years. and he made most remarkable
speech upon the OCCASION do not much weigh and in
wardy digest the criticisms passed throughout the procedure
of all these incidents of the in the law courts against
the supporters of Irish Republic by whose known
opinions whose sentiments and whose language always
regarded pronationa What do regard however, sthe
expressed judgment of who neither Irish national
in feeling sentiment sympathy and amongst those have
heard Meanys speech criticised in very and
approval 1t was in my opinion, great speech in its way
1t very prudent Speech and very effective Speech
and has done great deal dpe the cloud of secresy
which hangs the silence of Mounoy and Kilmanham
"eany" said gentleman me- who was no friend to Fe
nianism, "has gone down in blaze of glory"
SECRET INFORMATION.
By good fortune possess of information
of which is that whilst the prisoners remain in Mounoy