New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-11-08
DUBLIN.


STATE TRIALS AGAIN--AMERICAN CITIZENSHTP-
AN IMPORTANT QUEsTIoN-APPEAL TO THE
AMERICAN GOVERNMENT-CONTINUED FE-
MAN ALARMs-THE TRIALS IN MANCHESTER
LETTERS FROM COL. KELLY.
From Our Special Correspondent
DUBLIS, Oct. &c, 1867.
On yesterday. the regular commission of Oyer and
Termner was opened in the Court-Iousc, Green-st..
in this city, Its chief business will be the trial of
Fenian prisoners, very nearly 80 in number. Those
cases will be taken up on Monday next, and it is I'M
derstood the prisoners be first tried will be Gems.
William Halpn and Octave Fariola These gentle
men were il is alleged, appointed 10 commands IN
the rising which took place in this country on the
night of the 9Th of March Ilapin was TO have
taken command in the neghborhood of Dublin, and
Fariola in the South OF Ireland but circumstances
which il is needless TO detail prevented the reaza-
ton of the design The arrest of Massey at the Linn
erick junction contributed TO break up the move
ment in the South, and it is reported OF liapin that
having got information of how matters stood, he did
all in his power TO prevent the march of the Fenan
circles from Dublin To Tallaght on the night of the
rising We shall know more of the actual facts OF
these cases rs the trials proceed.
The other chiefly those Of the men charged
with having landed from an armed brigantine, near
DunCarvan, months ago with the intent OF Tor
warding revolutionary struggle IN Ireland: VI
these men Gen. William Naple and Col. John Warren
are regarded by the Crown rs the most important,
and their trials. II Is expected, VIII follow liiine-
diately after those of Halpin aud Fariola. / have
reason To think that the question of the value TO be
attached TO their American citizenship ~ one winch
will occupy 4 large space IN those proceedings zen
| that half his jury he composed OF Foreigners;
| Col Warren is naturalizcd cIllLen Of
America, but Of that fact the British
| Government will take no account whatever. Ihey
care not "A pn for the naturalization papers which the
| prisoner can produce; he might just rs well hand
! them in an old ballad, or apawnDIokeI t,kct, OF
If
Ministries. They Tcpudate, and scoii at those natn-
| razation papers, and hold boldly TO the doctTine
that every born subject of the British Sovereign iser
or his subject all the days of his life Bnt y not ms
pretensi0n inconsistent and absolutely iTreconciablo
American Government aud those naturalized citizens
| are parties DO not those men. when being ac-
] corded the status of American citizens, soemnly
swear that they TenOunce all allegiance To all other
governments and 10 that OF Queen Victoria in par
| ticuari And does not the American Government
| which has drawn up that form OF pledge and which
accepts H. and eXacts 10 as the condition and the very
! basis of naturalization, thereby undertake certain
reeDousibty which n IL bOund To make good against
| all the world : Does II not manifcsty undertake TO
become in all respects the government OF these cit
zens for the future and TO Ignore utterly the claims
| of any other Government on their allegiance Just
| observe what Is the position OF the lrsh race IN
| America If those pretensions OF England in their
| regard are TO be allowed. Should war break out
| at ;any time between America and England, the
| latter power could hang as TRAITORS any freshmen
W HON she might he able 10 capture from the Alncr-
| can army or navy. At the same time the Americans
| shoot
refuse to fight against the British! Surely there Is
in this condition of things something for Mr.. Seward
| to look to. Mr.. Marcy, IN his time. would have
looked TO IT, az he did in the case Of kOszta, tho
] Hungarian, whom he rescued from the Austrian
Jurisdiction although his naturalization as An Amer
| lean citizen was not at the time complete
This whole subject is keenly and eagerly discussed
| among Irishmen at this side of the water and 1t
ought to have still more profound interest for the
homes under what they supposed to be the protecting
folds of the Stars and Stripes. 1t will be raised
have already intimated, during the. approaching
trials and in manner that will bring il prominently
| under the notice Of both Governments
The Fenian panic in England seems to have some
what sbated this week still good deal OF anxiety
and alarm ia being manifested by the local authori-
ties in various parts Of the country and also at head
| quarters. The volunteer ar1nones are still well
| watched and guarded and the arms of the militia
are simlarly taken care of Yet read almost every
day of fresh alarm IN one place or another, and OF
additional precautions beng taken to guard against
danger. Next week is being looked forward TO as a
very critical time for the trials OF the Manchester
Feniansp will then be going on but the real crisis
will come If the Government proceed 10 execute any
| one of those men against whom they may Obtain a
| verdict for Willful murder. IL seems exceedingly
probable that the Irish in Eng land will resent any
such extreme course and consider themselves Just-
fed in making eprsals upon either the persons or the
property of some of the English arlsOcratS ENecu-
lions however il is thought will take place Banches
ter people say that least three Of the party VINO made
the attack on the prison van will be executed while
| others SAY the Government Will rest satlsned with
the execution of Allen and VIII conslgn lhe olerS 10
III is at present rum0rcd that the Government con
templates an important series Of prosecutions, alto
Qether outside the ranks of the Fonan brotherhood.
| Among the parties to he so dealt with are all who
| took "A prominent part in the banquet 10 INC Kew.
Father Lavee, which was recently held IN thlS CITY
| The reverend gentleman himself ana brother
clergyman the Rev. Mr. Mullen OF Casilepolard, are
among those marked out for prosecution III Is also
runlored very strongly. and prOessedly on good aI
ihorty that a swOOp is 10 be made on the JOURNALS
| of FeiIiau eympathicS published in Dublin under
stand fha3 AZ the office of of these Journals last
niyht the staff was occupied for some time IN pre-
pairing for eventualitics by burning every Inc OF
manuscript they had in the place. rather Chnk the
Government will not be unwise ~ To run I'M TIT
in this WAY against Catholic priests anu thtee or
four popular newspapers. To do so would be to got
| mn storm IN the country which might be more seri
os in it's consequences than was the rising on the 9TH
| OF March -. ~, IL, .
cumstance that while Col. Warren and Gen. Maggie
are TO be defended at the expense OF the American
Government no such provision ~ beng maze Tor tue
defonse of other men who stand ia precisely inc same
| position. They American citizens they nave
their papers 70 prove that fact; the charge against
them is lust the same; they were lteIally IN tho
same boat with the gentlemen Just mentioned.
| WHY then il may be asked IL any distinction made
between their cases by the American Government
understand that patriotic gentleman III ths city,
| seeing these men completely abandoned and Their
trias so near at hand, has made himself responsible
for the costs OF their defense and set the lawyers to
| work at once upon their cases. The gentleman who
has done this is no Fenian, and never had any ac
| 0uaintance or connection Whatsoever with any one
| of the mcn fol whom he " thus mteISflnR hluSe4