The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-09-14
FENIAN NEWS.

act in small homeopathic manner on behalf of its
citizens and officers who pine in British dungeons Why IL
is that little has been put upon them mystery
to u.s. But perhaps the different sections of the Fenian Or
ganzaton have been too busy eecng Head Center and
other ornamental appendages have time to do anything
for their imprisoned brothers. The following correspondence
has been forwarded from Washington:
"NEw YORK. Aug. 16, 1867
"DEAR SIR: have just received letter from COL John
Warren late of the Federal Army, and citizen of the
United States, dated Aug and written from the jail III
Dublin, where he is confined prisoner, without specific
charges and as he believes without Just grounds This is
but one of MANY cases where American citizens of Irish
birth, and of American birth, detained by the
British Government under some pretext or other 1t IS
thing in Ireland for the emsaries of this rannca
power and ncarceate in dungeons your
ymen for other than that they are your country
The fact that the person American appears to be
sufficient justification for the preparation OF these wrongs
This is national insult, which Government is not at
adopted entitled protection and in the present the
obligation rests upon with than ordinary force The
which render Irish adopted citizens obnoxious
English eyes because Glass; they are so entirely
and purely American in their views of republican liberty
and in opposition to despotsm They hate England be-
their fathers They would be unworthy of their history
degenerate Americans they could feel otherwise under
the circumstances therefore, Mr. President respectfully
but earnestly ask your immediate attention to the subject
know that other public duties pressing but still the
urgency these cases. and the national honor involved and
the duty large patriotic and valuable class OF our
eow-citizens require prompt action The people have
confidence in your devotion to the interests of ALL without
distinction of nationality CASTE and hope that you will turn
aside from the of other public questions
to give this immediate thought and official action Respect
fully, your obedient servant FERNANDO WOOD.
" Hon. Andrew Johnson
The President placed Mr. Woods letter before the Cabinet
on Monday the Goth umo and Mr. Seward directed to
confer at once with Mr. Bruce the British Minister the
subject and to reply Mr.. Wood The following is the
reply:
DEPARTMENT oFsrATE, WASHINGTON, Aug. %, 1867.
1.-The Hon. Fernando Wood, New York.
the 10th of August relating to the of COL John Warren
late of the United States Army who has been arrested to-
gether with William j. Nage and with him detained in
Dublin under the suspension of the habea corpus act has
been referred this Department The subject has already
received the attention OF this Department which understands
that those citizens of the United States and that
there sufficient grounds to charge them with the
mission of any oense against the laws of Great Britain
and good believe that they have already been
or will without further delay be discharged have the
"W1IL1AM H. SEWARD
On the 23d of August the day after Mr. Bruce eegraphed
his Government recommending the immediate discharge
of Coils Maggie and Warren from imprisonment and sent to
Mr. Seward copy the dispatch 1t believed they have
been discharged.
The New York Tribune thinks that the Fenan trials in
Ireland have brought light strange things in
necton with the late aborve rising in that country 1t APP
pears that the Irish Government employed policeman one
Talbot to become Fenan and that this man joined IN all
the arrangements for armed rising and took SO Leading
his account-believe "he the head OF the whole
thing" With reference to this boast an English Journal
asks If he speaks truth in this, we want to know who
shall say that he did not actually suggest and originate the
particular rising about which he now gives eVdenceT
We have been informed that "James Stephens the late
Head Center is still residing in Paris in seemingly distressed
circumstances he is engaged in writing history Of his
connection with the Fenan plot and hopes to prove satsfac
that he made no improper of the funds of the So
ciety!'
All the special pleading earth will prove that
he was anything but coward and liar
We are also told that the Fenian Congress at New
York resolved present to the mother of General Burke
the Fenian who lately sentenced to hard labor for life
elegantly embazoned copy of his eloquent speech in self
defense in Dublin Court The work will cost $500.
We would greatly prefer to adopted take him
out of the clutches of his murderous enemies But it is
easier to talk and pass resolutions and present addresses