The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-21
THE IRISH REPUBLIC.

We have from time to time, during the past
two years, in these columns, expressed our
doubts of the wisdom of Fenianism, or OF the
feasibility of it's projects; we deprecated its
influence and effect upon the minds of good,
suffering, harmless, but impulsive and exclts-
BILE, and, withal, credulous people, who always
have had, and still have, our entire sympathy.
The fruits of Fenianism are before the world,
precisely such as every man of sense could not
but foresee. We were in hopes that the instl-
tuition was defunct, that the F. B. had gone
into liquidation; and this we hoped because of
our regard for the Irish people, both here and
in the old country. But it would seem there
is still an Irish Republic, of which q journal of
the same name is the organ. This paper is
published in Chicago and tho seventh number
flor juno 15) now lies before us. In it we find
the following official" notice to the Circles
Of the F. B.:
HEADQUARTERS FEN1AN BRoTHERHooD,
NEW York, 10 w. 4th st., May 81, 1867.
(oFFIoIAL.)
Parties remitt;ng money to these Headquarters
will please mako the same payable to Patrick kee-
nan, Treasurer.
WILLIAM r. ROBERTS,
President r. B.
MICHAEL j. CALI.NAN, Asst Treas. F. B.
"The Croaking of Cowards" is the title of
editorial No. l, of the paper before us, in which
tremendous castigation is administered to tho
dastards, who listen to the grooming of the Shan
Van Hocht, when she says: "There are ships
upon the say" "For over two hundred years, J"
SAYS the editor, "this old woman, in various
disguises las been combing down the bump of
self.esteem in our people, and teaching them
this slaves doctrine of looking without for that
which must be developed within" He says
the Irish had so long deluded themselves with
the conviction that the French, that Spain, and
Of late, America also, would come to their de-
liyerance, that they began to believe that their
own, or their country redemption was not worth
the spilling of drop Of Irish blood. Fenain-
ism, he then proceeds to say, had taken the old
lady (thc Shan Van Vocht) by the neck, and
showed her into the grave. 1t seems now that
Fenianism did not heap enough of earth upon
her, for, taking advantage of the late disasters
to the organization, she has risen in the habili-
ments Of death and, smarting under the cssti-
CATION she received from Fenian hands, she
hobbies round croaking 81 told you so-"You
can't free acknowledgement is too strong"
s.Those fellows were cursed and couldn't have
luck" Repent, confess yourselves, be good'
subserviont slaves and sin no more," and
30 on.
"It is strange, how disaster brings out the
most cruel and cowardly Of your enemies. For
the last seven years the Fenian Brotherhood
has been teaching the people self-reliance; and
undoing the miserable meshes with which
moral force had surrounded them," etc., etc.
We do not find it so strange at all that oft re-
peated disasters should unnerve the people and
make them lose heart in the cause and conf
dence in their leaders especially when some
of these persons turn States evidence, and
others run away with the money bags. The
project Of these Fenians is as utterly hopeless
as have been the similar attempts of the Poles
during the last three-quarters of q century. 1t
is certainly more heroic, poetic and patriotic to
heap curses upon the Shan Van Voeht and her
croonings, and shout, as our editor does: "Out,
and make way for the Fenian men" but there
is no sense in it. These gentlemen should bear
in mind that the age of heroes is past. They
have come two thousand years too late into the
world. The Irishman loves his country, to be
sure, but he has some regard also for his
family, those dependent upon his personal ex-
ertion for support. He does not feel called
upon to struggle against adverse fate, run his
head against stonewall, just because his
father or grandfather had done so, and because
the Same stonewall is still standing there, only
considerably stronger than ever before. And
he is the more to be excused for his indiffer-
ence to Fenianism, when we bear in mind that
the ministers Of the Church to which he is so
ardently attached, for over quarter of CEN
ture, with scarcely an exception, have uniform
ly opposed the misguided struggles for Irish
independence.
The editor loses his temper, and holds forth
in the following angry strain;
"Itis one Of the most remarkable phases Of huma-
nity thst the more miserable and degraded people
become the more they fear death-albeit the change
from their homes to their graves is hardly worth
covering at. This is more remarkable in people
who have beon slowly degraded ana VINO % come tt 70
they were intended for persecution and marlyrdom
and misery. There are no persons IN Ireland so
much afraid Of war as the inmates Of poor houses.
Next to those favored individuals come the re-
cruits for the same institutions. Inc hlgher you
20 the less becomes the fear OF DEATH"
There is certainly some truth in the aorego-
ing. Courage undoubtedly is largely matter
of education, andthe more stake man has in
society, whether it be Of property, influence,
family or position, the greater he feels the OBJ
legation to behave in a creditable manner in
the face of danger. But we do not think the
Irish people at largo deserve such seoldng,
simply because they are slow to run into the
lions mouth, which they are sober and sensi-
bic enough to ses is ever open to devour them
in case they allow themselves tp indulge in
Fepisn freak. If the few hot-headed enthu-
siasts, who fomsnt rebellion, and of course are
prepared to receive the result with equqanimity,
could be made alone to bear the burden OF
their failure, we should feel less concern; but
from our heart We pity the poor people, who
are periodically dashed into patriotic fury by
leaders, either themselves misguided or else
false, ambitious and designing
These repeated outbreaks and instructions
of course retard any attempts at reformation
by the British Government, and only stimulate
it to further measures toward its own security.
more stringent police, and heavier burdens
of tasation, are some Of the consequences
These, again, Frpduce an increase of cmigra-
ton; and already there SO more lrishmen'
and descendants of Irish in America thsa tfeFe
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