The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-08-13
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Fenianism.
TtFT1N O. Anr. 8. "a.

TWIN o.. Aug. 6, '6s
EpIToRs OF TRtBuNE.-As by bis |
silence Mr.. Ryan comedies the uu
tenablo positions assumed by Mr.
Williams, | now give my deferred
answer to his lottor Of July 9Th.
| have no doubt It was painful TO
record any opposition to Fenianism,
or that il quot Irishmeu) should be
provoked to controversy. Yet We
may reasonably assert the right to
question any political movement
which comes to US in public asking
our couuteuance and support, as this
does.
would here say. and finally, that
| have no quarrel with Mr.. Ryan's
countrymen, nor with their patriotic
aspirations, but with their plans aud
miss,atemeuts of their organizers aud
leaders | do quarrel, but enough of
that.
Mr. II says that I would oontro
vert the truths enuuciated by Mr.
W. | have denied some of his er
roucous statements, aud asked the
authority, and am met by a simple
reiterNtiou Of them, no authority eau
be found.
Mr.. r. says: "But history atiests
that the English we're roaming saw.
ages with painted faces, while the
Irish bore alOft the torch of science
aud literature to bsnighled Europe,
aud we're in the zenith Of civiliEa-
lion" This, | aver, is bold aud
Wild assertion for which no has
drawn upon his fancy, aud | defy
him TO produce the history or refer
me to the period ...
| n ither want to be known ~
lVglcian or philosopher, nor did |
assert that "lrc,and was not, nor had
been oppressed" Mr. H. misItates
me, as a reference TO my letter will
show, aud my anonymous signature
proves. It | drswed to parade |
should have sigued my full name as
ho did.
am no historian, yet must cor
rect Mr. X. when he says, ELISA
both gave inpetus to the oonhagra
uou," There Was no conaagration
the Irish had, at that time, almos,
entire sway, but history httests that
Sept. 3D., 1000, the Spaniards, under
ID Aquiia, landed, aud anotlser body
under D Campo joined Tyrone aud
O'Donnel, to oppose MounUoy, by
whom they were conquered and put
to flight.
The treatment of the Irish at this
period is now admitted to have bee..
cruel aud tyranieal, but NO must con
slider their condition 1t that time,
Hume says "a people whose customs
aud manners approach nearer that OF
savages than harbarisns," aud they
we're cruel for they slaus htered all
the inhabitants of Atherny, although
Irish, because they had embraced q
more civilized form Of life than that
praclicod by their ancestors.
If this were mere quibble on
history | would tell him that King
William, not Cromwell, desert ed
Ireland 10 tho terms mentioned, and
that, while | do not deny, | oanuol
iiud the slaughter Of women in Wex
ford, mentioned, add will thank him
for the reference.
do deny his next assertion, that
William made treaty with the
noble Sarsfeld;" whom all respected,
~ such treaty was made, but year
afIorward, when the forces under
Guikel granted an armistico, treaty
was signed with the gallant Sarpdeld,
aud permission grant d, at their re-
quest, to an who desired, to with
draw TO France, as they afterwards
did in pursuance thereof, Tut au at
tempt to force some who did not wish
to go, (by imprisonmeuD, the Eng
lish iuterfsred 80 far as to have them
released. SO much then for the
fight Of fancy about tho Treaty
stone Of Limerick.
That | may not occupy too much
of your space / close for this week.
Yours respectfully,
| MACuINIgT