Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-04
THE RUTLAND HERALD
FRIDAY, MAY %, 1865,
The Icnians Again.


The Canadian, are once more ms'l"'a
AT the prospect II q fenlan invasion OF
the proyinie,, and the provincial press
TEEN with editorials disclosing the plans
Of operations Of the invaders and warn
ing the people to hc on their guard
watchful and vigilant, prepared to mee'
tho foe, Their fears are not fcigned, but
real, for few days since the steamship
Hmalaya aud one II the Montreal steam
ers. which had sailed for England with
the Sixtieth Rifles and Seventeenth regi-
ment ON board, were boarded by a mes
senger from the Govcmnr-Goneral, oil
Father Point, in the Gull II ST. Law
renee, and ordered 10 return with the
troops, their presence being deemed Nee
essary 10 aid in wariiug oil the threat
ened danger, while but recently an official
order has been issued requiring the mill
tia and regular soldiers throughout the
provinces 10 be ready to march at mo.
ments notice The time designated by
the Canadians for the invasion varies
from the first Of June to the last II July,
aud according to their programme Gen,
O'Niel, the hero Of the Limestone Ridge
battle in 1866, is 10 be the commander-in-
Chief of the invading forces, Sweeney
having renowned his connection with the
adventures and been restored 10 his posi-
ton in the United States army, General
O'Niel is to have 80, 900 troops, wcll armed
and equipped, under his command, and Is
to attack Montreal with $1,000 march
5000 men from Buffalo to Toronto and
5000 from Detroit to the SAND point, while
force Of $4,000 is TO be held in reserve
and used as occasion requires, to support
whichever attacking column most needs
their services, or form separate army to
be thrown against another objective point,
as circumstances may warrant,
For our own part we have little faith
in the truth Of the report, at least can sec
no unusual stir in Fenian circles in this
section, though there may be a shadow of
foundation, perhaps, for the rumors over
which our Canadian friends are thus far
more frightened than injured, and while
we have all ordinary means of ascertain
ing the movements of the ring we have
yet to learn from an authentic source that
10000, 10000 or even 1000 men are ready
to attempt another invasion of Canadian
soil, the futility Of accomplishing the
spbjugation of the provinces having been
satisfactorily proven to the +. B. in its
last campaign in that direction, and we
opine that there will be no occasion for
the Queens Own" and other crack
British regiments to display such intrflad-
ny and edIor during the coming season
as they did at Ridgewey, Pigeon Hin
and st. Armapd's in 1866.
Ever since the organization of Fenian- /
ism in this country, something over four
years since, Canada has had spasmodic /
spells at intervals, fearing that her "sa-
cred soil' was to be polluted by the tread
of the invader, and while its press and
orators hurl showers of epithets against ,
our government for allowing such an or
ganization to exist within oug limits. they
seem to forget that in the dark hours OF our
late rebellion, their country was the hot
bed Of secession refugees, and that by
their word and their means they aided
those rebel emissarics in concocting
schemes to the dctriment of the United
States. We Of Vermont well remember
the St Adams raid, in which paTeel of
Canadian hirelings, headed by 3 Cunfed
crate refugee, rode into Q dtseancless viii
lage, plundcred its hanks and deliberately
murdered respected citizen. We, too,
remember the scheme of DIR. Blackburn,
Matched in Canada. to introduce deadly
pestilencc into our Northern cities, and
also the Lake Erie piracy and attempt to
burn hotels in New York in both of which
Canadians had an active part And now,
when they fear Fcnian invasion, they
ask our government to interfere in their
behalf. What consistency Their past
actions is the Damoelc9 sword haHeing
above their heads and will probably CON
tinue to haunt their conscences to a
greater extent than fenians will attempt
the destruction Of their property or. the
sublugation Of their government
CoIoRApo~.The Rocky Mountain Gem;
This pamphlet, by Ned f. Farrell is
published at Chicago by the Western
News Company. /, is eahotteer and
handbook of Colorado, describing her
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