The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-28

surpas him in dealing practically will this
than he allowed them surpass hir in any more
subject of an extension of the suf rage The ers If b
not to do it, seems to have ended ali ma t4;a &c 10y
how do it, and the contest wi are Learning
Derby speaks frankly upoi the Ir;sb oust;o Ei
nus orlIn reforms may ye be adopted unanimously,
IKE eiectora REFORM u the Fahian conspiracy has been
to subject what the reform Teccne vas IN tba th
Down went the Hyde. Park railing up went the wall Of
erkehwe prison nocent hesds broken in the one case
es were sacrificed IN the other one was the act
rioters the or e the act of rebels the former might
ioau W Geadfu slaughter, the latter resulted in
f G 1e sstrophe But all fair allowances being made
III @ w Nsrce between the two organizations it il not at
a. 90 say that the Fenan conspiracy has aroused the
nf 81 public to the Importance and the necessity
to ireland, just as the Reform League aroused them
Va the Importance and the necessity of an Immediate
extension of the right of suffrage and that the Hyde
Park outrage and the Clerkenwell outrage are all
which will follow them Perhaps neither outrage re %as
necessary; certainly neither be excused The Reform
Bill might have been passed day or other without
meeting in Hyde Park Irish reforms might have been
sce cay had the Fenans used no other
weapons than words But if look these transaction by
the light OF history they are not worth mentioning in
parison with the beneficial results which will accrue from
the organizations that rendered them possible.
That Irish reforms will settle the Irish question is how
ever rather too much to expect The people Ireland can
be grateful for what has been grudgngy withheld
because bestowed apparently the effect of panic
English journalists slow confess that the attitude
parliament not very dgned when took the lannon's
leap in the dark but what that compared the pres
en leap in the bog? The ridiculous phase of the Fenan
fright foreigners alone appreciate On the one hand
the journals that the Fenians consists of only few
dsrepuabe vagabonds who haunt Leicester square by
and meet groggees by night their are
canty their condition On the other hand we see all
England in arms against these few eprobates Ireland I'M
der martial laws hundred thousand special constables
enroed the policemen walking their beats In couples the
public buildings and armores guarded spies and detectives
aversing the in search of traitors: the Oueen sur
rounded for the first time by bands of soldiers the fire
brigade on special dg the police force largely increased
onclads bullying the eapos; loyal citizens urged come
u such persons George Francis Train arrested the mo-
men they land The force of fuss and furry can no further
60 Never before did SO little fire generate much smoke
How we used to laugh the condition of the Romans during
the Garlbadian invasion, when after the explosion of the
zonave barrack-precisey like that of Cerkenwelthe
soldiers frantcay fired upon everything and everybody
and according the Igraphs graphic correspondent pot
ted cardinal and then by mistake The condition of
England is equally aughabe except that you fire search
warrants instead of rifles and guests of her Majesty
Osborne instead of pong cardinals Irishmen who to
certain extent foreigners and whose of the ridiculous
is remarkably acute this strange discrepancy and smile
it, and they read the able articles in the Times
they are foolish to themselves and each other
that Engiishmen in funk" about Fenansm. Their
ignorance may be distressing; but upon this point it
shared by nineenths of the civilized world.
The Times if Trishmen could only afford to read it. would
doubtless convince them that Fenansm is Irish
American institution, and that the panic in England
really loyal demonstration against foreign foe. Not
being willing respass upon your space those who
care to know the true relations Of the Americans Fenian
ism to the January number of this Magazine It sufficient
for present purpose that if Americans had taken
charge OF the Fenian movement and if the the Fen
the Times and other organs assert Irshmen
but Yankee rowdies the conspiracy would have resulted
very differently Some persons like myself called
American Fenans because they hold, represent the
American views of the Fenan Instructions but If the
Yankees shall join actively with the Fenian there will be
of the stupid mistakes gross reachery and lack oead
ershp and concert of action which have distinguished the
present failure Nor is the clever phrase of the Telegraph
the Ameracanzed Irish any applicable the Fenan
consprators than the beautiful buncobe by which the Times
transforms lrishmen into Yankees When last I saw Mr.
James Stevens at Paris he good enough to give
dsrus him leader and those who have been induced to
despse him man, should have him, did, living
rey under assumed name and devong his limited income
to the restoration of his exploded plots Enghmen admire
jeff Davis in Canada, and why should Americans adj
mre Stephens in exile? For twenty years this consprator
labored organize the Fenan Brotherhood He travelled
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