The Vermont transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1864-1870, 1868-01-03
The FenlanS.

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England and are causing the English
Government much trouble. A recent
telegram says =" An. unusual large
number of letters have recently been
received at the post Office in Dublin,
directed to prominent officials. Each
one of these letters was loaded with
explosive materials designed to kill the
person addressed. Several of them
exploded before their real nature was
ascertained. One of the policemen o:
the city was horribly mangled by the
explosion which occurred when he
opened one. The English Govern
ment is evidently aware of the great
danger by which it is surrounded, and
is doing all it can to crush the rebel
lious spirit of the Fenians.
By some means or other the Gov
eminent is made acquainted with al
most every important movement OF the
brotherhood hence it is that so much
mischief has been prevented. 1t must
be that leading Fenians are false TO
their associates, else the fraternity
would have met with better success.
As a cotemporary vel. observes "If
one man in hundred of the Fenians
is false to his associates, the effect
must be fatal to the iabors of the fra
ternity, for one traitor can do more to
battle conspiracy than ten thousand
true men can d. to forward its purpose.
These traitors, it is likely, entered the
fraternity for the very purpose of be-
traying it, and with the full consent OF
the Government.
"Monadaock, the intelligent Lon
don correspondent of the n. Y. Times.
in letter dated Dec 18th, concerning
the great Fenian demonstrations in
Dublin, Limerick, Cork, and in GER
tain places in England, says of their
significance
"The English and Irish papers do
not disguise the ssrions aspect of these
demonstrations They note the fact
that file of ten soldiers, of a British
regiment, stationed in Dublin, march
ed openly, in their uniforms, in the
procession that it was, from begin
ming to end, an open defiance of Gov
eminent and gallows. Correspondents
sneer at the appearance of process
sion which they estimate at 10000, but
which the Dublin papers say contained
80 900, in the rain and mud (; Mt the
woeful enlargement of 1000 or TO-
600 women ut the thousands of chill
dren of the Catholic schools ; bat what
must have been the force of feeling
which could bring such numbers Of
women and children into the mud and
rain, md what must be the influence
OF such n demonstration on Young
Ireiand
The procession at limerick. on the
same day. was fully as significant as
that at Dublin, and proportionately
more numerous. The parish priest
took part in it, reciting the prayers
for the dead, and the people separated
with cheers for Ireland and Father
Quad
At the meeting held on Saturday,
to make arrangements for the Elmer
ick procession, the speeches were very
defiant, and such as the Government
can scarcely pass over 1t is not
words, said one speaker, but deeds
that viii show what men are we have
the spirit Of revolution in our hearts.
Ii Ireland met the Saxon on equal
ground tomorrow, there is not man
IN Limerick but would draw the sword
and try conclusions with the hated
enemy and oppressor of his country
The dead have not died in vain. The
green, the INN ortal green, must sur
vive the struggle with England's pow
er it will go down with our last
breath, or triumph in our liberty.
The cheering at The words was taken
up by the crowds in the street We
ought to begin our march on Sunday,
he said, cat that emblem of England 5
treachery to Ireland, the Treaty Stone,
and, having spat on it, march on"