The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-08

the commercial cities which sustain literature buying It,
AS regards the fine arts perhaps other nation in heword
calculated from their peculiar cast OF mind If
ergisng under favorable conditions to attain emnence in all
their departments than the Cets of Ireland in whom feeling
and imagination predominant As is in the
of British Doney undoubtedly the most poet
cal landscape painter that lived and Nilsson sans his
reputation Macse by far the greatest figure painter now
in England Foley is the greatest SCULPTOR and 1t would
be easy to fill page with who emulate place
to their peculiar exceence in pictorial chiefly AS to
sculpture Hogan the only modern artist who invented
attitude the Greeks having exhausted its comparatively
capabilities and all save he having copied their 6eaur
ideals. But indeed little ausion is necessary the artistic
turn of Irish Celtic genius illustrated has BEEN
To what that of people might blossom, properly cu
vated well expressed by Charles Gavin Duffy in 1848
when drawing picture of independent Ireland he said
she would then be destined Ito become the Christian Greece
of the western world" But Duffy who did SO much to
foster Irish talent been obliged seek elsewhere the
realization of his dream of Development and is doing
his best to lay the basis at least of Celtic Athens in his
province of the great coaempre of the southern Pacific
Something may yet be done by ALLEGATION of couple
of thousands annually from the public funds for in this
country but my impression is that America will be the
of its future development not intelligent to
whether nermarrages take place. any considerable
tent between the Irish and German coonists but if such
ntermixure occurs future century will one OF the
most brilliant under the the patience and order
of the luton grated the vivacy imagination and genial
intelligence Of the Ce will produce people precisely like
the modern French who Ces originally became what they
by the nterfsion of German Blood caused during the
Maroyingan dynaste Like their orerunnners, such
would be supreme alike in and arts the herald of
new ideas and avatars of progress in the West
The late trials arrests and proceedings in propcu have
naturalization laws, with reference to the free actions OF
German and Irish Americans in their native countries
States off, and forever his original citizenship and
when he revsts Germany it is merely foreigner The
Ishman the other hand though nauraized retains his
nationality powerfully that he feels himself justified
in evying against the British government (Which had
caused him mmigrate his to the green shores
In such case say writer's when the United States have
declared war against England the Irish who do
be treated outlaws and pirates The alternative Is either
to be tried for treason piracy The answer to all this is
prepared to take the consequences AS to the other question
canvassed, namely, whether naturalzed Irish Americans
should like other foreigners be tried by jury de- deae
ngua it is clear that they should be awarded the right
which is of the principles of international law Polt
cal trials of course almost always mere farce but
IrhAmerican prisoners admitted to receive the bene
fits of this right is clear that however numerous the
of inormers might be- it would be next impossible for
obtain verdict against them from jury thus
equally selected
The movement of troops continue in many directions
and every week additional regiments arriving from
England The soldiers who took part in the late funeral
procession still held in custody awaiting their trial. and
apprehenson to be entertained lest the magazine in
the Phoenix Park should be capured for find that the
drawbrdges kept constantly and that the number of
sentines have been increased while the Royal and Rich
the of the military force in Dublin and the prov
nce greater than it has been since last March, when the
outbreak anticipated.
The capture Deasey in London has been authent
Gated The last person. among several arrested under the
misapprehenson of the authorities turns out to be man
named Glanve seized on board the italian Saturn
last Monday and he has been liberated Numbers OF
arrests you will by the journals constantly occur
ring England and Ireland in which former the suspension
of the Habeas Corpus has exclusive reference to the irish
population and Americans Judging from the clrcum
least which have light Lord Mamesbuy
however in speech delivered last Monday has sounded
tocsn terrible to England which he truly states the Fe
MAN conspiracy" be both deeply seated and widely
tended That the Government thoroughly alarmed
is indeed clear from the multitude of their military prepar
ations and from the just made by of the
London papers, represent their views and purposes
that Ireland to be placed Immediately under marital a Martial
law
of Christian and social civilization 1t impossible
template the execution of such coundrel effort repression
without feelings of indignation and horror. It may indeed
be but of those threats frequently Illuminated but
there is little doubt that the English mercantile and upper
classes trembling for the security of their and
the Irish in the great trade of the other