The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-03

the articles were obtained it will be likely TO
lose caste among its older contemporaries.
| Such practices are violations OF newspaper
courtosies on both sides of Tho Atlantic
The Lalo Disturbances in England and tho
Fcninns.
All that portion Of the world which devours
stories of human decentralization, as exhibited
in assassination, blowing up fellow mortals by
the explosion Of nitro-glycerine, the placing
of decorating substances in letters and 80
forth, has had q feast or late in tho cable
"news" from Great Britain in fact, 1t has
had q surfeit OF these so-oalled "Fenian out
RACES" Now and then we notice that festi-
val Of ouirago-a perfect carnival, in fact, OF
this CHASTITY businsss-is reported in the British
press. During last summer it was the trades
unions Of Sheffield, Birmingham and Man.
chester that supplied the material. We may
recount them briefly and their cause. No
political grievance nor tho semblance thereof
was made pretext for the cold.bloodea and
well organized system Of murder which from
April to Angus. last Mortified the whole world
under tho leadership of Broadhead and in the
name of the rights of trades unions. In one
case package Of gunpowder was thrown down
the chimney of house, whore ono of the pro-
destined victims of " Broadheadism" was sup
posed to reside. In another case house was
attempted to be blown up for the same reason,
and in another a poor wretch had some ex-
plosive material placed upon bis grindstone
and was killed upon putting it in motion.
And all this was done because " The rules" OF
the trades union we're not complied with.
Men accepted lower rate of wages than the
"union" prescribed, and some men employed
too many apprentices "a custom which the
"union" did not approve), all Of which could
not be permitted; so gunpowder and other
explosive substances were used TO correct
the evil by destroying life. Tho crime
was not denied, but admitted and rataer
justified by Mr.. Broadhoad and his associates
on examination before the commission ap-
pointed TO examine into these atrocities; but
they were not punished. Now, this kind of
thing appears to have cropped out again in
England, but it is called "Fenianism" this
time. II is an atrocious business, in whatever
quarter it may find its inspiration. 50 also
was the Orsni bomb explosion in Paris, de-
signed to assassinate the Emperor, but which
succeeded only in killing and manning certain
innocent parties. But 1t has been proved, as
We know, that these bombs were furnished 10
tho assassins from England, and that Mr.. STAINS
field, one of her Majesty's Cabinet ut that time
and still member OF Parliament, was so
deeply implicated in the matter that be had To
resign his position in the Cabinet and
justified bis connection with tho affair
on the grounds that it was business trans
action" Just so. The furnishing of pira.ica
vessels to prey upon the commerce Of the
United States during the late war was bust
ness transaction also. English merchants and
manufacturers, like Mr. Stansfeld and Mr..
Laird, are always ready to enter into any
business transaction that pays, whether it b,
bombshell or an Alabama. Morality makes
no part Of business" nowadays.
Somebody probably made profit out of
the barrel which blew down the wall of Clerk
enwell prison and killed 80 many OF tho poor
Irish residents Of that tenement house locality.
The nitro-glycerne explosion at Nowcastle-on-
Tyne, which tho cable reported as another Guy
Fawkes affair, turns out to be the result Of an
accident stupid, but not so fatal as the nitro
glycerine explosion in South Bergen, New Jer-
sey, the other day. We notice that "the London
Committee Of the Fenian Brotherhood" have
discaimed all connection with these explosions
and letter bombshells and niLro-glycerino
alarms. They say that these things are no
part of their plans, and they denounce them
and the parties concerned in them altogether.
The body which is supposed to represent "Fe-
nianism" in this country we observe, likewise
officially denied yesterday in our columns all
knowledge OF or relationship with these transac-
tons. Whence, then, do they come, if not from
general spirit Of discomfort and dissatisfaction
with the governing powers and tho foudal aris-
tocracy and growing lawlessness among the
laboring classes in Great Britain and Ireland
Our late news from the latter country is
that the residence, near Cork, of
gentleman whose name alone might endear
him to the pcoplc-a brother of Father
Mathew, "sho Apostle of Temperance
was attacked at night by some unknown par
ties, who were received with a CALLING fire and
driven of, the proprietor having been apprised
Of the attack beforehand. II this &C! could DO
fastened upon tho Fenians it would seriously
damage any sympathy which might exist for
thcm among the temperance societies (Which
are largo body and perchanco the Ca tholic
clergy, and would be an admirable stroke of
policy on the part of the government However,
the news comes by cable from London and we
learn from the London journals that the Fcnians
are not regarded as Irishmcn, but as "Yank o
rowdics." So says tho London Times and
other papers. and they advise tho expulsion of
all aliens from England. II was but the other
day that the courts decided that certain Ameri-
can citizens or yankee rowdies" were not
aliens at all, but British subjects. and were de-