The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-08-01

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covered some Win s :, %sStso a Sss 5, psr
| soma cad 10 AeutnOes. bue w1thoot tne c1xsam oa
fringe waca covers me SGsn nns MINI nns
Ny friend introduced me - the friend OF Ireland a
| whom he had spoken. and most Q! snose present
seemed All well dressed. and when they spoke gave
| Signs that they were evidently men OF education.
One or two perhaps three could by their pr onun-
ciatlon OF certain words make out TO be Americans;
q few were unmsta ka0ly Irish; but the majority
green ribSou, with dlmnutve gold harp attached.
| at the buttonhoe. much In the same way that Q
snnd ~ ea sses Oh al sn ~
reviewers. alth0 oh they did not openly display
their Weapons Ny friend and myself were the only
persons present who were not masked.
When we first entered the noon the business OF
the evening had evidently not commenced. Pre-
sentiy however, more members began to drop in,
until there we're twenty or twenty 1--we assembled,
all wearing masks, which they seemed 70 put on In
tne psssaa or a. any rate before entering tne room
his place at the head Of the table which In the
room, and called the members 10 business. Az you
VIII no doubt understand, 1t would be aclmg
the part Of traitor TO those who trusted me
II were TO pubsh fall details Of all heard that
did not hear word that betrayed any wiidness of
purpose, nor any intention 70 cause bloodsnedding,
Sa sn ne
past, the present or the future Of their society:
Against the Roman Catholic priests OF Ireland. ana
still more OF England, the members seemed very In
dgnant account OF the open hostility they
when / went to this meeting, nor am
one now. But this much In justice am Obliged TO
say concerning the organization namely, that &c r.
than Englishnen have any idea of that Its ranhca-
tons extend far wider than we believe, and that
surprises sleeping city In the dead OF the night
And # the difficulty with America ends In war the
FIRST shock OF the Fenian earthquake VIII shake the
very foundations OF tue British empire.
There is no doubt that instead Of dying out,
as we fondy believe in England. Fenlanlsm Is
society tried very hard to gain the good win
OF the Roman Catholic priesthood, and to make
all the Irish clergy II not friendly to it, at least neu
trial. But IL has entirely failed In this ana having
done so has determined to walk alone. The conse-
quences are that numerous Protestants who stood
aoof from it when they believed 1t had any Alliance
or even any friendly feeling towards Romanism,
have now joined IL heart and hand. as have also the
numerous revolutionary societies OF tue Continent.
Fenan may now travel from Calais to Naples and
with; to them he can impart the password and
signs OF the brotherhood. The moral OF my tale, or
rather OF my adventure, Is this-We are on the eve
before many months are over we shah witness an
upheavng OF the rocks on which we believe our in.
situations are firmly built, and an overseeing OF
vast deal Of what we now look upon
as impossible to overturn. Hitherto England
has seen storms pass by and pass oyer'her without
injurng her buildings but fear it will be far other.
wise now. For there Is q revolutionary spirit IN the
country, and 1t has taken deep root among an i'm
mense class Of welleGucated men, who have begun
to see how utterly impossible 1t is ever to rise In
England unless born to wealth or To title, and this
spirit has been increasing in the land In proportion
as knowledge and education have increased.
As we snail ind out before long and to our cost,
1t is impossible 10 keep the free educated men sub
servient and II wrongs are not redressed by the
legislature men Will redress them for themselves.
As said before, Fenianism In England Is stronger
than ever and 1t no longer depends for aid excu-
sively upon Its irish brethren In America 1t is now
branch OIL that immense tree which Is growing
larger and larger IN Europe, and. although the D-
ery of Ireland and the freedom OF Ireland from the
rule OF England Is one OF the objects Feniansm has
in view, II has, as part OF general whole, much
more extended objects.
A correspondent, in nv opinion. has no business
to express opinions but merely TO record such facts
as come under MS knowledge, and TO impart them
In the way he Is best able to his employers still,
there are exceptions to this rule, and OF these eX
cepuons l now ayail myself. At the meeting OF
which have made mention above learned much
that was new to me, and heard many things which
did not know before. OF great deal OF this my pen
! Is bound IN honor not TO write. But this much
NAV say, that before long We shall see established
universal republic throughout Europe and the sword
Of war sheathed In federal union Of countries that
| rivals in every interest. whether CONNER
cially or otherwise. And / believe one OF the first
bows-nay, the first blow-at monarchical govern
ment in Europe will be struck through Ireland ct
! England. My reasons for what ! have said shall be
gwen in my next letter.