The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-10-26
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THE IRISH 0tfESTION.

TIIE- -ItstsIt- @ tffSTIoN.--.--'----,,---,--
r'I, On the d, refusal of bglish G6tetnmorit
Ic rant the release of-Ihe Fenian prisoners
re see no ASSURANCE Of the, pr9mise Of &c. Lord
u,rsndon that ItiSh ,lDnd Yropgs shall be
SohtedGno con tFmati0n soElt tho sdicturT of
iT el6dst6iie t8sts gheu lsngl Of bIfeland9 be q
nnoJs ,ljg, hatHreis Ht3oIns nAtiyeSaidaad
tbaf tfejand should lte IgoVepnedy If mot bygl
- lose Son the Irish. .BH Iift,u Edplfslf Pfemief
a. nrorosed to himself:s S6tk ary stIceB,
sftera CENTURY Of Notwithstanding agitation.
Ue stops. however, at the pfoloBue. and now
returnsthe old fear that the En- gllsh people,
so tan from rendering TO herIoppfessed sister
Cj.ri,,ion Justice, viii agaiH stopat worse than
Goif. f.vay measures. The disestablishment Of
tbc AnGlioanI rish Church was saagTeat adj
vance Ia the lightjof the promise which such,
n ,,,eosIre daye that greater evils would be-
svat,t away; but without such agpromise is
delusien and snare i'..
gbe boon of the release OF the Fenians;
dear 10 the Irish heart, and asked time and
aqlinsas a great and conciliatory favor, was,
easv enough to grant, and hard, 1t seems to
Ts even in. politicd point of vieW,j to, ,re4
Tnse 1t was to give away q trinket or a
bauble to men sadly famishod for the want of
oonces,ions. and to whom the English people
have every reason in the world to make eH-
piatory amends.for most notorious wrongs.
WLat fbe Irish are likely to think, if Justice
is now withheld, may be inferred from the
exclanation of Mr.. George Moore, nj. r., that
ssthe sceptre of England has been the sword,
her diadem the black cap, and her throne
tbe qallows. for the last seven hundred years.
Father Iavelle demands long score of AT
rears not one or two years of rent, but the
rent of seven centuries in the name Of
the five hundred Thousand tenant families
who may be sold as slaves are sold, body and
soul to the purchasers of estates, Such
strong language as this, though natural
enough to the passionate extreme of feeling
which takes start from the chronic utfefint,
Sf Ireland, excites the old master spirit of
severity and fear on the other side of the
rhannel. The O'Donoghue uttered wise and
Ealni words to show that the English Govern
ment aud the Irish people were mutually well
disposed; but once again it happens that
neither will believe the other. .,eIII,I .ea,u.
The OQonoghue has afforded us what is
probably the best reason for the present
course of the English Government. In his
letter to the Amnesty Committee of Dublin
he saws that the Government, collectively and
individually. ''conlmiserate the unfortunate
condition of the prisoners and are most
anxious to liberate them, if they cari do so
consistently with what they consider their
duty TO the State; but he is equally oon+
NiuCHu ludI tuey WILL nOl, dS iuty CuuuOu,
without degrading the functions of Govern
ment or betraying the trust reposed in them,
yield anything to the faintest semblance of
unconstitutional pressure. How my dear
countryrnen, he adds, lin their cells must
curse the vanity of the heartless spouters who
would persuade the world that, while poweriess
to save the captive from being dragged within
the prison walls, they can, nevertheless ex-
tort his release. 1t is this loathsome' fustiar
that keeps the door locked, and not the unap
peased wrath or yindictiyeness of either the
Government or British people, Undoubt
edly the British people are more leniently
ana generously inspired in all their Irish judg
ments than at any foriner'perod of their his
tory;w but they can scarcely have a durable
magnanimity if their patience grows faint il
hearing of these Irishmen who spout what al
the rest of the Irish leaders repudiate,, Ever
the O'Donoghue, sensible as he is, must bj
surprised at the contrary action of the Gov
ernment unless he enjoys the conviction tina
on another appeal made with less demonstra
ton the Government will yield ....a.E.
ANDREW JOHNSON AND REPUTATION
From the NJ Y. TS1aes.g 7r1rI aHT-.aa $50 .Ytus
The organs of Democracy take the failur
OF Andrew johnson to get back to Washing
ton as a defeat of3their party. They announc
the result with much "'regret." They wante
sOOunSOn IN the SENATE To prague MS IN
peachers to bully the administration, and t
preach Reputation. The World received til
defeat of Pendleton in Ohio with more con
placency, affecting to consider that youn
aspirant to the Presidency the victim of h
own greenback theory, which the ligher-to
Democracy of New York could never i
brought to indorse, although ''our own Sc,
mour'l was forced to stand tIpor a greeRbaC
PLATFORM. Why this difference between Pc
dleton and Johnson Z, The World is deep
mortified that the open and shameless reput
ator of the national faith is refused seat
the United States Senate bya 'eonseryatiy
Legislature of Tennessee, 1jutSit rejoiceS
OF rather affects satisfaction -that the pes
lent theory of ,Pepdletop has received
quietus3 IN the overthrow Of "Gehtlent
George" himself !siA $50 so,5i 4ia1DN nNoMNm
We suspect that our contemporary, in IL
last case, rejoicesi at heart for another reaso
There is believed to be-one aspirant les
since 8he Ohio election, for the Detnocra'
nomination of 1852, zHItl was Pendletol
popularity, not his theory that the NJ
York politicians feared most, and it is the su
posed downfall Of that popularity that tn
are now rejoicing over with exceeding gle
ness. In Johnson's case they simply gi
expression to the disappointment felt IL
the Republican party viii have one anne
nee less, and the national honor one revi
less in the United States Senate, They wol
use johnson for work which they wo,
avoid as derogatory to themselves. u Th
have not the remotest fear, howey
yaulting' as may be his own ambiti,
that johnson could force himself up
the Democracy for higher promoti
than that of a common scold or scayepger
the party, as occasion reqgired, in the Uni