The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1870-06-01

Tas BusIxEss OF FILLlBusTERIN6 has

TaE BusISEss OF FILLlBUsTERIN6 has
never returned very large profits. The
fact is that those who have mostly en-
gagged in it have ssforced the season =
They have uniformly lacked a just cause
Our most noted FIlIibustrr, William
Walker, felt himself elected TO do as be
did by s.Manife., Destiny" He was "a
romsncist anda dreamer, full of courage
but empty of cool judgement. His
ssManifest Destiny" rush light got very
suddeoly eI,ioguished one day, BY the
rude muskess Of . squad Of barefootsd
Yacatauese infantry. The raid into
Niearagua had nothing more substantial
to back il than the widest Of adventar.
Gus in,entiOns-no 6xed aud definite
purpose even in Walkers mind. Yet
Walkers expedition came much nearer
success than anything Of its SOFT that
we can call to mind. The Cuban expe-
dition in which Crittendon lost bis life,
actuslly ainless and harum-scarum, was
asmuch lacking in war force as drunk
en- brawl in Broadway. The various
iaeursions, by hot heads, into Mexico
have all proven equally unproductive OF
important results and they all go to
snow that private enterprises of the sor'
are certain of receiving the rewards du.
TO foolhardiness and misdirected energy
An analysis of the chief parts of fill
clustering enterprises developes the fact
that they command the participation of
no men of frsSclass abilities. Even Carl
baldi, the most notable and praiseworthy
ofmoderu fillibusters, seems to be lack
iug in the stronger powers of revolution
;sts. He iscarried away by an enthasi-
asm which, of necessity is inconsisten,
With that cool foresight and wise judge
ment, without which ultimate success is
never achieved. The history of the
Irish up risings reveals an utter lack of
those soberes qualities without which |
no grand asd conclusive movement is
sser accomplished. The entire absence
of a serious, digested plan on the part
Of the Fenians is as apparent As it is as
sonishing. An impulse and . blind
rush toward the Canadian line is all
there was to give the late s'invasion"
any appearance of a concerted move
nent. There was neither q sound head |
nor an Inspiring war cry to lead them on
Is is evident that there is q wonderful
lack of organization among them. The
leaders are all sel6shly ambitious and
the masses are divided into as many
factions as there are petty chiefs. When
Head Center Stephens was in this coun
sfy enc half The Brotherhood suspected
Kim Of beisg a spy. It is not yet clear
whether he was or vas not An English
emmissary. O'Mahoney was long sgo
- . pluuderer Of Irish labor
ers and servant girls; and to day John
Savage and O'Neil are as bitter 10 their
of one another as il one
we're q red hot Orsngemsn and the other
Al irrepressible Jacobite. The fact is
that all this Fenian agitation in the
Gaited States is directed toward no lie.
gitima.e end. Hatred of Eugiand is
merely q bitter sentiment. Strenuous :
and effecsual opposition to Great Britain
nus, have some other mode of express. S
700 than blind raids into Canada, in
order, to be successful. Fenianism, so
FAR, has merely been promotive of harm
70 Irishmen. Itscared the Queens own
md ssampeded some border sKanucks, {
ost it did no harm to British America
Rather, it has strengthened the Eoglish :
,oid on the Provinces BY uniting their 6
,eople asagainst . common foe. 1t is I
lime that Fenianism were dropped as an
expensive and unpromising distraction.
,s every movement loses Ireland friends
n.Enelsnd, causes the frittering away 2
II many a poor mans money and dis
arbs the industrial interests of very !
sege class al 70 10. good purpose. IT. I
shmen n the United States are Ameri- q
ans Thsr .hava mn yHoye peal ahidin0I