The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-08-04
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Wcare notanseg tho's who oc''' 20. '''"'
the sentence to inpiisonhen' ior '"'ss"'
.,p.Ncll will ever b. carried oHt. IL j.
sp.,bercLcsp rad.ca riecfionrrclns d"asr.
Twill be- impr;.,nsi OR aisllort. period.
vbcn legislative or executive clemncy
,,iu intervene. ONeill will be released
and ,ip, a,1 l,'htod To As an ev.ihn,c of
Radical sympathy with sulisring Ireland.
The trick Is too transparent to deceive and
no intelligent Irishman will be bamboozlcd
by H. The action Of the Vermont jury
however, gives rise to several questions,
and an important one to 1rishmen is:
How far General O'Neill, and the An,eri-
can Fenianism which he represented is en-
titled to their sympathy" Fenianism, in
America, since its inception has been
gigantic blundcr and a huge steal. Fiji
had confined itself 10 lending material aid
and sympathy TO the cause OF the nation
alists in Ireland it would have embraced
in lis ranks all Irishmen who love
their country and yearn for its independ-
ence. But Is t6o soon became corrupt. A
general grsB game divided il into the
. Mahops and O'Neill factions, and the
latter Being the most powerful, soon con-
trolled the entire organization. The, diff
ferent circle. throughout the country were
re-orgsnisedj agents from tho palatial
headquarters in Union Square were sent
over tho land, and everywhere the burden
Of their song was money They indulge
cd in all kinds Of promises; predicted
tha: grand results were to follow O'Neilrs
administration; and in this way for . sec.
ond time imposed upon the credulity ofthe
poorer classes Of their country people.
We say poorer classes, for the intelligence
OF the Irish race in this country have
long since known the character OF the
leaders Of American Fonianism, and re-
fused them all countensnce. Indeed, nine.
tenths Of all the revenues collected by the
Union Square "doad-beats' have been
Contributed by tho day laborers and
poor, overworked servant girls. No
satisfactory account has ever been given
Of the disbursement OF the funds,thns COL
lected, and never will be. How much Of
it went TO tho support Of .hoadquartsra''
with lie numerous bummers and hangers
on, cannot, Of course, he aseer,ained bu,
what IL known Of their life there, justifes
the assertion tina. the amount spent
for purposes proper 10 the organization
viiininousiy small. Tho absurd
idea Of libera,ing Ireland by invading
colony Of England, was given
shape 10 and seemingly carried out by tho
Neill faction. They were shrcwd
enough TO see in /, capital expedicnt to
"raisc the wind;' and in that rcspec. only
was tia success. Looked at IN any other
aspcc; Il was n blundor criminal In lis
character. IL could not result otherwise
than fatal 10 the cause IN Ireland, ms the
infamous laws lately enacted in England
and engendencd partly by American
Fenianisn, exclusively demonstrate.
The conquest Of Canada by American
Fenians even If possible could have but
one eilec, upon the liberal cause In Ireland.
1twould have frightened the screws Of Par.
liamentAry legislation wonld have filled
English prisons with Irish patriots,
and dotted the lovely Isle with gbbcts. \
reckless, marsuding soldicry would be
licensed ~ plundcr the people Of what
little they bad left. Its not too much TO
LAY that Fenianism In America, has proven
mn obstacle rather than an aid 10 the cause
at home. The Liberation OF one nation By
the subjugation Of another was the Ameri.
can fenlan idea Of Irish Independence,
and Il i not 70 be wondered ut that the
movement failed TO clici, the sympathy Of
Intelligent people Throughout, the world
Gen, O Mol has proven his utter incapac.
ity 20 lead any Irish movement, and
- today suffering the penalty Of his
blunders. How far the Irish people SYM
pathze with him /, best seen in the fac,
that not one, ,hroughou, the entire coun.
try, could be found who would stand rs
security for his appearance until the day
set for his trial. Beyond giving n
certain satisfaction TO Englishmen, nj,
imprisonment is Of no consequence.
and his release would be Of los
The Radicals are welcome to all the cap.
ital they can make out Of IT,