Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-23
THE FENIAN WAR.


Congressional
NEW YORK, April 22.-The Committee
of Conference appointed by the New York
| Fenian Congress to confer with the com.
mittee from the Chicago Congress, refused
yesterday TO accept the proposition fol
union offered by the latter. The com
mittee stood six in favor of adopting the
basis, and twelve against The basis was
10 depose the President and Senate and to
re-elect Council of nine, four to be chosen
by each Congress, and the eight elect the
ninth. An animated debate ensued over
the proposition from the Chicago delega-
ton for a harmonious union of the two
factions.
BeIIicosc.
During the discussion Maj. Fitzpatrick
belligerently declared that the proper way to
deal with the Chicago delegation would be to
sling them out of the window. Maj. Lind
sey announced that an Irishman could
whip one hundred Canadians, and that the
Fenians were going to do it. The debate
developed strong feeling in favor OF an
immediate raid into Canada.
Message of Gen O'NeiIl-Addrcss of n
Chicago DeIegate-Spcculat as
TO What Will be Done.
New YORK, April p .-The Fenian Con-
gress was yesterday permanently organized
by the election of Gen. j. j. Donnelly, of
Utica, New York, Speaker. Gen. O'Neills
message was read, in which he referred at
some length to the cordial relations of the
Senate and himself, and hoped that the
petty difficulty, or rather misunderstand-
ing, between himself and it, would be
swept away by the harmonious council and
forever forgotten He alluded at some
length to the fact that he desired an imme-
diate invasion of Canada. In reference to
that he would say from his heart that his
desire was, as had been stated, to strike
full at the heart of the common enemy,
and strike hardest. Delegates Col. Cos
grove and ]. ]. Finnery, of the Chicago
Republican, and Capt Mclaughlin were
finally admitted last night.
Mr.. ]. F. Finnery, as representing the
Chicago delegation, addressed the Congress,
and stated that no matter how much the
general body of the organization was desi-
rous of striking against the common enc
my, he did not desire to peril the lives of
any members of the organization who
might be persuaded to join the movement
against the Canadian authorities. He, as
representing the entire Western portion of
the Fenian Brotherhood, declared emphat-
ically against any step on the part of this
Congress which might imperil its hopes in
the present and defeat its aspirations for
the future. He, for one, would not protest
against any national movement against the
Canadian Government, but he, as repre-
senEng the entire Fenian organization of
the Western States, was decidedly opposed
to any useless sacrifice of life, and as repre-
senting the main portion of the FeEian
Brotherhood he would decidedly protest
against premature movement on the part
of Gen. O'Neill, or any other officer of the
Brotherhood, which might tend to decrease
the standard, reputation or efficiency of the
organization; he did not believe ina prema-
ture organization; he did not think the
power of one man could govern the mind
of ten thousand, but he believed that the
common sense of the delegates present
would enable them to distinguish between
right and wrong, and to determine what
was feasible and what was not.
NEW YORK, April 81, P. M.-The Fenlans,
in Congress assembled, resumed business
this forenoon with their usual punctuality.
The doors of the legislative chamber were
guarded by greens coated Zquaves, as on the
first and second days. ONei1, from
present appearances, secures a continuance
in Office. Profuse promises of funds have
been made in the event of a raid. That
raid will be made, is now beyond doubt,
but the leaders are determined to keep the
public in the dark as much as possible.
Some of the old uniforms are still in
tolerable state of preservation, and the
Fenian force all over the country is in a
good state of discipline.
If by any possibility should the raid be
postponed, il is decided that the Red river
insurgents are to receive active support
and their subjugatiOn will be prevented,
though it should take hundred thousand
men to put the troops of the Dominion to
flight.
Around Masonic Hall to-day we're very
many ex Federal and ex Confederate Of
ficers, who refused to serve in the army of
the Viceroy of Egypt. If some hope of a
speedy raid across the border had not been
held out by them, the overtures made by
Pascha's agent would not have been disre-
parded