Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1870-06-02
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Tzs Fsnls.a Invasion.

TEe Fsnis.n Invasion.
Tyhatever may be the wrongs OF Ire
land and Of IrishmeR, and however
general is the sympathy CT tae people OF
f,is eouatry in the aspiration for indie
nandence and nationality which from
fae basis of the Feni2n movement, II
will require but few repeutions OF these
a.ealfed iaYasion5 OF C&R2Ca 10 ed2ce
ali belief in those wrongs, aud to turn
that sympathy into positive disgust.
II cannot tax the reasoning powers o.
meu of even ordinary intelligence to
understand that these raids into Canada
are made in the face o. all possibility OF
success, and that, even II successful,
-tflev would in no way settle the Irish
question. They are alike supremacy
foolish and supremely wrong. Their
whole beplning and end is epitomizedi in
the adventure of General O'Neil, their
present leader. Crossing the. frontier
with the highsounding declaration that
he led the advance Of ihe army for the
liberation of ireland, and That be would
never recross except victorious or dead,
he was q few hours later captured by 4
United States Marshal, hustled into =
carriage almost in sight Of MS army oI
liberation, and committed 10 jail in de-
fault OF bail. His deluded followers,
lacking arms and organization, deficient
in Members, aud absolutely without
capable leadership and having apparent
" little OF sympathy or cooperation
from any considerable portion OF the
people OF Canada, can only continue
Iheir enterprise in TIE face OF certain
disaster. Any temporary success they
may achieve will render theIrnnal pun
ishInRnt mere severe. The real danger
will only commence when they leave tne
frontier and have no longer sale and
convenient line of retreat. Occupying
q difficult country, where the securing
of supplies will be next to impossible,
with a hostile population massing
around them, led by some Of the veter-
an regiments of the English army, their
case viii be hopeless. They will be dis
persed and captured invitabiy, and from
the temper that prevails in Canada as
we'll as in England, there Is little doubt
that the seyerest punishment VIII be
this time inflicted upon all that may fall
into the hands of the colonial authori-
ties. But we do not anticipate that the
invasion will rise into tragedy OF any
respectable proportions. We shall have
n repetition Of the usual tgmultuous
rush across the from tier, the killing of a
few men, the robOiDg of defepceless
homesteads, the despoiling OF farms, ,and
then the mob will rush back; the lead
crs will pocket the money which has
been wrung from the earnings OF syinp2'
thetic Irishmen and women; the United
States Government viii be importuned
to interfere to save those unlucky
enough to have been captured, and the
blood of such demagogues as Fernando
NUNol will haa-isn f.1GtnpaaFy hnIlFn0
because we do notat once attack England
aud make the Fenian quarrel our own
In all probability, even as we write this
Feaian invasion has reached its end,
and the railroad companies from the
frontier are finding the army of liberia
ton vast company OF deadheads.
pne most serious feature Of these in
vasioas is their violation of internation-
III Law and the total disregard of thC
Obiigarions Of of American citizenship
shown by those who promote them. d
ali the men enlisted for these raids pro
baby nine-tenths are naturalized citi-
Zens. They have foresWoru allegiance
10 great Great Britain and promised
fcaisy TO the United States and obedi-
edce To its laws. Yet they take advan'
tage the domicii and citizenship which
has been afforded them nere 10 7oTganiz(
& warlike expedition against the colony
ola country with which we are at peace
forcing this county TO the expense o.
maintaining corps ofobservation along
an extended frontier, and keeping Can
aia-in a continual state of alarm anG
coafusion. The one object of thes,
raids-if they have any object beyond
keeping up the supply offunas TO main
tain that ridiculous combination o
Congresses, Generals aud HeRdquarter;
which appears 10 be the essence OF Feni
anisn-is TO embroil this country in :
war with England. The wickedness O.
this attempts only exceeded by its ut
ter solly. There is no probable Gauss
that can lead tie two countries into &
war which would be a crime agsins.
hunanity, and the Fenians may as wei
understand that, notwithstanding Hhat
Gemagogues may tell them, the Ameri
can people have no inteEGon of becom
ing the especial champiOns of any peo
pie in their struggles toward nationality
If they make our soil the starting point
for their hostile operations, they VIII
ind the common sense OF the nation
backing up the declaration of Genera
Grant that they have forfeited all right
70 the protection Of this Government
and they NAV even, by q c0ntinuanet
OF such efforts, force the, adoption G
Jaws for the summary suppression o
their organization. The thing ina.
grown into a costly and prepostsrou:
nuisance, and if not abatsd by tie gooc
sense and Judgment OF Irishmen Them
selves, who ought to see how, under the
semblance of appeals TO their nationa
feeling, they are deiuded, and pIuckeq
and sacrificed by as great a set OF ras
caily adventurers as ever lived, then the
law viii have to be vigorously enforced,
aad the organizers be made to learn thai
they have enemies on both sides Of tlie
f-ontier--L Baltimore American.
Our Indian ReEnEicns---Speech OF Ezed