, 1870-04-22
FIRING THE FENIAN HEART.
The Cruelty of England TO TO-
liticaI Prisoners.
Lecture by Rev. John Mchahan-
Speech Of A. I. Morrison.

TIE Rev, John AcXahon, who ~as arrested If
ter the ugtt 1t Ridgcway, IN 1855, and was I'M
rrtsorcd In the PenltenuA;J at Kingston, Canada
IN, tome war;, }eesurrd last night In FarWei uaI
on the cruelty Of Englani 10 political Prisoners
A GOOD audience wnk IN attendance. and one sym
rbalh.xng fully With the reverend gentleman, aud
the speakers who followed hl1i-
After IN introduction Of the lecturer n victim
og British oppression, and lsudAhon OF TIC Eal-
liant ONeu and the invaders Of Cauada, Father
McMahon bes1n ex saying that God had given
man uset liberty, anu the pursuit OF happiness,
tm. England onn.rssed those gifts wherever she
ha1 cont.UI but to lose those was To loao al the
Wut,d aad, Sot to dwell CD general poiuts, how
ever hs reu'd g on to i 9srs Il It wnua noa o p
r.is,e Il All in 1884 he Eeot TO Can&d1 On per-
snnI s11rs, md there, much to hts picssurt7 be
Es NJ FSnn .na ~ En b
h. would be false to county aud cfred Il he did
mt aid them Ii case ct death OF Otherwise. Soon
after snI ne eats q ~ M9aa sda. fas 81 ~nese
tssl1.,sns Gfm sna' es le'p Fs.. ". IL oneaee %
nh so shegse he 0oaSht sa t1egdis
as last Is tArs could ruu and the FcuiAns 1red no
lrtrr, for wtich they deserved great CREDIT II
was Dot trs1trsele u shoot tnAa when his back
w.s turned unless he WAC = 1nalefactor, such IS
111ate Enl IN Gstte, when 4 man has turned his
Eark. he sheuItf be let alone. The xsy the Fen
lsns acted pleased him greatly. Next some moro
pcfe frfah and the Ftnlans tired. He was very
tusy IN Els work u charity. The next morning he
1asas ise @ B511h =, you'd , no. a9r7 h% ana 20
cruel, but be to1xave them, for 1t WIS
u.tlrrrd n torrtve ones enemies Cer1aip recent
int outrageous conduct Of the Brtlah. The officers
tua.le IL a study how to torment those men and In
Cirt PETTY aanoyaaees upon them The eight hun
:nnse ae;s. The Bf1tssa Government could haye
suppressed thuse acts which raise annostty iu the
minds Of men, but they were all the time masking
" new aas ana nv had Al ''pn ppen tufusd
aeatnst England, which showed how foolish
The course OF that countr! waz. England
othe1 naiio1s But she eeT1s,n'y projected her
own citizens, ana sent IN .expcdit1an to-
Though at the s4ne Tine she held American cit
iISn1 f tsoq GoTcrnent ~. nse9NsTa ne I'D It
1rum S1ou nutto1t! taai Russia Would be at Eng
land IN less than three months. She Was waiting
onlr for SIX hundred thousand bfetch-loadera fhat
were herr. So They must wait I'LL then and give
EnS.a1.A clip
Ia June, lst6, be and ,he other Fenians were
sharrA sad t4thed, and then they ha4 muck
would have thought they were In earnest The
trr werr al OranEcmen, and = hatd set II that
ne Judge bad sentenced him to be hung In De-
cg1rbtr, and sa:c he, *' would not say that TO
yol-- Presently the sentence VAS coumutch, and
iavy wtfr scA! 10 peusteauaEy, where he was
1,sihed again End put in dl11J Gel, where he got
AsI suffered at the bands Of wfctched bad men
for tlrrc yeat8.
The lecicle1 then proceeded to speak OF the con-
duct OF the British during the Revolutionary
Wa5. ue was ri Bunker utM lew days
EGG, and Ea.l learned The history of the
raopumens there. It WIS surprising When
haL They should read William Cobbet's History
Q. Enelaud since the Reformation, aad see The
ccu'Sc Of that country, especially In ireland,
where iheIe we're twentE different modes Of puu..
foy calling England ungodly and 1nhuman, and fot
hGling that Fhe might be crushed IS she
had crushed oIhen; He stated y length
ireland, These things shonjd not te forgotten,
4. ulAnd ,h.iz neh,A Gladstone could not win
after her CONVERSION rom pasania1n. Their va "a
no difference Of crinlbn. except with few JewB
who were keentnE t,anES, &c. But since tlIst lime
s.e ee Protestant On the Catalogue Of saIats @ Ia 70,
the last 30 years Let England 20 back where
she rs rs and aI she would Be- at nsce bat sht
Would not 40 the former, but continued
70 oppress the Irish and let loose mcr
ctltss soid.er! on them, as King Willian
m shs ea bas on tn tne az W.
aid, and they wuuld not give it. They theuselyei
Hus: be wise, and Tsit few months, and thel
it uIsn her. There was no doubt ne would soo1
have Etush Columbia as set-o6 LOT the Alabama
~ the close uf Father NcAahon's remsrfs
!htte vert numerous cries for " Morrison, :" ba
.!* shslfn.n y; sa.d shat before Introducing tha
Gne7 Of the lecturers for 4 few minutes
The gentleman IL question came forward, aul
said he felt Il hts duty to let them know what Fe
Iitau pE'sclers Suffered, and that the Irish haA n
iitrrty ~ Canada- Those Nho had cmlS1atc,
there nnd settled were oppressed and tormentesl
ns ;h,;I f. nostHs we're ked rhes houses burned an
ARRAY with the 01ange1nep at feterboro, and ho1
1h.te vas no Law IN Canada 70 project an Iris
o1t danger OF getting his head broken. lie hit,
SELF was The worst rersecutetl lF1shmau In Amer
81 ft.s ss}ss a1ar,er n btsn rasaa s{ nere ana
1rsted, aea5! sao,bet, sud set1s To to tue be Peate1
t,a1E for life. When Father McAahon came The,
all ihe eft,cers tried to MAKE iIIin work. and woul
Tut ,Ss he tntsEietenss nc Ct The us
guards bsotA For time he hail coffee ant tres
sent him IN his cell, but aftcrWa,u he had to S
io:ctd 10 fa1l into lie 1anEs viii them, and md s &
by . Catholic On Sunday he gut no breakfas
One warden, an Irish tatloAc, would not j
he The ear,,ca d ana dig. Tnese ' 4ese | - msi 81
wLa' must they feel when they saw theif pzie.
The speaker stated various other instances of Gnu
Treatment Of FenIanshoW they had bee
WHIPPED, starred put in dark cells and driven Il
them. AMI 81 sorts Of plots we're resortel 70, 10 &
ilnlr In trouble The contlcts were fed for 1ou
tt~u days IN rotten wtasots ami bran bread Tt
men IN shs touadE straek, and some OF the lea.
mau that the day WIS not far distant when Il
Ioelessons ol England In hrWestern uemisphe
would tftMhlc TO the tread Of their feet. whe
they would have s basc wheace Their sW1ft necl
might sEetr lAt an AIrN.e avalanche, upon It
f~, ami e''lasu nc him IKE hood Of ihra no
4. i. Nnrstson Vas then ea,,pa cct and e,,c,
briefly, saE1nE that their cause was not q Cathol
ner lru,estant cue, hut the cause Of freedom
winch Hert lie asnder Is Mere u fe un.t heut
States The Fe'ans made 10 dist1tctiou hetwce
nen- English persecution began before the 3
lnsh with their .0.clo,o ,oo0 souls suu wailing NJ
unsueeessr,7 II was because they wert
united on the simple platform Of 1r7sh iadepe
Eceland DIRE . cruelty ireland a she did. n
fsuIt was With 1rtshmen In Auedca- II they d
their duty. Gladstone dare not do What /
Esulherhood, to which he n1d long belonged, {
he must do something TO 1erp Alive the ldea
1fisn nauonalty. Too many Eueered ut any cut
70 forget their country and unleaIn ia tongue:
they could never MAKE good cltlzenR. lie "
loved Ireland best FEB Americans best citizen.
III 1te.2ni were hundred tl1nes better than the
here They stood boldly facing England, nc,
faltstlng. aud never fearing II they had hsd I
England from the continent, ond not u,
b nsEas ms fer fss fss rss nas
LAVE Americans did not KNOW the English IS
1rsHll iil- Au.crca hail given way ulw4IA, and
utten- 4 little more Of tae Celtic element '
needed In the Cabinet What had America 10 fe,
foreign relations heforr 6he galned the respect
Ertupc- lie would like some morning 10
Cue1e Sam throw bis eIove. tn Eneland's face,
Pull Sheridan With nfty thousand Irish bch
!; lin. America hsd nothing 10 fear, aud he reg
tt"L 10 Ett her 80 craven, the more 50 a.
he vas an American citizen, and; loved
ETta1 rerutuc frrm The fulness Of Ills heart 7
TN. " Guild cGme when AMERICAN patience no
l.s exhausted but lie Hanted to wait no long
TIE is1st IL .aneHca could make the oppns:u:
any morning thes chose Those who waited
:. ttttrr Ia free ttcul were not ut for freedom II
:. EG'l ~allt. 1oo it.lR. The Atnrrtcalr syrna,bt;
.cseu ii ss tas wets Ia pegne
s'tra I,y and Ch, ered II the rarn who kept The
t!lng IN tlei!a;ice Of the enemy, instead OF atd
sht e nsee W. e us sc IA asd
!, lad no enmlty against them, hut aga
,estr ~, mHstefs St u md was ,as S
+; wrrc 10 Ioakc w1r ii Gods good tine. liz d
Z. twenty thousand good Irish troops could
across tie Northern ffo3ter II tacJ were prud
ing hontier d three thousand miles There '
> volunteers, but they aAd not rroreu very rella
L, But there was also thefc q large Irish popuat
i. Ii thrn once esl sefoes the border aha i
wou1d be cathnE&sm enough. Ont Of tho
!: Irish popu]atk1n here they could c.
'. glare twenty thousand. Let them
= resstesion OF Canada, and he tho,
they would, and they would use it for 1 little y
:. ftu then give II to me United Sta1es- ireland
! tso kms41 to cayTy on war against England
u They needed Cabzda TO get recognition ir,
- they could force the Unittd Btatca To give
evtry lrishman refused TO vote for any politi
ELtll II was 10 lc done When thry hid i've
| dEtzI English officials prisoners, the Fenla1
:, British dungeons would eoon be liberated. 1se
u would not be oppressed A. hour aftCr IN a5my M
!, ures the border. Nothing but the TAciili
= OF Irsh here prevented 1t. The sin and the C
I, Ia! with them He should Always light
= 1rlsud- Though Catholic 10 one should
=: uol htIn on that raht- He Hc0
- edged the authorty OF the Church IN sptt
/, 1.:,:tcrs, hut denied It Nhen It WIS the freeio