The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-04-23
"BLOOD. LAGO, BLOODm

THE terrified Kanuols, who suspended the
habeas corpus, called out the militia, and
called upon their war gods because The ONeill
was reported to have been seen upon the
streets of Buffalo in bran new uniform, have
apparently subsided under the impression
that their grand hullabaloo has frightened off
the invading Fenians who were prepared to
lay waste the fertile plains of Canada. Alas
for the Kanucks! the danger they feared is
Just about to begin, and the panic that has
prevailed on the other side of the border has
had such an extraordinary effect upon the
bold warriors of the Fenian army, that they
are now actually contemplating raid inte the
t'New Dominion" for the purpose of letting
the unhappy Canadians understand the perils
attending false alarms
At the Congress now in session in New
York ''blood" is the theme, and on Thursday
the debates were agreeably divided between
the expediency of invading Canada and
chucking the Chicago delegates out of the
window. The question appeared to be
whether they should invade Canada or get up
grand free fght among themselves, and the
necessity for a first-class excitement of some
kind was generally conceded. Major Rudolph
A. Fitzpatrick, descended from the Fitzpat-
ricks of etc. etc. etc. ETC., proclaimed him
self as in favor of fighting both the Chica-
goans and the Kanucks. He said that he be-
lieved in fight, and that every honest man
believed the same. The proper way, in his
opinion, to deal with the Chicago delegates
was to sling them out of the window, and
then to march straight for Canada
over their bloody corpses. Major
Fitzpatrick declared that he had
the utmost confidence in General O'Neill, and
that the present moment was the one for a
raid. ''True men, said the warlike Fitz-
patrick, ''would not shirk the danger-they
would face the warlike music of the rifle and
cannon in struggling for the liberty of their
ever dear land" In his home the thought
of this had moved him to the fight and he,
to use the words of a song, desired to like
soldier fall" 1t is evident from this that
Major Fitzpatrick is host in himself, but he
is small potatoes and few in a hill beside
Major Lindsey, who said that one Irishman
could whip hundred Canadians, and they are
going to do it. In fact, the chorus of the Fe-
nian war song now is
"Revenge is stamped upon my brow,
And blood's my battle cry;"
and our advice to the Kanucks is to conclude
a treaty of peace with General O'Neill as soon
as possible, for it is certain that if Majors
Fitzpatrick and Lindsey ever cross the border
there will not be a man, woman, or child, not
to speak of horses, cattle, sheep, and other
live stock, but will be weltering in their gore
within thirty days. The Kanucks have
brought this misfortune upon themselves, for
if they had not been frightened the Fenians
would not have conceived the idea of an in
vasion, and we would have been spared the
scenes of bloodshed that must inevitably fol-
low now if they do not take prompt means to
appease the wrath of the O'Neills, the Fitz-
patricEs, and the Lindseys, who are now get
ting in their fighting whisky.