The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-10-02

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People may laugh g Fenianisas and
r passe B.s ash a. and they hey
other lie still AthsR pass 6nate cry of some
millions of Irishnens I'm Ireland and the
United States. 1t lie a shnllOw philosophy
which,explains Americas Fenianism only
on the theory of number of lazy dema-
gogues making good living out of jgno-
rant and credulous Irishmen, andRwhich
regards Irish nationality as only humbug,
known to be such by those who spout and
sing SO much about it. Whenever the
Poles, the Hungarians, the Greeks, or the
Cubans demand their rights as a race, the
liberal world listens to their appeal with
respect, if not with Kindness and appeOval.
Why then are all tho efforts of Irishfnen to
achieve the Independence of their native
country % commonly provocative of laugh
ter and scornf We answer-because they
have been generally such abspFd, misguided
and misdirected efforts, I'D have been
made,bin the United States, with such
reckless disregard of the treaty obligations
and the best interests of this country, which
has sheltered most Of the Fenian move
sments. Had the American Irishmen con-
fined themselves to ordinaFyagitation for
sIrelandy holding mass meetings, raising
money and in every way helping the old
GAUGE at home, slsast of violating our neu-
tral4tI laws and making guerfdlla raids on
Ehnadla, Fenianism would not have been
vB6jteE with the coptumely which most
AndeFican citizens now pour upon it. We
do not say that it is possible, at this late
day, to rescue Fenianism from the odium
into which it hasfallen; bat, perhaps, there
may be some Irishmen in this country
sensible enough to make the effort. They
now have an opportunity to exhibit wis
National Brotherhood" has been formed
with headquarters at St. Louis, whose
axowed object is to supersede Fenianism,
and unite all the Irish factions into one
party. AS this concern is rival OF the
!" Irish National Congress" now sitting In
Cincinnati, or rather is intended to absorb
that with all other Hibernian organizations,
there is possibility that its managers will
change the programme of operations IN
order to make a good bid for Irish support
and American sympathy. In our opinion
speaking at least for American sympathy
they can do this in no better way than by
announcing their purp0se to make no at
hereafter to lawful exertiDnsin behalfof Ire
land. We mean by this such agitations for
substantial reforms in Ireland and among
the Irish people as may be made without
involving any armed conflict with the Eng
lish government. We should think that by
this time poor Irish laborers and serving
girls would be sick of giving tueir hard
earned dimes to foolish forays on the
neighboring dominion, and would mistrust
those who have so bodily mismanaged
Fenianism in America. If the Irish Ma
tional Brotherhood would take this course,
they would effect more real good for Ire
land in year than Fenianism could ac-
compfish in a century.