The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-03-03

To make the parallel complete, each political |
party in the Union proclaims its own honesty |
and the baseness of its rival.
Next day, according to the same authority
''the grand grab game was still going on, or,
in other words, Tammany and the Collector
were still contending for the bodies of the
five Fenians. The city of New York was pre-
pairing to give them magnificent reception,
and the claims of competing populations
we're referred to an official parsonage bearing
the tremendous title of Grand Marshal Brevet
Brigadier General Tweed. The United Irish
men of Washington seem to be divided be-
yond even this awful functionary's power of
reconciliation. Two delegations of i've mem
bers each from this society demanded
places in the reception. The
Grand Marshal Brevet Brigadier-
General proceeded to allot ten places,
and supposed that he was giving satisfaction.
He was never more mistaken in the course of
his distinguished life. Captain Macheath
could doubtless have reconciled himself to
the presence of both his wives, but the diff
Guilty would have been to reconcile his wives
to the presence of each other. One delega-
tion of United Irishmen demanded that the
other delegation should be excluded and on
this demand being refused, withdrew them
selves from the reception. A meeting of
Irish societies, held to consider ''the meddle
and muddle" which had occurred the night
before on board the Cuba, declared their
''iust indignation" at the proceedings
of Thomas Murphy, whom we take to be
the same person as the collector. They did not
mention Tammany, but we suspect that Tam-
many was equally out of favor. The en-
thusiasm was still tremendous, and the flow
of eloquence overwhelming. The United
Irishmen, or as many of them as could en-
dure one another's presence in the same
room, presented an address to the Irish
patriots lately liberated from British dun
geons. 'Some of u.s." said this address,
''like yourselves, were born under the dark
shadow of European despotism." The Fe-
nian conspiracy was described as an attempt
to set Ireland like another star in the glorious
constellation of universal liberty. Its punish
ment was stated to afford woful demonstra-
ton of what "monarchical despotism" could
| do to oppress the best and truest of the
! human race. Another address, after welcoming
Rosa and his companions from ''British
dungeons and the chains of the tyrant" to the
| free and hospita6le shores of the great
American Republic, declared it's gratitude to
the President of the United States, who, Gin
the face of British authority, said, Let the
exiled Irish patriots have rst-class passage
to the land of the free and the home of the
brave" General Millen writes to say that
| the Herald was incorrect in stating that he
offered large sum of paper money to the
exies on board the Cuba, and therefore the
statement which we have above transcribed
must be considered to belong to the imagi-
native portion of the HeraIdS report of the
first day s proceedings. General Milen states
that he did not offer dollar to the exiles, and
he thinks it would have been we'll if "a
similar consideration for their feelings" had
been shown by others.
Later intelligence leads to the belief that
Tammany will intimately win the affection
of the exiles, as the correspondent of an Eng
lish newspaper ooarsely says SSTammany ha s
the most money, and therefore it appears
probable that some further outrage to the
feelings of the exiles may be perpetrated.
We should not be in the least surprised if
they were to pocket the affront. Besides
political competitors for the honor of their
company, we learn that the proprietor of
Niblos Garden had waited upon them with
an invitation, which, however, they were
unable to accept. 1t is stated that Collector
Murphy has got into trouble at Washing gton
by his enthusiastic demonstration of
welcome to these Fenians, and it is to be
hoped that the American Government will in
struct its officers to abstain from hostile de-
monstrations against country with which it
4 is at peace. AS regards the addresses of
sympathy and other curious compositions to
which we have referred we suppose that
they crafty those who write and some OF
those who read them. If President Grant
did say in the face of the British Govern.
ment, 'Let the Fenians have frst-class
cabins" we should have been disposed to
allow him to pay their passage-money, by way
of exemplifying the hatred of tyranny
which actuates his countrymen. But
we were under the belief that oul
own government had paid the passage
money of these Fenians, although it did MOI
provide them with frst-olass cabins. Th'
experiment of releasing them has turned
,, out exactly as might have. been expected, anG
as, indeed, was expected by everybody, ex
cept perhaps by Mr.. Gladstone. 1t must bt
remembered, however, in favor of the polioy
of concession, that if these Fenians had no
been released, the instructive spectacle o
the 'great game of grab" would not hav,
been exhibited. Intelligent Irishmen Cal
hardly fail to perceive that both at Tamman.
Hall and Niblo's Garden Fenians are invited
, for the profit of the proprietors.