The Sun. — 1857-09-15 (London, England)

SEPOYS.  The rabid outpourings of one or two Irish journals in the Sepor interest have elicited a manly letter of repudiation from a Roman Catholic gentleman of position and influence in the county. of Wexford. In a communication. addressed to one of the local papers Captain Esmonde White, of Newlands, Ferns, thus writes : "I read in your paper the extracts frOM the Nation and Dentocrcti relative to the Indian mutiny.. Thank good-_ nese, unless as extracts, they, were not likely to meat any one's eye in this part of the country; and, thanks to Provideace, the sentiments there attributed to the Irish people are known in this country to be utterly:false. But may not such statements carve slight mistakes elsewhere, and shall we risk the chance that in any portion of the work' even a few of our people shoUld suffer under the false imputation of rejoicing in the horrors to which our countrymen and countrywomen in India have been subjected—or that the demonlike acts- of the Sepoys meet the approval of even one individual in Ireland ? We are iu this country, in many occasions, extremely sueeeptible as to the fact of the deeds of our army and navy being mentioned as deeds of the English and not the British army and navy, and we take every °Nor:eta:My e painting out how freely Irish I-hod has been (and I trust ever will be) poured out for the natiun's safety and glory---and in this we are right. But are we only to assert our claims in prosperous times ? Would it net be fairer and wiser now to take our station by the. side of England, and do it in a public manner 1 Three is a subscription on footfor the Hearers ; it is true we may all send our mites separately, and such might -de very well under other circrenstances ; but, as it, is-, won' i it not be possible and well to get up some public subrcriptione. or pt least arrange that subseriptions should be sent t, soma one Person, and then all together forwerded by the Lieutenant of the County, the very smallest sum being considered acceptable./ And, on the whole being forwarded, let it be accompanied by a public statement that the people of this country are prepared in every way to stand side by side with England in putting down and punishing these miscreants. If this could be done other counties would take it up, and we should then not only have given the nubile lie to such statements as you extracted, but we should have the proud feding that, as we were ready to perform the duties demanded of us by both loyalty and humanity in the day of misfortune, we shOuld have an undoubted right to assert our claims to the glory which will as it ever has, assuredly follow the British army on Indian soil ; and never had that army a nobler cause, and never (in defiance of Nation and Democrat, I assert) had it more the universal prayer of Irelaud for its success. With all her faults Ireland is a gallant nation, and where is there a man with a human heart but must look with horror on the murderers of women and chil drat), and wish ardently for their punishment I I am going abroad with my children fur a few. weeks ; but, throwing out this hint (which I really do from downright indignation .at .the paragraphs you extracted), feel confident there are people in this country more fitted L. than I am to carry it out, if it be considered right to du so." [ After all, these ebullitions .of disgust, however • creditable to the writer, are but wasting of ammunition. There are not two dozen persons in the island whose sympathies are with Nena Sahib or the ▪ other monsters of the Indian mutiny.