FENIANISM IN AMERICA.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 38, 16 September 1867, Page 227

FENIANISM IN AMERICA.

;*. ,•';!' v i(l4jpm jjhe.’Americanfrjfflea)*- *. ••/•'. ,_” ‘Feniahism , >.•«, producing;»a i disagreeable result'rtb the’Urnted "States, where’ it has grown and thriven. \The inilitapy organs isationof.a. (strong band, ipfj foreigners, for the; acboinplisbment! ofqn objeet. infwhich the country is no '-Way- ismore likelj to be injurious ro the nation whiib shelters it than "to that against whibh'it is directed.'r<Ehgland can meet’.'Fenians as enemies, ";Bn.d repel. them by.force; of.arips witbani’;her^jtoim4pirieß ( ;tS^pjh;;«' a body;.;':; It inajs.bp; yejcy patncitip fgr .Jjigj Jj&fc, .while repeiypdvjjptp. pyomiise, tp ; use, country, without : any, regard to their, proceedings may do to ..their adopted country, Bpt,;;how©Fer flattering Buoh a 'ikli

bourse tnay. be |o it.is the reverse of flattering: to the United States. - The native-born American can scarcely be* gratified,.,alt seeing his country used as-'a tool-by a pet of' rowdy Irish conspirators, vvhose avowed bbject is to involve 'the twpi great branches: of; the Anglo-Saxon rape in war, to give'an ascendency to a party ia bis native island. Americans are beginning to be impressed with the Tact thafi there 1 is no American object or interest; whatever involved'in the proceedings of the [Fenians. Processions are formed, military displays are made in the. streets, and much “ buncombe ” talked; but all on questions.of no concern whatever either, to North or South, Democrat or B-epublic. Why should Irishmen be encouraged to slay, and rob native Americans, because they are born on the left bank of the St.Lawrence ? Surely the ties of their great? fatherland, should be stronger than i: the profession of a political creed! Bjut if Americans look with indifference or approval at these proceedings directed against their brethren across the border, they : are. beginning to learn that it is unpleasant to experience the aggression thetnselves, and. the weapons.,of these marauders are as! ready at their own throats as at their i neighbours. . They had a disagreeable proof of this on Stf. Patrick’s Day in New York. A grand ; procession dragged itslong length through the centre of the city, cutting, it.’ in halves, and impeding .the traffic. ~ All communication between the upper and lower portions was suspended ; nohe.dared;to' cross the living barrier ex*' cept those, who held their lives in their bands. The mail waggons have, by law, the right of way; and the driver of one, as in, duty bound, [attempted to make good, his passage.; he was pulled down.from his. seat, and cruelly beaten, and his horses fared no better. Long' lines bf cars blocked up the roads, .detained while the Irish‘flaunted in the face of New America their Hibernian patriotism. “ Fancy our indignation,’’ exclaims the American correspondent of the Standard, “at being ordered about by drunken, brutal Irishmen, whose only , titles to authority wero. the green badges they had placed in theirbiittdn holes and the swords and clubs they ! carried.” Fancy the feelings of the pas- . 1 sengers with 'their • baggage on board the 1 oc'eon steamers, starting' at noon; as ‘they; watched the, .interminable, procession, andf hours slipping - by. Imagine their s annoy-: ance on reaching the place of embarkation"; -to see the smoke of the steamer in the distanee,' with- ■ their forfeited fare and their wardrobe on board. But alt were not prepared, to endure with patience the interruption. , A fight, of course, was the consequence, and twenty-two policemen were the victims. So long as they came up by ones and twos they tell an easy prey, to the. mob, but experience taught wisdom to the ’ myrmidons of the law, and at last a solid phalanx marched dowu Grand-street, with a front that showed they were bent on mischief. The mob instantly scattered, leaving on the ground, the bodies of the ! adventurous men who, single-handed,-had 1 thrust themselves on! the scene of action, all-badly wounded., Flaying with edged.! tools is proverbially dangerous; encourage- ; ment to filibusters ; m[ay ; be a .policy of expediency, biit can never,-be one of. wisdom. ■ •The; ascendency of such ! a-lawless party as: the Fenians can work nothing but evil. If. is [ suicidal to encourage the.,' ; lairge, , ah(i[; growing Celtic party to band together for., the accompliahment of a' purpose; purely Irish, and : to. ‘ separate and apart from-. those of the nation. By such means a community is formed in the 1 United States, but. not’’ of the. United States; The nationality is /maintained where 1 , true ! policy Would direct that that natibnality’should 'be : aboliahedrfthat the . naturalised Irishman; should cease to be, an ' Irishman 1 and become an American. Even - where tlie sought , peaceably ; such - organisations should,, not be encouraged, but -where- sought by force of arms the impolicy , becomes a danger. ’ The: imperium in;impeirio assumes then a tlpreat* - eniog aspect, aud the combination: aecustomed 16’.'demaiid w hat they assert; to be ; their rights with arms in their ! handd'may, t when baulked or successful against-ado-reign Bower, tura.on the Government., of., the country which has harboured them. The U itited States- should .not trust '/too much to their powers .of absorption, for this party has a tendency to grow at a quicker ratio-than any other in the Union. a'ud it might become a very dangerous one > ! as it surely will be led, by greedy and tun- . scrupulous men. -The Americana may de-;: peiid upon the fact, rwhich liaa been proved hy the pages of history, that theFrish are!, not an -easy:-people! to 'govern. From oat - ihe- mass men nf the inost brilliant capa* . city; :.of; the • most! extraordinary, intellect, 1 • pfr genius,. are constantly stepping, .but the - mass- delight in secref association: and t in: open l violence, whom no benefits can con* , ciliate, no laws control, when the spirit of - opposition is fairiy roused;. It is for thebenefit: of this party; as well as of the nu-" iheroui'emigrants thrbwn"ih [shiploads on : the Araerioau soilj that it iehould be di- - reoted: and controlled—-in onb word,; governed: By such' means.' the will 1 ' bedome a moativaluable class -to the Union;! but' jifoleft to-' their ownidevioe».they;xuay4 yet'form its ihost dangerous element. :' ’ <,. r. !■