The New York Herald Newspaper, January 16, 1862, Page 2

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1862. OUR STATE TROOPS IN THE FIELD. What the Empire State Has Done for the Preservation of the Union. Over One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Volunteers. Pvortant Propositions to Remodel the Militia of the State. annual Report of the Adjutant General of the State of New York, &e., &e., ke. Guyana Heapquarrers or New Yor«, Apor. Guwmnat’s Orrin, ALuany, Jan. 14, 1862. } Bie Excellency E. D. Moncax, Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces of the State:— ‘Sm—Pursuant to the provisions of the law of Congress “Establishing » uniform militia throughout the United States,” I have the honor to submit the following re- Port:—For the first time in our history it has become Recessary to use the military power and resources ef the Government to suppress an insurrection designed to sub- ‘Vert the constitution and destroy the Union. HONORS TO THR PIONEER REGIMENTS. ‘The Adjutant General then proceeds to a the stirring events which succeeded the fall of 2 Since eee who so rest to the ion of the Presieat ot the United, States prociamat; of the 15th April, and ofered their services to the Gover- nor of the State.’ The regiments which repaired to the field of action were, named in the order of their depart- ure, the Seventh regiment of Militia (National Guard), who left on the 19th April; the Sixth, Twelfth and Seventy-first, leaving on the 21st, followed ‘by the Fifth, Eighth, Sixty-ninth, Thirteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-fifth and Twenty-oighth.’ To these regiments belong the honor of being the frst, with those from Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, to render service to the country which can hardly be estimated. The Adjutant General recommends that the above regiments be allowed to place on their re- Fimental colors the simple but signifeant inscription, “Washington, April, 1861,” in recognition of their honorable conduct as citizen soldiery. fan - THR THREE MONTHS SRY. The following is a list of the militia regiments which served for three months, at the expiration of which time they returned and were di — No. Name of Colonel. 1861. Ho armed. Men. 5—C. Schwarzwaelder... April 27..Muskets, 1842. 600 6—Jos. C. Pinckney..... Do. 21.. = 550 7—Marshall Lefferts...:. Do. 19.. — 1,050 &Geo. Lyons . Volunteer reg'ts org’zed (infantry). — — 88 ‘COMMITTEE. Te, pessveaae, ne ips re st re ) i = It ts mentioned as highiy creditable to the promptness Do. reg’ts do. (artillery). — ae 2 of the military, and to the efforts of the State and local | Do. —battal’ns do. (oreulery ae 2 authorities, including the Union Defence Committee of | Do. batteries do. (artillery). ¢—-— the city of New York, that in less than three months | Do. reg’t do. (engineers). — — 1 forty six regiments, including in the thirty- Do. rocket Ren ahiacean -—-i1-—- seven thousand six hundred andeighty-eight men,wereen- | Do. plete organizations rolled, organized, equipped and turned over tothe go- | still in the State................. --- vernment. Although at first supplied with arms of an inferior quality, the regiments were subsoquentiy sup- Pied with those of an improved pattern. The following is a list of the regiments sont forward up to the 30th day of July, in aidition to the eleven regi- ments of militia previously nea eats 41—L. Von Gilsa, 42—Milton Cogswell, 79—I. I. Stevens... 800 $4—Alfrea M. Wood, a 850 DIFFICULTIES IN ENLISTMENTS OVERCOME. The Adjutant General here refers to the difficulties erising from the want of s proper system of enlistments, and explains that by modifying the piso of organization, 0 as to moet the views and feelings of our rural popula- tion, enlistments were greatly stimulated, and, during the months of September, October aad November, no Joss than thirty-Ove regiments of infantry, three regi- ‘ments of artillery and seven of cavalry were sent into the field. This exclusive of # large number of recruits drawn from our population for regiments in service, of the number of which the department has no positive means of knowing. ‘THE EMPIRE LINE IN MOTION—OvVER 120,000 strona. The following is a list of the regiments sent into service fon the 30th day of Juiy 1861, to the Ist day of January, _ Date of De- No. Name of Onlomel. 1861. Hinw Armed. Men. 43—Francis L. Vinton. 19. .Muskets, 1842.. 834 4—S. W. Stryker... - Sp'gtield rifle... 977 45—G. Von Amsber; Kemingt'n ws 46—Rudoiph Rosa... a oy 4 Moore... 4—Jas. H. Perry 49—D, D. Bidwell C B. 2Co. rilles. rest 53—L. J. D’Epineuil 64—E. A. Kozlay... 66—R. De Trobriand... 66—0. H. Van Wyck 57—Sam'l K. Zook 88—W. Kryzanowsk! 69—Wm. L. Tidball. 0—W. B. Hayward. \—Spencer W. Cone..... Do. 10..Eulleld rifles... 831 62—J. Lafayette Riker.... = Do. 988 63—R. C. Enright..... lov. 29.. - 817 @4—Thos. J. Parker -Dec. 10..Enfield rifles & muskets, 1442 830 66—John Cochrane.......Oct. «+2 Co. rifles, reat muskets, 1840 857 6—Jos. C. Pinckney......Nov. 16..French rifled muskets 15 67—Jullus W. Adams. = “844 ye . Spgfield rifles. 732 20).E rile. , rest muskets, 1842 788 70—Daniel E. Sickles. Aug. =. Armed by U.S. #844 Ti—George B. Hall........ Do. «Do. do. #844 72—Nelaon Taylor. Do, » do. O85 73—W. BR. Brewster. Sept. reuch rifles... £56 14—C. K. Graham. Do. . Armed by U.S. #844 %—Jobn A. oige Nov. 30..Muskets, 1842. 864 77—James B. McKeon Do. 27,. Enfield rifles... 866 80—Goorge W. Pratt......0ct. 24..2Co. rifles, rent muskets, 1442 837 8h—U. L. Davis...........Dee. 8.. Enfield rifles & ‘6B. P. Railey..... 3..8. si—stophen A. Dodge. Dec. 2..French rifled miskets.... 789 8° Henry M. Baker. Austrian rifles. 731 * Hf. 3. Pairehild CAVALRY, 1961 ti <A. T. MeReynolds.... Sept... Sabres, pistote and sine car bines to each compan, 2—A. J. Morrison........Nov. 23 rae af 3—J. H. Van Alen. Aug Sabres and pis. «| tols 736 4—0. F, Dickell. Sept = 678 | 0. Deforest . Nov. -_ lon oT. 0. Devi Dee. 16, = 663 oJ. M. Day Sept 599 Militia regiments enlisted for 3 mos. Recruits for rogiments in the field, estimated of over one hundred aesuddea Samuel J. Crooks 10—Jehn ¢r a First battalion New York Mounted Rifles, “Iajor Dodge, two companies, sabres and carbines... Engineer regiment, &. W. Serrell, REGIMENTS OF ARTILLERY. 1—G. D, Bailey... | Fifles and muskets, ++-Ocb. 29, 1861, Parrot rt- fled guns. .1,268 2—Jeremiah Palmer.....Nov. 1, 1861, — 1,206 BATTALIONS OF ARTILLERY. 1—Lieut. Col. A. Brickel.Oct. 20, 1861, - 333 2—Major T. O'Neil. . .Dec. 16, 1861, ~- 833 BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY. 1—Capt, T. J. Kennedy..Dec. 8, 1861, - 164 2—Capt. L. Schirmer. - - 188 3—Capt. T. P. Mots...... - - lt 4—Capt. J. E. Smith. - - le 5—Capt. E. D. Tafts..... = _- 108 * - - 110 - 125 => 160 _ 101 1861... Rot yet left the State, numbered, in }, On Ist of January, fourteen eighty-three men. These are Reclaate oy oy depots and at the different regimental camps. The fol- Jowing list shows their strength and FPF SSeseeey Sys! FEE s 3 FURNISHED UP TO JaNUaRy 1, 1862. [ Arm of Service. FUNCTIONS OF FEDERAL AND STATE AUTHORIDIES. The Adjutant Genera! suggests that to organize a force , it is not qUstons souls hae aren, or that the functows of ae State and general government ve sometimes ap- peared in conflict. On the assumption that the pian of Volunteer enlistment, adopted at the outset, is to be con- Sinued during the war, the Adjutant General suggests that it does not require a lose construction of the pro- Congress and visions of the acts of the plan of their organization, the discipline . + 4778 | which are to be subjected, and all matters con- - = Te oopetieattonal Provieions, this is wacrssary a. ° ‘ty when troops afe massed in large bo- Do. do... 776 | dies and acting under a single commander. The duty of Do. do... 803 | organizing such forces as may be called for by requisi- iene ak _ pence toe Gores ariing and disciplining them Muskets, . according presci rules, of a ting - ‘1842.. $00 | officers, and of turning them over to government Do. Do Do. a government would prevent much perplexity and promote transferred the State, and created numerous regimental organizations over which no control whatever could be exercised.” The consequence was that no reports were made to the de- in any sense of their progress, nor were list of acceptances were the names of officers have served ia venturers.’’ THE WRONG ABANDONED. In short, the abuses connected with the system, the embarrassment under which it placed the authorities of the State, led to representations at Washi induced the War Department to abandon it. s it. INCREASE OF ARMS AND ORDNANCE. The necessity for an increase of the su and or governments of Europe ‘WHAT THR STATE 1148 ON HAND AND I SERVICE. From ® statement showing the amount of ordnance, &e., in the bands of the arsenals of the State, January 1, the information that the totals bel State are:—Seven nine pounders, one seven six pounders, seventy in service; one twenty- four pound howitzer, in service, eight twelve pound howitzers, 4 in service; 15 mounted howitzers, 8 in ser- vice; 10 twenty pounder Parrott’s rifled cannon, none in in service; service; 18 ton pounder do., nane artillery sabres, 602 in service; 768 artiller: 666 in service; 1,605 non-commissio muskets and bayonets, 11,014 in service; 788 flint kets and bayonets, 464 in service; 190 flint rifles, 145 in service; 7,841 percussion rifles, 1,917 in service. STATE AID TO FORTIFICATIONS. It is recommended that the resources of the State be applied in aid of the general govesnment’s efforts to im- prove the condition and strength of the fortifications situated within our territorial limits. PROMOTIONS. ‘The Adjutant General passes to the consideration of the subject of filling vacancies in the ranks of commissioned officers, taking grounds im favor of promotions by merit He especially recotminends that hereafter promotions be made to field officers regimental- instead of seniority ly, and to line officers by companies. ‘THE STATR MILITIA. During the war the organized militia have rendered ef- Independent of the eleven regiments fective service. which to Washington in April and the part of May a number have enlisted for the war as dis- ti izations, an we Wecome mer, im th volasfier force from this Stave, setiobs, The following list gives the militia and volunteer bers of these regiments, whieh will notfbe included statements relating to the milita:— Militia No. Colonel. 2 G. W. Tompkins. ls W. Stiles ig to the last annual . aixty-three regiments; in Wh sifted as follows — those 319 Arm of Service. Infantry and light infantry, and serving ag such... Rifles. Engineer corps (sanpers Musiciane, comprising bands. “40 seventy seven companies, as follows:— 67 of the infantry arm. id 10 of the rifle ar 10 of the artil er: seteeeesecerceseesesR$ 283 AGGREGATE NUMBER OF VOLUNTAERS the constitution of foreign countries, and whilst there were undoubtedly men of real merit, there were others whose claims could be viewed in no other light than those of ad- In future it should be insisted on that for ail levies of volunteers from this State, formal requisitions be made on the Goverzor. This position the Adjutant General sustains in lengthened argument ly of arms, stores, Is urged with mich force, as the danger of a collision with one or more of the is becoming manifest, and in view of the probability that the State, in case of fo- reign war, will have toffall back upon its own resources. It is therefore recommended that the State encourage the establishment of one or more manufactories of arms and foundries of cannon, to be under its exclusive control. swords, officers’ swords, none in service; 1,298 cavalry sabres, 026 in ser. vice; 175 carbines, 171 in service; 24,163’ percussion t ps comprised eight divisions, twenty-five bri- 89 officers and men. For 1861, the organized portion of the y militia comprises 8 divisions, 26 brigades, fifty. regiments; in the aggregate, 19,613 officers and men, ci i that the 547 early nom- im the 19,618 the present year ‘The quota of arms due the State from the general gor ernment for the year 1861, was drawn as f 100 rifle muskets, 58 Cal. with accoutrements 200 rifles, with sword bayonets, 80 cavalry sabres 80 carbine cartridge boxes, 80 cap pouches. 80 carbine stings and swivels, and 945 rifle muskets. Inspection returns have been received from the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Nineteenth and Twenty-fifth bri: gades, and from portions of the Fifth, Tenth and Seven- me tiater aise officers have, pursuan ‘The following inspec ve, 0 to paragraph 682 of the General Hegulstious, reported as “Minjor Robert Taylor Pires brigade. rat bri Major Robert Taylor, THE STATUS OF MILITIA - YOR THE WAR. it teresting questions have arisen relating to the status of regiments of militia which have The remains of a militia regiment, where the officers and men have volunteered for the left the State, occupies an anomalous position. Its 4 bers may be so reauced that there can be no com with the rules and regulations governing the militia ser- case of insurrection or invasion, would it be possible for such an organization to render effective ser- Vice. In a case of this kind thedistrict might be declared ‘vacant, the officers holding commissions rendered super- numerary, and a new regiment organized. Unless, how- ever, the safety of the State should require such action, the places of these patriotic citizens, ateen temporarily and in the service of the government, should be retained for them until their return. THR QUESTION ‘SETTLED. The Adjutant General asserts that the above brief it to,” continues the re) militia commission deen most prized, and will, it is hoped, induce :he of these its to apply for commissions as volunteers. Since this opinion was given there have been no militia commissions issued in appointments and Promotions for these regiments; and whenever applica- tlon is made, commissions as volunteers will be iasued to the officers, as your Excellency has directed.” IMPORTANT PROPOSITIONS YOR THE REORGANIZATION OF THE mum. A portion of the 't is devoted to the consi- daetene the necessit: tor a reorganization of the mi- litia on a basis essentially different from that provided in the law of 1792. early # asserts the Adjutant become reviewing theear- & army or employ volun- teers. Replying at some length to these several propositions, the Adjutant General finally concludes to submit the fol- lowing suggestions to his Excellency the Governor. for his consideration. As the subject involves questions of ‘the highest importance to the future welfare and perma- nence of our militis system,we intrench upon our co coat eee ragement given to the Se gr im the several arms of ger- population, Detween the ages of table to bear arms, of seven bun thousand, less than twenty thousand whole number of the organized militia of the State. Of sixty-three regiments, into which this force is divided, more than one-half bas noth beyond « bare organization to distinguish them from the great mass of the unorganized militia. Deficient in arms and accoutre- , OF table appearance at the stated inspections parades. This condition of things arises from no in- disposition on the part of our citizens to connect them- selves with the militia service, but it is owing to the want from the State. The cost of main- enforced by more stringent rules, and beyond this thore should bea ‘appropriation annually, to be dis- bursed under proper checks and restrictions in the pay- ment of such charges as the State is justly and banerabiy bound to assume. The necessary means for this purpose should be provided by a general tax, on the principle that & military organization of this character is to be con- sidered as a safeguard to life and ~ 3 whenever a coercion of laws is insufficient. The w le policy, in short, should be changed, and instead of being with indifference the militia system should be ized a at once an important and necessary institu¥ion, and entitled to as much care as those of a civil charac:er. ‘3. How much soever we may admire the elective princi- ple when applied to civil offices, it is questionable whether itcan be succcssfully carried out ine military organization, and one obstacle to the improvement of our militia are po) pean basa = article = , of the constitution of 1846. perfection of any military system depends on the absolute nature of the sutboriey by which it is controlled, » proposition with which the provision making military of es elective is in direct conflict. No officer who owes bis position to the vote of those whom he is to command can act with that paramount gard to the interest of the service, which is necessary to promote its highest success. Nor is the elective princi- je any less prejudicial to the welfare of the soldier. Experience has fully demonstrated that the choice of off. cors is governed more by personal preferences than by ‘any regard to reai morit or proficiency; and when expe- rience in the fleld has brought out the real character of the person they have chosen, they find too often in place of the experienced officer, thoroughiy ju@inted with his duties, or at least capable of loarning them, a total incapacity, joined to as totala disregard of as care for his command. Perhaps nothing has been 80 prejudicial to the volunteer service as the manner of choosing li: officers, and it is equally s0 with respect to any organiza- tion, The Convention of 1846 seems to have been in great doubt as to the propriety of extending tho princ! ple to military officers, and with commendable caution left open a way of escape, in section 6 of the same arti- le, which provides ‘‘that in case the mode of election and appcintment of militia officers hereby directed, shall not be found conductive to the improvement of the mi- litia, the Legiwiature may abolish the same and provide by law for their appointment and removal, if two-thirds P the members present in each house shall concur erein.” A modification of the present law, so far as to give the Commander-in Chief the appointment of all officers above the rank of captain, and requiring the choice of line offi- cers to be contirmed by him, would, in my opinion, be & most advantageous change from the present rule. 4.acl in the manner of appointing officers should with some provision to test their qualifl- cations anexamining board. Although a test of this kind cannot be considered as equally satisfactory with meritorious conduct in actual service, it is far bet tor thau no test at all. The officer who can explain and illustrate, theoretically, the movements and evolutions of the company and battalion, will not be likely to fail in carrying them into practice. His theoretical knowledge will at least afford a fair presumption in his fa and if he should prove incompetent in the eld, it pro- bal Uh to other causes. But the examivation of an ir shuuld not be confined to this one branch of his duties; @n acquaint with those which relate more particularly to the eanitary condition of troops in ser ‘vice i# almost as important as to know how to drill and Manceuvre them, and no oan be considered fully competent for command who does aot exhibit some degree of intelligence and information in regard to tLem. "f As proficiency in feld exercises and in the manual of arms can only be acqu red by practice, provision sh ald be made for the more frequent assembling of companies for drill, and also for the massing of larger bodies for in- struction in the movements of battalion and brigades. ip int in the regimental remove the troops should be located at some central vr brigade district, and as this w: from their homes and business avocvtions, both officers ad men should | ton thisduty Promote the formath n @ liberal cist bu ma nine to this de inclination amo. get 8 AVOEALIONS Will ot Or MEVIGY be Connodt am: Ti vent show that ther tigens whore { their entering the vol themselves with mili associations for home duty. If this incl were it would lead to « lary ‘of the organized militia force. i will be noticed that the ‘aggre- gate number of rifles and muskets of ali deacrip- tions actually distributed to the militia is less than fourteen thousand, ap amount so manifestly bebw what it should be for a State with more than five hundred thousand men capable of bearing arms, that the mast prompt means should be taken to increase our sup- ply for the purpose of issuing them to newly formed or- gasizations, and to complete the arming of those alreadg 4. If, with such encouragement as can be offered by the State, the number of companies and regiments should not be largely increased, under the law of 1864, provision sbould be made to increase the number of regimental dstricts, and to organize therein one hundred regiments, including those now formed. This would constitute no larger force than should be readily furnished from an sggregate population of four millions, nor would it be larger than may be required to prot our exposed fron- tiers from invasion. Should the expense of collecting so large a force for instruction by regiments and brigades be considered an objection to the plan, the new regiments might be organised for the present on the basis of ten companies of thirty-two men each. This would give wkeletom formation which could be filled up by draft whenever neccesary, having meanwhile ita full staff, eae i intiepeneatio to the efficiency of any military organization. FOREIGN MILITIA SYSTEMB—~THE SWISS FAVORED. ‘The Adjutant General quotes authorities and Fine statistics to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Prussian Landwehr system, also that of the Swiss confederation, showing that the basis of the latter is the supreme au- thority of the federal gevernment,and the duty of all citizens between certain ages to perform military duty. It is the only military force, there being no standing army, and with a total population of less than three millions, numbers over one hundred and seventy-five thousan: follows i, tus Eilte;which takes the place of a. regular foree, 5 w a and includes ‘all lisble to bear arma between twenty and thirty-five years of age. 2. Reserve, including all persons between the ages of thirty-five and forty. all persons between the fou of forty ana forty: ages ry y-five. 4. The Levy-in-masse, or Landsturm, which is not or- ganized, and is only called out in great emergencies. MILITARY TRAINING ON THE RUROPRAN PLAN—CONOLUSION. ‘The concluding Tai of the report are as follows:— Anoble system of mili training and discipline could be founded on the basis of those prevailing under Euro- governments, nor would it be difficult to assimi- many of their most important features to the form 0» our institutions and the character of our population. A’ standing army equal to any emergency will never b® tolerated under the existing state of things, whilst w® daily evidence that one no larger than the present but small account, ao far as numbers are concerned, in a contest where a single State sends one hundred thousand men to the field. To consider it in the future asa school of instruction, drawing its pupils from the several States by draft and according to population, for a service of two years, would be one of the best features in any plan for roe, the militia. It isto be hoped that will give to this subject that prompt and careful consideration which its importance demands. Whilst the legislatures of the several States can do much to improve their military organizations under the law of 1792, they should not lose sight of the fact that tubfect which is necessary to give the counhry s oom: ul wi necessary to give acom- plete and uniform system, and its action should be in- ‘yoked by appropriate resolutions. In closing this report I desire to acknowledge my obligations to my predeces- sor, General J. M. Reid, th whose unremitting ex- ertions the great increase business of this t can Campbell, t Adjutant charged with’ the duties ‘with the militia, and especially to Gol. Biss, Jr., Acting Assistant Ad- jutant General, on duty in the city of New York, for the jistance he has render ization of have is of }, to General, who Reapectfully HILLHOUSE, Adjutant Genoral, The Irish in Canada Called Upon to Fight Under the British Flag. mitted, THOMAS A Loyal Canadian Shocked at the Course of the “ Record,” Rey Re, ke. {From the Metropolitan Kecord SAsetibisten Heater or. gan), Jan. "en From the last number of the Montreal Truc Witness which has reached our office, we learn that the course of the Mctrepolitan Record, ‘‘ with reference to the antici- pated struggle between and America,” bas not for not thinking precisely as he does on this subject is, in our opinion, carrying the matter alittle toofar. We aware of this peculiarity im the character of our con- temporary, but we nover imagined that we were called upon to lecture him thereon, or to assume to ourselves in e have known, during the course of our gentlemen of the editorial profession who appear toiabor under the impression that a parti- cular obligation rested upon them to correct the bad grammar that either inadvertontly or otherwise found ite way Occasionally into the colutnns of other papers. ‘They are the 8 of the press, and the race, we sup- pose, will continue to exist so long as newspapers are Published. It is « harmless race, however, and the weakness by which it is distinguished may be safely tolerated, as it injures nobody, while its indulgence affords its possessor, at least, some gratification. But amare ts aes “anaraeee Chabal tee “proteenien anes peculiarity is of & different character, and whose indulgence it is more caicu- lated to excite contempt than pity, to create disgust than to incline to toleration. is is the class who deem it their special duty to keep a sharp waich on the principles of their neighbors, to lecture them on the errors of their ways, and to show them exactly wherein they fail to come upto their strict standard of moral rectitude. They are the Aminadab Sleeks of the profes- ‘sion ; the men who are better than their fellows, and who, in their pretentious and arrogant assum; ir Walcs wantaeetie a pase goer ‘ines ig not ambit! a is par- ticular class. How far its proclivities may fead J cannot say, but animadversions like those in which it indulges against the Record are certainly a bad symptom. Let us see what we have done to incur the displeasure of thef'rue Wines If, that-paper, the editor of the Rerord supposes fora moment that there ‘would be found ia this” prot vince one Irishman #0 base as to wish to betray his adopted country, then most miserably te he deceived, and most fouliy does he traduce and culmniate his fellow countrymen ot th! It is true that there might, perhaps, be found in roviuce, Uanada some Yankecized Irishmen (Irahmen cruelly spoiled after the making), who, contaminated by their contact with the demoralizing and brutalizing institutions of the States, might entertain some such notions as he describes; but were he more conversant with the feelings of those of whom he feanes to write, he would know that these Yankeeized Frishmen are where despised in Canada by their fellow coun! * for that they have mm the purity of the falth of their Catholic forefathers, and have lost the freshness of those noble-hearted sentiments that have ren- dered Irishmen at once the admiration and the envy of Catho- Hic nauions. ‘The statement which provoked this terrible outburst of indignation, as well as the vile slander upon the Irish of the United States by which it is accompanied, was pub- lished in the Record a few weeks ago, and was to the effect that the Irish in Canada, as well as in the United States, would take advant of a war between England and this country ‘‘to pay off the debt of centuries which they owe to the English enemy.” And this is the full tent of our offence. But the treal True Witness has misconceived the tenor of our language, and it is there- fore only proper that we should set ourselves right in the matter. We are no political propagandists, and would not seek to disturb the relations existing between the people of Canada and their governmont; but as citizens of this ropublic, we could not close our eyes to the fact that since the Ls f of our domestic Englang las manif publicly fomenting unbappy divisions which, tl b hor agents and emis- saries, she bas done so much to create and foster. The government papers in Canada, and the Montreal Prue Witness among them, have been most assicucus in their efforts to prejudice the minds of the Irish there agatoet the United States, by seizing upon and paradi their readers every crime or Outrage committed as illustrating the morals of the whole population. We sia- cerely ‘rust that our fellow countrymen in that part of the British dominions will not be misled by this agin | trick of their enemies and ours, and that they will Bever recognise as # foe « land in which millions of Irishmen enjoy political independence, ite the outrages to which, in some few instances, have been subjected, but which outrages were per- petrated a Soe, coe el ae eee in fall accord with those pete of the English government, the Orangemen of Ireland—and whose conduct never re- eoived the approval or omcuuragement of the great ma- jority of the people of the country, What difficulties we find in our path are of English origin, and we are also aware that the religious privileges which the Canadian Catholics possess are to be traced to a French source. Let us repeat that we do not scek to disturb the loyalty of our friends across the line; but we say that in the evont of hostilities breaking out between this country and 4 ‘would be afforded vo every the in the British Provinces, bat Englaad and Re Ereed States should go to war, then as the nearest, and to us, the most vulnerable part the British Empire, cannot expect to be exempted from attack. The Irish in Canada will, therefore, in the event of its invasion from this country, have oe of making & choice of two things—loyalty to the Brit! government, or fidelity to the cause of thetr native land, of which that government has ever beon the consistent aud unrelenting enemy. This ix the position of the case, av! we hold that no man, except he who has suffered from English injustice and’ English mi ‘nment, is qualiled to 4 ‘lecision thereon—and least of all tho mio who jos@is that the government of Queen Victoria is bot go unjust oF ty-annical in Ireland aa to justify re- bellion or armed iusurrection against ii.’ Let us say thet the right of revolution is with the people o Ire. and the oniy question berg as to the condition under which that rignt should be exorcised—nameiy, the 5 just and tyrannical exercise of the civil pow “ ‘Thy laws are not laws but outrages; they are not bind- ing in conscience; and if, in some instances, thou art obeyed, it is not owing to any obligation, but to pru- , in order to avoid scandal and commotion; it is thenceforth such @ dishonor to thee that thy triumph far from entitling thee to renown, assimilates thee to the rob- ber who despoils the peaceable man of his ‘ment, and to whom the latter, for the sake peace, gives up his cloak also.” But segpeee that in the case of the nation which has plundered of of the man who has been despoiled of wrong or to punish the wrong doer, would he not be jus- tifled in its exercise? ‘Ihe question is one in which the right is governed by the simple fact of possession of the power—the justice of the case being established. No man nor nation should willingly submit to an act of in- Justice, or a violation of his or ite rights, ifetther have ‘the means of pi ting it, We bad always been under the impression that the great of the Irish were inimical to British rule, therefore, of our Mon- treal cotemporary to fasten such @ monstrous absurdity upon the Irish that, whether in Canada, or elsewhere, they are willing to sustain the British [i vernment, a government which bas again and again, by its flondish policy, endeavored to exterminate the “ mere Irish,” and which but a short time ago congratulated {teelf, through ite principal organ, that the Cells were disappearing in the ‘Sister Isle’’—that they Were, to use its very words, ene and gone with 8 vengeance.’ In view of Brit policy; iat view of the horrors of British cruelty romney eg and British bigotry; in view of the millions that have been swopt off of the country by government made famines; in thousands of houseless wanderers who have cbs eremwtiars nets ; in vi crimes agel tice and afl the editor of the True Witness ‘that the Irish are ready and willing to fight for the government. But how fared it with the effort which was made in this city recentiy by Mr. McLee, one of those “Yankesized Irishmen” whohad been subjected for & period of many years to “the demoralizing and brutali- zing influences of the United States?” Was he not hissed x oe Trish who attended that meeting when the; enroll themselves under the Jack for the maintenance of the British government , an Irish brigade in that province, when to the Irish of that and the other pro- home are denied rh} t privilege is ind and Scotland. H FE n that their countrymen of alt to the people of ul Would it not be more consistent with British policy heart to feel for the wrongs of the present, and whe would Prevent the perpetuation of those wrongs by the ovor- throw of their ific cause. We have endeavored, we say, to show why they should refuso to volunteer in’ de- fence of the British government in Canada or elsowhere. But let us hear what the True Witness itself has to say, and we may remark that the following is from the same article in which he takes the Record to task:— It is true that Irishmen, and even Canadian Irishmen, rule far have every reason to hate and detest English as fares friend is concerned—for of all the the tyrannies of this un- PP Cain 5 were. from that first oranns ‘unto blood, of over his brother Abel, down to that last, most refined and cruel one, 8, sending ® popinjay of a Chief S-cretary to mock the foriunes of a iumine stricken country—chat of England's tyranny over her liish sister has been at once the ‘most retined, tbe most contin the most bloody, and the most unrelenting. Ground down by plunder and persecution to that almost verge of poverty that overhangs utier destrac- tion; crushed like a trodden worm beneath an ¢: enormous even for = wealthy maintain a pam- pered and alien clergy whose very presence ix an in- sult to ber religion; and whose every word nounced from their puipits, in drawling accents, and au » 18 @ Feviling of everything her’ Catholic heart bolds de: r—iespised as worse than slaves, and treated asless bru ‘the last act of this worse than heil+h been to and brulaiers too great for but which the purest of pure Catholic ar. | These, alas it i woo true, are the ‘Catho; reminiscences of English rule in Treland, and {f his human nature, unaided by . FevVOlts against st, what wonder? But on Canadian soil he ‘has no such utro- clous evils to contend with; and bis reason teaches him that even if b in an adopied country he could have no rea- aon to rebel has adupted ite protection, such as itean sfford, aud he owes it, by the laws of contract, such assist- ‘ance in its hour of need as he can give. And so, forscoth, because he has been forced by an intolerable tyranny to leave his native land, that tyranny has a still st claim upon him in another part of its dominions; he is to leave behind him all memories of his slavery, and of the despotism that stil sits ghoul-like on the bosom of his country; he is to wrap himself up im a» selfish obli of the out- and crimes of which unhappy hear “vain and brainless puppy ’’—he is to let it " and si en the arm that still amites his suffering motherland. The Mont gaines whut ?—againg whom inst a “millions of his countrymen enjoy the full privileges of citizenship. Whata mockery is this, and what a snare would the editor of the True Witness lead him into. Does he not know that England has been ever active in her ig English justice that they owe possess in that province, and that jin and anarchy come upon the great republic by any act in which they are participants, the tyranny ‘that ‘‘calls for blood’’ and ‘‘criesto hoaven for yr will be enabled to ‘‘griad down” still more by “‘plunder ‘wecution, to almost verge of poverty that over! utter destruction,” that hapless island, the re- membrance of whose wrongs and sufferings should haunt ahi as they have heads to think orbearts to But we are told that this tyranny which “cails for blood’? and “cries to heaven for vengeance,”” is not “too great for Uatholic piety to bear.” This is strange lan- , and if it express.s the feeling of the Catholics of we pity them, that’s all. The tyranny which Emanuel sought to fasten upon the Holy Father, not be compared to that under groaned for centuries, was considered by the sovereign Pontiff too great for the Catholic piety of the Papal States to bear, and he not only appealed to arms to expel it by force, but he accept- ed the services of volunteers that rallied around th standard of the Cross and Keys from ever faithful Ire- jand, France and Belgium, and other Catholic countries. The ‘Catholic piety” of the Neapolitans is, it appears, of too weak a kind to permit the yoke of Piedmont to be fas- tened on their neck, without making a desperate effort to throw it off. It is not the strength of Catholic piety that la proved by ouch menne, bet the weakness @ Cotholis power. Would the early’ Christians have submitted, or would they have been justified in submitting to martyr- dom if they could have prevented it? Did not martyr- dom end w! the Christians obtained the ascendency? The weakness of Catholic power determines the fact of en- durance—the strength of Catholic piety the manner and spirit of that endurance. One nation endures the yoke of another because it cannot throw itoff. Giveat once the real cause—physical weakness—and the nation isnot disgraced; but say that it is the strength of its piety which makes it submissive under wrong ab injustice, and religion is d.s- honored. The Montroal Witness uses tho wrong expres sion—it is not the great strength of Catholic piety which tolerates this foul tyranny, that cries even “to heaven for vengeance,’ but itis want of the means wherewith to accomplish her independence that has compelled Ireland to submit to t tyranny which “calls for though not without repeated efforts to fling it have the power, no matter where they are, whether in Canada, or Australia, or the United Staton, to aid in the destruction of this “tyranny,” and instead of lending # hand to pull it down, they are found fighting under its blood-stained banner, and for ‘the support of a government which despises m ae worse than slaves,” and treats them ‘‘as less than brutes,” then they are unworthy the name of Irish- men, Well, indeed, might the writer make use of this —- for never was there a more brutalizing system than it of the English poorhouse, Yos, brutalizing and ry as recent statistics have proved, to a fearful extent. could the man who penned those words cail = countrymen, aye, and in some in- stances, the brothers and fathers of those who have been subjected to this worst of all despotisms, and whose in renches those and not to which £ Victor alth ‘Does not the present ccadition Protest against such an ou apon Irish feel- ing? Do not the who are driven forth from their humble dwellings, to seek a shelter within the brutalizing, corrupting of the houses, where if priests aro met on threshho! by bigoted who would exclude the dying in- last ministrations of the church—do not these protest with a force that mere language is too weak ‘press against the monstrous outrage which the True Witness would have the Irish perpetrate on themselves ‘fife; Irishmen in the Unioa army, and should there bea war between Engiand and the United States, this number While the pasion, oruhet een 4 @ BY} ir at would be unmis ly with them in such @ contest, as it was Ireland? Let them not that while America sent ite generous aid to our suffering, starving go- yernment of Eng! jed Provisions which were it ‘We had written thus far when our attention was di- rected to an article in another number of the sume paper, in which we aro still more severely taken to task for our endeavors to gain adherents and friends for the United States in Canada in the event of a war with England, ‘That our reavers may fully understand the character of the writer by who the article in question was penned, and the Christian amenities in which he has indulged in our case, wo will make a few chaice selections from tbis re. markable production. And bere they are:— } wrong, en ae in I in Canada, is ia fon, or arimed insurrection againat mat mm uj Universally in the United Btates A We write these things n sorrow and in shame; for we are Jeslous of the good name of our church, and we feel thas more is done by her pretended advocates, the lay cirectare, of the Irish Catholle press in the United States, to sully that ood name, to bring her teachings into disrepute, and to cast Goubts upon the consistency and ‘morality of her doctrines, han by all the enemies of onr holy in Europe or in erica, ‘Throughout the article, which is thus interlarded with slander and abuse, there is an effort to prove that the editor of the Record is recreant to the principles of his faith because he maintains the right of the Irish people, when they have the power, to overthrow, or to assist in- the ‘overthrow of the British government. There never was a time, in our opinion, during the whole history of to possess th" righieine exereso‘of it was maraly & 10 possess ight—the exercise question of policy or prudence. They submitted, at times, because the necessities of their position ov them; but they rose again and to he hind by an appeal to arms, and when they failed pF rary mag by ‘constitutional’ means a portion of that inde- pendence which was wrested from them by fraud and treachery and corruption. The issue wassimply removed from the field of battle to the political arena, and it was uccessfal in the secondeas it had been in the frst be- t fore, to assume that their sion could at any time be construed into an acquiescence Of fealty to a government which only fatied to carry out its diabolical schemes of extermination because it was ordained otherwise in tho eterna,decres. Bu imony A pomairal Se ‘it cannot gover Queen Victoria is so ‘and tyrannical, either in Ire- Jand or Canada, as to j tion against it.’ This ie a remarkable assertion, when ‘we consider the condition of the *‘sister Isle,” es, the tyrannie j ? the operation of the crowbar bri exactions imposed upon the for tof am alien church and clergy, their exclusion from the rights People of England ant) Sootand’ the dopriva:ton an Vv of thelr native Parliament, from which the ne still suffer in the enactment of laws hosti shotr commercial, agricultural and manufacturing pro- ress, But these are not all of the grievances uf which irishmen hayesuch just cause of complaint; and tosay that their countrymen in ia, by a mere change of and residence, have dissevered the bonds of kindrod aud sympathy, have forgotten the claims of country, is to throw upon them & gratuitous g'ander, of which the whole history of their race is a refutation. It is asserted, however, that is their adopted country; and if this means that it is the land they have chosen for a resi- dence, then it is go in this sense, but in no other, for it certainly cannot be claimed that they owe any more giance to the British government in Canada than they id to it in Ireland. ‘They are still under the shadow of that fact that the government, aad the simple dly be urged as a substantial reason for severing the ties which, wherever their lot may be cast, still bind ‘them to their suffering, enslaved countrymen at home. ime subservient to the insidious of the enemy. There were, ly the country, too many hangers on and lackeys of British royalty to be found in the balls of the vice regal court in Dublin, and we are not astonished that some of the same class should have found their way toCanada. They living libels on their countrymen—base sycophants who are ever ready tosbare with the oppressor the plunder — bas wrongfrom their wronged and outraged untry. ‘The special office of the editor of the True Witness t evidently to make Catholic theclogy a supplement t Britigh law and government, and to provo that Irish men are bound in conscience to maintain and uphol! wri witch bo pecforts this, ak, {tay we: should far witl 8 , it is, we mae fs Pitoe und vis sind ce fo which he ay consistently the congenial assistance of the Orange- men of the province. But he will allow us to express our doubts im regard to the success of his efforts, and te as- sort our belief that in the event of war an army of Irish- men from the United States would be pace ge yo Irish in Canada, not as enemies, but as friends, and that if they did not give them a public reception suited to the occasion, they would not, we think, object to their stay schemes ‘tely for in that ‘tion of her Britannic ty ’S possessions on lug an they agit bs pleased to Temata’ What our cotem| implores us not porary means when he to judge of our fellow Catholics of Canada by * those emas- culated specimens of Catholicity”’ which we see around us, ‘and not to measure them by tho miserably low stan: of morality which obtains almost univer ‘inthe ‘States ;’ what he means by all this, it would be hard to conjecture, if it is not uttered in the spirit of the Phari- #00, who thanked God that he was not as men are. Let us tell him, however, that although the Catholics of the United States do not lay claim to superior over their rem. in Canada, or elsewhere, that they aro in no respect behind them or any other Catholic peo- ple in their firm attachment to their faith, and in the sub- stantial evidence which they give of this attachmuat in the erection of churches, in the establishment educational institutions, in the founding of hospitals, and asylums, and in every enterprise of @ charitable or reli- g0 scharacter. When the Holy Father, by sacrilegious ‘nvasion and plunder, was obliged to call upon the iaith- ful thi the world for substantial proofs of their iegation Sei, she came forward es ae : id generous hand, with a more coer and lovin heart,t ban thoge ‘‘emasculated specimens of Catholicit i which, he says, we ‘‘see around us.” Out upon words! they were never indited by a truly pen. Togligion, we slucerely rejoice ia her superior eusrsy and regligion, we sincerely rejoice superior euergy devotion, but if she has failed to do as much, we trust no Catholic paper in the United States will so far forget what it owes to itself and to the decencics of ordinary so- cial intercourse as to apply them the of the True Witness when speaking of our poo; re, it is true, we have not had the same ad with which our brethren across the lincs have been favored in the foun- dation established by the early French settlers, and which was raised by succeeding generations until it as- sumed the full proportions of » complete and subtan- tial edifice. What has accomplished in the United States is the work of s single generation—the growth, we might almost say, of a quarter of a con- tury. If the ics of this country aro, there- fore, to be have done for the judged by what hey propagation of the faith here, disgusting ied to them by the 7rue Witness is not only repul- sive, but it is worse—it is untrue, and unworthy the pen of a Catholic editor. The progress of the church in this country is the won- der of ail classos of people, and is the snbject of frequent commentary in the secular press all over the United States. The following extract from the Newburyport Herald, a paper that is not in the interests of our reli- gion, bears abundant testimony to the work accomplished by the “emasculated specimens of Catholicity” which the editor of the Record is told he sees around him :— The of Catholicism in New England 5 matted fects of this day. Lest month thoy dedicated we Jendid churches, each of which cost them frvn fifty to vixty. ¢ in C arlestown and the other in Progress for # cent they have in the last twenty-ive years, they 1 be io @ majority in this old Puritan State. Many Protestants pledse themeel mimi ives with the idea that thetr vd the thors, evel fe. A majority o’ all the children born in Boston are Catholics, and so much faster do they relatively multiply, that this will shortly be so in othee cities, Nor do we perceive that the young tenacious of their religion than were their 1 Ireland. Without seeking to disparage Canada, we must say, that jodeing. from externals—God alone can judge the heart— ‘rom things undertaken ami acconyplished for the glory ot God and His church, the United States need fear compari- son with mo other land. Let us again urge upon our con- temporary the remembrance of the fact that the Catho- lics of this country hay foundations as English speaking Catholics hay Canada. France was not here before us water, that we might have the increase; we olice are less ‘rs iresh from not only snundultivated, but an encumbered soil to deal with, and man w' Catholic heart in his bosom can look Xpanse of the United States, and see on every sid idences of a faith that has proved itscif by works, without admiring sympathy for a people whose tri- umphs give the measure of their struggies. ‘There is not @ cross-crowned frame temple in our forests that does not symbolize an array of Christian virtuos before which even the editor of the Montreal True Wilness might bow his head in homage. Our ‘emasculated specimens of Catholicity” have commenced and completed works which his robust and tempered energies might shrink from undertaking. Did he forget that, by slandering the people, he threw a slur upon their prelates and priests !— that, by depreciating the work, he dishon men? Where throughout the universai church is there a hierarchy superior to ours? Where are there bi ‘more distinguished or priests more devoted? Here this rising church we have proiates whose profound learn- ing and comprehensive minds are the boast of Cathoile Christendom, and priests whose ceaseless labors and un- noted sacrifices are the joy of angels. There never was@ more unwarranted attack than this upon the Catholics the United States. We said nothing to provoke the complacent comparison instituted by the editor of True Witness. Out appeal was not to the Catholics but the Irish of Cdnada; it was their nationality religion we invoked. That tho Cathotics of that church we need not be told; woare of it, Dear to us every Catholic people, and we derate the zeal and piety value, or subtract works which Canada, 5a sf £5 as : g 5 it a 5 5 i H ; a to our ‘Montreal i ry £ aff States is mreney, at variance wit faith and principles. Has the editor of that paper the see, or does his English der livious to the fact that he 18 giving bis testi. timony, 80 far as it is worth anything, to the slander of the enemies of our holy religion, that it is unable to stand in the fall noonday of political freedom, = poy es te aoe the tingrane OF cnt in their faith, ry ey are, tO use tT our cotemporar; «emasculated specimens ‘of cathottelty.”" ve We now dismiss the matter, in theshope that hereafter, whon the True Witness is in & moralizing mood, it w: find some other subject besides the Met/opolitan = a is Le its advice. To show him how jess his attempts at conversion to English principles are in the case of the editor of this paper vet us toll hie, that if another war should take place between the Untied States and Kngland, it euall be our ploasing duly, aa a Hitt