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 AN ADDRESS 
 
 DELIVERED IN THE 
 
 HALL, PETERBOROUGH. 
 
 -BY— 
 
 JOHN WALKER. 
 
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 subject: 
 
 -FENIANISM,' 
 
 IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
 
 ATTEMPTED A8SA8811IAT101V OF PRINCE ALFRED, 
 
 AND THE 
 
 ASSASSINATION OF T. D'ARCY M<jGEE. 
 
 PETERBOROUGH: 
 
 JAMES STRATTON, PRINTKR, "EXAMINER" OFFICE. 
 
 1868. 
 
 
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 purpose 
 
 The present, in our opinion, is the time when a simple states 
 menfckOf tiEMii may be of much benefit to the loyal people of 
 lection with the present movement going on in 
 ites, by the banding together of multitudes who 
 to Britain, and the drilling of the same for the 
 Irthrowing British rule in Canada, and thereby 
 making Canada the arena for the building of shi()s and the equip- 
 men^lil^ie same for purposes of war, in order that Ireland may 
 be 4IHN|c1 irom Britain by forue. 
 
 We are not here to explain the exact position of Fenianism in 
 its numbers and strength. We are here to give what we believe 
 to be a true and correct statement of the desire of the leaders 
 and their dupes ; and also, letting our opinion be known of the 
 American mind on the matter. What we are to understand by 
 the American mind is, the position: Fenianism occupies in the 
 minds of the Americans as opposed to Britain. 
 
 The truth is, the ns^tivo bom American does not like the Irish- 
 man as a man ; but, while he dislikes the Irishman, he is so op- 
 posed to Englishmen (or, as he always terms him, John Bull) 
 that if any means could be placed at his disposal or in his power 
 whereby he could reduce England, or should I rather say blot 
 England out of the map of the world, the great majority of Amer- 
 icans would support »uch a movement by all the greenbacks 
 they could throw into the market. One old and wealthy farmer 
 near Rochester, told me that the greatest desire he had was, that 
 ere he departed this life he would see Canada united to the States,, 
 and then the combined powers of the world would be helpless 
 in a war with the United States. Another farmer near Geneva, 
 asked us our opinion of Fenianism, and when we gave our reply, 
 viz: that Feniaaiism and Fenians might annoy but could not in- 
 
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 jure Britain, he was of quite a different opinion, and so strongly 
 did he express himself on the subject that he went the length of 
 saying, in his opinion, England had only a year or two to live and 
 he would support any movement that might be got up to over- 
 throw her. The day the news arrived in Geneva that the J aurez 
 government had shot Maximillian, another American said it was 
 the greatest act of the war, and when we replied that it wes a 
 foul murder, he merely answered that he wished h4|jhad 
 portunity of doing the same to the Queen of Engh 
 
 It is not to be supposed that because these few iTgEBKCBS are 
 quoted, they are propf of the general feeling of tliq|^merican 
 public ; but let us go to the root of the matter and judge quietly 
 and dispassionately for ourselves by reading the mind^^the 
 New York press, and then we will see the real state of AnSlcan 
 opinion. Take, for instance, the articles of the New York Herald, 
 the articles of the New York Times, the articles of the New York 
 Tribune, and the articles of the New York World', also, the< 
 speeches of Mr. Horace Greely on the subject of American citi- 
 zenship, and 1 am bound to say any unprejudiced mind will be 
 convinced of the fact that the Americans have a deadly hatred to 
 Britain. Then look at the despatches of the Hon. Mr. Seward, 
 the American Foreign Secretary, to the American Minister at Lon- 
 don, and can any man say these despatches do not display a desiro 
 to compel Britain to submit to America, or as we simply regard 
 it, to make them i^o distasteful to Britain that she will be compel- 
 led to withdraw her Ambassador from Washington. President 
 Johnson in his message to Congress, stated he had done what he 
 could to have a mixed convention of representatives from the great 
 powers to declare what England owed America for the "Alabama" 
 claims, that he had been unsuccessful in getting Britain to con- 
 cede to his urgent requests and he wanted Congress to express 
 itself fully on this matter ; but the President omitted to tell Con- 
 gress that when Britain had consented and was perfectly willing 
 to the appointing of a convention, Mr. Seward added another 
 clause to the conditions, and that clause alone was and is the 
 reason for the matter standing as it does at present. The clause 
 
is this, "that the convention decide whether Britain had any right 
 to recognize the belligerent rights of the South. The government 
 of England finding that America wanted to interfere in the for- 
 eign policy of England, at once and lirmly refused ti) proceed in 
 the matter. If, therefore, the desire of Americans is to humble 
 Britain, we ask the question, what is the position of British sub- 
 jects ? and in reply say, stand up ibr Britain, and pre ve to Amer- 
 ica^ and Afi&ericau Fenians that whatever may be their opinion 
 of 1^ people inhabiting these British possessions, they are pre- 
 paredMo*%uiid as a wail of tire around Britain and defy any ad- 
 vance of a Fenian army into Canada. ^Jhould, however, Greueral 
 U'Neil and his supporters succeed in raising an army of one 
 hundred thousand men, we would ask how is he to get all the 
 necefluiries tor his coming to Canada. He must have horses, 
 artillery, ammunition, Hcc, &;c., and where is he to hnd them. — 
 Without money very little can be done, and unless he gets it from 
 some Power he cannot raise it any way else. Will the American 
 Government give it ? Will any of the European Powers give 
 it? We answer naif. The people to whom he must look for 
 support, however willing, have not the necessary means, and 
 while in many cases they would give all they possess they could 
 not raise in two years as much as would be required to keep their 
 army or armies one month. 
 
 I am not the man to seek the enriching of England by the op- 
 pression of any class of people. In oldeii times my country 
 fought against England, under Bruce and Wallace, until, she beat 
 them at Baunockburn ; but what a much better fight is she 
 waging now by sending wise and educated men to represent 
 her in the Houses of Parliament, and thereby she, in her rights, 
 is placed on an equal footing with England, and so will it be 
 with Ireland if she will quietly work and wait Look already 
 at what that polished and enlightened statesman, Gladstone, is 
 doing in connection with the Irish Church question, and although 
 he has many difficulties before him, we believe he will ultimate- 
 ly succeed, and once the Irish Church question is removed, one 
 of the greatest grievances of the country is settled. 
 
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 I admire the man who can say with Sir Walter ticott— - 
 
 ''BreatbM there the mso with aoul eo desti, 
 Who never to himeelf hath uid, 
 Thia in my own, my native land." 
 
 Or with King David of Old, when speaking oi' Jerusalem, ex- 
 claims, '* If I Ibrget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget 
 its cunning." And that is the very reason why Canadians should 
 not be annoyed by any body of men and compelled to l^pp 
 themselves in readiness for the protection of their homes and 
 hearths. If Ireland is dear to liishmeu so is Canada* d€iar to 
 Canadians, and how any body of men can consistently claim for 
 themselves what they will not grant to others is what I cannot 
 understand. They seek to overrun a country which has never 
 injured them, and whose population is composed of Irish, En^ish, 
 Scotch and Americans. 
 
 That such an assassination as that of the late Mr. T. D*Arcy 
 should have taken place in the City of Ottawa ailer he had finish- 
 ed his day's work, and that now not only Canada but England 
 ftnd the world at large should have to mourn the loss of such a 
 bright and shining light and such a staunch upholder of British 
 independence, is such as to warn every right-minded man that 
 the time has come when all loyal and patriotic subjects, whether 
 by birth or circumstances, should take their stand. That such a 
 life should be sacrificed ibr any purpose, and that we should be 
 denied the pleasure of listening to such an orator, is more than I 
 am willing to consent to. We have in England such a piece of 
 « gold as is called the Kho'iiioor because of its real worth, but 
 what is the comparison between that same "■ Kho'inoor" and such 
 a gem as the mind of the late Mr. McCree. Were the most 
 precious jewels of the East brought into comparison and placed 
 in the balance they would be found wanting ; and I am here to 
 say the body of men who concocted or the body of men who 
 accomplished his assassination are not worthy of life. I distinct- 
 ly hold that not only the being who accomplished the assassina- 
 tion but the men who allied themselves to the accomplishment 
 of the act deserve the extreme penalty of the law. I repeat, take 
 
the most precioas jewels of the world, weigh them, measure 
 them, and to a fraction make up their worth, and I ask can they 
 be compared to that mind or spirit which on the night of its 
 assassination completed its work on earth and entered the portals 
 of eternal life. I have listened to such men as the late and Rev. 
 Chalmers, to Candiish, to the late logical and classical scholar, 
 Cunningham, to Guthrie and to the Hon. W. £. Gladstone, the 
 great leader of the liberal party in the British House of Com- 
 mons, the polished House of all Parliaments, to the late and Uev. 
 John Angel James, of Birmingham, the great independent min- 
 ister, to that Prince of Preachers, Mr. ISpurgeon, and although 
 only a poor Scotchman, 1 am sorry I am denied the privilege of 
 listening to the logical and oratorical reasoning of T. D. McGee. 
 When again we consider that Prince AUred, the young sailor 
 Prince of England, visits the remote Colony of Australia, as 
 representative of his Queenly mother than whom no monarch 
 ever occupied with such credit to herself and the country at 
 large her dignified and lofty position, another Fenian is found to 
 attempt his assassination Thank Ghd, in this case the hand of 
 the assassin did not complete the work, and that under a good 
 and All-ruling Providence, the same Prince Alfred has lived to 
 return to the bosom of his worthy mother and the bosom of the 
 country who desire to do him honor. 
 
 It is, however, folly to talk of the disaffected state of the 
 educated and intelligent Irish. Can any proof be wanting when 
 we tell you that frum the pulpit and through the press, the 
 Roman Catholic Clergy of Ireland have done everything in their 
 power, both as Ministers of the Gospel of Peace and as British 
 subjects, to allay and subdue the desires of those who would 
 support the Fenian movement, and we believe they will prosecute 
 and maintain the same position. Look at the late visit of the 
 Prince and Princess of Wales to Ireland. We ask, could more 
 loyalty be shewn ? could the world expect a more loyal and 
 enthusiastic welcom:e than that accorded to their Royal High- 
 nesses. We believe this, that if the affection of the Irish people 
 could be weighed in the balances with the affection of English- 
 
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 men, it woald be foand that the English feeling itself does not far 
 exceed that of the Irish. It is only when we cross the Atlantic 
 we find such disaffection, and we are, therefore, convinced that 
 the root of the matter springs from politicol motives, forced and 
 fostered by Americans — ^in fact, we would say goaded on for and 
 by American politicians. 
 
 We, however, do not think that Canada will again be visited 
 by the Fenians ; but in order to our being prepared let every 
 man in the Dominion who does not sympathise with the deluded 
 and fanatical adventurers, have his mind made up to give his 
 person and his property in indication of the right. What has 
 any honest man to fear save the lives that must be sacrificed? 
 Canada must be and shall bo upheld by England until England 
 has fired her last shot and sacrificed her last man ; and depend 
 upon it, long ere this takes place Fenianism and Fenians them- 
 selves will be remembered as part of the past and of so small an 
 order that historians may glance but will not dwell upon it. It 
 in its beginning was only the imagination of a brain pushed to 
 the utmost extremity for the purpose of gaining the needful to 
 support the body, and when James Stephens got what he want- 
 ed, viz. : as much as would keep him in idleness and pleasure, he, 
 as the Americans would say, skedadled to a country where he 
 can enjoy the pleasures ol this life and laugh at the simplicity of 
 those who entrusted him with their money for the liberation of 
 Ireland. Liberation did we call it ; if all the Fenians in the 
 States had Ireland to-morrow we are bound to say neither law 
 nor order would be known from the moment the Fenian flag 
 waived from all their flag staffs. The greatufsss of a country 
 does not depend on fire-brands and cutrthroats ; it is the quiet, 
 sober, dilligent mind that make a country great and happy. — 
 Where wise laws regulate and protect the subject, trade and 
 commerce in all branches are increased. But what law, what 
 order, what fellowship could be expected from men who, were 
 they placed in the position as heads of a young nation, would not 
 know how to begin with the birth of that nation ? They are not 
 the class of mind to carefully roll a young nation in swadling 
 
 
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 bands, i'eud and nourish the same until she rises in giant strength 
 and proportions amongst the nations of the earth. They are 
 raeroly ttie dregs of society wh( se lust for power deprives them of 
 ail honesty. We, therefore, protest against the men and their 
 measures, and are very sorry to think that for political capital 
 these same men can receive support from many people in the 
 United States who desire to live and profess to live christian lives 
 in all soberness and honesty. The best explanation for this is, 
 that as a lamily quarrel often begets more and more bitter animos- 
 ity than any other quarrel, so our cousins in the Slates can never 
 forget that they are of the same stock and as our fathers quarrelled 
 so must we. The youth of America ure taught to despise England, 
 and from their infancy are learned to sing songs of the tyrant. — 
 We may be thought too pointed in our remarks ; we may be 
 thought too anxious on our behalf for the British Crown and 
 Provinces, and by some we may be put down as acting a one- 
 sided part ; but this we must say, we have ever admired the 
 British rule and as such we are bound to uphold and protect 
 Britain. When a nation such as Britain gives to the world such 
 a proof of her determination to uphold and relieve and protect 
 her subjects as iu the late Abbyssinian war, 1 think it little to ask 
 her subjects to protect each other. 
 
 The leading idea of Americans is, that Britain has. passed the 
 zenith of her power, and that America is to be the ruling power 
 ^u the world ; that in trade and commerce she will supersede any 
 nation that has yet been born. But with British honesty let us 
 go on unmindful of the young Republic, and by calmly work- 
 ing our way we will not only defy any attempt to take Canada, 
 but will place our country in the position of being more and 
 more strong, until at this time she is what she is — the most power- 
 ful nation in the world, she at the same time cannot be equalled 
 or superseded by any other nation. We believe in her greatness 
 for the very reason that under her free institutions and laws she 
 must be upheld by her people. Let the time, however, come 
 when Canada, Britain and the other possessions of Britain are 
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 of powerful and ambitiono nations. What would Canada be were 
 she now under the yoke of or in alliance with the United States, 
 where every box of matches is charged one cent for the support 
 of the Government ? Where if you should like to wear a gold 
 watch, you must pay a yearly tax. for doing so, and where, if a 
 poor man owns a cow, he must put her into pasture, for accord- 
 ing to the law in the State of New York, he cannot allov her to 
 go on the road under a penalty of $5. 1 think the time has come 
 when men's minds should be made alive to the matter, and when 
 as one man, Canadians should say to each other, let us be pre- 
 pared for the worst. Think of it as you may, as the strength of 
 a family is in the unity of its members, so the strength of a nation 
 is in her entire unity. Canada is now in alliance with a country 
 whose empire is the greatest this world ever saw, and whose 
 proud position, is that in working out reform she gave her money 
 lor the liberation of the slaves. Let parents, therefore, encourage 
 their children in their desire to defend the homes of their youth, 
 and while mothers and sisters would willingly sacrifice their all 
 rather than have the manly youth of Canada slain in defence of 
 their country, yet let tlie encouragement be that rather than any 
 band of Fenians are allowed to come into the Dominion they will 
 give even to the last son and brother for that. The fact is the 
 being prepared is the great guarantee against any raid or any 
 Fenian army coming into Canada. Timely preparation will do 
 more than anything else. I therefore advise that every young 
 man who can by any possibility attend to his drill and give his 
 attention to it should at once enroll himself. There is an old 
 proverb, and I find in travelling it holds good, and that proverb 
 is, " God helps the man that helps himself;" and if that same 
 proverb be true there can be no harm in being prepared, but 
 much good ; do then apply yourselves dilligently to the work.— - 
 Let every encouragement be given both by individuals and the 
 government to the youth of the Dominion, that they may be loyal 
 and patriotic In a country such as this is, great inducements 
 can be held out to loyal subjects, and we would propose a scheme 
 whereby the government aind the people would be benefited. 
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 parcelling out the waste lands and holding out as an induce- 
 mont to all young men that if they become volunteers, after^ 
 say ten years servitude, they will be allotted two hundred acres 
 of land with a house and barns ; also, in order to place them in an 
 independent position, the government, when needful, guarantee 
 the price of the stock necessary for the farm, and let the proprie- 
 tor have so many years to pay it up, hereby giving young men of 
 sober and industrious habits a position in society and an induce-, 
 ment to be faithful to the land of their birth or adoption. 1 am 
 too much a stranger to go into this matter fully, but would sug- 
 gest such a scheme, believing it to be for the benefit of the 
 country at large and that ultimately it should be laid betbre the 
 Dominion Government. Once you get the people to see the force 
 and power of my suggestions and that they heartily endorse the 
 same, you will not wait long until the whole is accomplished. — 
 In a free country such as this the people rule, only where tyrants 
 rule are the subjects slaves. Were you, therefore, setting your- 
 selves to work by appoi iting committees in order that a thorough 
 organization were got up throughout the country, and that your 
 representatives in the Houses of Parliament were made alive to 
 the matter, I have not the slightest doubt but' ere many years 
 had run their course, you would see not only the youth of Can- 
 ada enrolled as volunteers, but you would see such a tide of im- 
 migration increased by the arriving of Dutch and Germans, &;c., 
 from the continent of Europe, which people as well as British 
 emigrants would only be too proud to wrap themselves mth the 
 Union Jack of England. Instead, therefore, of the United States 
 receiving the great bulk of foreign emigrants, Canada would 
 have her due proportion, and ultimately, from the Hudson's Bay 
 territory to the Niagara river and from Nova Scotia to British 
 Columbia you would see a country teeming with the sinews of 
 a nation's greatness, viz : the sons of toil, each and all happy in 
 the bountiful supply which a kind and good Providence had 
 provided for them, and ready at the government call to go out 
 and protect the rights of British subjects. With such a population 
 increasing daily in wealth, and therefore independence, it would 
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 'Depend upon it, her greatness does not depend on any connection 
 with the U nited Slates. It is by being independent of any power. 
 But in the race for riches and greatness, being allied as the 
 I)ominiou now. is with the mother country, she will in the future 
 rise to the stature of a man amongst the nations of the earth.— 
 She will be admired of the world and a lesson to all republics 
 thftt monarchy can produce greater nations than republicanism. 
 1 would strongly recommend, therefore, the getting up of com- 
 mittees in order to consider the propriety of what 1 have said 
 about the parcelling out of the wild lands and thereby encourage 
 the youth and also immigration from Europe, in order that the 
 Dominion may be settled and strengthened, for two reasons ; the 
 iirst reason is it provides for a man and his family, an'd when a 
 man feels himself provided for (as blood is thicker than water) he 
 will not only say he will do what he can, but he will willingly 
 sacriiice all he possesses for the defence of the land of his birth 
 av adoption ; and the second reason is, having a loyal and indepen- 
 dent population nothing whatever can really harm their country. 
 Le^t the people,* therefore, be made alive to their real position, let 
 them tet'l their security in theii* alliance with Britain, let them 
 feel a pride in the country on account of its position, and say we 
 will neVier be made the dupes of any foreign power or lawless 
 marauders, whatever or whoever they may be. U'e, however, 
 fikre lipt here to declare what the end of Britain and her posses- 
 fltiti»ii8 may be. We are not here to show by reason or argument 
 IHb yif orkings (ft* the great Creator. His purposes with t^gard to 
 
 ; JiritAiii will stand as long and no longer than he pieaae^, and 
 
 '^^jesn in his unerring wisdom the cup of Britaui's greatness is 
 ttu^ she must decline so that another Gibbon may have to writa 
 ot the past, and tell generations yet unborn that the little sea>^rt 
 iftle of Britain occupied the proud position of beiiig in her trade 
 
 ;imd coiiui;ierce the most forward nation, and that iu this the IViii 
 jb^ntttrjrsbestatidsuun vailed in her mercantile knarine and' navy, 
 
 P^|(mc^ io, that other Kurt^an nations look on with adminUioai^ 
 
 b out American couidus look on with jealousy and dh^^il. 
 
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 Canada must be prosperoiis and happy ; but if lawless an^ 
 graded bands are permitted to pull down the standard 
 England from Canadian soil, the sons of Canada will in the 
 regret their permitting such an act. Let me, therefore, 
 warning voice to all the young and loyal sons of Canada j 
 enroll yourselves ais volunteers, regularly attend to drill, 
 be diiligent and attentive to the orders of your sapei 
 should the enemy come in like a flood you will hurl hii 
 confusion and dismay. We will finish by quoting th« 
 the immortal Shakespere : — 
 
 • The cloud-capped towers, 
 
 The gorgeous palaces, 
 The solemn temples. 
 The great globe itseir, 
 Yea, all that they inherit, shall dissolve,] 
 And, like this unsubstantial pageant fad^ 
 Leave not a wrack behind. 
 
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