Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I
- CHAP. I VIRGINIA
- CHAP. II THE NEGRO
- CHAP. III THE SOUTH
- CHAP. IV THE EMPIRE STATE
- CHAP. V CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT
- CHAP. VI CANADA
- CHAP. VII UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- CHAP. VIII THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
- CHAP. IX OMPHALISM
- CHAP. X LETTER FROM DENVER
- CHAP. XI RED INDIA
- CHAP. XII COLORADO
- CHAP. XIII ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- CHAP. XIV BRIGHAM YOUNG
- CHAP. XV MORMONDOM
- CHAP. XVI WESTERN EDITORS
- CHAP. XVII UTAH
- CHAP. XVIII NAMELESS ALPS
- CHAP. XIX VIRGINIA CITY
- CHAP. XX EL DORADO
- CHAP. XXI LYNCH LAW
- CHAP. XXII GOLDEN CITY
- CHAP. XXIII LITTLE CHINA
- CHAP. XXIV CALIFORNIA
- CHAP. XXV MEXICO
- CHAP. XXVI REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT
- CHAP. XXVII BROTHERS
- CHAP. XXVIII AMERICA
- PART II
- APPENDIX: A MAORI DINNER
- ERRATA
- Plate section
CHAP. XXVII - BROTHERS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 July 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PART I
- CHAP. I VIRGINIA
- CHAP. II THE NEGRO
- CHAP. III THE SOUTH
- CHAP. IV THE EMPIRE STATE
- CHAP. V CAMBRIDGE COMMENCEMENT
- CHAP. VI CANADA
- CHAP. VII UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
- CHAP. VIII THE PACIFIC RAILROAD
- CHAP. IX OMPHALISM
- CHAP. X LETTER FROM DENVER
- CHAP. XI RED INDIA
- CHAP. XII COLORADO
- CHAP. XIII ROCKY MOUNTAINS
- CHAP. XIV BRIGHAM YOUNG
- CHAP. XV MORMONDOM
- CHAP. XVI WESTERN EDITORS
- CHAP. XVII UTAH
- CHAP. XVIII NAMELESS ALPS
- CHAP. XIX VIRGINIA CITY
- CHAP. XX EL DORADO
- CHAP. XXI LYNCH LAW
- CHAP. XXII GOLDEN CITY
- CHAP. XXIII LITTLE CHINA
- CHAP. XXIV CALIFORNIA
- CHAP. XXV MEXICO
- CHAP. XXVI REPUBLICAN OR DEMOCRAT
- CHAP. XXVII BROTHERS
- CHAP. XXVIII AMERICA
- PART II
- APPENDIX: A MAORI DINNER
- ERRATA
- Plate section
Summary
I had landed in America at the moment of what is known in Canada as “the great scare”—that is, the Fenian invasion at Fort Erie. Before going South, I had attended at New York a Fenian meeting held to protest against the conduct of the President and Mr. Seward, who, it was asserted, after deluding the Irish with promises of aid, had abandoned them, and even seized their supplies and arms. The chief speaker of the evening was Mr. Gibbons, of Philadelphia, “Vice-President of the Irish Republic,” a grave and venerable man; no rogue or schemer, but an enthusiast as evidently convinced of the justice as of the certainty of the ultimate triumph of the cause.
At Chicago, I went to the monster meeting at which Speaker Colfax addressed the Brotherhood; at Buffalo, I was present at the “armed picnic” which gave the Canadian Government so much trouble. On Lake Michigan, I went on board a Fenian ship; in New York, I had a conversation with an ex-rebel officer, a long-haired Georgian, who was wearing the Fenian uniform of green-and-gold in the public streets. The conclusion to which I came was, that the Brotherhood has the support of ninety-nine hundredths of the Irish in the States.
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- Greater Britain , pp. 296 - 306Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009