NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Westport Times, Volume II, Issue 214, 7 April 1868, Page 3

NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS.

In giving publicity to any communication having reference to a matter of public interest, we do not necessarily endorse the opinions contained therein. All letters must be accompanied by the writer's name and address as a guarantee of their authenticity, and to ensure their insertion, must be sent in two days prior to publication. To the Editor of the Westpoi t Times and Charleston Argus. Sie,—ln perusing the columns of your valuable paper of this morning's issue, I was astonished at the language in your leading article about Irishmen, Fenians, and the so-called Fenian sympathisers, which I trust you will be gOod enough to allow me space for a few remarks. I, like a good many of my countrymen, do not wish to become a champion of Fenianism, • or do we countenance any act of disloyalty to our Sovereign Lady the Queen, or the

Constitution under which wo are governed, but are always ready to defend, if necessary, law and order, and when called upon to show our loyalty we are to be sound foremost in the ranks of loyal subjects. Therefore, I trust, Mr Editor, we stand on grounds of equality with Englishmen, Scotchmen, or any other men. I now wish to ask the cause of the late disturbance on Addison's Flat? Perhaps I may be allowed to answer the question? Tour public speakers of Westport. The language of those men on Thursday, 2nd instant, was sufficient to irritate the minds of Irishmen, whether he Was a Fenian sympathiser or not, for the love of country is the ruling passion of almost every Irishman ; therefore, when it has been said that the people who walked in the procession on the 17th March, were part and parcel of O'FarrelPs gang, for wearing emblems of nationality, were not the people of Addison's Flat, that never saw O'Farrell, thereby accused of assassination and treason. If it were treason for Irishmen to walk here and hold funeral processions in memory of the three men whom the greater portion of Irishmen considers patriots and martyrs, who suffered death for the love of their country. < "Why was it not treason for the eighty thousand who did the same in Dublin, and who believed the men innocent of the crime for which they suffered ?

Tou cannot erradicate the love of country from the hearts of true Irishmen more than you can of true Englishmen, and you cannot offend a people more than by false accusations. So I hope the seeds of discord and disaffection will not be scattered amongst us, but that we will live in peace and harmony with each other, for united we stand and divided we fall. So it is every man's interest to do the best he can for himself and the country of his adoption, without creating any party spirit or ill-feeling amongst us. The demonstration of loyalty displayed by the people of Charleston, should be an example to those of Westport, where unity and good-will were the order of the day. By this means we shall enjoy our freedom. Appologising for tresspassing so much on your valuable space, I am, Dear Sir, Tours truly, James Hejtnellt. Westport, April 6th, 1868.