Mr. STEWART. I am glad that this res olution is offered, not so much for the particular purpose of giving the Fenians a hall. for I presume they can maintain a hall and hold a meeting without this; but after all that has occurred in the last 5 years on the part of England toward this Government, the unfriendly position she has assumed, taken in connection with the action of this Government toward the Irish people in enforcing the neutrality laws. I think it due to take some action in Congress as expressive of the sentiment of the nation, that we do have sympathy with the Irish rather than with GreatBritain that has treated us so badly. I believe there is a warm sympathy on the part of every American in favor of the Irish people, in favor of that desire of liberty which is manifesting itself from year to year on the part of that people, and sympat iy with their sufferings for the last 200 years under the oppressions thathave been brought upon them by ‘reat Britain. I believe there is a sympathy in the U.S and among all republicans in favor of them and their cause; but the vigorous enforcement at this time of our very severe neutrality laws, of which I am not here to comlain, is liable to be misunderstood. Great ritain may come to the conclusion that we are in full sympathy with all her oppressive acts toward Ire and; and I believe that some resolution ought to pass Congress expressive of the proper sentiment of the American peeple. I offered a resolution the other day, which I propoee when this is disposed of to call up calling upon the Government to use its good offices in favor of the release of those risoners in Canada who were taken in the late fenian raid. I think it no more than right that this Government should use its good oliices for the release of those prisoners. They would not have been prisoners in Canada but for the action of this Government. served the same rules that GreatBritain did, if we had administered the same neutrality laws as she did, there would have been no Fenian prisoners in Canada; the Canadians themselves would have been prisoners; that we all know. It was by the armies of the U.S. that they were enabled to make prisoners of those heniaus; we enforcing our If we had ob ‘ laws and taking from them the burden of defendin theirown territory. I believe it is not more t ian right, therefore, that we should now ask GreatBritain to release them, and I offered a resolution for that purpose. I hope this resolution will pass that I may have an opportunity of calling up the other resolution. I think a similar resolution has also 'passed the House, and perhaps we had better take up the House resolution. I believe this entiment. of the nation should be expressed, and GreatBritain should understand it. I think it is wrong that we should stand in a false position before the world and that our symcpathies and feelings should be misnnderstoo.