Lonan said:
Actually the Fenian raids were stopped before they fully got off the ground by the combined efforts of the anglo-sympathetic power structure in America who fed information (names, dates, places) to the Canadian government (again not that the Fenians were exactly subtle about what they were going to do...), also because the U.S. government didn't want it to spark another retarded war with the limeys.
The president at the time, Andrew Johnson, said he would ?recognize the accomplished facts? of any Fenian assault.
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http://www.bivouacbooks.com/bbv2i3s6.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian_raids
http://infao5501.ag5.mpi-sb.mpg.de:8080/topx/archive09?link=/669/935669.xml
http://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/19thcentury/articles/fenian.aspx
http://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/page/content.detail/id/500055.html?nav=5052
http://www.wartimecollectables.com/zukgingras.htm
http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Fenian-raids
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http://www.irelandcalls.com/.599d02bb