Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-05-26

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ExTRACTs.1
First.-The Irish people are providing
themselves just as fast as their means and op-
portunities enable them, with weapon of va
rous kinds, for which they have conceived a
sort of divine passion no holer fervor since
the crusades has possessed. any nation of men,
not to rob houses, as you, through your rep
tile spies give out-not to attack 'person or
property as your Queens Prime Minister
dares to affirm-not to abolish social order,'
or rights of property, or savings of industry,
as your rascal press prints twelve times
week. No, my Lord, the young men of Ire
land arm for a nobler enterprise; they arm to
defend person and property against brgands
of the law and harpies of the Government;
they arm TO make social orderpossible, and to
secure TO industry its just reward; they arm 10
scourge you and your commissioners, detec-
tives, aides-de- camp, butchers, and strangers,
forth from the island of Ireland with rods of
STEEL
Second.-The Irish people are busy or
ganiZing themselves in sections and class
es,' and appointing their officers, so that each
man may know his right-hand and his left
hand comrade, and the man whose word he
will obey.
Third,-The Irish people, or competent
, number of them, will simply continue so to
, arm, and so tc organize, openly, my Lord
fearlessly, Zeaously, with passionate ardor,
with ferVent prayer, morning and evening,
for the blessed hour when that organization
may find itself ranked in battle array, and
= when those arms may wreak the wrongs of
r Ireland in the dearest hearts blood of her en-
mics.
Fourh.-The Irish people will, by their
mlldness, their moderation, their love Of Or
der and respect for propriety, convince those
who live in good houses and wear good clothes
b that the armament is not against them-that
e your Lordship and the Prime Minister, and
$ the detectives, have foully belied this nation
when you gave out that social order was in
danger, and that pilage and massacre were
intended that, in fine, the sole enemy against
2. whom we arm is the Government of England
# in Ireland, and that no Irishman is our foe
. unless he comes forth to maintain that Gov
! eminent with armed hands.
"Fltth.-The people of Ireland will continue
- to cultivate friendly relations with the people
: of England, who are as deeply sworn to abol
j lsh that empire of fraud and blood as we are
And we and they together, by the destruction
and dismemberment of this thrice accursed
EMPIRE will give the three kingdoms each
o to its own people, with all their wealth and
\ resources, material and moral, to hold, en- Joy
+ and govern the same forever.
4 GAS for me, my Lord, your Lordship's hum
f BILE espondent-you have been told tina
| am mad-a dangerous lunatic, lahoring un
# der cacoethes scribendi. Do not believe it;
y am merely possessed with a rebellious spirit
- and think have mission-to bear hand il
the final destruction Of the bloody old British
;. empire the greedy, carniverous old monster
that has lain so long, like load, upon the
o heart and limbs of England, and drank the
), blood and sucked the marrow from the bone:
OF Ireland. Against that Empire of He'll {
. thousand thousand ghosts of my slaughtered
couInttrymen shrek nightly for vengeance +
O And heaven has heard it. That bucaneerine
flag that has braved so long the battle and thu
r. breeze, flies now from a ship in distress
~ the Charybdis of Chartizm roars under her LEI
- the breakers of repeal are ahead, and thu
curses OF the world swell the hurricane tina
RACES round her, pirate and blood stained sla
yer that she is, filled with dead mems bones
and with all uncleanness. Her timbers ar
shiVering at last
D "'Quamvs Pontica pinus,
- "' Sylvia fila nobilis;
she will never float in harbor more. On tn
- day she goes to pieces all the ends of the cart
u will give three cheers.
y "To help this grand work of necessity an
y mercy is my highest ambition upon earth an
| know no better way to do il than TO max
Ireland arm for battle. To me it is blesse
sound, this cry, The people are arming'-
d Thank God, they are arming. Young mel
q everywhere in Ireland begin to love the clea
glancing OF the steel, and to cherish their dain
- ty rifles as the very apple of their eyes. The
:, walk more proudly; they feel themselves NOR
y and more of men. Like the Prussan studen
(when this work has to be done for Prussia
~ they take their bright weapons to their hearts
~ and clasp their virgin swords like virgi
brides.
D How long will your detectives, you
n. swearers, your villainous back stairs pandel
ia ers 10 the hangman, check this noble passio
~ this most holy crusade. Think of it wei
-. 81 remain, my Lord,
s "With profoundest contempt,
!. ''Your very obedient servant,
L. M