Butte record., 1854-07-29
PROPESCTUS OF"THE CITIZEN. .,

| A NEW WEEKLY JOURNAL to be published il
| "a New YORK. aad to be conducted by JOHN Mite
Eli, assisted by THO. FRANCIS MEAGHER. and =
competent corps o contributors.
The principal conductors are i'll the first place, Irish
men by birth. In The second place. they VIII
endured years Of penal exile al tlc hands OF The British
Government. for endeavoripg overthrow the domu-
ion of that Government in their native country. In the
third place, they refugees on American soil and
aspirans 10 The privileges Of American citizenship.
The principles and conduct Oi their new journal will
be IN accordance with their posillon their memories
and their aspirations.
They reuse 10 brleve that PROSTATE and broken ~
The Irish nation Is now the cause of Irish Independence
IS utterly lot.
They refuse 20 admit tha; any Improvement in the
maerel condition of those irishmen who have survived
the nseTes OF the last seven Years If any improve
meut hCre be- satisfies The honor lulhs The destiny
of an ancient and noble nation
They refuse 20 believe that Irishmrn az home
ghec be lOyu To the sovereign Of Orea Bril-
ain. tina; IriShmen in America Can endure the
thought of acreptiue the defeat which has driven them
from the land qt lheir fathers, and made that beloved
land object ui pity and cou'cmpt te the whole earth
Thr movement of all ihr western and southern
tons OF Europe Is towards i,-puhncahsn. AMER lev
yt4rs al dl-lnH ''lcare a,d oricr -acf isnE Ikea
corpse. nolioniess. brtahes- from h.r last giaut
STRUGGLE nlh ths et'rrs oi her rants weighing dOwu
her Nmn- ruf Heir bn nnc- her breast. Eur1g- is
again rpening fast ioruuotr bursting forth c the pre-
cIu4s ana deaIll.~s spirit oi freedom The dumb
mH-sts uf English lie The men vufeics~. ianisS right
ess. who labor forever in mines End factories, who
ts'e no partin ;hc government o' the'r own land
u'tres n ,he oppression OF ireland in the punder of
Asia or in tine European blance OF powtr-tnose
rs- We nrprrheud- were not EuulY crushed INTO ih8
earth tnc luh of April; ISIS. persons he
heve- They are finding voice and spirit again. Ger
many and laly are not dead-Ilungary l. not even
asleep. War alrcasy RACES in Europe; others are
hrercnng-thai is to aay promising: and all over En-
rope AMI America there eyes watching aud hearts
for y e occasion TO al diplomacy and wr tu a good
account for the cause ef Republican Freedom Man
klud Is once more becoming charged viii the electric
iy of Revolution and one ofthe poles Of that battery
We believe u be situated somewhere IN or about New
York
/ TIE conductors Of The Clrzrv desire to awaken
again ihr u.toil spirit and ambition of Irelandro
evoke and slmuiac among lrshmen noble zeal 10 aid
and TO pariaSe in the great march of European Democ~
racy. The suyeresgn and arisocraccs Europe being
banded together against the Peoples, inteud pro-
mote Tar ia lies trternal alliance OF The
Peoples against The sovercigns and arisiocracies.
One powerful obstacle TO such lraerua alliance ha.
hitherto been the hypocrcai pretenco lo liberalism
made bs the British Government The conductors Of
lHs CITIZEN mean 10 devote their most earnest effort.
10 strip of that sauctimonl0us preence and TO exhibt
The hne-h power in its true character not only lh-
opprcss, OF Ireland but the opFressur of England. and
tae ally Of oppression all the world over. Intending
themselves io be true and loyal American cizns they
VIII recommend $50 course NJ policy which would
aie h,. Irish or other European refugees from the
common action oi Ibis great Republic TheJ viii iucui
cait, and With all their power assist CAREFUL losing
study cd hose atse aud jgst institutions under which,
here in AH'ere- thr5 have found both refuge from
iHsr eucsui So and scho, and example OF the grand
doctrine 'n.l '"ran 60 enforce. To become, IN go"d
lalii ci@ts " ID armed soldiers 't America Is 20 eu-
hsi under thc banner of universal Democracy. They
VIII bear forever do remembrance, The heavy debt II
gratitude WHICH eSpa-triat'd lrishmen owe 20 America
iur her powerful prore Zion aud ready sympathy; and
VIII Iiou~iy watch aud pre- pare for dis
charge Thai sacred debt They viii be zealous the
task of ruconcIins the various factions which. both
sides Of the Atlantic, have distracted and weakened the
cause of reaDd and have always given her enemies an
easy victory
The conductors Of this journal intend 10 rnah~ trial
now many Ti-hDcn, how many yoiaries of lenocrucy
militant in tnupe. aud of Democracy yictorlDus Ia
Amerca, VIII a2rre with them in these principle and
hep them in striking this alliance Soon they viii rs
enabled to know whether they aboring 10 any good
end. They DO not think of spending their whole lives
in brushing iic wafer, or in moving dishes skim
med miIk Ihef DO no! mean to be likrned unto tho
Jew'- forever calling Palestine their country. and wai-
uhs for RE restoration Of King Da'id'- dymsty-or
tue elsh, watching. generation after generation for
The return o Nrthur-cr ihr soldiers Of the Niyuiua
eerlmA gulu- on their swords for the DAY Of Arma
@cddon. u nile British Tyranny still arnds Ireland
while irlsh spirit -u nrehes and burns in passionate
rrYo! nga:n-t IT, they viii labor ia their ch0sen work
A any rate and IN the mrautule they know thai the
honest aui trUress preaching OF Truth and Justice must
! bear good fruit, buti Tor Ireland aud AmeGica
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