The Shasta courier., 1854-02-11
PROsPECTUs OF .THE c,T,..-

A. NEW WEEKLY JOURNAL, to be mn,
IA lished In New York, and to be condnp,ns
by JOHN Mitchell, assisted by THO. FRAN
CTS MEAGHER, and competent corns or az.
tributors.
The principal conductors are, in the first n,.,o
Irishmen by birth. In the second place H.,
are men who endured years of penal e.;ls
the hands of the British Government for O.
deavoring to overthrow the dominion of III,
Government in their native country. In ,hs
third place. they are refugees on American soil
and aspirants to the privileges of American CIR
izenship.
The principles aud conduct of their new
journal will be in accordance with their no.;
ton. their memories, and their aspirations
They refuse to believe that, PROSTATE and bro-
ken the Irish nation is now, the cause of Irish
Independence is utterly lost
They refuse to admit that any improvement,
in the material condition of those Irishmep who
have survived the miseries of the last seven
years, if any Improvement there be, satisfies the
honor, or fultills the destiny of an ancient and
noble nation.
They refuse to believe that Irishmen at home
so abject as to be 'loyal' to the Sovereign of
Great Britain or that Irishmen in America can
endure the thought of accepting the defeat which
has driven them from the land of their fathers.
and made that beloved land an object of pity
and contempt to the whole earth.
The movement of all the western and SOUTH
nations of Europe is towrrds Republican.
ism, After few years of dismal peace and
order after lying like corpse, motoness.
breathless from her last giant struggle, with the
letters OF her tyrants weighing down her limbs,
and their bayonets at her breast, Europe is again
ripening fast for another bursting forth of the
precious and deathess spirit Of Freedom The
dumb masses of English life, the men voteless.
andless. rightless, who labor forever in mines
and factories, who have no part in the govern
ment of their own land, no interest in the op
preston of Ireland, in the plumber of Asia, or
in the European balance Of power-those mass.
es we apprehend, We're not finally crushed into
the earth on the 10Th Of April, 1S4S, as some
persons believe. They finding voice and
spirit again. Germany and Italy are not dead
Hungary is not even asleep. War already RACES
in Europe; other wars are threatening-that ia
to say promising; and all over Europe and Amer
ica there eyes watching and hearts burning
for the occasion to turn all diplomacy and war
to agood account for the of Republican
Freedom Mankind is once more becoming
charged with the electricity of Revolution, and
one of the poles of that battery we believe to be.
situated somewhere in about New York.
The conductors of The CITIZEN desire to
awaken again the national spirit and ambition
OF lreland-to evoke and stimulate among Irish
men a noble zenl to aid and to partake in the
great march of European Democracy. The sov-
ereigns and artist ,cracies of Europe being BAN
ded together against the Peoples, we intend to
promote. SO far in lies. fraternal allinnce
of the Peoples against the sovereigns and ari.-
tOcracies.
One powerful obstacle to such fratcrnal ali-
ance has hitherto been the bypocritlcal pretsnco
to - liberalism" made by the Brtish Govern
nlent. The conductors Of The Citizen mennto
devote their most earnest efforts 10 strip off that
sanctimonious rretence and to exhibit the Eng
hsh power IN Its true character, as not only the
oppressor ot Ireland. but The oppresSur OF Eng
land, and the ally of oppression all the world
over Intending themselves 10 be irIie and lovnl
American citizens, they will rrcunIrlr nd no
course OF policy which would is"lalc the Irish
or other European refugees from the common
action OF this great Republic. They will incul-
cate, and with all their power assist. u careful.
loving study OF those wise and lust Institutions
under which, here in America, they have found
both refuge from their enemies, and a school
and example OF the grand doctrine they mean
to enforce To become, in good faith. citizens
and armed soldiers Of America is to enlist undvr
the banner of universal Democracy. Thry will
bear forever i'll remembrance, the heavy u-bt Of
gratitude which expalrated Irshmcn owe to
America for her powerful protection and ready
sympathy; and will piously watch and prepare
for an occasion to discharge that sacred debt.
They will be jealous in the task of rcconc-
ling the various factions which, on both sides of
me Atlantic, nave distracted anu weakened the
cause of Ireland and have always given her ell
emies easy victory.
The conductors OF this Jonrnal intend to make
trial how many Irishmen, how many votarcs of
Democracy militant III Europe, aud of Denloc-
racy victorious in America, will agree with them
in these principles, and help them in striking
this alliance Soon they will be enabled TO
know whether they are laboring to any good
end. They do not think of spending their whole
lives in thrashing the water or in moving
dishes of skinned milk They do not mean TO
be likened unto the Jews forever calling P;lr,
tine their country, and waiting for the restora
ton of King Davd's dynasty,-or the Welsh.
watching, generation after generation. for the
return OF Arlhur--or the soldiers of the Millcni-
INN, eternally girdins on their swords for the day
of Armageddon While British tyranny still
grinds lreland-while Irish spirit still breuibes
and buns III passionate revolt against il. they
Will labor i'll their chosen work. At any rate
aud IN the meantime, they know that the honest
and fearless preaching of Truth and Justice
must bear good fruit both for Ireland and for
America.
The CITIZEN will be published every Satur
day the first number will appear on Saturday,
the 9TH OF January, 1854.
TERNs-Three dollars per annnm, or six cents
per single copy, payable in advance. All COM
lnnnlcalons 10 be addressed to John Mitchell,
Cltizen Ofhce, No. 3, Spruce street, New York
Mr. !. Foley, of the firm of McCiarrahan &
Foley. No. so, California street, will receive .nb-
sscrlptlons until Agents appointed for Cali
fornia.