Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-01-16
rIIE 1nIsfI FILLIBUsTEEs.

eight other personS-all IriShmen, We believe
for an alleged violation of the neutrality laws Of
the United States, WAS still progressing before
the United States Supreme Court, at Cincinnati,
at our last atlyices.
I,wouId appear, thus far, that these persons
are members Of the Irish Emigrant Aid Society,
a secret organization auxiliary to the Parent So
ciety in Boston, and that the aim Of both is tho
liberation of Ireland or s'the subyersion OF Brit
ish Government, in Ireland" The prosecution
/. instituted upon the 9th section Of the Act of
Congress of 1918, known as the Neutrality Law.
1t isas follows:
sIf any person shall, within the jurisdiction
or Territory of the United States, begin or set
on foot or provide or prepare the means Tor any
military expedition. or enterprise, to be carried
ON from thence against the territory or domin-
ions of any foreign Prince or State, OF of any
COLONY. district or people, with whom the uni
ted States arc at peace, every person SO otfend-
ING shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemeanor,
aud shall be fined not exceeding $4,000 and I'M
prisoned not exceeding years
Whether such Society does or docs not exist
in this country, does not appear to Us very I'M
uortant further than the vindication and execu-
lion of the law above quoted is concerned; for,
from all we can gather from the testimony, the
organization is such flash in the pan-such
temporary efF.ryescence Of American-lrish fer
yor-that it is not very alarming either to Great
Britain or to the law-abidiug citizens of the Uni
tsd States
Asaspec;meu of neutrality-suspicious.,
we subloin the address said to have been secret
ly issued by the Society, and a copy of the oath
said TO be administered to the members Our
greatest solicitude on this subject is for the Lon
don Times, for we fear when these awful reve-
lations shall burst upon it, it will go into con-
yulsions ofmingled indignation, wrath and trepi-
datiOn; and as we see that alr. Champion has
been invited to go home on account ofhis par
ticipation in acts against our government similar
10 theacts with which these Trishmen arecharged
against the British government, we almost trem-
blef for the measure of retaliation whichwe may
expect to hear booming across thewaters, some
OF these days. We are apprehensive, however,
that our Courts will ACKNOWLEDGMENT the ardour
of such productions as the following:
address to the hobart Emmet Branch cftbe Irish
Ea.igrant AM Society of Ohio, to The lrisG-
men Of the Buckeye Stete:---
FELLow Ex1LEs: The sun Of Irelands Inde-
pendence, SO long obscured by the clouds of all
yersity, is bursting through the darkness ofcen-
turies, and may soon shine in spleMlOr over a
liberated nation! For ages our fathers fought
and bled in Vain-tor centuries they suffered the
penalties of subsection to the stronger, and died
in the confident hope that the men of succeeding
ages would ayenge their wrongs, and llberate
the nation from the oppression OF the Anglo
Norman robber.
'sThe day for which they sighed and prayed
has come, and the spirits of our martyred dead
call us from above, to blot out the shame Of
centuries andlift our dear old nation up to hap
uiuess and freedom The voice Of the eXile1
Lelt has gone forth from the bay Of Boston to
cheer the dropping, to stimulate the slothful,
and 10 unite all IriShmen in one grand rally for
the freedom of Ireland. Shall we then, the Irish
inhabitants of the West, hold back III such an
hour, and in such csuses Shall the opportune
moment be lost. and the day God gave US for
VengEnce, be spent in doubt and fear!
$40! BY the faith Of our race,-by the bones
ofour insuitecl deadly the memory of Clon-
tarE-by the massacre Of Siullag hmast and Tara!
by the recollection of the starved millions of '46
and 49-by the glorious deeds of Wexford and
YineqArhill-by the ruthless perfidy ofthe Sax
On.-by the untimely death Of Tons and FitZ-
gersld-antl the uhinscribed tomb Of Emmett,
vengeance ID ours and We shall repay!
Awake, then, IriShmen of Ohio. anil to the
rescue. The day ofEnglands tribulation isnOw
tho whitening breath Of an angry God is upon
her, scoursing her for the robberieS, the muir
jers of ages, and dissolvins her pOwe: Ike
before the warm sun. With the opportunity
presented, and freedom before US, shall We, the
oIiled SONG Of crushed and lacerated mother,
remain for ever the hslots Of every people who
wish to put the yoke upon our neckS-toil thro'
.eproseh and approbrium, in the rags of scryl-
tude, and die with slavery S letters on our limbs,
without an effort to ettace the black and bitter
memory of the pastg ireland speaks to us thro'
the Massachusetts Convention. Shall VIC not
heed her call, and organize as she directS2 Gin
ciunati has already adopted the Massachusetts,
platform and plan Of action, and is duly author
ICED to organize the State Of Ohio. The Robert
Emmett Club, of Cincinnati, therefore, calls on
you, Irishmen to organize clubs in every city,
town and village in the State, on the aboveplan,
and every necessary information will be furnish
ed you from here, on application to the Secreta-
~. When the State is thus organized, State
Convention will be called, and State Directory
elected. who shall manage tho funds and other
business Of the society.
"Irishmetl, let no man fall or falter now. The
work is light, if action be united, and every man
do his duty. Oh. how long have We wept over
the tale of sorrow, that weekly comes to us from
our own Innistall, and how artentiy we watched
for any movement that would cast ray of hope
across the polluted waters OF Irish politics; but
never in our most ardent imaginings and loftiest
dreaming, did we hope for such grand oppor-
trnity, as the God Of nations give this day to
the land Of our love. Let US, then, if we arc
men, prepare to accept the boon and grasp the
liberty Of Ireland with strong and armed
hand. The man who nov holds back was made
for slave, and deserves the towards fate.
THE men Of Massachusetts have set noble
example, oneworthy of imitation by every State
inthe Union; and be assured that nothing will
give the true friends of the cause such bouyant
hope ~ TO find that Ohio is firm in the ranks of
Irish patriotism.
'Let each mans motto be to cultivate the
friendship Of his neishbor, to be sober, prudent,
StSilant, aud hopeful, and we cannot fail
sTTo win tho esht that must be WOn
The fFpedom Of 6sr land, which they well begun
Signed on behalf Of the Club:
"DAHIEH GoEAHAN, President.
"EDwAEp KRNlFEeK, Sec'y."