Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1856-01-10
From the Cincinnati Times.
Fhe Examination of the Alleged Irish Fill
ibustcTs.


address and Oath of The Robert Emmett GLIB.
Yesterday afternoon the room Of tho District
Court was crowded with spectators anxious to lis
ten TO the examination of the parties charged with
violating the neutrality laws of this government,
by raising an armed company for the purpose OF
interfering with one Of the provinces Of Great
Britain. The names OF the parties were called,
which are as follows: William G.. Halpin, David
Ready, Samuel Lumsden, John Hudson, James
Murphy, j. w. Burke, John McGroarty, Barthol-
omew 0'Keefe> Edward Renifeck, Thomas Tiernon,
Michael Norman, and Owen b. Faridy, who were
represented by Attorneys Malon, Platt and o.
Neal-Mr. Halpm appearing in his own behalf
The British Minister, Mr. Rowecroft, occupied
seat clese to Messrs Sage and Probasco, frequent
ly conversing with these gentlemen, who appeared
on the part of the State in the absence Of the Dis
trict Attorney
Mr. Sage Stated in a brief manner what they
would prove, claiming that the defendants should
be held for violating the 9th section OF act of
Congress of 1918, the penalty attached to which
il, fine of $4,000 and imprisonment not more
than three years and in the course of his remarks
read the following address, which he said was is
sued by the society of which the defendants were
members entitled the Robert Emmett Emigrant
Aid Society"
address Of TIE Robert Emmett branch of the Irish
En,i5rant Aid Society Of Ohio, TO The hishnaea
of the Buckeye State.
FELLOW EyIIEs: The sun Of Trelands indepen-
dence, so long obscured by the clouds of ADVERSE
ty is bursting through the darkness of centuries,
and may soon shine in splendor over a liberated
| nation! For ages our fathers fought and bled in
vain--for centuries they suffered the penalties of
subsection to the stranger, and died In the conf
dent hope that the men of succeeding ages would
avenge their wrongs and liberate the nation from
the oppression Of the Anglo Norman robber.
The day for which they sighed and prayed has
come, and the spirits of Our martyred dead call on
US from above, to blot out the shame Of centuries
and lift our dear old nation up to happiness and
| freedom. The voice of the exied Celt has gone
forth from the bay of Boston, to cheer the droop-
| ing, to stimulate the sothfu and unite all Irish
men in one grand rally for the freedom of Ireland!
Shall we, then, the Irish inhabitants of the West
| hold back in such an hour and in such cause
Shall the opportune moment be lost, and the day
that God gives US for vengeance be spent in doubt
and fear?
No by the faith Of our race, by the bones of our
insuted dead by the memory of Clntarf by the
massacre of Mullaghmart and Tara by the recol-
lection of the starved millions of '46 and AT by
| the glorious deeds of Wexford and Vinegar-hill!
| by the ruthless perfdy of the Saxon by the un-
| timely death of Tone and Fitzgerald ald the un-
| inscribed tomb Of Emmett vengeance is ours, and
we shall repay
Awake, then Irishmen of Ohio and to the res
cue. The day of England's tribulation is now
| the whitening breath of an angry God is upon
her, scourging her for the robberies, the muir
ders, the massacres of ages, and dissolving her
power like snow before the warm sun! With
| the opportunity presented, and freedom before
u.s. shall we, the exiled sons of crushed and
laccrated mother remain forever helots of every
people who wish to put the yoke upon our necks,
toll through reproach and opprobium, in the rags
of servitude, and die with slavery's letters on
our limbs, without effort to efface the black
and bitter memory of the past? Ireland speaks
to us through the Massachusetts, convention Shall
we not heed her CALL and organize as she directs?
Cincinnati has already adopted the Massachusetts,
platform and plan of action, and is duly author
lied 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 above plan, and
every necessary information will be furnished you
here, on application 10 our secretary. When the
State is thus organized into clubs State conven-
ton viii be called, and State directory elected,
who shall manage the funds and other business OF
the society.
Irishmen let no man fail 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 In
install, and how ardenty we watched for any move
ment that would cast ray of hope across the pol
luted waters of Irish politics; but never in our
most ardent imaginings, and lofCest dreaming, did
we hope for such grand opportunity, as the God
of nations gives this day to the land of our love.
Let us, then, if we are men, prepare to accept the
BOOM and grasp the liberty of Ireland with strong
and armed hand. The man who now holds back,
was made for slave, and deserves the towards
fate.
The men of Massachusetts, have set a noble ex-
ample, one worthy of imitation by every State in
the Union and be assured that nothing viii give
the true friends of the cause such buoyant hopes
as to find that Ohio is firm in the ranks of Irish
patriotism.
Let each mans motto be, to cultivate the friend
ship of his neighbour to be sober, prudent, and
hopeful, and we cannot fail
"To win the fight that must be won,
The freedom Of our land, which they so well begun"
Signed in behalf of the Club.
DANIEL CONAHAN, President.
EDWARD KENIFECK, Secretary.
CINCINNATI, Sept. ~, 1865.
The following is the oath which, Mr. Sage said,
was required to be taken by each member of the
Robert Emmett Club:
THE OATH.
[" in the awful presence of God I do voluntarily
declare and promise that / shall use my endeavors
to form brotherhood amongst Irishmen Of alt
persuasions for to uproot and overthrow English
government in Ireland and furthermore declare
that neither hopes, fears rewards nor punshments,
shall ever induce me to make known any of the
secrets of this Order. To all this most solemnly
pledge my most sacred honor"
The reading of these documents were somewhat
objected to by Attorney Mallon, but finally admit
ted, together with the platform of the Massachu-
sets society, which breathes the spirit as the
address to the Irishmen of Ohio.
John Ellis, United States Deputy Marshal was
the first witness called to the stand--he related
the manner of the arrest, and the resistance made
by Mr. Kenifeck, which we have published hereto
fore-he took from Kenifeck his pistol and book