The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1863-11-20
THE EENIAN BROTHERHOOD.
Address

!" e'"cehtto" W ute Guy " CE'HTYO, ~
their tt}lo,c countrynaen IN ireland ,cho
shar thar pie,os as to the best aaeaas of
ochieving the Independence of Ireland
BRorHERs-We deem it prudent to
withhold for the present from publication
in the newspapers certain important reso-
buttons having special reference to the rev.
olutionarv element III Irelanl. which have
been submitteA to this convention by the
Head Centre Of the Fenian Brotherhood in
America, and unanimously adopted
Printed copies of these resolutions will be
placed before the different circles of our
organization in this country and will al
so be transmitted at the earliest fitting Cd
portun'tv to our friends at home In the
meantime, We do not wish to separate
without addressing to you few guarded
words-such AS we can afford to have read
by all whom 1t my coacern-regarding
the present. aspect Of our cause.
We are solemny pledged to labor ear
nestly and continuously for the regenera
ton of our beloved Ireland. That pledge
with the blessing of Divine Providence,
we shall redeem. And when the wished
for hour will have arrived, we shall be pre-
pared with you to meet the implacabe
prosecutors of our race in battle array, to
pnt An end forever to the accursed system
under which our unhappy people have suf-
fere1 such cruel tortnres-or die like men
in the attempt And in what holier cause
has man ever died How much Irish
blood has been shed in the service "f our
conntry's oppressor-the punderer and
murderer Of her people fell enemy of
her faith Over this sniject and Others
connected with it we have ponderei long
and bitterly But our resolve is fixed and
irrevocahle the foul stigma which attach
es N our name must he wiped ont
We do not ask, will YOU te ready? We
know YOU are ready Nine-tenths Of the
Irish people have been at all times ready
in heart and will, 10 dispute with armed
hand the invaders right to ensave or ok
terminate them. But this is not enough.
We must be skilled to do" as well as
=" ready to dare" We are thoroughly cor
WINGED o! the utter futiIitv of legal and con
stitu,onal agilalions. parliamentary "pol
icies," and all similar decisions. These
things have brought more suffering upon
our peonle than would be caused by the
most protracted and devastating war -
The best of them would but expose The ar
dent and the brave to the vengeance Of To-
cal de pots: and be it remembered that
such sacrifices bpret no noble aspirations.
No pnsIavel people ever re.ained their
independence. or became formidable %
their ens'aver. without "iiegal TN the
pn>laver's seHse) p-e-or gan'zation. Pc
land hal its illegal Gin the Russian spuseN
organization long before those cloriou,
'leeions of despair unfurled the fig Of
revolution. Had Italy no Illegal (in the
Austrian sensp) organization. the sword 81
MacMahon would never have flashed veto
~ on the field Of Magenta
Had rot the American colonies Of Fnn-
land their trained militia, the - trampied
province " could not have sprung into a
free and glorious republic" Hungary
was pre- organized Bnr why multiply in
stances? The lesson which history teach
eS to strrrr'ing natonalties. end Illus.
trafes b. ntruy bright and many dark
example. is that pra-oroanizatiop is essen
| tial to success. With it there may be de
feat and glory. Without il there must he
defeat and shame. Some politicians seem
t. think that anything approaching to a
military organization is Impossible in Ire,
land. But its possibility and feasibility
when guided by courage prudence, devo-
ton and ability, have been proved to our
satisfaction, and this fact is the very foun-
da'ion of our conviction that the day OF
our delverance is at hand. We say or
deiverance, for the privileges of living
among free people and Of sharing the
blessings OF free institutions but make us
feel the more keenly the sutf-rings and
degradation Of our own old land. But our
hearts swell with hope and exu'ia ion when
we think of the living fire that burns " it'll
in her shores defying the combined efforts
of open foe and false friend TO exlinguisl
! it. No matter how powerful and devoted
| her exi'ed children might be We should
tremble for the issue if there were no true
men left in ireland, no worthy descend.
ants and disciples Of the heroes Of '9S -
/ w q 90 not WDI'ipl dt ln6 eneNfN : persist
ent endeavors TO emasculate or to bauisl
you.
| Americans admit that the non~racogni.
ton Of the revolving states by England i.
due 10 the attitude which the Irish people
have assumed both at home and in the re-
public. If the Irish people a, home anc
abroad were united in band of hro,he
/ hood for the salvation Of their own coun,
try. would the United States hesitate for
an hour 70 strike blow which would b.
followed bv two inevitable results-peac;
in America and liberty in Ireland?
A deep responsible i rests upon Irish
men in the present genera ion. The fat,
Of their country tremhias in the balance
| Emigration is doing irs exhanstno work
Other Influences are IeagueA with the op
pressor to qnAnch The spirit which ha
triunphed over he dungeon and The scat
fold, and which even famine cannot kill
Let US falter now and Treland's doom i
sealed grand old nation grand erey
in her chains Us hlot;el from the map o
the verdi But there shall be no falter
in". no cowardice Our country cries t.
us for aid. and points to the grave which
the foe has dino for her Armed lerion,