The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1864-11-11

concentration OF, and organization OF the
Irish people, for the purpose of encourag
ing their fellow countrymen in the achieve
ment of their independence
The society is said to number half mil
lion of the youth and vigor Of Ireland on
this continent. In Ireland it is supposed
to be equally strong, and in Australia and
all the other British provinces, and all over
Europe, they are said to be equally numer-
Gus, all working with perfect harmony,
and directed by the first talent Of Ireland's
bravest and truest sons.
The Fenian SisterhOod ID an organize
ton of o similar nature, of the daughters
Of the green Isle of St. Bridget, to coop
crate with, encourage and assist their fell
low countrymen in the noble object for
which the F. B. are laboring, and for
which, as Spartan danes, you have assem-
bled here tonight, to transmit the glad
tidings of encouragement and of hope to
your oppressed kindred in the dear old
land OF our nativity.
The sisterhood is already established in
almost all the States and in the other coun-
tries ] have already enumerated. and /
am happy to say that it is browning proof
Of the purity and justice of our cause
that the purity, beauty and truth of any
people-the retiring delicacy of refined
womauhood-are willing to come forward
and raise their voice in the cause of human
Justice, the slavery of Ireland. If were
deprived of all other hope, this alone
would be sufficient to satisfy me that Ire-
land must and shall be free.
Aud when the time comes, and surely it
will, then will be glorious day for old
Erin
Then will her hills, her wales and plains
resound with the glad song OF liberty.
Tens of thousands Of prancing steeds with
chivalrous knights in armor bright, and
legi0ns Of Erin's sons with glstening
spears and thirsty pixies shall throng the
mountain sides, the valleys and the plains,
and the white sails of foreign ships shall
throng the harbors of the land, bearing
| their rich burthen Of the necessary wants
Of the people. Then will the mountain
tops of poor old Erin be lighted with the
bonfire of liberty, and her caves and ruins
shall echo with the voices of her sleeping
heroes casting off forever their letters of
| slavery. Then viii the mounds that
mark the treachery of English domain IN
Ireland heaye and groan for vengeance
Then will the thousands of graves Of the
| furnished children of Saxon rule in Ireland
appear crirnsoned with their innocent
blood and call for retribution, and the
English gibbet shall stand up and bear
witness to the tyranny of England.
Then will the ruined halls, abbeys,
| shrines, and desecrated affairs of the land
bear witness to tho fidelity Of the people
| and the tyranny of the ruler. Then will
the daisy clad hills and harmonious yales
be filed with the people, and trains of
| mernaids shall arise from the depths Of
the Irish sea and join their fairy kindred
to assist the living daughters OF Erin to
sing the anthem of the coming freedom of
the nstion, and the mnsic of the harp will
be borne on the breeze, and the song of
jubilee shall be heard, and halleluIahs shall
60 up from every altar and !ireside of
poor old Fatherland. Then will the voices
OF the sleeping patriots with whose iialnes
you are familiar, cali upon their country
men to strike the blow that will read the
last link of Ireland's slavery forever. And
the Fenians of old will burst the mountain
sides and forever make our native country
free Then, and not till then. will be
glorious LAY for Erin. Then may the sa-
cred ashes of our fathers sleep in their ma
tive sill, unpolluted by the foot Of foreign
foe. Then may al! Irish men and women
say, Il have q homie and country, where
| may yet sleep in peace with the spirits of
my fathers and my kindred race"