The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1865-05-26
E-cle o. Recruiting Zen end Officers.


May i, de"otes a whole page 20 tie
discU: en- and consideration Of The status
# ths fen;.n Brotherhood in the United
States anI the CoDalas. We copy The
important portions Of this document, ss
well rs tie . Charter Song" given ia it,
Which bears, unmisiakahiy the impress Of
lie genius OF our fellow~counliyman,
PsiEa'a Mics O'Eeiily," Of " the Old
ieu:h army Corp" Who curing the past
two years ha. done moro ;han sny living
man to rendsI in EerisEahIe The military
glory OF tie citizen sodiers Of America ::
Full often when our fathers saw the Red
They rode in rude and fierce array. with sabre
pike and skcen
And over many "A conquered town and many a
field of dead.
They proudly set the Irish Green above the
English Red
OF the organization called tho q Fenian
Brothelbood,' generally recognized AS
mainly Irish in It's elements and aims
much has been heard and bu. huIs is
known by the citizens Of THIS courtrv
IL Is by many thought 10 be secret. oash
bound onspiEacy, created for Ievc ution-
arv purposes IN regard to Ireland AMI the
Canada; and neither 10y ri to the govern
ment Of the United States, under which
Il has teeu allowed TO grow IN, 70, W.
wiling TO Violate the laws of thia country.
if by 60 doing lis darling oiiect-the lib
Grafton Of Ireland from the British woke
could be either accomplished or mater
lai'y turthered. No errors more na,ie.
naAtly false than aTe contained in this
view Of the brotherhood, could wei! be
magnet; and IL atteIb pting TO account
for the general acceptance of such caluni-
n'cs 10 the mi"ds Of large classes Of our
Cuzens, ~o Are iTreoiotiJlg forced 10 the
coac.Halon that e@traneous aud well or
ganized agel.oics, Of British origin, have
been at "otk IL spreading these pfriudi.
ciai aud uutcuUdr. asper>ious The Fen
.an brotherhood ) icya 10 the land # its
adoption II e.ciy iibIr and rone the less
:. because refusing 10 forget tte land 10
"h.cH - members are bpund bv tbs #
b.ooI or 'tTih. i he BRUSH govern
iEeHt 50 much lis friend Of The UuIed
Statre, that 10 Lc, for. organize for, HI d
labor for, the overthrow Of It's de-o.a inc
power in Ireland must, Of recessity. in
'o've d.s.oy atty 20 the Union? Or shah
an organization which, within the past four
Jsars, has sen! over twenty eight thou>
rand OF rs active members uto the armies
OF The onion, he condemned as uDfaithfu
10 the American cause, for no other reason
IMAM mat It's hoIcS YET to GTarp!e with
the tyrans OF lts native land, and TO place
. The ltIsh Green above the English Red"
While Al he same time aiding TO areoge
AmcFlca's quarrel with the government
winch permitted 4 .wartn Of pirates TO he
ttnt forth from Itn hsIbors 70 prev upcn
American commerce in the hour of our
'oreSt need The time has been in which
TO hate and strike against the red dag OF
I.ugsad was 10 crime on THE side Of ,he
atlantic. That time may come again.
ORIGIN OF TIE FENIAH BnoIHEEHooD-
row IT STARTED AS TIE "E NJ
Ia 1859 sfer two yeats &C difsiny ex-
perIancc by Col. John O'Mnhony, AID the
.aIe Lieut.. Col. Michael Dohynv, The or
gsnzs.Ion began 10 settle down in lis pla-
cent thffe and win its presen! tile
Previously. II 1857, IFS inchoate germ lad
been planted by tie gentlemen we have
tan'ed, IA An organization called he En-
mst Monument Association, or II NJ
a = ihe point Of TIL, name being I.oter,
Amnet, when aboul being hung by tie
bfuial sentence Of Lord Clare. asked OF
h'a "ounIymen !ha, no monumen. NIGH,
he erected 10 his F"eaory UGti hi. coun-
ny should have become fraa Of British
thrali-an Independent repuLi,
:. Far better the silent uncpitaphcd gloom,
thdl ireland nation, can build me a tomb. y
IN association, therefore, which pro-
Icsea TO huiG monument to Robert
Emiuei OF lFish soil implied an effort Tor
no overthrow oi British power in LELAND:
md liis vas directly the otjpat Of tie
j. NJ 4 az tsucb IS il j. nov Of tie
njsu Brotherhood. The terra Ienian :"
=, we suppose an If@h translation or de-
rvR.lve from tie sold Iiuuiciau-,he
Ih@nlclans having been he earliest colo
nsts Of Ireland Col. p'Mahcnv. the
Head Centre Of the Order, is thorough
mater OF tie old Erse or Irish tongue. IS
Stiffness hls translation Of Neating's His
'ory & ireland and in the term Of " len
ian he has embodied lie name recornjz-
ed by T!shmen rs tia, relating TO he ner,
lod 10 which tl.sir auces.cl. we're mos,
cultivated, TrOaverOus Herrc md ipI.