Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-03-23


eSuutrymen at home, aud pysdlci two 81, rat-
ricka DAYS will not pass before Ireland viii Dalres'
Our organization has spread far and vide. On tne
banks Of the placid Pacihci IN the britiSh gro
vinces, in Liverpool in the armies OF ureat pIis,''
wherever an freshman Is 20 be found, there the re-
Man brotherhood has penetrated and its aims are
we'll understood Every Irishman in the British
army il ready to turn his musket IN favor OF Irish
freedom and no sooner is a movement made IN Ire !
land than every Irishman in British dominions VIII
lift tho sword and British blood will follow its
blows fTo hberate Ireland you must fJht-
You must organize yourselves into solid
BODY; and mark my words, before two years shall
have passed ireland shall be free. lApplauSel
The spirit of our countrymen at home Is stlll un-
broken The men are there. All We want is TO pro-
vide them with arms, and ireland is once more
free and takes her place among the nations of tie
earth About one hundred thousand emigrantS are
leaving ireland yearly They land by hundreds al
the Battery What becomes OF them Most oil
them fall prey TO the recruiting ofhcers oil the
United States, and in short time their bones are
lsft 20 lrhite, upon ne sod Of Virginia. Now, ask
Won. would il not be better that these brave. men
should be fghIng for their liberties at home-that
they should die nObly contending under the. green
banner OF ireland for Irish liberty tell you
Ireland must be redeemed, or in hive years there
will be no ireland 10 redeem. Five wears hence
tie Irish people will be exterminated or scattered
10 the four winds OF Heaven. We must act soon or
not at ALL Ifliberty Is worth having, 1t Is worth
fighting for; and those who would have II must
sfrike the first blow. II is our province TO provide
the means, that the blow, when struck, may be
struck with a force which will strike the British
throne There is no Of talking and professions;
and the Fenans win never be caught IN them, I'M
Ill they make a trumphal entry into Dublin as the
capital of the Irish Republic; ana II We cannot
relebrate that we shall never celebrate anything.
We denounce all agitators except those who speak
with the cannon; the sword is our pen; the cannon
Is orator and With them We propose TO argue with
England for Irish independence. The cause Of
IRISH freedom has been given into our hands, and
we will win it or die. tApplsuse'l
KIxcoRA CIRCLE or TIE FENIAN sIsTERHooD.
A Eery large audience was present. AF. Patrick
COonoy, Of " olfe Tone Circle, introduced Miss
O,Shea tbs directress OF the Kineora Circle.
Miss DISHES game forward and, in very modest
manner stated the object the Sisters had in band-
ING together-that being 70 aid their GogntrTmen in
freeing the Gresrlsle from the rule of oppression.
She feelingly alluded to the means adopted by the
women of the Revolution, aud spoke of the actions
az ne 'S,utherR-toomeR Of the present day, sending
forward those they loved best TO the battlefield,
ana even going so far 10 learn the use Of AIMS and
drilling IN aid the cause TO which they were at
tached. Thsse she regarded, without abiding TO
the merits Of teiT esgse as really Spartan mothers.
The women Of ireland we're as earnest aud patriotic
IN, earth and she earnestly called upon them TO
strengthen the arms of those men who we're willing
and anxious 10 restore Ireland to its nationality BY
furnishing "materiaI add for that purpose.
The speaker was loudly applauded and when she
closed Miss Brown, the Secretary, read the consti
tuition OF the SisteFhood.
Mr.. James J. Rogers, the estate Center" for
New York, addressed the meeting at CO usiderable
length. In the course Of his remarks no said
Money was Engand's national life, and she would
risk TO keep it, if the risk was not too great.
She would have entered into war with Austria and
Prussia duriug the Depdency OF the Schleswig-
Hostein trouble but for the fact that she knew her
innate weakness. England had nov one hundred
and forty regiments, which, If they we're full, would
number standing army OF no. O00 but they could
NOT muster on an average, more than 500 men eachI
so that the standing army was reduced TO 70, 900
men, and England knew that she could not recruit
enough men To III the depleted ranks Of the reg-
meuts, this was of the reasons why she did not
enter in the war GD behalf OF Denmark. She WIS
aware, too, that ireland would not Prove as loyal
To her IN the present time she did fifty years ago.
she knew that the great deception she had pIac.
uced towards ireland had, after half century's
eXacriruce been exposed aud discovered: she knew
that now not even her gold could brbe Irishmen to
enlist under haF standard. This was snotherTeason
why Eogland dared not 10 put herself agsinst the
Austrian and PrusSian armies, although every
tinent Of honor urged her 10 espOuse the cause of
the little opponent of the al les. She knew that
ireland vas not only not loyal, but that she was
pCptively disloyai. that Ireland numbering five
millions once lost TO her could never be recovered
The Irish have now learned that under English
rul, they must either starve, or emigrate or steal
in order to exist and they know, too, that there
is hut one other resOrt-that they must light till
they die "a oUsrtUTR the English Government. For
this last resort the FenianS here and at home are
ready T. sled their blood and their cOuntrywomen
materially aid m iu making vf
tshle clash Of arms eventuate in sure, speedy
a, d perfect success, They do as the women lin
tho South are now doing--eneOurage the men to go
forth and Fl ht the battles that viii once more place
Ireland on the list Of nations. The Irish woman
can. ike the SpaTt an mother Cf old, tell her son
to take his shield to battle, and to return either
with II or upon to fight, and die, if necessary
in tine cause Of Irish independence; but never 10
diShODOr that cause, or snccumb alive to the op-
preSsor Like the mother Of Eeriolanus, they can
save cities from destruction, even II their own sons
be found in the ranks Of the enemy. Those ladies
engaged in this cause, said the speaker had great
and generous hearts they are perfectly and pure
" d!snterested far as any pecnniary emoluments
", re concerned they had but one object, and that
the freedom Of their native land, the land of
their ancestors. This was the purpose of the sis
teThood.
TIE TARA CIRCLF IL BROOKLYN.
Mr. John Rafferty,, of New York, addressed tbi,
meeting. lie commenced by drawing picture of
Ireland in the present day. He would tell them
the Fenian Brotherhood had taken the matter of
the redemption OF Ireland in hand, and they would
accomplish what they intended. Ifsomethng were
NOT done very soon, ireland would be wiped oHfthe
mop ofthe globe. Applause But the Irish were
not to be used bullocks, aud made to make til
lagN for Saxon landlords and Scotch plunderers.-
NJ, they would soon tell to the world that they
were not to be the dOrntrOdden ofthe earth Let
their rallying word be ''Ireland for the Irish or
Ireland grave" TGrest applause The question
was now In the hsnds Of the Irish themselves. The
world was looking at the Fenan Brotherhood as the
vanguard OF Irish liberty. lApplause.l ireland,
by every legal law, belonged 20 the Irish. Then,
he would ask, would ireland support the standard
o, tyranny. mo, no. He called upon Irishmen
not to be duped, although with deep bitterness and
a7inst every tie of nature they had left their ma
a.. Ind fAnnlnnse They cnnIh not hnt 10 rhnr