The New York herald., 1865-12-04
FEmIAmIsm ON THE PACIFIC COAST.


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Address from the Late Fenian state Com
venston of CaltfOrnta to Irtshnen and
Erisnds q lrslsHa 40 .. S the % Psc,ae Co.:t. :
portant point in our organization. The conspicuous
position We occupied before the civilized world aeyoves
energy We possess be devoted The dire Is cast,
and como veal woe. we must abide the hazard The
issue is in our hands we are discreet IN cSunc reso
our organization shall assurediy be achieved. The day
of action has Gomez arc you ready TO take your place
and perform your part in the great workY The Irish
race every where but especially this continent
long devote the redemption OF Ireland,
when summoned by the call OF patriotism, every
effort in their power TO make The cali has be n made
by the voice OF those known to us as competent
inter<eters OF tho will os Ireland. Away then, with
doubt and hesitation, ard spring TO your posts as
YOU would TO the defence OF your dearest in
ter,sts You are called upon TO aid Ireland in
you may consistently with the imperative obligations
you owe and gladly recognize to the laws and interess
OF the great republic or which You are members. No
true Fenan would refuse his o to guard and pepctuate
the blessings which the government OF the United States
confors her citizens nor will any true American
refuse you and kindred in Ireland his sympathy
and suppert while seeking TO extend those bcsnvs TO
people whose suferngs under oppressive tyranny has
passed into a proyerb The enemy with which Ireland
is about grappc, late experience has taught all
fellow citizens, Is tho pcrhdous enemy Of human liberty
and republican Institutions everywhere. IL IS sacred
duty therefore, aid with oil tho tho laws under
which live permit those who strive to rample that
tyranny the dust and up sister republic In the
but fOriOrn 1910 OF the west we, " may be, can
offer blood in the halowed cause, but we can
give efficiency those by whose good the light viii
be fought We can cheer them with our sympathy and
furnish them with weapons or defence against the power
OF iyrant To the survivors OF those whose blood will
be- she'd afford the means OF worthy vengeance
and OF exactng from tho enemy the debt so long due
In this conflict il is not be concealed that the honor
and character or the Irish stake. II any ef
fort made by brethren IN ireland shall fail for the
Of tho material aid it s duty to furnish then
then shall receive and deserve the of all
erous mcn II tho bravo and resolnte shall be impeed
rush with baked bosoms the steeclad phalanxes
Of the enemy, while arms and munitions TO t them for
the fray could be procured funds were forthcoming
then shall wo rightly be adjudacd aecompces in the
blood OF our brothers, and freeuen will pursue our
memories with bitter hate. In the namc then, of God
freedom and native land rouse all your energies to this
grand design. Prove TO mankind that the spirit which
animated Emmets Tones and Russell, Fitzgerald
and tho countless host Of martyrs in the same cause
lives to-day in all its purity and unconqucrabls vital
force. Let not their blood which cries to Heaven
and 10 you for vengeance appeal In vain. Let not
tbose--the fearless and the faithful Of your khh
the power fairly encounter adversary powerful
as Is the enemy OF our race The task undertaken by
Ireland IS one Of 81 p ndous magnitude Ono Of tho
greatest Powers Of the earth is TO be before
her triumph is obtained Opposed to her is gigantic
power and all the resources which wealth commands
We enable her to meet them, and to this end
must organize and work ndefatigably until every
this continent who sympathizes with tho struggle
shall have proven his devotion by moro than words Be
active, therefore, in your separate Circles. Let each
week show an accession of Strength Connde undoubt
ngly in the discretion well In tho patriotism Of the
ucau Centra autnoy, WHOSE views you aIe Caieu upon
TO carry out Wherever there are ten Irshmen who can
m ct together let Circle be formed Neglect nothing
however small 1t may appear to you let nothing that In
dustry can accomplish energy supply be wanting TO
render our success certain and our victory complete
And OH fellow countrymen, reflect for moment what
that victory would nsurcl The disgraces Of the and
present atoned for and forever obcrated That won.
deru prosperity which Ireland's during her brief
era of neutrality-suspicious. from 1882 to 1900, renewed
and augmented hundred fold; white winged commerce
crowdng her deserted harbors; from her hill
sides pouring In abundance tho mineral wealth
now useless to the ocean, frettng themselves 70
foam against thousands Of wheels driving the machinery
Of enrchug manu- hum OF cOntented indus
try filling the air and the cheerful songs Of labor making
vocal the echoes OF her hills and valleya Toso poor
houses or halfway hating places ON the road TO pcrdi
marts Of industry. Tho honest ter Of the soil rcapng
the crop he The cabin and the sheelIng suppan
ed by comfortable homesteads, held by frecmen Pau
per and peasant forever erased from our vocabulary and
the rfsh people, in their stead The triumphal column
erected and II inscribed the of freedoms
paed from the scctaran cngendcred by foreign
rule and ognrchcal rufanism Yes the victory worth
working for, and, II needs be, worth dying for.
"And tits for this wo think and toll and knowledge
strive to CLEAN,
That we may pull tho English Red below the Irish
Graen;
And leave her sons sweet liberty and smiling plenty
spread
Above the land once dark with blood--'Thc Green
above tho Rcd - .t.taas
JOHN HAMILL, Chairman
d. L. BLANCHARD, II.
r. NJ DUFFY lf,or,,.,....
Ed. McSORLEY, o'A
T. 0'MEARA,
H. c. smith, President Central Council
Nov s. 1866.