The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-01

q ERE nef EalLh1esS sons betrayed her. lI9}4t
When Malachi wore the collar of gold
4 Which hew from the proud invader.
When neT Kings, 1neath1 their banners o.
Led the Red Branch knights to danger
Ere the emerald gem of the western world
r. Was set In the crown of stranger 's 7sf'
j 10 the Lrisbnaen of;thedUnited States
lis In justice to the Fehian Brother.
hood, and the Irish people who sus
tain them in their efforts to redeem
their countrymen at home from on
pression and misrule, I am reluctantly
obliged to come before the public and
contradict the falsehoods propagated
BY the Chicago Times, frishman, +"
Irish-American,a and 7" Carlow" IN
4 relation to the line of policy recently
adopted by the Fenian Brotherhood
OF this city, and elsewhere. 7ggF %
*.f-@h AS to the line Of nol;icv
adopted by the F.-B., is there any-
thing wrong in this, the nineteenth
century, for the aonly Irish national
organization in existence ito declare
| thai heaceforth they and the Irish Deo-
pie (whom they have right to sneak
for) are IN faoor Of uniUersaE hbertv:
that they are, willing to- give to others.
what they claim for their own people /.
Ph1 Why, sir, this has been the doctrine
OF every martyr to Irish liberty: the
doctrine of Burke, Grattan9 'ShieI i
Sheridan, QIGonnell, and every Irish
statesman, from the days of Strong
bow, down to the present time, the
doctlne of Carrolan, Moore. Davis
and the gentle Griffin, and every poetl
whose name has been identified with.
the songs and poetry of the Green Isle;
the doctrine OF the people of every
age IN Ireland: the doctrine Of the
emigrantWhen he bids farewell to a1I1
that is, dearito him on earth and stems
aboard. of the emigrant ship that
brings him to the land of his adontion
There is not a people on this earth
that loves liberty and hates tyranny
with such intensity as the Irish peo- |
pie. A And yet we are accused of sellld
ing our lrish-American friends. |
because we have the honesty. in this
age OF enlightenment, to adopt for gu our |
people a platform of equal rights To !
all mankind because we have the |
honesty to give to others what we |
claim Tor ourselves; because we have /
cut ourselves loose from all party ties
so that, in the future. we can vote far
the men who will befriend us a9dW ~
I We claim the right to speak. for the
Irish people for the, following reasons |.
LIST. The sole object of the organi-
cation is the liberation Of Ireland \
from British tyranny lie sta93G39 81
ID I'd. Our organization, issthor6ughlv
NATIONAL, and the only one that. can. 1
ever effect any good for Ireland +
Sd. The Irish people, at home and ~
sustain us fexdept- officelh oiSaf
srs and petty politicians not onlyda
WITH fhelrs generous, sympathy, but l.
WITH their hard earnings. For proof
,f, this, behold the amount of arms.
ammunition, and Transportation SUPP
olied by the Irish people for war Ipur-a
1oses ID the invasion of Canada.
Why, sir, it took, this powerful gov
'rnmentsix months to accomplish as
much as1sWe5 performed in half the
lme. I'll haaeaq8T is1h .go5saai7t S0I /
4th. Our, lives, our. fortunes, and t.
III that we possess are devoted to the .
generation of ollrr race. ~ ear so
AS q citizen of Chicago for ten
ears, llpresume / can answer the fOla a
owing Inquiries from the sage oflS-
Woodstock :" Irish American: :"
Can you, sir, or any Of your citizens. !,
I'll theon Irish Americans of these u
tates who those three gentlemen are ~
no presume to, speak for the Irish ssi
eople? Were they ever heard of be-
Prep Yes, sir as citizens Of Cbical
they stand above reproach." / !
rould say for Mr. dKearnesl that he o
olds a responsible 4 position in IA d
'Welry store; that he. never ran for I
n office; that. he supports his family
Especially, goes to- church occasion
lly, considers himself capable of vi
king care fEhisf own business, was u
orn of an honest Irish, father and on
other, and is thorough Irish ma t:1
Onalist. Il would say the same for to- IL,
-r. Scanlin, except that he is manu- ce
cturer of candy balls aahd sweet 81
lings generally. The same may be &"
Id OF Mr., Moore, except that he is al !,
echanic and "a soldier; is not AN
either profession, was
aJor of the Twenty Third Illinois a.
rlsh brigade J fought at Lexington .Fe
I'd every battle the regiment was. en- IN
ged in during The war. while you, Il
r. Irish -American, were vilIifylh !.
6 the GoEerumentand the flag that 1qo7
upheld He never odisDbeEedn an hs
der,in the field, was never shot, In X,
e back, and, when the term Of, SER "
ce expired, he deame back to his IsAl
mily and homes as yhe left them, a 90
rtuQus manets3ido 9dj Qa HoHods 1a
Nv THE CoPPERHEADs HAVE aULLED III
-.af THE IRISH.4t4s.t.r1 ala r. .,s
10 show how the Irish people have VIII
EN- gulled BY. the defapct Democratic I pr1L
rty IL willagaih refer to the emigrant i'd
10 lands upon our shores with an qu'
srn.al hatred toityranny andgoppres4] sii
MIN every shape and, form. He is ri
d by the selfzconstituted political !
eks of his race that he mTist stiHe has