The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-01-23

the leading c1ueS on Jl9 pDecJs ol the approach
ing congress at PltlpbpFg and the necessity Of
orconizmg-rhe BToiherhoodas a military body,
in order that thew might 5e-reads for an imme-
date movements 8gmnst the pOwer of the British
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Address 9E She senate So the- BROTHER /
hOo0-The PtGgssWrI MISUNDERSTANDING
Against Shs ~ M D OISY-r-tArrangemonts
t"r Ihe .Spis of tAs O'aEaIl6@y BODds-L
&"CSroOo1 cWoFtn seas hto 'se Circles &
E'es bftc .t EtIuc1 oi- 80 Qtc -.i
Ili Thu anngRed address. to Jthe Renlan Brother
| hood having been fadoptod, ~ as oruefed' TO be
| published through the press and Forwarded to
the y9rlous Circles. the absent S9Hatbrs (three
| in nulhberJ having been communicated with by
ieleGraph ordered Their nam rs 70 oe atfacned %
sGs4TE- CHANBaRs FEN4AN. BRoFHERHooD, No.
| 7S4 broadgay New Gorks january lA-to toe
members OF the Feniao Rfo.herhood.- tners:
| -The1time has OF length arrived when the
| Feuian brotherhood is calle1 ulon 10 make
| good by ydeeds the high-soundihg promises which
| have for 80 many Years been put tor ward in your
| names, ifyou wish to save the organization from
| the charge OF beint a aelasen acd a mock"rY
| ht only 70 take lts place in tine long category OF
| exploded shanis by which our people nave been
I SO often deceived, land the high hopes, by the
| iexutement of which theyfwere drawn on, shat
| tered and broken. -y~g 81 .er-rt ..Us.t.i
| II the freedom of ireland could be obtained by
| promises or proclamat1ons, 1t should long since
|
tory cf mankind and the experience of all ages
| go to prove that nations never achieve greatness
or recover their lost independence until they
| learn to esohew DrotesaCons and to place their
dependence on steady, perseverng work alone
to substitute patient preparation and silent effort
for noisy discussions and ebullitions of passion
in hieh the strength that should be directed to
some Grand objective point is irittered away,
and the spirit that should sustain it is wasted in
vain and proftless displays.
| Appeals for money alone have been made so
often to the Fenian Brotherhood, and their re-
| spoueei on every occasion has been so generous
thai any further demands upon its members can
only be justified when backed, not merely by
the promise, but the evidence OF immediate and
effective action. In the matter oil preparation
and training for the crisis that was 10 test It's
stability, the Brotherhood had long since reached
4 that poinJ where further elaboration could only
weaken without adding either to the dignity or
| Effectiveness of the organization. The masses OF
the people were ready: they had shown bOtn
their willingness to make the largest sacrifices
that might oe required, and their capacity for
selEeoyernment, Should SUCCESS crown their
efiots.
The vaciation, weakness, and arrogant self
| sealing displayed by one man, to'whom .untor-
.tunately, an important trust had been commit
ted had served only to point out the undtness of
a wouldbe leader tor the position t which he
has clung with such desperate tenacity, and the
power OF the organizat on which has so promptly
shaken oifthe tramnlels by which a Clique OF un-
scrupulous demagogues sought to bind it down
to their own UNIV Worthy and selfish designs, un.
clogged by which it now marches onward to the
accomplishment Of the glorious task assigned to
1ritr-ine liberation OF our beloved fatherl1nd and
| the regeneration OF our downtrodden race.
| No longer without a detailed and feasible plan
to give effect to the purposes OF Che orgauiZa.
tlOn, 1t now only remains that the various Cir
| Giles OF the Fenlan brotherhood should give a
hearty and unanimous support to the eXOer.
ehced soldier whom their unbiased choice has
placed at the head of the Military Department,
to insure for ratheir efforts an issue which will
l. ~ HJn gIn of nfn
and prove their organization the Wisest as well
as the strongest ever formed for the attainment
Of a great national object Iaf. -.I'. o
Brothers, those plans will be submitted for the
satisfaction and approval of your delegates at
the forthcoming Congress-, to be held at,Pitts-
| burg on the 18th day of February next to which
you are invited to send yourwisest eounsellors,
your most tried and reliable representatives and
most, experienced soldiers. At thai Congress
i Will aSsemble-at the invitation OF General
SYeeney-the most imposing array of military
| talent produced by our race on this continent.
You will there ascertain the full extent OF
/ the demands to be made on you in order
/ to effect the, object, in view; aud must
declde upon Your ability to complI with
these requirements, and the proInptitude with
which, you, will manifest your willingness to
meet them. We ask you, therefore, to send to
that Conveniently the hands of your dele.
gatesTT the largest amount oil funds that YOU can
raise for the occasion, as wen as the indications
Of the extent Of the future support you will be
able TO give the movement when fairly naugu.
rated According to the number oil men each
circle can place at the command OF General
Sweeney, -arIps and equipments will be allocated
tothem 'as an eduiyalGpt for the moneys for.
warded and an ehrnest that all available funds
shall be applied for war purposes and none other.
/ ! As practical work, not useless expenditure,
should be the holy policy, OF those who direct
your affairs, we invite thorough Investigation
into the administration of your finances and a
com parison of the application made, OF them
| with that of the parties Who have arbitrarily
seized upon and Inisapproprfated SO much OF
[ your funds. A vast amount OF this money, en-
trusted Py You 70 those parties for evolutionary
| purposes alone has Been squgndered on idle
and pnproafa5ie !how, or spent in maintaining
| a horde of faYoritcs and parasites, whose sole
| functions appear to have been, TO adminiser 70
tue morbid vanity of their CHIEF, aud drive out
loyer ofIreland
BY this criminal waste of the funds your
Senate have been reduced TO the most painful
straits. Acting in the spirit of the resolutions
adopted at the Congress in Philadelphia, ,oon-
rac y Tor arms and war material had been
maze, on Ierlns highly advantageous TO the
sBrothernoodc.As AS youare aware, the, Late Presi-
I1dentE and Seoretary of the Treasury, though
spending much larger sums In their efforts TO
maintain their own unconstitutional rlile, re-
fused TO pay over the money needed 10 com
| plete these contracts and as they, have already
| grasped nearly the whole ,of the amount on
hand, your Senators have Ubeen compelled to
raise funds on their own personal credit to'saYe
10 the. Brotherhood the advantages OF these
purchases, and prevent the stoppage OF practl-
| cal work which the want of arms must entail
when the time for comm 4ncjpg 0perations
| arrived, They did sd, cocddent that you would
confirm and sustain Their action by your verdict
| ~ the declarations made at the Philadelphia
| Congress were In earnest, your Senate have been
| in the right in endeaxOrhg to- give them eleet
and having done their DUTY in carrying ont the
| Constitution and the programme there laid doygu