The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1866-08-04
The EenianS.
STATE CENTRES OFFICE. La Sale, III July 81, 1865.
q he G,ltrss md Circies of N.e SAT- Of NLnOis:

STATE CENTRES OFFICE. La Sale, III July q, 1865
To The Centres and Circles of n.e State Of inos:
GENTLEMEN AND FRIENDS: believe it is
some time since l had occasion to address
you through the public press. Ny sphere is
not journalism; but being at dhe head of
your organis N in this great otatt. feel that
it is my duty to speak to my constituents and
the ifesds Of Ireland in the We st, and give
my views in regard TO the pre- ent status OF
the +. B. f rom the proud posi- iom that our
State has occupied i'll the Fen an ranks,
think that the organization all pyer the Re-
public and Ireland should feel iIkdrbted 10 US
for the manly and patriotic conduct displayed
by our brothers in Chicago, the far famed
and b.anuttI Fenian City of the Lake. From
the IRISH National Fair we may date the birth
of the Fenian brotherhood ID the United
States, (,hat is, as a formidable body OF Irish
Nationaisis) Ever since that period, you,
my countrymen" and friends, have worked
with interchangeable zeal. IJu have sur>
mounted difficulties that seemed almost an
impossbility. You have steadily. surely,
and persstently stuck to the cause of your
native land You have cried down wrong,
and adhered to the party that your coavic-
tons led you to believe were IN the right.
Your money has poured out freely on every
occasion that the cause of Irish liberty
needed 1t, and many other minor sacrifices
have been made which are too numerous 10
mention
Since the late change in the administration
of the Brotherhood, the status of our organs
cation has been infinitely superior, both in
Numbers intellect and means. and IS now in
position to compete with auy organization
the world has ever seen establish for like
purposes. History can show no record to
a Il 4 4
stances to compete with the liberality, self
sacrifice, pure patriotism aud noble instincts
dis played by our people, for the ind pen1ence
Of their native land. Naturally hating OPP
pressioa, storing up wrongs and ancestral
violation for such long period. fighting,
dying, bafiied, betrayed, but neser vanquish
Ell; they sill cling TO the old land, every
thought Of which gives renlw wed and double
energy to their proud and passionate souis,
an ! the captivating beauty OF her scenery
al IS more fire 20 their zeal, and haunls them
wherever nature looks grsn1cst. aud makes
crimson the cheei. &c think that the land
that bore them is etaEde- than AL such
scenes and still in slayer5
The Canadian movement :. :. sufficient
proof to the Government of Great Britain
that Canada could not stand ,ains, the
valor OF the Iiish people. The hauished
emigranis, who ,y'i' zone with yeugeas.c.,
met the enemy OF their race az Limestone
Ride. and. ai,bgr,a half clad aui half t-!.
vb5ppcd Them G.-ae to one. rog,fr- The
Oucen's Owr ani Te,fh Re.,ular-. VINO were
led bv fa,nprr- d aris.ocrats. Tbl< Is ut least
encoarag 'ng. aud. ii We were defeated. we
can feel confident ihat were il DO. for the
interposiiiou OF johnson and ) ward Cana
da. too. would be under our ccitro today.
-Y-t tfau.h destruction .,r..p our l,y.rv rlasa.
Ei-r ..oe nsn our 'oans-y VI faaiin-,
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