Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-02-10
g tho Davenport Fenians.

10y woono1 and fellow memberS in the |
Seaes." will yeu pardon the liberty take |
y Addressing yoa jsst noe, whom saa- |
asaity is Of ,hs unost impsttance when
'snsres without" ~ trying our faith. and |
"traitor hcests within" ~ endesv0siAe To-
sow d'scord amongst Us; when Intolerance |
brands us heretics, and would make Us har
Ia, when our idols Of brass show that they
ass partly clay. Il bchooves every member
IT oWt organisation t. draw their line broad
y, distinctly, between the rostrum AMI the |
palpit between the principle and the man.
II b eth no desire ~ bring up bitter feel
ings, with no design to we,ken any feeling
Of rsgard or respect you may entertain for
any superior ~ or clerical. but - q matter
u slmple duty :, the community in which
&c live, and 10 ourselves, that once more
tssspass on your indulgence and attention.
The American G ,vcrnncnt, wien extend
ing to you the right 70 vote. does not ask
whetlicr you know zone end Of your prayer
b,ok from the other, lamcntablc ignorance
waniing such knowledge. Whatright have
you to freedom, even Of thought; r, member
your sympathy is criminal. Having the
kno~led ;e. you may parade i. ono day in
seven, and DC complinen'ed n the posses
sion, provided that through the other six
YOU arc willing t. bury within its gid, d
covers all recollection of the land Of your
birth, all memory Of those who ciank their
chains in the cell Of the fclon. in the hold OF
the convict ship, or the far off islands oil
southern tcas. Aye, clasp tightly those
iettered pages which spe,k OF love and
hope, and "pcacc snd good will to men,
words Of bitter mockery to three millions 81
our brethren at home. What has the dc
grade !. starved. shackled Irish peasant to
do with hope and good willy' Nothing.
Bring him before your mind ) eye, standing
on some rocky promon,ory Of his sca-sirt
home, stricken by fever. worn b, famine.
he .rt- sick with "hopc def.rrci." g,zing
with h slf .frcnxied br lin upon tn, ocean be
vond which is aid. whose very sur,cs as
they break at his I, CT whisper freed IN. Look
At him, I say; those hands Drowned and bis
tered by i'l-ncglcc,ed labor arciar too rougi
to handle nirc theological points. Put into
them the argument he can appreciate ami
understand, rifle the only argument that
aver carried conviction home 10 tyrants-
Do this or in common humanity tell him
the truth. Tell that betr ycd dcludcd
wretch whom your promised Iicl p has plac
ed on the brink Of the prccpice, that in the
favored land where you have found homes,
| YOU are safe from the onprcssor that at thu
ictation Of any bigot- IN, though he may
he, in blood. in language, and in feeling,
YOU Withdraw eren your sympathy that Us
Far as your are concerned, he may danylc
from an English gibbct, or ill pauper's
| grave
The choice is for you to make, and there
f is little time to lose AMI | tell you men
i and women e the org ,nizition that we have
| assumed n fearful Responsibility, trusting I"
| pur p,cged honor our brethren on the other
| side have laced the nsclvcs within lhr iron
unrelenting grasp OF En.l,nd. is i. possible
that even or sha,nc's sake, II for no worth
| cr motive for Us to desert them now. For
lid it Almighty God" Forbid it, the recol-
lection Of our hest ard braves, in foti ors and
thrall. Forbid il, the u emory of the noble
hearts Wondering I, dust in their foreign
,ravef. Each oncNm ,ngst us exercises Ger
tain amount Of moral influence We can OK
-rt it in no holier cause than that Of our SUI
fcring country. and conjn,c you by every
thing you cherish most sacrcdly, desert her
not nov, make not he Irish name reproach
succeeding or failing. convince the world
that you are not willing slaves. What holds
you back the sympathy Of the brave ard
good you have it. The justice Of your
-ausc. your bittcrest enemy admits it Just
Shall l tell you? Intolerance. Ihc
intolerance which drove the Puritan to the
slid "Ncw England Shore" and in its
blindness torcsaw not the glorious nation
It was planting. Intolerance which drov.
the stem Covenanter to the fastneSsc, o.,
his native hills, where, standing more
proudly erect, upho ding the Covenant With
the sword, he called on God TO defend the
right intolerance which has given to on,
down troddcn land n moral glory inieri r
to no nation on the earth. NV fellow
workers in the cause We are content with
plants Indigenous to the this American
soil. we want no such costly exotic While
to our ccle-nstical snpcriors We give all the
Difference due to their position. We claim
the liberty Of framing our own political
creed Nth their sanction or Withom IL. We
Ar: ignorant Of many things that we should
know, We admit. Whr's the faulty Thi,
IS not the time to discnss, hut Of ono fact
We are co,n zant, that our temporal alcri
ancc is due solely and entirely to this Gov
eminent, and that no foreign power or
/ pVsSutNtcs VIC weight OF an ltnDC
rial dadcm, or triple crown presses Oh
| MS aching brow, has the shadow Of claim
| to it,
At the .sk Of being tedious. I wonil
once moro beg OF you to rene moer H..
now must The last etfrt be made -
cause OF Irish independent ''r 'h'
every brcex. il waiting q t"at now
for Coils grrassss :" us nation CRY
If 10,
o,,. ..cre to make it more than an
.. 80 .yutns leaiing to destruction. 1t is
;. nth ns, as, far MS temporal means ar,
concerned to strike the shacklc from on.
icttcrrd brethren. and from the fctter for -
sword, or allow another generation. +,
clank their Chains above Enmets uniu .c,;h
Cd grave. Which one amongst us j oes M,
lay the differing junction to his soul''
that if
THE chains for one instant We r. riyen
Which Tyranny fun 70 uud II. there
IL ~ not in man nor IN Kcavs
To lst tyranny bind It again -
a MEangn OF THE DAvxxruar FEyr,x S,srvu-
HoD.
DAvKSroRr. Ja1. slst. 1855.
TnAD. SrxvEN,' Sic cA.--rhc New York
Herald Says OF the spec; b Of Thadd .us
stevens: