Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1866-12-05

through England, Scotland, and Aus
tralia, what is to prevent you perfect
ing the glorions work, so gloriously
begun Yes, countrymen, when the
news OF ONeill's victory flashed over
the wires, not the Fenian Brotherhood
only, but the whole Irish race, from
Canada to the Gulf and from the At
lantic to the golden shores of the Pa
cific, felt the shock, and, with one i'm
pulse, joined the grand army of Lib
Grafton, and will never fdlter till the
independence of Ireland is achieved.
In the face of these accomplished
facts, we would say to our country
men in ireland, have nothing TO do
with the English Parliament turn
your face from that pest house Of in
iquity, whose breath is worse than
poison, whose smile is the sting Of the
serpent. Trust not your enemy in a
new dress. She may come TO you
with the old palaver of Parliament
Reform but the woe, the ruin, the
desolation of your country, is an evi-
dence that the 7oice of the stranger
prevailed in your councils. and re-
formed us oW of Ireland. Trust not
the Irish patriot that solicits seat in
the midst of a conclave of your enc.
mics; his first act in that conclave is
treason to Ireland, by swearing 10
support government whose throne
is cemented with the blood of our
people, You are now able to do your
own reforming,an England can prom
ise You nothing that you are not able
to take.
Remember that Gods truth and
providence are always in truth and
harmony, and the right has never
been delegated by Divine authority to
the English government TO extermi-
nate a whole people. No it is Gods
providence that the Irish race shall
live; the "hdnd prittng is on the ,odH !"
nor will the eloquent inconsistency
put forth by the crafty tools of that
government save her Of the blood stain
ed robe, from the vengeance of a long
suffering, a brave aud heroic people
Countrymen and brothers,w would
urge on you the necessity OF more de-
termined and energetic organization !;
the awful memories of the past come
up like frightful spectres imploring us
to embrace the present glorious op-
portunity; our fathers, whether they
perished on the battlefield, in the dun
geon, or on the scaflold, bequeathed to
us their sorrows, their sufierings, and
their wrongs TO avenge, with the old
land for our inheritance We are face
to face with the issue, and from it
there is no escape, save in the disgrace
full abandonment of the lofty position
we now occupy; leaving the future
historian to inscribe on the pages of
infamy the deep degradation OF de-
generated race.
Countrymen and brothers, we know
this will not be- We appeal to you
in sincerity. We feel that we have a
claim on your confidence. Our past
efforts and their results prove the
strength OF our position and point the
true road to liberty. We cannot too
strongly impress on You the duties Of
the hour and the necessity Of meeting
these duties promptly Remember that
a cruel aud relentless war is going on
in Ireland, all on the side of the op-
pressOr. 1t is true you do not hear
the thunder of artillery, nor the clash
of arms nevertheless, ;lie agents Of
determination, degradation, and de-
basement. those terrible instruments
of oppression, are doing their fearful
work. Your bravest and best are con-
signed to penal servitude. In Canada
the gallows is yearning for new vic
Tins Remember the O'Neil, in the
year 14l0, in denouncing the crimes
of England in his day. speaks thus :
"They. the robbers, have driven us
from our cities, towns and villages, TO
the mountains and caverns, like wild
beasts, leaving us not foot Of ground
nor blade of grass TO call our own ;
but we will fight them, and our chill
dren's children will fight them, to the
latest generation, until we drive them
from our country or we are extermi-
mated" You are living witnesses ef
this resolve of our race-to you is CIV
en- the fuliillment of this prophecy to
you is given the glorious work of re-
generation, of restoring the ancient
grandeur of your ruined Isle.
Conntrymen and brothers, gather
in your cities, towns, and hamlets-
be up and doiHg--take council for the
safety of your country--wipe away
the death sweat from her brow-pre-
sent her to the nations of the earth
clothed in the robes OF liberty, woven
by your bravery; and when she sits
down TO the feast of freedom, she will
remember with dying love, the devo-
ton and selfsacrifice of her exiled
children far away.
JAMES Moan, HuGH DAVIS,
ALEX. NEwET, 1Hos. MEEHAN,
JoHN McATTEE, JAMES GIBBONS,
Committee on Address and Resolu-
tions.
A sick man was tpllinV his sVmp-