The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-09-21


reports of proceedings which occurred and which
were intended to prejudice the minds of the American
people against the Brotherhood. What actuates the
movers in this work of elimination cannot actually
say but know that they doing the work OF Eng
land let their motives be what they may We can
safely say that body of of any nation, chosen
from and representing the people, assembled, who
combined intelligence, with purity of intention,
than the Congress of the Fenian Brotherhood recently
assembled at Cleveland, Ohio. Onehalf the members
officers who fought during the rebellion, for the
preservation of the Union and all were men who wor-
SHIPPED liberty for liberty sake. Surely body of men
such composed this assembly, and who met for the
purpose of devsng means to raise their own down
trodden country from her lowy and savsh position to
that of Independent Republic, should at least, win
the poor homage of respectful silence from the press
Of America But of all the nexcusable attacks that has
emanated from the respectable portion of the Amer
lean press approach editorial in the Chicago
Journal, of September 18th. For ignorant misstate-
ment of facts, malicious defamation of mems characters
and mpertinen interference in Irish national business
it stands disgraceuy alone We the more surprised
had thought the Journal paper of literary
claims and whose character for truth precuded the pos
sblity of admission into it's columns of such tissue Of
falsehoods. While it leaned towards Repubcanism
and daintily Endorsed universal liberty knew it had
enough of the old heavness of past times to keep it
from the front ranks of the progressive element that
now predominates in America and so never expected
that it could shake off the fosssm of old sedae fogym
sufficiently to advocate the right of Ireland to ndepend
ence YET we expected it had preserved the only
deemabe feature of past journalism, ga desire to state
no untruths" The Journal sezes hold of an English
whip sent through the Associated" to lash uswith its
puny but very vindctive blows. It was stated that
some servant girls met in Troy to protest against the
Fenian Brotherhood expanding any of their funds
in forwarding the cause of Irish nationality Whether
such meeting of our poor countrywomen and slaves
did or did not take place, a matter of small
quence. If it did, it was the work of some English
paid designing uilnins who worked the ignorance Of
their dupes Our Irish servant girls not SO far adj
vanced as to call meetings. and protest in true aooa
rights style against anything. BUT NO SUCH MEETING
EVER TOOK PLACE Let us give the Journal chance
to speak:
The FEN1AN ,'SwINDLE-The large meeting of Irish
servant grlsa novel gatheringa Troy " on Saturday
evening" which emphatic protest entered against
the further foolish expenditure of the Fenian funds to which
they have from time to time literally contributed the
sensible Fenan movement have heard of lately We
trust that their brethren will take their pointed and timely
rebuke seriously heart and either stop their talk about
freeing Ireland" Which thus far has been nothing but talk, Or go
to work and free her,
The large meeting never took place, so we pass this
portion of the attack, remarkng, passon that we
heartily agree with the latter portion of the advice, and
trying to do our best to carry it out But, in
opinion it would be manly for the Jownazto assist
us in our work for liberation than to assist England in
her work of hellish oppression.
We do not wonder that the Irish girls of this
country are becoming FESTIVE under the burdens of Fenan
taxation which they have been subjected for the past
years. These girls work hard to their money and it is
ungallant is mean and vanou for the lazy male
with plausible pretense of being about do something
for the benefit of Ireland to pocket their contributions