The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-28
National independence.

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ceedlngly inconsistent Some of these men, freely
admit are in the main true to the of universal
liberty But-that woefu :" but'-when the question
which the freedom of Ireland comes up they
are very much disposed to modify matters and to make
that question: in considerable degree exception
to the general rule They recommend the Irish people
to have recourse only to moral means, and to work
out the salvation Of their country by constitutional
agitation" Such, beyond all question: is the line of
argument Of advice rather adopted by that portion
OF the American press which is not under the infu-
ence" of the English Government And this at the
very lowest estimate comprises three out Of every five
of the daily and weekly journals which published in
New York city-which is the intellectual and CONNER
cal capital of the United States. Nor is it by any
confined to the newspapers which represent either
of the two great political parties into which American
citizens divided 1t is quite true that the Demo-
cratic organs the bitterly hostile of the two
Irish interests, and are, all occasions, the most
anxious to msrepresen and ure them. This is done
suppose, to demonstrate their utter scorn and con-
tempt of those exceedingly docie Irish voters-and
their is legon-who do ALL or nearly ALL the
wasting, and ballotng, and paradng and hurrahng of
the party while their superiors secure all the places
and pocket all the pay But candidly confess that
this spirit of hostility to the indie sendence of Ireland
by confined to them. Not few of the promi-
nent organs which less intimately connected
with the Republican party are tarred with the
stick. The Cleveland Herald it's small way, hates
intensely and lies boldly as its New York name
sake So that another crucxion-that of Ireland
Mr. ANDREW JOHNSON and Mr.. THADDEUs STEVENS
Ike md pnh1io i1ad
instances could easily be adduced of intense animosty
manifested by radical semi-radca newspapers to the
cause of Irish liberty from that of Mr. Jefferson Brick
of the New York Times, to that of the Englishman who
does the slandering of the Chicago Evening Journal
All these for reasons which are sometimes very in
fuena with the propretos and editors of newspapers
our national enemies. We accept them such and
prepared to deal with them. But unfortunately
there Of very different stamp who led by
certain circumstances to adopt essentially similar line
of argument. Some of them whose services
and sacrifices in the of liberty and of humanity
place the motives which influence their conduct above
all suspicion of anything and everything that is either
mercenary. Such is the Hon. HORACE
GREEDY. Yet in the New York Tribune he has per-
mtted if not positively expressed the doctrine that
revolutionary action ought not to be attempted by the
people Of lrelandthat not by force of arms but of
political action they likely to succeed in securing
their rights and liberties
Now if the sympathy and assistance of the American
people important, and in certain sense absolutely
essential towards securing the liberation of Ireland the
opinions of such Mr. Greedy cannot be safely
overlooked This we say for the simple that they
in no small measure, assist in forming the ud gment of
immense multitudes who sway the policy and the power
of this great country And Of one thing we may be
perfectly certain, that just the American Republic
destined to rule the world for generations to come so
the cause which the enlightened people Of America
favor is sure in the end to triumph, while that which