The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-03
England.

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On the 18th July grand banquet given in London in
honor of the Sultan No less than three thousand persons
present. the greater number of whom the
eminent in the nation rank and reputation The Sultan
understands neither English French but will undoubtedly
infer from these demonstrations that far England and
France concerned his rebeous Christian subjects
rely on much support :ffs- ~ 5 astt ~ $500 ,
The London Dispatch which Ireland and hates the
United States with ndying fervor draws the following
gloomy picture OF the military condition of Great Britain
The fact not to be dsgusedwe defended by
mere mercenares They become soldiers by bounty
they stay but for pension. They think of the quarrel
They not knowing about the They the slaves of
that centuran who said to one Co. and he goeth and
another come and he comeh' They that standing army
of which ancestors were so Jealous who follow war as
trade and look upon their pay their Yes it is
be denied know nothing of the citizen soldier We do
not defend ourselves but pay others to defend Scarcely
any of much handle musket; manhood is
entirely without its necessary avoucmen; we
ovebroke tanned down. Wallace the lion of the wild
beast show which became ignorant of the of claw and
tusk that it suffered ITSELF resste be worried by
mongre We have become an emasculated people.
Every nation in Europe has its landwehr; all capable of
bearing arms at sometime bear them; in America,
every every State became sefenrolled in the militia
that at all times there embodied under yearly drill
upward of millions of armed citizens. Every Greek
served in the campaigns every Roman took the
cohorts. We the only people, ancient MODERN who
absolutely ignore the first and panest duty of the subjects of
free Sate indeed of any community of which aspires
be nation and claims have country Here are Fenans
drilling in hghwaysthere discover that in relying
on the fidelity of our army lean broken reed We
console ourselves with the reflection that least voun
e1cepione major Only when look
them for discover that the very law itself prohibits
them from suppressng rebelonrom much defending
themselves qua volunteers against revolution AS last
call for the ballot and demand that every
shall take his turn in the military service of the country
When told that the people of England will
submit to conscrpon which is just roundabout way of
confng that they will never agree discharge the
duty of defending their rights and liberties"
Here the picture presented by the London Daily Telegraph
of the present of the British metropolis "Coercng the
savage tribes of the metropolis holiday task and many
soldier passes of the army without having faced
oneenh of the peril which every hour dogs the steps of
policemen patrong bad neighborhood Between Lsson
grove and Edgeware road lies region inhabited by and
whose habits of ferocty place them nearly par
with the cannibals of New Zealand The police reports
published day lately show that eight constabes
less severely injured in the discharge of their duty
One suffered from two COMMISSIONS his knees and rupture
besides another serious injury which will remain with him
for life second received severe kick, which made him
fall nsensible" third kicked and had his thumb
bent backward drunken fastened her teeth firmly
into the of fourth, and compelled to renquish
her grip only by steady pull at her hair Others were
struck in the face and chest and kicked in the back The
neighborhood of the divisional police court is in permanent
siege and fifty constabes employed at great risk
in keeping clear passage to the court This is little less
than civil war Indeed the annual list of wounded police
contains hundreds of names Such state of things is
reproach to the intelligence of our legislature"