The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-06-22

shine out, from the page Of history as proud pat
tern for all ages and lands 1t in no sense dero-
gates from the worth Of their character, or the
nobility of their achievements to say that natural
causes conspired to their success as much
as the excellence Of their cause and the patriotism
of their people Their enemy aoas three thousand
miles aacoy from has base Of supplies And
single pure patriot soldier of the young Republic
was all things considered, equal to five of the
cenary murderers of England.
The army of England is we'll trained and
equipped. But it is not by any means large-at all
events when compared with those Of the other
European powers. France, Prussia, Austria, Rus
sia can each count about three to against
England, of as good, if not better men. And
what America in an emergency, can do in that line
the word has lately seen.
Small as it is, the army of England has heavy
work it's hands, in widely differents parts of the
earth. At home it has to hold down Ireland, and
keep wary and watchful eye France In the
east it has to uphold the lettering throne Of the
Turk, to restrain the colossal power Of Russia, to
guard Egypt and to cruelty India This constitutes
rather an onerous task which, when properly at
tended to, leaves but very small margin Of men
available to " fight the Fenians" in Canada.
When Mr. Secretary SEWARD swallowed his leek
in G the Trent" affair, the late Lord PALMERsToN
boosted, in the English House of Commons, that
he had sent no less than TWELVE THOUSAND Eng
fish soldiers to defend the British dominions in the
northern provinces of this Continent and to-help
Southern rebels to rend asunder the American Re-
public This was Engand's great military effort
on the occasion. Happily for her the craven heart
for no &c
saved her from learning how little it would have
availed her if she had measured swords with
power which, during the late war, was able to put
THREE MILLIONS Of men into the field
And even after her swiffooted soldiers had gained
such glory" at Ridgeway, in June last, England
was only able to send two three regiments to Can
ada-very homeopathic driblets of military rein
forcements they were, for the defense of frontier
stretching over nearly two thousand miles. Such
" a power is simply sham-so contemplate that
if neither Fenian nor American was ever to lift
weapon against it, the very dogs of America would
be more than sufficient to deal with it.
The English army is comparatively small, and
the portion Of it which, at any time, is available in
America is contemptibly small as to be almost
invisible. And such it is, of the who COM
pose it. at least one third are Irisnaen. To which
we will only add that Irish natonasts are fully
alive to this, and will act upon it, when the proper
opportunity arrives.
The Irish people have, here in America, great
er real power than, in all probability, they ever
possessed before throughout the entire range of
their long and eventful history-a power which,
beyond all question, is greater than they possess in
any other country, not even excepting the land from
which they sprung
Here they are all, or may all become, citizens,
and therefore rulers, of the most proud and power
full Republic that has yet made it's appearance
among the nations of the earth. And if-instead
of becoming, as too many of them have done, the