The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-10
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It's suggestions are valuable and shall give readers
the advantage of them as soon as possible:
NOTE FROM HEADQUARTERs.-We drew attention to a
note from PEORIA few weeks ago. in which the writer COM
nlaned of receiving to his communications sent
to the headquarters of the F. B. The Assistant Treasurer
sends us the following expanation) We think friend
is unnecessarily severe however Had received only
one complaint in regard the failure of answers reaching
Circles from headquarters should not have called attention
to the fact through the paper but had communications
from all Sides complaining of the thing and thought
it right and necessary draw attention to it. and find out
possible where the evil really located. We trust the
explanation below given will satisfy those parties who felt
aggrieyed at what they felt must be neglect Indifference
the part of the clerks headquarters Whether tsafes
not is we suppose matter of no Importance. We would
remind however good friend that there vast difference
between conducting newspaper and great national organi
cation such the F. B. If make Mistakes it is the
riuac business of the Republic News Company" that suffers
but mistakes made by the F. B. is the business of the entire
Irish people, who oil interested in their recfcation
We know that of the officers at headquarters doing
all they can and than Mr. Calinan; but do
know that have communications from there which
should be tolerated in organization such We
beg remind friends at headquarters that they not
above criticism and that columns open coespon
dents all national subjects There time when
chqins ruled when to investigate crticise was treason
but hope those times gone and that the who
hold the helm investigation into their actions
being conscious of doing nothing but what just and right
Will friend explain to the ST. Louis about their
Mdze which has myseriously disappeared? An is
wanted. We snub each other afterwards.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
FHs aoR 2e4f 5sS H. &c.,
Editors of The Irish Republic.
Il observe in this weeks ISSUE Answers to correspn
DENTS that acknowledgment off receipt of funds from PEORIA
ILL., has been Mr. Dolan and while justly admit
down. the succeeding sentence
by nasmuch all received here
recepted for promptly and the of
documents their respective destinations either attributable
negligence of the officers of the Circle in not procuring
PO Box, and in all advising of by writing at
congratulations; and sometimes by the regu
lary the mail arrangements In the present instance Mr.
Doan received and receped for June 2h will
be by to our COPY book and the letter mailed on the
day. observe the paragraph preceding d. PEORIA Ill.,
that letters Mr. Nicholson did not reach their destination
and if saping the etc. etc., draw
conclusions of how doing
Yours very truly.
IN. J. CALLrSAN Assistant Treasurer, T. B."
L. OS liverpool New York-Your verses though possess
ing the ring lack that smoohness and
rated expression which poetry should possess Take me
Read every day for weeks you will find
weeds to pluck out in garden There necessity for
writing v where the matter treated be handled better
in prose- and without half the crcumlocuton You have the
true spirit which the grand framework of good poetry But
the filling out requires fancy and patient mechanism This
will apply others we'll to L. OS We wish poets
would have their subjected to the criticism of some
honest intelligent FRIEND before sending their pieces
srea very unpleasant to have refuse insertion poem
written by good men, and friends of cause but which
not up the standard Parties who have sent poems
which have not appeared will accept the nonappearance
refusas. We have than Irish ballad
singer could rece in a lifetime. We always most
anxious to get good poetry but the cutting off the rough
enos ana hanging bells thereon to jingle, makes most
ntoeraoe music We know that would be for interest
to publish everything in the shape of verse; other
papers DO because the writer's would then be interested in
spreading our paper, and their own fame But we are
willing to sacrlee self for the sake country literature
ana o the creo Oh ne race to which we belong Weknow
paper that has got fully five hundred po and each noet
has not less, perhaps, than fifty friends This nice little