The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-04

erations, mighty young Ireland would grow up on
the other side of the great sea- and that for the first
time Ireland would be able to strike for Ireland outside
of Ireland? Who would have supposed that the dread
full vstatons of plague, pestience and famine, should
be the means chosen by the Ruler of the universe to
berate an oppressed people, and to chastise perdous
government? But SO it is; and were Ireland buried
beneath the sea, there enough of here to pay
back with compound interest," every drop of Irish blood
shed by England from the time of Strongbow to the
time of Sir Hugh Rose.
This is then the great advantage of the present sit
uation and one that possess for the first time in
history There were no doubt, Irish brigades in for.
eign countries before Fontenoy could tell some
thing about them but there Irish nation
outside of Ireland before. There another happy and
most extraordinary phase of the subject to which
beg most particular attention IF the exodus had
red the Irish to any other country but to America
the change in their situation could hardly have been
benefit. To make this change in situation really dan
gerous to England three things, at least would be
essary: First transportation to country whose peo
pie, and institutions would be hostile to those of Eng
land second, form of government that would give
the freest scope to the expression and fostering of all
popular sentiments and third place not too far away
so that constant communication could be kept up with
the mother country. All these requirements abso
lutely filled to the letter Never perhaps in the his
tory of the world have outraged people been
happily expatrated, and never was that mysterious
Providence which confounds mems calculations
fully displayed We can trace il it the finger of God
who pities the oppressed and who will assuredy take
vengeance on the oppressor.
There is another matter connected with subject
which might be interesting to lay before readers
and that is the probable number of the Irish
this side of the Atlantic. The only attempt made
to find out the number of people of foreign birth any
State of the Union, made by the State of New
York in 1865. From the results of it, which were
published last winter appeared that there were within
fraction Of hundred thousand people, IN that
State, who owned to be of Irish birth When it is
taken into consideration how many of our countrymen
here hail from England and Scotland, and how many
more having come to America when children, claim to
be natives of this country it will appear plain that the
Irsh5 population of one State is very nearly mil
lion and counting their children certainly many
more we come to the astonishing fact that there
two millions of Irish people in State of the Union
and taking the comparative Irish population OF the
other States and of British America we come to the
conclusion that there exists in America at least eight
millions of
Never had wronged race so glorious opportunity
for vengeance and liberty Never have the desires of
the tyrant been SO utterly confounded and
people SO infatuated shall be if do not make
the most of the position in which placed. We
do not want to the to grappe with oppres
sor his flag floats within days journey of the spot
where we write. We have only to be united and de-
termned an9 we cannot fail. We can put five men
into the field for Eng glands Our enemy is also
the enemy of the glorious land Of our adoption. All
tho man Of America are heart and son1 on