The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-14

by many sensible men, and occasionally mprudenty talked
of by young indiscree individuals They managed to learn
through moucdTd concierge other hired scoundre
that there was meeting in private house the other week
of few men who proposed to go silently in the of the
day of All Souls to the tombs of MANN and Godfrey
Cavaignac They may have managed to get hold of of
the Unse printed circulars composed by somebody and
distributed by somebody else in considerable numbers,
through the post Office and otherwise of which ncose
copy circular you see urging insurrection against
this bitterly reviled Government If Government had
1.-THE of the confidence pretends in its firmly based strength
would print this datribe in the Mone The circular
would kill its purpose if the real faults and weaknesses
of the Government attacks did not give vitality to its
vuperaon 1t plain that Government of late has been
in passing dread of something happening, and is usual
with scared folks acting in the dark has grabbed right and
left in sort Of teapot tempest of anxiety OF persons thus
arbitrarily seized four of five after secret examina
ton and certain days weeks of preventive imprisonment
arbitrarily released Those who finally brought before
the open tribunal tried and condemned charges quite
different from those of the pretended oene the strength
of which they first seized Although this statement
patiently proved by the record of the past 10 years. know
will appear exravagant of your readers who there
FORE refer the ndsputable files of the Gazette des Tu
nea and such skeptcs the trouble of long Search
especially commend them the reporting columns of that
newspaper for the last past three months"
letter from SaineBeuve throws great light upon the
present of public opinion in France upon religious
questions: 81 have read the letter which you have
municated to 1t to be written by Catholic
liberal Nobody respects this shade of opinion than
do. knew and had for friends young and very dis
nguished representatives of this shade of opinion clearly
comprehend the social theory which looks upon people
without people Decline mere
is very different one we longer free. Groan
it or not may faith has disappeared Science, let
people say what they please has desroyedi 1t is absolutely
impossible for vigorous sensible minds conversan with
history with criticism udous of the natural sciences
any longer to believe in old stories and old Bibles In this
crisis there only thing to do in order to avoid anguish
ing and stagnang in Decline namely to rapidly and
to march firmly toward order of reasonable probable
corrected ideas which beget conviction instead of belief and
which, leaving the vesges of neghborng creeds all liberty
and security prepares all and robust minds support
for the future. Morality and justice slowly forming
new basis less solid than the old basis solid than
it. because there shall it of the puere fears of
infamy. So let men and to be children
soon poble this will be hard task to great many
women-and to great many too But in the present
state of society," and nowhere else lie the safety and
virity of nations They will have choose between Bryan
tinism and true progress"