The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-06-08

When Goth and Gau the Roman power whstood in hundred
fights
Greece asked not leave of Persia or his saraps Free
But flung her weapOnd hand toward heaven and hermop
yl@.
Or yet again in later time when the serried spears
The gallant Swtzer flung his life grasp the sheaf years
Or home when Wallace stouty answered blow with
blow,
Till Scotland held her oemans hand with equal Yes and No.
never yet was it in vain that in the narrow strait
nations best and blaves dared to lift the gage of Fate
Great deeds conquerors it shall be as was;
And Liberty be ransom'd by her dead Leondas
Foul fall your coward policies your petitions for redress
Was freedom won by prayers of whining teness?
We ask charter mans leave we re sick of banded
words
But We WA!-if aught gainsay we argue with our
swords.
We need foreigners permit help from foreign power
We wait not for Hoche bauk the appointed hour
need but union mong ourselves and hopes that dare be
free;
And like sword unsheathed leap from shame to victory
for the old Greek swords for the old Greek hearts and hands
Then Ireland should regain her place. her amid the lands
for the old Tyrt@an voice, to fire two million men,
Two million slaves, who only should achieve their manhood
then
We prepared examine those views which Mr. Lin
ton has put forward in the pamphlet before in
able and earnest to command attention. when
find ourselves unable to grant acquiescence
And first of ALL he does great
without doubt but still he does ito Irish natonasts of
America. In what respect? In several is At
page ID he declares 81 Fenan presume English
be-" Why should he presume anything of the
We know Engshmen who Fenians and could
of them, if necessary. And although the is accep
BILE any individual people who under English influence
still it racy native SOIL for it that of the ancient
and unconquered national guards of country True may
look very undesirable to who procams loudly that he
an Engshman and therefore, evidently considers that
distinction to be proud of is quite possible that there
be less connected with the word Fena ashamed
Of than with the word Enghman" We might begin with
the wholesale murder of unarmed negroes in Jamaica we
might go to the famine deaths of three millions of British
subecs" in nda during the past year might survey the
murderou determination of the people of Ireland and of the
Highlands of Scotland and finish off with glance the pres
state of the agricultural and city population of England
sef-and might then ask which of the names has an
honest the best right to feel ashamed Of Fenan"
"Englishman"? Perhaps Mr. Linton somebody else who
thinks such tremendous honor be "Engshman
will be good enough look into these little matters and give
On the very page and indeed the very sentence
he ventures confession which, from of his judgment
and experience perfectly astounding. Except COM
report he navey Declares know nothing of Fenian-
ism its principles organization, policies" This admirable
logic Just think of highly and justly distinguished in
politics. literature, and art writing and publishing book
two specified subecn this instance Fenianism Repub-
canismand in the very first sentence almost cody inform
ing the world that of of these subjects he "knows
ng Except the conduct of that celebrated judge whose
to hang the prisoner first and him afterwards
have heard of anything in point of sheer absurdty
to this.
There be the shadow of doubt that the declaration
made by Mr. Linton is strictly and emphaticay true. He
knoos nothing about Fenansm and every paragraph and
nearly every that he has written proves it.
Common report" is proverbially, common fasfer to
use no harsher word And good friend ought to know it.
and earnest hope that the time he under
takes to discuss great question of mans rights and ber
ties and hopes and aspirations he will be careful first of ALL
to consult some more respectable and reliable authority
Had he done he would have saved himself the trouble
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