The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-10
Anti-N ational Irishmen.
JACKSON, MICH, July Doth, 1867.

Editors Irish Republic.
GENTLEMEN: By giving the following communication a
place in your paper under the head of General Correspond
you will not hope have depart from your strict
injunction of interfering with religious things"
This letter is designed attack either religion or its
ministers only write in vincation of national principles
and national men,
ALI hail REPUBLIC, fresh from the Garden City of the
West laden with the choicest productions instruct amuse
and elevate people, at least those of them who have minds
of their own and capable of receiving those instructions
which your columns contain.
You welcome to me! thousand times welcome!
with all your "radcalism'-as "sugarcoaed" country
who attached to avh proclive say of you but
my mind your Independent spirit alone and the
in which you started out hope your successful career
opposition to all "sycophancy and slayishnes" endears
you the thinking portion of our countrymen. visited
your city lately, for the double purpose of seeing
friends and making inquiries in regard national
cause and indeed must say somewhat surprised to
fnd in Chcago-a place always considered possessed
Nationalist of the right spirit than any other city in
America-so little national feeling. / speak from
experience when say this of your city qurng of
of my old friends, of whom expected they would be all
Fenans about the national cause to my establishment
found that of them actually knew nothing of it, STILL
they could tell the leaders of the movement lot
of knaves and making themselves rich out of it, Grant,
said that of the leaders knaves and swnder
we've loose from that class of men, rather cut them
loose from us; follow such Roberts, Dunno
Scanan and host of others too to mention Yes
men under whose leadership the Irish people have for the
first time in centuries attained proud position. When
asked these how much they paid towards helping to
Iberate their native land they answered. nothing And
why do you find fault with what cost you nothing? nay
why do you even condemn the thought of righting
the wrongs of poor Ireland? "Theres the rub the money
The truth is Messrs Editors of them lived short time
in England and got Engfed then came America andg
Americanized "AH right" L fear their knowledge of
American principles is say the least very limited they
would become better citizens of their adopted country than
of them prove themselves to be. If they good
citizens of America they would become worthy children
of "poor nnisfal" would ask your readers possible
there is such small minority of people in this country
possessed of true national spirit? what's the Of
the apparent dgeneracy in the majority of peope Can
it be they've lost that elevated tone of mind and character
without which reduces himself to the level of animal
with ambition but merely to live passive life here
tent with stealing odd glance at the "porals of utury
where he hopes day that in proportion his lot in this
life is miserable he will be the suitably rewarded nthe
next? Is this the doctrine and these the only opinions
a poor freshman must entertain, or be "d--d?"
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Gentlemen, pursue the principles you've started out on
that of educating the Irish people, preparing them for
the final struggle with their hereditary e that when they