The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-25

ourselves we little stunned. Is THE IRISH
REPUBLIC to be what it pledged itself in its Pros
pectus, to become-or must it trim it's sails to catch
the popular breath ? The Irish revolutionists of
America must answer this, if there are any such
in our sense of the word. We have been working
for years for liberty and boasting of progression
and enlightenment. 1t is time to test the truth and
sincerity of our people in these matters, and we
propose the test.
The directors and stockholders of this paper
prefer to talk bold truths to ten thousand than to
to preach inanity to the million.
There are five millions of the Irish race in Anne
RIGA. Are there ten thousand willing to SUPPORT
Journal that, in addition to advocating the indie
pendence of Ireland, will also advocate universal
liberty? Are there ten thousand men in America
who, while supporting the friends of liberty every
where, will attack her enemies wherever found ?
If there are such men we want to know it at once.
Not only can ten thousand such men support Jour-
nal of freedom and spread it's doctrines in the face
Of all opposition, but actuated as they must be by
the highest and purest motives they can work out
| the Independence of Ireland. Ten thousand men
of this type can save nation. And if we cannot
count this number of true revoutionists in five
millions of our race, how we to accomplish our
national regeneration?
If after all our years of labor and sacrifice, GER
tain number ofour friends are not able to bear plain
talk without fingng THE IRISH REBUB11c back in
our teeth, why our work has SO far been thrown
away. We are still confdent-so hard it is to
shake our faith in the people-that there enough
of men left to raise the banner of Ireland and
Liberty in the face of all opposition.
Should the worst come, and that we find out that
our paper is printed for the next generation, why
we can let take our places whose cool phoso-
ply will teach them to tell as much truth as will
suit their purpose, and suppress the remainder
THE IRISH REPUBLIC as far as we are concerned.
will go to people with truth on it's lips and will
spare man, and no party, that are false to Ire
land and Liberty. There are certain miserable
portion of almost every race whose blind enmity
is the highest recommendation of every honest
man. So far are they sunk in the soughs of iono-
and slavery that in their widest dreams
do true men ever hope of advancing them to the
high ground of independence, or of receiving from
them anything but stupid opposition directed against
those who would raise them from their deera-
dation. An absolute complete unity of the Irish
race, or of any other earth, is a sheer i'm
possibility. Revolutions, and all great whirls of
the world onward, have always been accomplished
by the intelligent and selfsacrifcng minority who
like the advance guard Of grand armies, hew the
forests bridge the rivers and storm, and die in the
breaches, that the heavy columns may come on, and
pass over their lifeess bodies to victory.
Again say if there is nothing to be said in the
columns Of THE IRISH REPUBLIC but what will
please old grannies, why its establishment was
uncalled for We have had vehicles enough to
convey compliments and eulogies from the livingto
the dead If our people want all our great dead,
from Ollamh Foda to Daniel O'Connel trotted
out continually, to show to the world what were,
bo