The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-21


eve and burns in every heart but faction has set us by
the ears and like drunken fools fighting each other
even above the dead Men thrust forward their "honor
and reputations their justification for fighting their
brother as though such things were butterflies in the
balance against the great Of country others
who went sleep in the days of Finn McCou and who
were walked by malignant spirit, poster us with
their clan and chief" though the world is going to
swing back thousand years please the caprice OF
some raving maniac. Others are pinioned through
their souls and will not inch Misunderstanding
their spiritual guides, who, though good and heavenly
men, perhaps are very Indifferent revoutionists Thus
could go counting the curses, in the any OF
slavery that divide and weaken
England has not conquered Ireland Never in the
history of the last crimson centuries-f we ex-
cept '98-have the Irish people fought for Ireland
1t has been this Church that Church. this province
that province this chief that chief but never has
the fight been for independent Ireland. How is it
to-day? What proportion of our people are willing to
throw all other considerations to the winds for the time
being and hoist the flag of ireland and Liberty and
fight all who oppose us? For to this must it
at last. When the Fenan Brotherhood will come to
this, and when party squabbles shall be buried in
great revenge when the tongues will not be flip
pant and the executive qualities cultivated; when
Judgment sets its seal on command-so that command
once given execution answers swifly-we begin to
hope for success With the minority of our people
who appreciate liberty enough work for i-torn and
distracted by faction, with mighter power than Eng
land opposed usa power that takes the souls of the
youth of our land and shapes them for fetters while
England can but fetter our limbs-what can be done
L hat
are melting away into other nations, like rivers into
SEAS and that when the fount is dry from which the
stream is fed there will be nothing but channel dryas
summer dust? And rather than break petty pride,
and rise to the dignity of freemen taking every hand
that is willing to strike blow for preservation
will to determination, pershing ourselves with our
country content long we drag our brothers who
have erred to destruction with u.s.
We know there many so-called Fenians who are
born and nurtured actonsts We have seen them here,
there and everywhere Fellows who have the virus of
the Irish clans and fair fields in their gaish blood Let
there be unanimty of action in the morning, and if
they were not killed by the SHOCK they would find no
further interest in working for liberty They be-
came interested in Fenansm until the rag of faction
was raised AS soon as they behed the deathshead
and bones alo and felt they could spring ct their
brothers throas off went their coats and out came their
knives that rusty with their countys blood These
low-browed blusterers with whom no decent man
associate who born of beggars and nursed in rags
who have picked up certain smattering of broken
English and an appearance Of uncouth civilization who
have been blinded by the glare of American liberty until
they mistake license for freedom; who have read the
history of the French revolution and initiate in their
buster and swagger the couthons of that period lack
ing their courage; these the loudmouthed towards
who in nine out of ten keeping faction alive
all over the land. We have known three or four of
these vipers meet and pledge themselves to avenge