The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-23
CHICAGO, ILL, NOVEMBER 23, 1867.
The English Republic.

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Our motto is Universal Liberty" We have nailed
it to the masthead of the good ship IRISH REPUBLIC
Storms and battles are before it. matter of
These things absolute certainty Soal experience
declares But good and true rally around
it. And with all our infdety" we have faith enough
to convince that there is Power in the universe
greater than all the hosts of sin and slavery
We claim liberty for country. But not as
an exclusive privilege What we ask for ourselves we
willing and anxious to extend to others-to every
country and to every that exist beneath the heavens
This is no new creed. 1t is old as the human race
It dates from the creative act of Him who made all
men free and equal"
The contrary creed from very different quarter.
Love to all is lesson written by the finger of the
Lord of Light Injustice injury to any is inspired
by the fends of darkness Ignorance generally is the
mother of crime The most savage and noxious beasts
and insects pursue their prey under the shades of night
It is even so here. Show us man who denies justice
and liberty to any country to any human being, and
we will show you one whose mind is warped to evil
through the influence of systems which keep men gnor
ant in order to them instruments of crime For
we not who is hurt by its application the law is
universally and eternally true that the who will
not do to others he would that they should do to him
is man living in rebellion against humanity and God
Doubtless to Unbalanced and poorly instructed minds it
is grand thing to have " to look down upon
Satanic selshness must have sacrifice to satisfy its in
fernal appetites. What good Humans dignity,
unless he could humble Mordecai What are
riches to the ignorant upstart unless he insult his
hot p1a ie to thn
pharsee unless he feels convinced that all other
sure to be damned? Where is the glory of being an
American citizen, unless you goat over if not act
ually trample on, the unenfranchised African?
Your brother in the next house. street, or city,
State or country has sacred in the eyes of God
and man as your It is time to understand this
and to acknowledge it. Duty demands it. Interest
demands It's For, never the adage true than
here, that united we stand" but divided fall
With Republic in England, and Republic in Italy,
and in France, and spain and Germany, freedom can
crush the serpent of tyranny, although it had
ten thousand heads. But with the despotisms of
Europe intact with the accused English monarchy
broken how long, think you, would free Republic in
Ireland be permitted to exist Let the experience of the
last century answer the question The volunteers of 1882
demanded from the English tyrant national legislature
They had arms in their hands, and the oppressor had
just been hurled out of America like kicked and
beaten hound So the demand was conceded because
dare not be refused But how long did the national
independence thus conceded last Just eighteen years
Over the CORY graves Of 98 the Union of Castlereagh
was contaminated.
TO advance REFORM and to precipitate revolution in
England ought to be one of the first objects to which