The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-10
From the McGregor News


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From the McGregor News.
large and enthusiastic meeting of the friends of universal
freedom and Irish independence held in Cambrian Hail.
Monday evening Center NJ ODonnel called to the
chair, and William Drummond elected secretary Captain
William HI Grace of Massachusetts was introduced the
audience and proceeded speech nearly two hours and
of great eoence and power to depict the wrongs Ireland
recount the deeds of her heroes statesmen poets and learned
men, and the glores of her oden times before Popes bulls
and British cupdity and reachery bound her people like
slaves the chariot wheels of the English arstocracy He
declared that Ireland should yet be Free and that the Fenan
Brotherhood destined to become her berator that
100000 young rshmen in various parts OF the world were
bound together by the strongest and hottest teshe love of
freedom and faherand-a sworn to vindicae their right
to nationality to plant the green flag of Erin Irish SOIL
where should float triumphant and respected through
ing centuries pour their blood into patriot graves He
treated with bitter scorn the ainhearted Fenans and
side enemies of Irish freedom who proclaimed the Fenian
movement failure and maintained and we think concI
vey proved considering all the circumstances that it had
proved great The Irish people scattered
throughout the civilized world for ages they had been pur
posey and systematically impoverished by British policy
and subjected system of bondage CALLING degrading
and dsgrace than African slavery had ever been America
Their ecan and preudice had been strengthened
and used purposey by British policy to keep up cannsh
uds and inspire hatred and dstust between Catholics and
Professionals Irsmen exiled from their natives shores
carried with them the lands whittier they fed the compelled
ignorance the preudces and cish hatred which
the British government had created inspired fed and fostered
among them and out of all this they had to be educated by
the Fenn movement before they could rise to apprecia
ton understanding of the great principles of universal
freedom and selfgovemmen, such has triumphed in
made free and independent Viewed educator without
any reference to its military character he maintained that
the Fenian movement had been and had done
for the reformation and elevation of the Irsh in two years.
than had been accomplished in the previous hundred
years. and he advised those who had found nothing better
do for Ireland and shmen than oppose the Fenians
account of their military character to take up the moral
portion of their work. and assist in lifting their counymen
out of the degraded moral condition into which British land
ordsm had forced them and in which their moral leaders
had seemed quite willing leave them Oh for another
Father Mathew, assist the Fenans in their glorious work
of reforming educating and mentally enghtenng the Irish
people the world over
The eloquent speaker saloon politicians and
barroom statesmen who deal their poison Irish lips
just before elections but who despise them and condemn
them while receiving their votes at the polls He exhored
his people cut themselves loose from such miserable po
selves worthy of their freedom by aboring for and
conquerng freedom for all citizens of the country without
regard to color nationality He paid merited compliment
to New England the cradle of the American Revolutions
to John Adams the educator of the people of that age
in liberal and national ideas, the Fenians the
educators of the Irish people the same ideas and principles
and he also compmened the first settlers of that section
the germ the founders of the great which had
at last become truly free government and destined to
give freedom to all in all nations. What is that
makes the American flag the starry banner of the Republic
honored all the world over? Because it is the emblem OF
universal freedom proudly upheld and warmly loved by the
people whom it floats Let the Irish people show the
same love of impartial freedom and the devotion to
their flag and long that flag would float every sea-
honored like the and stripes and loved by the oppressed
Hishmen would only unite with determination to tread