The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-07

SITS on an English throne and certain lords and Judges
sit at her feet and go through the farce of trying
lrishmen? Trying them and condemning them
tor protesting against their country being desolated
and her people extermnated, and legally ordering
their execution We do not recognize their au-
authority their law and it is national duty to
seek reprisas Does America recognize the @ that set
price the head of Washington, and would have
hung him to the nearest tree if the laD able?
And had Washington been hanged, and the Courts of
England declared it legal would the heroes OF 76 have
cared the snuff of candle for such declaration No.
they would have taken relocated general, and
hung him in retaliation.
It is time for the leaders of the Fenian Brotherhood
to know that they national authority, and speak
and act in the Of the Irish naton-that Irish
nation that has been subugaed yet though often
outawed and stepped in blood. Now when England
murders any of peoplefor while she attempts to
hold her robber possession of Ireland every executed
for daring to assert his right citizen of the Irish
nation murdered-t is the duty of the representatives
of that people to that retaliation follows swift and
sure It will not do to have irresponsible persons take
vengeance. Our constituted authorities should say when
and whom Now, if there are any men in position in
said in the Manchester DOCK they had better retire for
who are And the sooner the better "Once
satisfied right, and attempting to do anything
ao that connection, ave must be aOng to face all the
consequences"
The man who uttered that sentence walked to the
scafod patriot and surely there ten or twenty
thousand of his countrymen who willing to echo the
sentence If satisfied that Ireland has right
to her independence, and that England is but robber
who retains possession of country by force, surely
all means usfabe to expel the robber This is quite
simple.
We desire that the Fenian Brotherhood shall become
a Revolutionary Brotherhood having but object in
viewthe freedom of their country-and being willing
to trample all considerations under foot that come be-
tween it and its object. We desire that the who
compose this Brotherhood shall own their own souls
and shall be willing to push aside all obstacles that stand
in the way Of liberty whether these obstacles may be
English red-coats Orange yellow-coats, Catholic
bishops or Protestant ministers Either make the
Brotherhood revolutionary body, led by who will
not cover at ecclesiastical anathema or English law
make it simple agitation society where England
be scoded to the satisfaction of the of all the
old wives of the old school. We will have no men
pinng in British dungeons, swinging on British
scafolds, while we are too vvtuous to retaliate.
We have been crying down man-worship for the last
seven years but only wish Heaven would send us
to lead the people through that red sea that lies
between us and our country's freedom.
Once again we ask, Will all who sleep to dream and
wake to think of vengeance for murdered race and
despoed country shake hands and bury personal pque
in the deep sea of national vengeance? AS united
people, we make the English throne uneasy seat
for her royal hghness who signs the death warrants of
Irish patriots with atdeghtu feelings peculiar her
bloody and lecherous brood Cut up into factions, our
brothers can be hung with mpunity, and murdered by
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