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


Gated with the glare of sudden liberty, would
never have far forgotten ournations good breed
ing. When the Head Center of the American
Circles of the brotherhood Of the States at
tackled in front by the long knives of his undutiful
but bold sons in the rear by his more criminal but
cowardy stabbers in the dark, and around the Cir
Gle by his cousin John B the guests who too
often in peace were creating war, flew to his side
and marched beneath his banner through four years
of fire and blood and woe and death. The fifty
thousand big-hearted, great-soued, dauntless sol
diers who were born on the hills of Ireland, but
who sleep beside as many from the pleasant Rhine
land and treble their number of native hearts, from
the Oaks to Manassas-those fifty thousand heroes
of race have efaced with their blood the errors
of the past America feels to-day that her strength
is in the hearts and arms of all her children native
and adopted, and, knowing this, there is nothing
but the best of feeling existing among the family.
The late war, in addition to the liberation of
millions of men, and the proof of the stability of
Republics, also proved that, in the hour of danger,
the people, for whom the despots of Europe had
no room, were as loyal to liberty those who grew
beneath her protecting wings. 1t broke down pref
udices.
Men met and messed and marched together;
Marched and fought and died together;
And soft are laid to rest together
When the red tide from the gallant hearts of the
dead flowed together, who could tell which was
Irish, which American, which German? Now
that fair fame people is high in the estma
ton of our fellow citizens, it behooves all to be
on the alert that demagogues may not separate us
again from the great people among whom re-
side We must not allow ourselves to be duped
by conservative humbugs, who would array
against the great intelligence of the nation. While
we assert also rig hts citizens let us be mod
est, and admit that the native born Americans
love this country, and understand the issues of the
day, at least as we'll as we do Let us then accept
principles endorsed by the great majority and
this eternal pulling against the stream of progress
sion Let us so demean ourselves in our intercourse
with all our fellow citizens that, when the day
of trial and of battle for own independence
comes, we honestly and consistently denaaaadthe
active sympathy of our fellow men. Let us bear
in mind that to understand what liberty is, does
not require arrogance, nor useless buster, on our
part Let feel that the right of citizenship which
we possess in America is of the grandest
privileges ever bestowed on a people. And the
more we keep in mind that it is privilege the bet
ter will we appreciate it.
There foreign people in America who
could be so happy, OR aspowerfulm the land, as we
could be did we work for, and not always against,
our own interests.
Let the intelligent and the patriotic men of our
race then come forward our representatives
Too long have people allowed an ignorant
and noisy minority to speak forus politically. These
things can be no longer The low ward political
tricksters, the drunken boobies who hang around
the polls on election day, the low browed and vii
famous shoulder hitters, and all the other eank