The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-20

more than enough to crush empire. 1t has been
assailed in every possible manner by every possible class
of men. It has been pronounced dead hundred times
within the lastwoyears has been assaedn 'front.' flank
and rear the same Itcan count enemies
men of every possible denominations all actuated by the
same rrepressibe desire to kill it, They have assaed
it with every of weaponthe rifle OF the soldier
and the baton of the policeman the satire OF the w.t.
the gold of the briber and the treachery of the spy 1t
has had great at its back It its founda-
ton to no individual It not called into existence
by the eloquence of OConnel the zeal of Xavier,
or the enthusiasm of a Peter the Hermit 1t
ured amid poverty and fostered by peasants. Wealth
and genius had nothing to do with its existence, but
have abored hard for its DEATH 1t began amongst peo
pie considered the most Catholic in the world but 1t has
been denounced and again by those in whom
such people supposed most implicitly to trust Every
sort of power has been brought to bear on it every
kind oweapon has, with wild fury mature forethought
been seized to strike it down; yet is not stricken
down. the weapons of the sage of the bgot and of the
tyrant have been actually turned into stubbe," and
Fenianism not only lives to-day, but as full ofhJe
Of all it's enemies those in it's own ranks have done it
the most hurt and it is in it's preservation in spite of
them that the miracle of to beseen Whatother
organization but Fenansm could have dtogetheraf after
having brought forth John OMahony, James Stephens
and Dorian Kian? The most horrible hydra ever con-
ceived in the brain of the Greek, the most frghtfu
pst ever conured into existence by the Cet could
have lived hour after giving birth to such monstros
ties. IF any of these had the gift of genius, it
would in some degree have thrown vail over their
rascalities The world admires such men Mahomet
and Bonapae for bad they were, their genius out
weighed their vices but the three persons named
mere brainless monser-births of Fenansm, unreeved
by scination of genius to offset their rascality. The
birth and nurture of these children of her womb have
not killed Fenanism although it would though
their shamed and bushing mother breahes freely
now that they are hidden from mems gaze and politically
dead forever. ..- .t.
Let no say that Fenianism has not done good
already although its great triumph is yet to come We
would ask in all earnestness what would be the position
of this continent to-day, if it not for
Feniansm Why is it that, with magnanimity and
frgving spirit truly noble the American people have
forgotten the way too large proportion of Irish
acted during the war? The opposition to the Gov
ernment the vote against Lincoln the hanging and burn
ing Of negroes in New York forgotten and forgiven
now and why because the American people know that
heads and not hearts, that were to blame
and that the spirit of Fenanism because it has truth
and liberty for its foundation is making every day
better men and better citizens. r..r. .
Who then shall despair of Feniansm? Who shall say
that it is founded the rock of truth and that it is
not immortal When it has effected such change with
people in two years. what shall it have accomplished
in two years more Before that time hope to have,
not only all the bertyloving and the manly of our own
side but the great majority of the American
people, also We may console ourselves with the thought
that great though trials may have been,
shall go down to posterty full of glory. We have
FOUGHT such eht as nerhans never was FOUGHT before