The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-21


selves alone? You have thousand times sufficient ability
power lying dormant in the unpretendng members of
ranks Have confidence in yourselves and the work
DONE You will not betray deceive yourselves Others
may do both they have done before Wake up at last to
the fact that Irelands redemption is in your hands, Let
Irelans freedom from them Do not supney
wait the good pleasure of wiser better than you
are before you make up yor minds to do something for
Ireland Make this Organization your own Take it out
of the keeping of unworthy custodians Establish it
basis of strength and reason liable to be torn asunder
and rent in fragments by the petty quarrels of petty men,
The people vast and mighty as the Let them,
before the present storm SUBSIDIES toss the rotten huk and
other debris of the wreck the Shore lie there in
oblivion until the country you love shall have been unbound
When becomes question of sacrificing dearest friend
Ireland you hesitate? Let your virtue and patriotism
rise equal to the OCCASION Your power is now intermn
ably split up. You reune it, keeping the dscord
ant elements that have cursed it in the past The sen
and the will, the spirit and the means among YOU
and ready. You have rich SOIL that has been WE'LL
though regularly broken Will you take the trouble to
plant the good seed and tend it until the harvest? Get
together Convention of silent workers central
in Illinois Ohio Let all the earnest quiet there
and if collect but the representatives of five thousand
patriots deliberate sensbly and without FUSS you lay
diton achieve your ends. Be not gued again, you
often for the last five years. by promises which your
tells you false Do not for moment entertain
the notion that anyone make army out of the earth
by enchanmen Give support to men here
in America, who illuminate their amateur thunder against
England from behind editorial DESKS who have bounded so
much into e-dgeons Warehouses; and premature graves
whilst they enjoying literary themselves Don't
imagine that there is going be army of countless
thousands the border year. The Wizard of the North
did not reach that sublime pinnacle of perfection legerde
main vet Do not comfort yourselves with the idea that the
British Empire going dissolve into thin air through the
ncantatons of antquated chiefs and select teat in New
York The English Government is power How you
genius have any effect it? Will the pulling musings
of dreamy poets disturb it? Will the confident boastngs of
sanguine warriors overtun it? You these
questions yourselves You drop all this You
must begin to work in silence Dispense with the services of
demozng organizers and senseles show Eschew all bag
gadocio and parade Let periodical excemens and appeals
ing of the seed until the harvest time Work silently
until you shall have five hundred thousand men in your
ranks and them call Convention in silence and devise
means for striking blow that will be felt Have
of the puey that has dsgraced name, and nearly
ruined your hopes Ireland calls upon you in of
despair. Your hearts urge you Your
firms the conviction that the honest unpresumng of
America charged with the holy task of setting free the
Island of Saints. You shrE this duty neither
you accomplish it until you get rid of the disintegrating
folly expect that the leaders will cordially join in calling
Convention that they will labor to unite the people by
any other The people united in sentiment now
and it those leaders who keeping them apart They
will unite. They faten discord. Dvde ct
perd, is their secret sentiment. Put no trust in them We
soemnly repeat that we must do the work ourselves We
other conclusion by any process of argument
Every days experience confirms this belief For the last
five years have been sckened by continued promises and
continued deception. There have been enough of time OF
money of energy, wasted Let waste of them
but hoard Them gather them together concentrate them in
ofablity energy and patriotism among Now
is the time to evoke from the bowling chaos the consistent
cam strong unconquerabe that destined lberate
the land of our birth and of our love.
After long and patient waiting after long and serious
sideraton of the condition of people, have honestly
come to this conclusion. Up this time have done
duty every regime We have been deceived and disap
pointed but not discouraged There road left
omen to victory that is the simultaneous and unanimous
determination of the people TO do this work themselves We
invite you to join at once and with heart and hope let
us come mutual understanding quickly AU Circles oil
parties and all naonastS pdYt requested to
municate Immediately their views upon the following:
l. When Convention can be conveniently held.
2. Where it can be conveniently held.
s. On what basis representation delegates can be admitted
4. What the principal features of the plan preferred
for the future organization?
Upon these points we, of Nashville have fixed IDEAS
save what set forth in this Address
In month from now ascertain, by of
these united communications the sentiments of the majority
which will be duly made known to ALL and immediate steps