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

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the cry.
This is all right with the exception of the latter. The
establishment of an Irish Republic does require the
destruction of England We, of course know that
before the republic is established in Ireland the
archy must be destroyed in England This, far from
being the destruction of England, would be the
mencement of the peoples existence In fact Irish
Republic and an English Republic likely to be
twin born of that crimson lady, Liberty, when she
enters into the hroes of the revolution Were our race
less conservative or selfish or blind falsely educated
call it what name you ke-and had flung themselves
into the front ranks of revolution everywhere in the
past instead of being always found coggng the Wheels
or throwing themselves beneath them to check the car
of Progress the acorM would be further advanced than
it is to-day and Ireland could not be than she is
but would be Independent, in all probability.
By revolution, we all those Principles that are
at with old systems founded in feudal times and
adapted to the comforts and freedom of the few and to
the ensavement and misery of the peoples Such prin-
cpes may work through either moral physical force
The former generally precede the latter. All great
whirls of the world forward have been physical We
such the French revolution the revolution that
gave birth to this Republic and the greater revolution
that swept the last vesge of slavery from America,
from which the future historian will begin to date the
worlds freedom These revolutions have all been phys
ica but they owe their birth to the moral mental
revolutions created years before by the great thinkers Of
humanity So that, where the mind of nation has not
undergone the mental revolution, the physical reyolu
ton if born must be still-b born monster 1t will work
more evil than good and devour itself in the end Great
voutions, the latter sprnging full armed from the
former "lke Hermes from the brain of Jove."
We have said the conservatism-we know of no
other name to give it-of our has retarded the
freedom of the world Continually at with England,
and continually defeated, but never conquered our
reyolutioniss were driven into exile in continuous
stream for centuries. These exies the pick and valor
of race sought service in the armies Of kings abroad
and became the prop of thrones and the foes of revo
ton.
When the English people became tired of James,
and when William drove him from the English throne,
James fled from his people to ireland for protec-
ton. Why the Irish took up the hunted king instead
of kicking him out of the country that had been plum
dered and stepped in blood by him and every English
king that had preceded him since ireland had the mis-
fortune to come under their yoke is what has not been
yet explained We know that religion and certain
kind of chivalry called sefmmolaon-a chivalry that
has so taken possession Of the Irish that they always
take up the wrong side, to this day-have been
offered as excuses for the terrible sacrifices that ireland
made for James. Sacrifices that, if made for national
independence would not have been made in vain When
we boast of Patrick Sarsfed and place him high above
the men who died for Ireland we should bear in mind
that he fought not for Ireland but for an English king
This may be heresy but it is fact.
When Sarsfeld and his men, as the representatives
of the old dea captuated to Wamy the representative
of revolution the former sailed away from Ireland and
died fighting for the French kings. The Irish Brigade
established in France and it was the right arm of