The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-28
The Grand Army of the Republic.

LOGAN ITS COMMANDERS IN-cHIEF.
To the Editors of The Irish Republic
handed me bv an IrisAmerican friend and it pleased
not little to find among the noble hearts that hrob for
Ireands bitter woes those who ably vlndlcate and up
hold amid the eers and prosecutions of brother exes in
this foreign land the doctrine of anlverSd liberty How my
heart gone in sympathy for the of the down.
rodden whose representatives driven from their
therand and forced aliens to the shores of this
republic bearing upon their noble brows the stamp of manly
dignity hearts in them melting with emotions the sad
fate of country whose wrongs they cannot redress hearts,
too that burn with the nightly fire the thought of liberty
alone kinde Liberty that bids them bare their breasts
to the blows of tyranny and treason and bleed freely
her bate6ed they have wept the desolaed hearth
stones of their home beyond the
And when think of the ilusrous host of heroic mar
tyr that have bled for Ireland but link with them
the names, too of adopted citizens who with us,
upheld the banner of freedom in late desperate conflict
Side by side upon the field they STOOD mighty leaders,
with truly great rshAmerican compatrios Together in
the solid ranks they marched to victory that should swell
all their souls with gadness minge their blood
the same ained field that the nation would hold the
less sacred because of such commnglng And do we
nd side by side with the widow and orphan of the Ameri
can patriot who died to redeem his land from the thral
dom of sectional slavery the widow and orphan of the Irish
exile and alien, who hoped, as he might strike blow
against tyranny In this his adopted home, SO might that
tyranny that drove him from his native trembe be-
fore the blows of array of freemen whose banner yet
shall Ger all the earth-the symbol of universal
liberty
Our work being done the e-feld we home to
enjoy the fruits of victory but could bring back
the father who himself from wies fond embrace and
stranger chimes On thousand batteelds they Sleep and
who cheer these hearts that else would grow cold and
morbid against the onward march of liberty that took from
them protector and gave them in return that drank
the blood of loved ones hearts, and gave them sympathy
to comfort them in their first hours of To the brave
and generous comrades who fought WITH bed with, and
through Gods spared to ouive the lost loved
Ones rests the duty of comforting and cheering the noble
relics of the nations conquerng millions who bated for
her glory and fell to seal her victory.
To this end order has sprung up bearing for its
the appellaon with which this article headed 1t is
continuation of the Grand Army that was born in the
nations hour of peril in far it gather into Its
ranks the representatives of that army and unite them In
preserving those kind and raernal feelings which have
bound together with strong cords of love and affection the
soldiers and sailors who have stood together in many battles
sege engagements and Marches and make these ties avail
able in works and results of kindness of favor and material
aid those in need of assistance and in maintaining true
allegiance to the United States, based upon paramount
respect for and fidelity the national Constitution and laws
manifested by the dscountenancing of whatever may tend
to weaken loyalty nce to instruction treason rebel
lion in any impair the efficiency and perma
nency of free institutions together Nth defence Of ami
UeJSa liberty, equal rights and justice to all men,"
And how far these principles have been adhered to- and
results accomplished bounds overeached would ask
from any who have investigated the workings of
live post of the Grand Army of the Republic in this Union
yet this Grand Army of the Republic has escaped the
darts of the orked tail of that hydraheaded
whose crushed at Five Forks but whose
caudle extremity still manifests inclination to wlgge
and scatter its slime throughout the land waiting for
down to come. And sundowa ucW The New York
Leader is the first to hiss and the Boston Pilot proongs the
sound which it calls warning note to the Democracy, to
which they have frequently "caled attention. but yet
have oucoppng Of results that need ercite alarm
They think, however, forewarned is fOrearmed" and SO
they would against the rights of the oneegged veeran
against the ragged starving orphaned children and
suffering widows, and sae every flow of sympathy that
tokens relief these suffering So did the Democ-
ray against the representatives of these helpless ones
in The days of the rebellion So have they hrunk be-
hind the cowardly of "free press and free speech
and Kissed their warng notes" against justice and human
liberty since these doctrines have found champions IN
this freeborn republic.
Where the Leader may have gotten the information which
it willingly and grauitously furnishes to its bgoed read
and awnng coemporares whether it be the coniurlng
of its fanatca brain, from the beous tongue OF
some who has confronted the encamp
ment OF benevolent post and been elected from Its
sacred grounds unworthy enter into the glorious work
they have prepared accomplish and been placed under
the ban Of the whole order know not and matters little;