The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-11

democracy rather than strike home blow the heart of
his country's enemy and oppressor.
1t your duty to strike at English tyranny wherever you
can and with any weapon that you lay hold Of Have
you forgotten the debt of blood and hate bequeahed you
oppression which seized your lands and coined your and
blood and tears into fuel for the lust and of your
slavers? Have you forgotten the crowbar brigade which
left the roorees smoking ruins before your eyes, and drove
you FORTH with your wives and children and parents,
homeless endess oucasts have you forgotten the agents.
and ba and poor-house and the holds of those floating
hells called emgrant ships into which you flung like
worthless weeds to rot and de Have you forgotten the
weary days of exile and the signs for the lost loved land
which you may again see? cannot dare not will
not think badly of my countrymen Evil communities
tons may to extent have led of you away from
the noble principles which your fathers taught Designing
caprap political hacks may have deceived of you,
and induced you to support and measures which
utterly unworthy of YOU But believe and am sure that
truth and justice will in the end prevail and that when the
humiliation of English oppression Is demanded, no true
rishman WILL for moment hesitate to ample with con-
tempt all party ties and connections which would hinder
trammel him in the discharge of the sacred duty which
he the land of his BIRTH And say distinctly, that
in the question of English free trade the liberty of Ireland
is at stake. The of England her wealth. her
wealth is her power and until the power of England is
broken, Ireland cannot and will not be free. And IT you
my countrymen want to humble that arrogant and inhuman
tyranny you must strike at her trade Crush that and you
have the dagger at her heart How you do You
begin to do it, by overcoming false preudices which
cunning have carefully instlled into your minds and
by casting your ballots the first Monday in April next
against the Democratic party and for protection of American
industry.
In closing will say, let Irshman, who understands
what liberty forget that the Republican party struck
the chains from the limbs of four millions of slaves against
the protest. in the field and in the FORUM of England and the
Democratic party. This alone should array every who
has escaped from European slavery its side. Let my
counnen remember that Democratic oscendeny means free trade
and that free trade English dscendenc Let them
Der that England the ally with the South, and that if
Democracy regans the ascendency again. farewell to liberty
in Ireland far sympathy assistance from America is
concerned Remember coEntrymen that the Republican
platform is universal liberty and protection home industry
Universal liberty cannot be limited by lines
nor to race and home protection destruction Of British
commerce, and destruction of British the decay
England and the decay of England the Of Ireland So
counymen cling longer the skirts of this enemy
this very night and depend upon it you will look back
this night with pleasure and from your action day
will dawn upon the Irish in America and glorious
future to prosecuted and downtrodden Ireland.