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


must have forced itself upon you that besides being holy
work, it is gigantic in magnitude and transcendent in
Importance; that it is a work for men who are mas
tiers of themselves their passions preudices and weak
nesses unbending in spirit undeterred by obstacles un.
remng in perseverance. You must have been convinced
that it your work and not the work of any man, who by
chance have achieved name by mistaken popular
suffrage place. You must have been convinced that 1t is
work depending for its upon the life honesty
of an individual not on the abilities or bravery of leader
not upon the qualification of individual pride ambition
but that depends for its success upon patriotism only
which nothing earth upersede You must have been
convinced that go with the work of redeemng Ireland
it would be necessary to sling aside when they should
to smother personal regard for this or that man. and
let him PERISH if necessary rather than the should
suffer or the work be retarded single hour You must
have been convinced that the accomplishment OF this does
not merely the bestowng of priceless blessing the
present population of country but that it will reach into
the future and happiness and peace hundreds of
millions yet unborn that the effect of this work will be
confined Ireland but that will be felt wherever despot
ism raises its defiant head against humanity and against
God
All these solemn convictions must have made feel in
the depths of your souls the responsibilities which rest
you of character the most grave and important
responsibilities that must be discharged or you are forever
disgraced
Now, this particular uncture when sky is in gloom,
rent by wild storms and lit by the lightning glare of pas
sion demons fitting athwart it. hooking you with dersive
laughter beaconng you to destrucon in their mad
ness damnng YOU it requires all the manllness OF your
noble souls to preserve hope and to sustain courage
But, brothers, cheer This storm will pass away, and
those demons destroy each other and the and quiet
sky will return. The hope of Ireland is not going to be
quenched because with accidental blood of unusual
nge minds of peculiar development antecedents of
Irrational nondescp character have their sense decency
and patriotism and fight in currh fashion, The people
are still sound there is enough enough of honesty
and ability among yourselves to conduct successfully your
affairs Do not deceive yourselves with the notion that
you need what commonly called great and great
Names to do your busnesyou can do your own business
1t your business to free Ireland and onght to have
taken the work into your hands long ago. and not have
left in the hands of those men whose qualifications for
leading lutonary movement confined to paltry
ability to make long, windy speeches. and write endless
prosy nonsensica documents You behold
grief the natural consequence of trusting affairs IN the
hands of miscalled leading characters Behold what has
come of your misplaced confidence was ever and will be
thus with people who forget principle In their admira
ton of Instead of being the servants, they have be-
the masters Instead of being subject to the people,
they have put all the revolving airs of the depo and
among have so far forgot your manhood and duty
to SLAYER and wn upon the things that working Ire
lands ruin What hope can there for ireland whilst you
gance skful lying of tricky fellows who love their
caprces than anything earth? Can you behold the
scene ragco arcca without cursing yourselves for
having put faith in natural chiefs and of bold superb
cia INSCRIPTIONS ability? Through various motives these
what left them have chosen their stakes and will not
recede ot from their Positions but fight it out their
respective lines to the great satisfaction of enemies to the
amusement of the indifferent world but to shame and
Ireands loss In Gods and Irelands ask you
half dozen queer characters in New York keep divided?
Will you allow it? Are you entirely bound down by the
deusive strains of the rival srens they little better than
women as to have let your lose her power? There
no salvation except in leaving the wgwams of bothof ALL
We say you, Of them Come out of them and
let Independent rational spirit have control your
actions See how these things fight while ireland bleeds
They fight like wild beasts whilst the prayers of the widows
and orphans they have made mingled with the groans of
the pure brave whom they have caused to be thrust in
dungeons for lfe the for They
strip for the fray among themselves whilst the bodies of the
patriots they have caused be murdered have hardly ceased
to CULVER Will you continue to ndorse their quarrels
longer? Can you conscientousy support in their
crimes Will you encourage that proftless melancholy
tragedy in Ireland this melodamai in America? Doyou
towe the hundreds of brothers in English bastes
thousands? Do you approve of the peculiar love of Ire
land that these dsurbers evince? Can you any of
them any more You know them be chronic actonists
for relands sake and they laugh and eer sim
picty. We beseech them to sink for time, their other
vile passions and will crafty their senseless vanity and
pamper their towering ambition smuch can they
Indifferent to appeals they with supreme