The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-25

landed here who did not fall victim to one other of
those vena poco-reg ionists? When have the Irish in
America been without of those literary apothecaries
who mix up politics. religion Irish euda folly and seltin
teres in frothy Doses for the van silly shallow and credu
lous who would fight like Lynch" or Donohue" for
their own pet dme-c catching tenets?
When were we without Feemans Journal, to enslave its
simple minded readers and leave "Abbe" editor without
the pale moral restraint dole out twadde in his stupid
Sheet and call it religono sell his countrymen (ater first
making them fit to be sold by reading his journa to an
Austrian adventurer, who wanted of the old raw
material which yrans general for cannonba soppers
that the backleg gambling for throne might be enabled to
have of those unky made the oud Irish pattern
his feet to worship him? This done he would then send
the coored American back the tender merces of the slave
drivers las and perhaps whisper to the God he nsued
when going to bed after his good work
The mercy to others show,
That mercy show to me-
When have we been without an american who would
to the capacity of himself and his few fossil readers
the millions whose awakening powers of thought burst
ing the lgamen with which such things as he have
tried to fetter them?
When have we been without Pilot who would still keep
Ireland phantom barque" sailing in edark and
channels of ignorance avarce and oppression leaving her
to haunt the highway of nations the unbessed spirit of
storms and discord?
We have also, VindcatOr, who indicated any of
his rights in his home where all rights denied
him but who bowls here in concert with traitors self
made evils. The who sits calmly by and will not pre-
vent the wrongs inflicted his mother will right the
ship But treason is the stocn-trade with literary
pedders and by hawking it from hall to hall and measuring
it out by the lecture they yet find gu be caught with
the glitter and nse of their counterfeit news
paper patronage of those travelling nkers who
for few meany made dollars, would patch up the old
caudron of slavery from which every has leaked
out, leaving nothing but party spirit at the bottom.
We have Citizens teaching perjury and rebellion gov
they uphold and dscord and disunon
to their countrymen.
We have Catholic h and Christian Mat who are mere
stageprompers set of windy orators who whine their
into the of their dupe and keep stirring them
up with sanced editorials long speeches and then
the keeper of menagere would stir up his animals with
long POLE
We have sefmade heroes paper and off, who stick to
the public pocket with the enacity of muscle rock
acting saua and the other trying to mail (Nei him
Were they Jealous to show the people the weakbraned
fances that generally keep them divided they to
divide how much better it would be- Could those social
eedges turn their sharp points moment from king og he
peope and present their blunt heads it would be better
could they forget self and remember d it would be better
still but they prefer divisions that they may show the od
blood by scoding each other little How many of the
peoples careah political clerical trying to lead
them from faction to facts from fiction to oceg When the
poor oucast leaves his Irish home with feeble pulse of
nationality and reason struggling for existence within him. but
kept down by prince and priest lord and law he has to
be enfranchised here and with the novelty of being par
cpator in the freedom of the ballot six out of every ten
become utterly worthless The newspaper hack repeats the
home dose which kept and ever the
sick list he becomes interested and violent pocket convert
to some ward demagogue and then farewell to shame to
honesty to love of country, to all "a long farewell" The
ignoramus becomes loud-mouthed, drunken politician
aspiring to double his official pay but aspirations of
creditaby performing his duties But this utter abandon
ment Of principle for place and pay seeking offices which
they totally unfit to fill is merely following the Amer
lean example, and cannot be carried much longer without
producing their natural results What have we to hone for