The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-02

the "a rate, elected by their representatives and the
body sun orized 10 speak for hen hereby declare that
the acts ch rged by the English governments and its
hired scrbes gainst the organlzation-to wit the blow
ing up OF the Clerkenwel Prison and consequent de-
s,rucon nnoe nj lives, the firing Of Post Offices ana
Civilization, il IS % In interest Of all to preserve, and
the sending Of explosN or deadly missves TO ndi-
vduas through the mah are neither authorized, APP
proved nor encouraged by the authorities whom the
members Of the BROTHERHOOD recognise; out on the
contrary are regarded by them as the work OF secret
agents OF the English government endeavorng 20 orng
odium upon the national cause by the perpetrauon "
crimes foreign both to the genus the instincts ana Inc
religious training Of the Irish people.
The history OF Ireland teaches that when cnanec OF
rulers in the time OF James H. placed power tempora
rally in the hands or people they did not use II 70
rsaiae on those who had been their oppressOrs while
In the ascendancy; on the contrary, they protected
even the English dlsseners who fled to them from
persecution at home And even when the solemn arti.
Giles OF the treaty OF Limerick, entered into between
their representatives and those OF the English Crown
had been basey violated and they driven In thousands
from .ner native isna taey met tne mnons OF English
them as soldiers not assassns and while the grandeur
of the retributon they wrought on their foe perpeu
ated their fame and gave to the struggle for ndepend
ant Irish nationality vitality OF which no act OF its
enemies can deprive IT, no stain remains their
escuchesn connect their history with such crimes az
have made hideous the record OF English conspracies
from the gunpowder plot OF Fawkes to the modern me-
chanism Of murder perfected by the Sheffield Trade
Union.
In the OF truth, OF justice, and by Tho record
which people have made themselves In the past
we ask tue ctzenS OF Unted States Especially
to be led away by specous to believe
such accusations leveed at the elements OF the Irish
nation, which sympathizes with their free institu-
tons, and desires to extend the blessings enjoyed by
America to their dowr-trodden race. And by whom 10
the charge advanced?
BY Power which has been the enemy Of this free
republic; which, in its infancy, employed the brand
and the capng knife Of the savage Indian against Its
citizens and In It's recent strugsIe for the preservation
OF the national authority fitted out piratca expeditions
against peaceful commerce. fosered encouraged
those who sought to introduce pesslence and ncen-
darsm into the principal Cities organized murderous
raids the defenceless villages on Its From
tier, and defended the preparation OF those
acts by mockery Of Law in its courts. Can the world
forget that when the bombshells OF 0rsini sea red
death among the CT liens OF Paris England who eat
workshops those missiles of destruction not
only protected the fabrcator Of them but placed
his legal defender among the highest OF her legislators
as reward for his advocacy. And when the barracks
lut0nary party, which derived its main support and
from English influence 30 far from the pous
horror OF these arstocrato hypoces being excited by
the deed the speech put into the mouth OF the ruling
sovereign by her responsible ministers exhibited such
evident leaning towards its perpetrators to draw
from English peer, Lord Deneigh, public and inde
pendent protest.
We ask the world to judge fairly between and our
accuses The Fenan Brotherhood were not against the
lives liberties property Of their English brethren,
but against the feudal tyranny which degades human
nature in England and Ireland alike Thor efforts Will
be wasted against nsensate walls OF prisons but d.
reced to the overthrow of political despotism. which
makes the Jail and gbbet the symbols and asserters
Of its power They mother employ In their struggle
the weapon Of the the torch OF the
incendary; but resolving 70 face the issue OF battle Ink
determined to DO free, they commit their to
the Almighty dsposer Of events and their own stout
arms-their only motto, "Liberty for ALL their rally.
Ing cry, 'God save Ireland"
BY order OF the Senate y. B.