The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-22

dismal forebodings-not of the fate of the Republican
party for that after all is not the primary concern but
for the fate of human liberty in America, in Ireland
and all the earth And let first give our friends
in Congress another hint These quasi-natonal Irish
newspapers which have been started by Democratic
plumber in New York, do not wish the Republican party
to settle this question good bill would be death to
them, the aforesaid semrebel prints We again urge
and urge most earnestly that the hints we have given
be instantaneously acted on.
We believe that as party, the Republicans this
question are sound to the core And we have much
pleasure in acknowledging the obligations under
to such fearless advocates of the of justice and
liberty Messrs. Judd Of Illinois, Pile of Missouri,
Donnely of Minnesota, Spaulding Of New York,
Morell of Pennsylvania, and others. Let them fling
to the dogs these vile connections of political swim
dlers, such as the bill we have described. Let
them introduce such will really protect the
people and all will be we'll.
What the main features of such measure ought to
be is not difficult to divine Nobody magines asks,
that American citizen should be authorized go to
foreign country and make against its government,
commit criminal acs and then escape scot free. But
do believe and have right to demand, that for
egn power shall be permitted to do what Prussia and
England have done and which the latter power is doing
at this hour. Can we not get which will tell
any and every foreign power that impress American
citizens into their armies proclaim them deserters
because they refuse to answer the roll CALL Prussia
did, will not be endured for hour by the American
Republic? Can we not get which will tell
all foreign powers that to do what England has done
in hundreds of instances, and is doing-to arrest
and imprson American citizens to keep them in felon
cells for MONTHS to feed them bread and water and
punish them with hard labor, and all this without
bringing them to trial-will simply be to compel
the Executive of the United States to demand
the instant release of all it's citizens who are so
treated, with ample compensation from the offending
power for all the insult and injury done to them
war? That England has done all this and ten thou
sand times morehat she is continuing to do it, is
torous to the American Government, the American
Congress and the American people Have not our cit-
zens natyeborn well as adopted, been tried and con-
victed in British courts and sentenced to the penal
servtude which they are enduring and all this for
words spoken and acts done in these United States The
President the Secretary Of State the Ambassador to
England have all been perfectly cognizant of this Yet
to this day. beyond twadding dispatches they
have never taken action of any kind against it, Is it
not, therefore, maddenng mockery to talk about en-
towering" such President and such officials to pro-
tect the rights of American citizens? They will 'pro
tee" indeed, highwaymen do when keeps watch
while the other robs and murders the helpless tray
eler Let law be passed which will COMPEL the
President to do his duty IF this is not done, ask
Congress not to add insult to injury by presenting
such cruel sham as Banks bill
| The maudlin twaddle about entering into "negotia-
tions" with foreign powers is positively sckening We
want of their negotiations Let the American
Republic declare what are the rights of its citizens and
instruct its army and navy to defend them against all