The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-11

he epers OF naConany, mat seemed fading and dying
in the ashes of hope yesterday and to-day erect and
proud her great breast swelling with RANT life and the
light of fixed resolve blazing in her eye changeess as
the North star Yesterday and the grave seemed aching
to receive her to-day, the Immortality of the gods
seems hers.
Great God, let not this noble fury pass away, and
leave the land in darkness again Or should it pass
away, let it settle into that flexible cooness-the white
heated iron fading into the cold bright sword-that
slides into the path of profitable action At present it
is all wild enthusiasm. The blood is surging in red
hot feversh flow through the veins and all cry Free
dom, but none can lead the current into the proper
channel.
In America, where Ireland sees her second SELF the
feeling is wild and healthy at home All cry Ire
land and liberty" but who reduce the problem to
practical solution?
In Ireland, taking the surroundings into considera-
ton, Fenianism has been grand success In America
judging from what has been DONE is undoubtedly sue
cess also Judging from what should and could have been
done from the favorable surroundings and the field of
untrammeed freedom that given to operate Feni
anism has been failure, or, properly speaking,
series of blunders from first to last We allow and
gladly record that has done much for Ireland but it
could and should have done one hundred times more
The question is not what has been done, but what
can be done now and in the future?
The present status of affairs is The Irish people at
home and abroad now ready to move in universal
effort for independence. To take the unorganized-and
while unorganized dangerous and useless-power, and
mold it into the disciplined army, that will fight out the
freedom for which all sigh and talk and write and
some Of us perhaps-work is the problem, whose sou-
ton requires the Washington Napoleon that to lead
to victory
So far we have been sadly deficient in great men,
There has not single great mind, capable of handling
Organization that defeat England appeared on
the surface of Fenianism. There has been no lack of
good and true men, who meant we'll and
sacrificed much for the of their country but we
have yet to hail the man, or men, who above
the level of SELF trampng in the mre the convention
aties that have cramped and warped the minds of
people and commencing radically right push unswerv-
ngly on the road of duty, and lead in the end-no
matter how long it takes-o victory There is nothing
gained by wasting and energies on bunders.
If our exerons and sacrifices do not bring to
the freedom of Ireland any amount of patriotic unc-
ton we can lay hatterngly to our souls avails us
naught.
One of the most disagreeabc surroundings of Fenan-
ism to feel ourselves called upon to make assertion
such as that there is man, in opinion, at the
head of the Organization capable of surveying the posi-
ton, and then of mastering it,"
When we say this with whom we have associated,
and for whom men, entertain the highest feelings
of respect instantly denounce traitors and dis
organizers We of course know that these words have
been lattery degraded into improper uses and that
when flung at u.s. because will not sacrifice our duty
at the shrine of manworshp, they the weapons OF
suky children. When assert that Fenanlsm has
been series of bunders we do SO knowing that we
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