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

here and in Ireland need not be told The excuse given
by both sides was the The men in Ireland worked
on the strength of Amerca-the in America
worked because the Organization in Ireland was so
poyerfu There can be no doubt but that the avite He
under the circumstances helped to bring in those who
had no faith in themselves but trusted to their brothers
beyond. If the in Ireland supported in the
right time all would have been we'll There could have
been fifty thousand stand of in Ireland in sixty
FIVE but the Organization here up the work too
Eae So that the men at home were sinned against
than SHINING
Have we profted by past experience, and do we
look at things in their true light now, undertaking in
stead of exaggeratng not the power that could use
if the Irish people properly handled, but the
material which possess? is useless to speculate
what could be and what might be- What we have is
what we must build
There never was time in the history ofour Organization
when eagerly flung the ideal over the real
1t seems as though some madness had taken possession
of leaders and people, and that they determined
not to see the position of affairs They have got the
" on to Richmond" uore, and they determined to
rush to ruin with madness-binded eyes. IF destruc-
ton awaited only those who are determined to be de-
GO but when the hopes of in their hands,
and these may sink into the bloody ruin with the de-
structonss then indeed is the business of the peo
pile to pause and in0estyate The " revival has begun
The high priests of. our order flying through the
land appealing to the passions instead Of to the reason
and exciting the people by eloquent and easy victories
over the enemy Meetings called here, there and
everywhere and eloquent gentlemen by the dozen are
appealing condemning ad denouncing occasions de-
mand The town halls are crowded Ireland's wrongs
are depicted in glowing colors The heroic dead are
magnfed into gods. The power of England is smashed
like common crockery Ere the excitement cools the
green flag is flung aof and recruits called for to fight
the enemy We know the rest. Forty stawart fellows
were in glowing account sent to the papers,
which account deceives hundred towns into the belief
that Canptoun is on fire with Feniansm. The work
of the organizer is DONE Call to that town in three
weeks and how many of the stalwart heroes do you
find -?
Why will this exaggerating madness be tolerated
If you want to find your available strength let each
Circle see in itself a reflex Of the others How many
who worth having your rolls in good
standing for six months year? Do not be led away
by hgh-sounding resolutions from New York, Boston,
Chicago Buffalo, ETC. If it were not that it would give
comfort to the enemy we could down the figures for
these cities and our friends in the country towns would
be a little astonished. The Organization is not in
condition to move with chance in thousand for
against the enemy at any point at present Shall
the hopes of our country be destroyed-for another
fasco kills the hopes Of Ireland for gears to come, per-
hapS foreyc,-because half dozen want to fight
The Irish people powerful enough to meet the
enemy, but it must be by united effort It is madness
to talk of hingng few thousand men to destruction,
with the hopes that by doing you drag the entire
Irish race into the field This is building Spanish
castles with vengeance. There must be enough of
men and material to hold their own for four months