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


Saxon, Protestant against Catholic etc., that the dssensons
the people might direct their attention from the wrongs
inflicted them, and weaken them in any attempt redress
them. "The glory of Eng land the monuments built to
King William" Admiral Lord Nelson, Arthur, Duke of
Wellington etc. and we ask Engshmen, in the of
sense what benefit did they derive from Traa
gar the Ne Waterloo? other than burden of
taxation addition the 'peerage" and consequent PEN
sion supporthe dignity the title of said taxation
The "Free Brton" he is ironically called is fast be-
coming tired of his freedom The hare, rabbit pheasant
grouse and woodcock of the field which God created for
mans and benefit the trout of the brook and the fish of
the sea- all forbidden fruit the Engshman in his native
country He is free labor and toll without any of the
benefits comforts which honest and honorable labor and
industry in other lands free to join the army to
force the claims of the Royal East India Company, and ride
down the budding aspiration for real freedom which period
caly develops itself beneath the shadow of royalty
To the people of England hen who have the mannes and
the Godke because Godgiven attributes of freedom, and
desire rend the chains that bind them offer the good
right hand of friendship Of fellowship and succo and beg
of them to understand that because Fenans
necessarily enemies of Engans Masses but rather the
reverse Our enemies those only who msgovern Eng
land well lrelandhe enemies of freedom and self
governmen-the punderers who usrp to themselves the
"legal and constitutional right" to and possess all
the lands of country we'll all the beasts Of the field
and the birds of the air. This class enemes-we
not whether they English Scotch Irish; and
their enemies friends irrespective of country Eng
land for the English we'll Ireland for the rish is the
cornerstone of our faith.
Fully conscious of the magnitude of undertaking. in
paper of this kind to do than glance the nnumer
able crimes and crees which have been perperated
Ireland with the sanction of the Crown of England will
pass in silence the murdered bodies of forefahers
in the bloody epochs of Srongbow of the "Vrgn Queen
of Cromwell of the conscaion of James l., and examine
briefly If we have any provocaton of justification for our
present attitude towards the Government of Great Britain
To say that the corrupt Church Establishment with all its
appurenances OF hh fraud and deceit ample provocaon,
would be false and untenable because that monsroc
is at worst but sckenng disgusting nuisance which would
hardly Justify revolution.
1t will be said by that the accursed union with Eng
land and the loss of legislation the people of Ireland
might be borne under certain circumstances But where
the serve slave who will tamely submit when the Govern
ment proclaims that is its policy and determination to
Danish and blot out of existence the entire Irish race and
give their country to the stranger? 1t is within the
recollection of us all when Government moved to
compaonsby the walls of want waited these shores from
the Atlantic her ships laden down the gunwas
with the products of teemng SOIL that the
of benefcent England stood mpenerabe barrier be-
the bounty of America and the Irish people, perishng
of British manufactured famine synonym for magnan-
unity is the Government of Britain
But why accumulate evidences prove the Justice of
Already every impartial judge and juryman in
all Christendom have admitted that right And God
willing and with the aid of westored magazines hope
enforce the Judgment and that the very earliest opporun
y In the meantime, the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and
his bosom friend Talbot the rural districts of that
unfortunate island improvsng Fenan Circles and then
transporting the members for treason felony their
testimony.
reflected in the seeming indifference of statesmen
to the wrongs inflicted her citizens by a foreign
and unendy power for an expression of political opinions
which they held and pronounced soil, and for
which they suffering all the rigors of heaes prison
discipline and vindctve persecution within the Procrusean
precincts of Mounoy and Pentonve and for which those
prisons have been notorous Can be possible that
have already forgotten and forgiven Eng glands neutrality
in our late war? How the nmbe Deer Hound coursed
round in the ofng watching with deep soctue the engage
ment between the Kearsarge and the Brshbu British
manned and Britishgunned Alabama and bore off the
neutral shores of England, Admiral Semmes How belcose
our British Lion the heavingo of the Trent and
how phlosophlcay she takes insult when it cannot be
helped How she connived at and almost encompassed
the destruction of merchant marine well knowing that
our loss would be her gain and if she could effect the
plete or even PARTIAL destruction of commercial and
manufacturing interests her great and still growing rival
would be at the mercy of perfdious Albion
From the foregoing statement of facts all candid men must
be convinced that the interests of Ireland and the United
States are Identical and the English Government is
has been the unrelentng foe of both countries Hence
confidently appeal every friend of the Irish fall
into our ranks and band together to visit with
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