The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-11


land, tyrant and usurper, matter in what char
acter he comes to me- either sacred or profane The
men who dare to do such things, in the name of the
Church. are the sanderers and msrepreenters of the
Church They are truly her worst enemies Just look
at the state of things in Ireland foreign power
holds its iron heel on the countrys heart For any
man to declare himself openly the enemy of that power
is to secure to himself dungeon scaffold "But"
says Cardinal Cullen, "you must proclaim yourselves
Englands enemies OPENLY, or not at all. If you dare
to consplre against her in private, to form secret
society," will her of it in my pastoras, and
she will settle with YOU And worse than that
will deny you the offices of the Church, and send
you to eternal perdtion." Here the issue MUST be
met. And we must meet it now. For it is more than
time that this horrible system of slavish basphemy,
bought and paid for by England trampled beneath
our feet
The Church, it is true, condemns secret societies Of
certain description It condemns societies which
hostile to Legitimate authority But is the author
ity of England over Ireland legitimate? Show the
Irishman that dare say So and we will show you a liar
and slave. Legitimate governmental government
such as God and the Church approves instituted
to promote the welfare of society, to protect life and
property and to the peoples happiness Has
the English Government done this in Ireland? A Gov
eminent of wholesale robbery. Government that, in
twenty-five years. has murdered than million of
our people. Such Government is the enemy of God
and and the first duty to both is to sweep
it to destruction.
There is BUT ONE ROAD, then, to Irelands ndepend-
ence, and that is great, secret Organization,
nded nInS STR he RrOt
hood but with adaptations suited peculiar cir
cumstances 1t be, and must be, made to embrace
the truly intelligent and independent men of our race
in every part of America in the old land itself Eng
land, Scotland Australia and all over the earth By
this MEANS and by this alone, influence
and sway, not only Irish, but American opinion in
this country, to hasten forward into time
"the irrepressble conflict between Republican liberty
and monarchical tyranny That will be freedom for Ire
land, and no mistake. In the meantime, to have
and money and arms alphabetically ready-for the
opportunity, will be the work of the Organization, and
one which 1t must strain its every energy to perform.
Will all true Irish nationalist in America, who ap
prove of this movement be good enough to communicate
with each other without delay? The sooner quiet
earnest steady work is set about the better. And as
money will be needed for necessary expenses we would
recommend all Circles to retain their cash in their
possession or at least to it that their money is not
used to continue disunion to promote movements
which only end disastrously.
There are two things more against which are anx-
ious to guard our brothers One is an Organization
which, though nominay sworn, practically loose and
Inefficient in point of secrecy And the other to allow
incompetent unauthorized men to sway such power
full instrument for any personal unworthy purposes
We do not this because have any knowledge that
such an Organization exists. For we have not We
simply point to the breakers ahead, and cry beware"
Let everything be fully discussed and firmly and finally
determined Then let us put all power to work