The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-07

of extreme hardship where men have been imprs
out trial. if tried not convicted and now are without
means to return to this country. trust this bill will
pass ana upon it | call the previous question
Mr.. WASHBURNE of Inois.-I hope the bill will be
referred to the Committee Appropriations
The SPEAKER.-That motion will be in order if the
previous question is voted down.
Mr.. STARKWEATHER.-T are SO many pressing
cases of this kind and this bill is we'll guarded think
there should be objection to it.
The previous question then seconded, upon divis
lonayes TO- 26 and the main question ordered
The question was upon the passage Of the bill
call for the yeas and nays
The yeas and nays ordered
The question taken and it decided in the affirm
atlve-yeas 49, nays 29, not voting AZ; as follows
YEAS-Messrs Adams, Allison, Archer, Amell, James
NJ Ashley Axtell, Baker Banks Barnum, Beatty, Beck
Churchill Reader W. Clarke, Sidney Clark, Cobb, Cornell
Cuom, Dodge Eckey, Eggleston Edridge Eliot, Ferriss
Ferry Fields Getz Gossbrenner Goladay Gavely Girls
Hubbard, Richard Hubbard Hulbud, Humphrey Hunter
Ingerso Jenckes johnson, Judd, Julian Kelsey, Kerr
con nasn Kno Mc
Mungen, Newcomb Nblack Nicholson Ortiz Paine, Phelps
Aaron F. Stevens Stokes aber Taylor Thomas Lawrence
Van Horn, Van WICK Welker William Williams James
F. Wilson, John T Wilson, Stephen Wilson, Wood Wood
bridge, and Woodward-113
Broomall Butler Covode Farnsworth Harding, Hawkins
Highly, Asahe W. Hubbard Kelley, George V. Lawrence
Marvin, Moore Mullins Myers Num- ONeil Perham,
scofeld John Trmble, Cadwalade c. Washburne, Elihu
B. Washburne, Henry DWashburne William B.Washbune
Thomas Williams and Windom-29.
NOT VOTING-Messrs. Anderson, Delos r. Ashley
Bailey, Barnes, Benjamin, Benton, Blaine, Blair, Boyer
Cake Coburn Cook Dawes, Dixon Donnely briggs, Ela
Loughridge Mallory, Maynard, McClurg Morssey, Peters,
Pomeroy Raum, Ross Sawyer, Schnck Shanks Shellabar
ger Sitgreave Thaddeus Stevens Stewart Stone Tae Van
Aernam, Robert T. Van Horn, Van Trump, and Ward-47
So the bill passed.
Few questions have been so eagerly discussed among
the Irshmen of America during the past two years. as
this care the Republican party the friends of Ireland P?
Here and there, all the land, the intelligent
and thoughtful of countrymen have begun to give
way to the teachings Of unquestionabe facts, and with
all the earnestness of honest conviction they have
swered the question in the affirmative The men who
broke the chains of the slave are the friends of freedom
everywhere. They could not therefore, without viola
ting the noble principles which they profess be other
than friends to the of Irish liberty. And such
they have proved themselves. When the Demo-
cratic mayor Hoffman, of New York was splitting his
contempt the Irish cause, and when Andrew Johnson
the pet Presidential leader of the entire Democratic
party North and South, arresting Irshmen Selling
their arms refusing permit them to travel railroads
or steamboats, to send message across the tele
graphic wires-and all for fear they would pull down
the blessed structure of English monarchy this Amer
lean continent-what was the attitude of the hated
Radicas?" We saw it plainly enough in the action
of Governor Fenton of New York State who refused to
turn out single man to put down the Fenians His
reply to Meade, who was acting for England and An
drew Johnson that so far as he was concerned
the Canadians would have to be their own policemen
When the entire question came before Congress-
under the form of bill for the repeal of the Neutral
ity Laws" the whole Republican strength-with two or
three dshonorabe exceptions thrown into the scale
for Irish liberty. And but for the opposition of thing
called Raymond, the well-known original of Dickens