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

principles own liberty to Ireland and to of
all lands and races-To SUPPORT THE IRISH REPUBLIC,
TO ESTABLISH AND CIRCULATE IT IN New York CITY
AND STATE AND THROUGHOUT EVERY CITY AND STATE
OF THE GREAT AMERICAN UNION.
To lying knaves whom order to msrepresent those
whom they have failed to caoe-pubsh private letters
and then proceed put upon them the tratorous inter-
probation of which only their rotten hearts could be
capable, fling these plain and palpable facts and
tell them to make the most of them.
But to honest and honorable men, who wish to know
the TRUTH and to judge by it. and by it only, wepro
coed to state briefly the position which have occupied
which we now occupy, and which we are resolved to
continue to occupy in reference to this matter
One thing has been long and mournfully evident to
all Irishmen, who have minds intelligent enough to
understand the truth and conscience honest enough to
feel it, and that is that eveychere humicted
as aceU oppressed. They have been driven to the
sums and of the great cities Of the earth to the
hard lot of unencouraged ilrewarded toll not only in
their own hapless land but in the mines and the
praires of America, and the burning sands Of
Australia, and all over the world What has made them
SO? British tyranny? Yes. But not that alone
They haze had false political instruction. They have
been taught by men who were not and not true to
human liberty. These men these Tammany Hall
traitors and plotters and pilferers-do not want
people to become either intelligent independent That
would not pay them. They want to keep them what
they have made them = mere ToILING, VOTING
MACHINES.
There were of our and country who saw this
vile game and who resolved to check it, They resolved
that Irishmen would have opportunity of knowing
what the principles of liberty really areof liberty
for themselves and for all men and for this great pur
pose the REPUBLIC projected and published.
We announced from the first moment as emphatic
ally words give utterance to thoughts, that
with the great party of progressive liberty in
America, and that, far the Republicans of the
United States were for freedom to all men-Irsh and
German Gentle and Jew-we were, and must be, Re-
publicans We declared, as we now declare, that to
slavery and oppression, in any and every form and
shape we are mortal foes. We formed ourselves into
regularly chartered ointstock company. We invited
and urged men of all nationates, of all creeds-Amer-
icans Irishmen, Catholics, Professionals in fact, all
who agreed with us in principle-To SUBSCRIBE THEIR
MONEY to establish and circulate THE IRISH REPUBLIC
newspaper We have, to a greater or lesser degree,
continued to do this from the first day of journals
existence till Our agent has been to Washington
and dozen cities besides He has applied to members
of Congress, and will do again. We hare raised
funds-and Mr.. Meehan will be delighted to hear we
have done so successfully establish the REPUBLIC
in New York city. Let all the baggage-smashers and
mail-robbers and cut-purses in the country open a
thousand of private letters if they can if they
dare and what than this they able to discover
Such is our justification.
This sanctifed crocodile weeps scaldng tears over
the turpitude of the REPUBLIC in exposing the little
games" of his hired organizers We have simply found
out that the money which honest, handwriting Irish
Americans subscribe they imagine for the liberation
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