The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-08

the functions of advocate and judge And absurd
the national treasury for the salaries of who they
oeraby wide awake may render themselves independent of
stipend by the acceptance of perqustes AS for having
gentlemen at the bar the BENCH that of those
superstons which derived their strength from the bloody
dominion of England and the it is put end to the
better Having got rid of remunerated judiciary and
educated BAR the Irish Jacobns would manipulate the
abulary according their whms In country where
every boy" knows, should know, how to WELD sh
egh the notion OF paying body OF men to protect order
he ought to be knocked down pundered So the
abulary would be withdrawn from the country districts
But still it would have functions and important functions
discharge The Directorate Provisional Govern
ment or whatever else the buserng emancpator chose
to style themselves would, like ruebon 1rishmen retain
that mutual jealousy and suspicion which quantity of
salt has been able wash out of Them If any
of them agreed together for year, their concord would
only be cemented by their fear detestaton of
their colleagues Consequently the consabulary or such
proportion of the force consented to remain in their
ploymen, would be partly engaged as bodyguard and
partly spies
AS money is the sinews of every Government and as
money cannot be raised without trade commerce. the Com
mee would have its attention called to the economical
condition of Ireland 1t would then find doubtless to its
surprise that will not spring at the beck
of revolutionary dictatorship. The few manufactures
which exist in Ireland their establishment and vgor to
persons and circumstances essentially non1rish foreign
people favored by exceptional conditions has given Ulster
the only manufacturing wealth of which Ireland boast
That this could survive such revolution we are now
imagining it is impossible to believe We have assumed
Grated and republican Irelandrather wild hypothesis
it did, not its Scottish energy could give courage to
capital and industry, both of which would fly from des
potism commencing with confscation What agriculture
would become when the land transferred from landlords
who had notion of its capabilities to host OF petty
proprieo each of whom sbe it to tenants who in their
broke up among inferior class of smaller holders
endowed with the usual Celtic ecundty may be conectured
from its condition in the days before the great famine
Taking then into consideration the panic Of manufacturing
industry the subdivision and mpovershmen of the soil
and the stagnaon of commerce, approximate to a
conception of this imaginary republic. If extend
field of contemplation the picture is not encouraging
With the downfall of the Protestant Establishment would
the ascendency of Ultramontane Romansm, against
which not even Hberno American Republicanism would
prevail. The material evils of exhausted SOIL in
creasng paupersm and bghed trade would be aggravated
by the moral evils of bghted thought and eered opinion
The abuse which it is sport to heap upon the English Gov
and Church would be basphemy when aimed at the
dominant Popery of Ireland And in few years man
would venture express opinion unsanconed Romsh
priests approval.
So much, and a good deal more may be said about
separate and independent Irish Republic AS far known
facts and characters enable to judge its establishment
would be very bad thing for its people, shut out
they would be from the benefits of English employment
English patronage and English aims But the contemplation
of separate and independent Ireland suggests companion
pcturetha of separate Ireland independent of but
sedependent; Ireland ruled dependency province
territory by some great maritime power the advanced
post of Jealous enemy who from Irish habors and within
three hours sail of our shores could watch and threaten
at with effect and impuny herself intriguing against
time fighting againt at another, and wary
US pressing
All its incidents readily to the mind without setting
them forth in detail Their actual realization would be
humating any disaster that beell proud people,
but that realization believe is in power prevent
long there stout hearts and strong in
One for nerness is denied to We cannot say
that the intentions of the enemies unknown For the
manifesto of the priests has distinctly warned "Remem
ber they say "hat the idea of coming and Selling Ireland
the idea of millions Remember that the young hear
and receive they grow up and that their pride interest
and chvaly all stirred actively by the thought After
this, our duty is obvious enough.
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