The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-02-15

above year the Nation reached sixty thousand This
late effect has been produced by the national school SYSTEM
in its modified corrected form and but for the opposition
which it encountered the opened to the newspaper
would long since have been quadruped Even as affairs
stand great advance has been made and one of the
important nature when consider that the newspaper
gradually becoming what is yet destined behe popular
and universal educator There is still great opening for
much that is practical and much that is desirable this way
without falling back the uopan scheme of organization
of literary men, the intellectual priesthood of letters which
may expect realized when the affairs of the world
regulated by Congresses and when nations have dis
banded their standing armiesbut not until them In any
oppressed naonaes must have their independence
restored before the patriot thinker and humanst afford
to abolish the sectionasm of principle and interest involved
in the central propaganda of organization of the literary
of the world for universal purpose.
To the of libraries In America
of conserving those national memories associations and
praon which constitute the soul of the Irish race it is
necessary that their minds should be fed the books of the
Irish library Of such works will act anchor
all such communities amid the inevitable changes of
condition and fux of ideas encountered by migratory
population in country. Acting the principle of
combination the first step should be to form libraries
by subscription Afterwards by the allocuton of insg
nifcant weekly and accumulave every Irish home
small library. How inesimabe is good collection of
books the individual family needless say what
soace they offer after labor how great of nstruc
ton and amusement by those present friends
what enlargement of existence it to at will
with the greatest the most useful the most beloved spirits
who have been EARTH by communion with whom are
raised to their level and mped by the impetus their ideas
convey initiated rvarousy original Among
them truly enjoy the highest society," to have the past
recalled the future enlightened the present utilized beauti
fed and exhaled The German Goethe the apostle of cul
ure and quite much artist regards the happiness
of life in literature tells U.S. he made it rule
let day pass without reading excellent passage in
poetry history ETC., renewing his intimacy with
excellent thought of writer and cheap good
similar benefit. And Henesus who like him was man of
the world speaks with still enthusiasm when abiding
to his library: "When enter mine" he says, "I find my
self surrounded by the armament of eternity and amid
many divine SOULS take my seat with lofty spirit and
such content that pity those rich and great who
know this happiness 1t should always be recolleced
that the human mind is in itself but capacity capabty
whose be excited and determined by external
impressions. Without them useless piece of machinery
like engine without fire water, stationary and
resting uselessly.
Of late several important have been made in Cork
among them that of George Francis Train well known
pecuator in tramways Mr. Grinnel merchant of Bos-
ton and Mr. McGee commercial traveller all of whom had
just arrived in the steamship Scotia from America They
have been charged with Fenansm but documents have
been found Them Mr. Train is it is said the correspon-
dent of the New York World
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