The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-08-25
IRISH BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
Second Annual Convention Of tiie Union
to be Held at Cincinnati on October
10, Next.

To the Officers and Members Of the Various
Irish Benevolent Societies Of the United
States
BROTHERS AND Fellow CoUNTRYMEN:
1t is our pleasing duty, as members Of
the Executive Committee ct the Irish
Catholic Benevolent Union, to address
you on this, subject in which, as Irish
men, we should feel a common interest and
a common pride, and which should
actuate US TO use every honorable
means to attain that which is 50
much desircd-unity OF purpose aud con
cert Of action, IS we'll as to create 4 more
extended field Of usefulness amongst those
Irish benevolent societies that now are.
and will yet be organized throughout the
country.
1t is useless for Us to remind you that
great amount Of good has been accom-
plished hy individual and independent So
cetlcs. In most Of our cities and large
towns such organizations are 10 existence,
and their utility has been demonstrated to
such an extent as to secure their perma
nence.
That local organizations of this charac-
ter must, from their nature, be too much
crcumscrlbei in their power aud influence
and have not attained the strength their
importance and Utility demand, must be
apparent to all who are in any degree Ia
mlliar with their particular histories. The
manifest and particular reasons assigned
for this limited inhusnce is attributable to-
and directly results from, the fact that
the great mass Of our coautrymen are de-
| pendant for their support on a labor whose
demands are ever fuctuating, and the
scenes Of which are constantly changing.
Experience teaches Us that the labOrcr Of
to-day may be far rcmoved;in a short time.
/ rem the field Of his present employment.
! he constant change Of scene, being so
/ often rendered necessary by his calling III
+ lie, prevent that rermanen:e OF residence
which he would wish to obtain. and in
great measure deprive him OF proper en-
+ joyment Of hose benefits which his society,
under It's present management affords.
Although provision Is made by most, if
not all, OF the benevolent societies now IN
! existence to relieve such Of their members
as are eutitled to relief, though smiles
should intervene, yet this provision IS sub
/ iect to many serious and, indeed, lamenta
/ bic disadvantages, and too frequently the
/ object Of beneyolence is far removed be
yond the pale Of succor ere communication
may be had with the society Of which he is
/ q member.
Considerations Of this character have
doubtless lad an active tendency to pre-
Veat many wsll-disposed persons from at
tachlng themselves to societies as they now
exist and are regulated, and that such con
>lcrations should be attended with this
result must be apparent to all. To RENE.
dy this evil, and supply the means by
which the various Irish benevolent socie
ties throughout TIE country may 90 oper-
ate more fully, and with greater and more
advantageous results, this union" OF So
cict:es, as now regulated and existing, was
organized IN the city Of Dayton, O., Aug
lG, 1869; anu during the one short year Of
our existence as an organization, Sc have
abundant assurance and evidence before Us
that the movement then inaugurated and
undertaken only by a few will culmiuate
eventually in one grand association, WIKI
its collateral branches establi.hcd in al
most every town in our country, doing
GOOD amongst MONITORS md most imrOr
tart OF all, the bringing Of our ceuntrymen
more closely together in a companion~hip
that will be beneficial to all, and in which
the mutual interests Of each and every one
VIII he protected, respected, and ackuowl
edged.
BY this union of the different "Irish be.
pfg S SqGiGf' 5ioce,;ss nco % h
ment and regulations of the subordinate
societies are, in every essential respect, IN
Impaired and intact, each society preserves
It's own identity, and possesses the inner.
ent right OF adopting the name BY which il
shall be known and 10 enact constitution
and by>IaEs for It's own government, pros
vlded that the same are not inconsistent
with the constitutions, rules and regula>
tons Of the union. The union contcm-
plates securing for each member Of a sub
ordinate society belonging 10 the union all
the benefits to which he may be entitled,
wherever he may be, and at whatever dis
lance, within the United States, from the
society Of which he is member
Having briefly endcavored to impress on
your minds its objects, we now earnestly
ask for the union an attention and careful
consideration, believing that it must and
will receive the ready and determined sup
port Of those who. engaged in a common
cause, recognize the great importance Of
more extended field Of usefulness, and the
/ inadeluacy Of the old system to supply a
want so long experienced by our cxiled
countrymen of the United States.
In conclusion, we therefore most cordial
! ly invite the various Irish benevolent so
+ cIetles OF the country to send Delegates
proportiOnate to their numbers, to the sec
ond annual convention of the union. which
will meet IN Cincinnati @, on Wednesday,
Oct. 10, 1870. This will apply to those
/ societies who are not members. as yet, of
this union, but are willing to enter into
compliance with the constitution, as well
as to those who are now members. Each
society will be entitled to one delegate for
every 20 members, and societies number
inc less than so members, one delegate.
The session will be held at Greenwood
Hail, and will be called to order at 6:30 \.
n
The headquarters OF the executive com
mittce will be at their rooms, at the St
james Hotel
The secretaries of subordinate societies
are requested to notify the secretary Of the
union Of the names of their delegates. ana
delegates will provide themselves with
their credentials. properly certified to by
their officers. We trust that the officers
and members Of the various benevolent so.
cletieS will at once take this matter in
hand, and act upon it in such manner
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