The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-08-30
'o8 CLUB.

'sThe hope and the courage OF as.
sailants are always greater than OF
those who act upon the defensive.
Such was the assurance given to his
army by one of the greatest generals
antiquity. 1t was held good that day
at the foot of the Italian Alps. 1t
held good in '98 on the sides OF Oulart
Hill. 1t will, SO long as cruelty ana
selishnesS arrays one man against
another, hold good forever. Even to
the best disciplined veteran army the
principle will apply. To an lnsargent,
improvised army. it is Indispensable.
1t has been we'll said that in inSurrec-
tionarv movements .sdelay is defeat.
And it may be added, with almost the
same certainty. that "defence is de-
feat In war ,as in politics, the main
road to success is ''audacity, audaclty,
audacity.' 1t might be as well to
edge in here suggestion that clark
ness" is the great equaliZing power.
What can discipline do when it can t
see the road before it 1t knows that,
and SO we have descriptions like the
following made ready in this way:
"All was prepared-the fire, the sword, the
To WELD them in their terrible array;
The army, like a lion from its den,
Marched forth with nerves and slneWs
bent to STAY
And it's timed in this way:
Iark Through the silence of the dull, cool
night,
The hum of armies gathering rank on rank;
See duskey masses steal in dubious sight,
lol Il INrctI irlfr hay
TO the reformer it is revolving to
even think of war. 1t is his human
sympathy, his love for his kind. that
makes him war against the wrongs
that crush and Cypress them. He
shrinks from the bare idea of killing,
of even injuring, any human being.
But when he sees the madness OF a
few inflicting misery and death on the
great multitudeS-turn Paradise
into Hell-what can he do! Look on,
while hundreds perish OF want and
disease. rather than that one should
perish by the sword No, that may
do for cold-blooded, selfish, unloving
men, but it will not do. it will never
do, for the reformer. His very hut
manty. his very tenderness OF human
life. impel him into the field. even to
destroy life, though his mission to
this world is to preserve, and cherish,
and make it happy. Among the crimes
of a Goddess aristocracy is the neces-
sity which they thus create-thls hard
alternative which they force upon
humane and Christian men.
But humane and Christian men
ha ~
the world the hell that we see it.
"Blood letting was all tyrants ever
prescribed for the paroXysms OF a
trampled down people. In Europe.
everywhere. even here in our own
streets. and ut our own doors. blood
letting - Will anything else cure
the fever Of cruelty and rapacity that
RACES in their own veins!
4 band Of gallant men answered
this question on Oulart Hill. III the
month of MAY, seventeen hundred
and ninety-eight. 1t must be again
and again answered, and for a last
time, before the mad aristocrats OF
ireland will be cooled doWll-brougnt
TO their human senses.
Therefore. men of Ireland make
pilgrimages to Oulart Hill. rs the an
niversary swings round. But make
mental pilgrimages to it every day
YOU open your eyes, to look ut the ra
pacitv of the fever-mad landlords
Join with the Club of Ninety-eight
either in body OF spirit. In body
where nearness permits. In spirit
over the whole land--into the remot
est corners of the island.
Thus the Ninety-eight Club sets
forth its object:
1T is to keep alive the recollection
of at least one brave battle for vic
tory. and to perpetuate the memoir,
of those who fought it with stubborn
courage, that we have established on
club
And it thus speaks of the spiri
that responds to it:
"Although but Il few weeks in nc
tive operation. the Ninety EIGHT Gu
is spreading with Il speed which out
runs our eXertions to meet the dc
mands of correspondents. From a
parts in Ireland and from the remotes
districts in England and Scotland con
munications have reached us in mos
encouraging abundance.
An omen. we trust. OF events tina
are approaching. But first and eal
nestlv and above all. assert the simpl
and sublime truth that you. also. III
the children of Him who created tn
fair earth. and endowed You with til
faculties to bring forth its fruit
That your right is a little more pial
and just than the right claimed t
thieves who can only rob--who al
too lazy to cultivate. Let this though
be put firmly fixed in your minds. al
the victory is yours. And the u:
YOU will make of that victory will re-
der wars unnecessary for all time
come. irish Uorid
OVER PRODUCTION.
RoSsToy Pa, July "A. lS71.-0ur club