The New York herald., 1879-02-24
q IRISH NATIONALITY.

PRESENTATION OF AN ADDRESS OF WELCOME
AND CONFIDENCE By MEsdBERs OF THE IRISH
REVOLUTIONARY BROTHERHOOD TO JAMES STE
pHENs.
meeting Of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood
and Of exles and refugees from Ireland. who had
ganzed under James Stephens. the well known revo-
utionary patriot of the Green Isle was held yester-
day afternoon at Academy Hall, Twenty third street
and Third avenue. The hall was crowded. and Mr..
Stephens, upon his entrance, was loudly cheercd.
He took seat at the right side Of the chairman. Mr.
Thomas r. Roche. After a few preliminary remarks
by the chairman. Mr.. Thomas Masterson, Mr..
Thomas Owens and others the following address
was read by the secretary. Mr.. John Locke:-
THE ADDRESS
We, members of the old r. b., welcome you to Amer
ca and entertain the hope that arrival will be pro
voted the fe you
r @ the ss i; a %
not from any want Of faith In ts adherents but from
who and % Of It's its
so @ aIs ARE aS Under Ha ss np
alton feuds and prejudices aside when,
as Is A~a tho e
a aasson there s: Sssa as she
tegration The brotherhood has been but mask per
newspaper concerning claims leadership
for the future bsnsvs i%practicaSs schemes been
Invented dazzle and the departure trsach
the sham and fraud of parliamentary agitation Our
countrymen in America inclined to think
and act for themselves and to Judge by results rather than
pretensions great majority OF them especially in New
claimed in the public press and on public rostrums the
sole and exclusive right control and the Irish
national organizations Here, then Is wide field for
work for which we know are well quaiifed We have
had proof of ability organizer The Irish
has had proof of fidelity TO ireland. We know that
at home place implicit confidence in you; We,
this side Of the Atlantic, have no less faith
Then, in the of Ireland, work, organize
solidate There Lack of material patriotism There
is apathy engendered only by which
your enorgy and earnestness dispe We claim
distinction but 1hat Of having done for Ireland what
lay within power and. the r. Is. at home
ready wait and cooperate with in whatever plan OF
Organization be decided best calculated 10 bene
fit the cause.
Signed by 100 members.
The following resolution adopted unanim-
ously:-
Resolved That public meeting assembled reiterete
confidence in the integrity ability and patriotic devo
tion worthy leader James Stephens and be it fur
ther resolved that recognize him the only true
preventative OF the revolutionary party At home.
Mr. Stephens, in reply. said that the great object
OF his life had been and would continue to be to
solidate and harmonize all Irishmen. He was in
hopes Of establishing here the grestcst organization
that ever existed for the liberation Of Ireland. He
was happy to round him of the good old
times, and he ready to hold out the right hand
of brotherhood to all Irish organizations, whether
they be Clan -na-gae Fenian or Hibernian. better
time was dawning and he felt convinced that the
rank aud file of Irishmen would soon fall into the
was to be composed exclusively of men who had
served the in Ireland. he wished all organiza-
tions would work in harmony with it and encourage
patIiOts in the GOOD