The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-10
Communicated
FRESHMEN! ATTEND! UNITE,

Editor Bulletin:
Surely this is progressive age. Physi-
cal science and the arts are advancing
with rapid strides and mental progress IS
proportonately developing. Men, no
longer content to be slaves, boldly assert
their claims to the God given right of hui
man liberty.
This boon, which Americans have, for
many years, enjoyed, the poor Irish are
contending for to-day. True, they never
calmly submitted to the CALLING bonds of
slavery, forged around them by their un-
just and heartless oppressors and crushing
thousands of them to death; but their eff
forts to emancipate themselves have, 80 far,
proved futile. Fraud and force have. 80
far, prevailed over truth and Justice. How
ever,
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers"
lreland's wrongs in the past were up-
known to, or ignored by the outside world
through the baneful influence Of her cruel
step'mother, England. But the light is
spreading and freedoms rays bid fair to
dispel at length the darkness, which OBJ
scured too long the sad spectacle of Ireland
chained and starving from the vision of
civilized nations. Yes, the gaze of the
whole world is riveted on Ireland to-day
and her cause eXcites the liveliest and most
absorbing interest among all classes OF peo-
pie. The United States congress and most
OF the state legislatures have expressed
their sympathy tor her in her
sufferings, hoping she may soon
obtain her long-denied birth-right;
and her faithful, would-be liberaters have
the hearty cooperation or good wishes of
freedoms friends in every land. Irishmen,
wherever found, are determined that their
klth and kin, their flesh and blood shall be
no longer exposed to the outrages perpe-
trated on them tor centuries by the bloated,
equity, lazy landlords. The land league
objects to poor, Woodworking men being
turned out on the wayside without food or
shelter, if they will not suffer themselves
and their families to starve and give the
fruits of their toll to the absentee lords of
the soil. Every Irishmen in Cairo makes
the same objection, and every lover of
liberty endorses it.
But what does our mere talk benefit orr
suffering brethrenl Why not start branch
of the land league here9 1t is rffectuallv
paralyzing the un-laws of coercion and the
arms bill, in this the most critical period in
the history of English disagreement of
Ireland. Such terror has the league struck
into the hearts or entrails of the English
IRISH landlords that the whistling Of a
small boy at local magistrate amounts to
intimidation, for which he is arrested
Cairo lrishmen are anxious to aid their
couhtrymen IN the present crisis; but, hav-
ing no organization, they effect nothing.
therefore, suggest that they meet this
sunday evening, at eight o'clock, in
the scho'l rooms OF st. Patrick's church,
ana orSanlze-elcct officers, select place
lor future meetings, engage speakers, &c.
AS Father MasterSon knows and favors our
intentions In this matter; and that the agi-
tation here may assume definite shape, let
1t be understood that all friends Of the good
cause may consider themselves invited to
attend as above, ~
And say thcir say
Then either stay,
Or go away.