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The fol- win proclar,tion has been issued
~ the " lrisa Republican Droti r iool":
"GoD SAVE IRELANp.
"DunurN, Nav 9.
To the Irish People, and Rll I.pyrrt of Lib
ertr, AMI Pirtic ila Z Off y III r, NJ IN,
irish Republican BrJthcrho ii an irel
Organizations.
As there SO ms to be grave misunder-
standing us to tn aim ard scop, Of the lato
ext BUTTONS at Dbl n. we, thc Executive OF
the Irish Republican BrJtlcrho "A. h r,5y r,-
quest all aforesaid t. withhold IN ,ir opinion OF
this matter for the present, aul refrain from
an eNpr, ssIun OF sympathy ut public me things.
VIII eh tend t. humillate Ireland and give aid
and coInfort t. Enganl.
AS TO the monster Burke, he had preyed
upon the lives an lihrrt - of his @ ,uotrvmen
Tor many years and ha deserved death ,
thousand times at our hands; ana as To Lord
Frederick Cavcnd sh, Il ineal descrnlint OF
IN infamous Lord be u IN H. who hanged the
gallant ana patriotic MacEagal. b shop of
Ross, at Carrigudrohld, because he would nor
Getray his country, his very name stinl1s In
the nostr l. of the Ir 81 people by tn, inioui.
ties OF his brother, Lord Hlrtngt IN. and the
wholesale cvictiOns of his faith r. the Duke OF
Devonshirc, thereby driving thousands of tho
ilghtiul owners of the soil to the poor-house.
exile and death
Ihis organ cation has to, ratcd the vagn,
rieS of Pdluell and his safe-treisonmoncpr
until he has filled the bastlns of orr cotn.rv
with the victims of Il useless Parliamentary
agltition, which left 10000 persons homeless
last year, and drove millions Of the flower of
our people to exile. This ceases to be harm
less when II truce is made by which he himself
friends 81 10,
eighty of Ireland's bravest sons ar, left TO
languish in prison, to be cxiled or assassina-
tea, and these men who. by the so-called out
RACES, opened the prson-doors to Parnell ind
his friends
If England really wished to deal fairly by
Ireland, why not issue general amnesty nv
which the prson-doors would be opened and
thousands of our exilei brethren who now
pine in foreign lands could return in safety
ana honor Instead of this, Gladstone sent
emissaries to the venerated head of the Cath
Ole Church, who, by lies and false r, presenta-
ions, nave deprived thousands Of our poor.
perseo uted people of the comforts of religion
10y turning our affairs into political platforms.
Lee us ask the people of Ireland: Are there no
classes OF people to be considered except farm
ers' ana OF what avail will it be to Ireland IL a
selfish class is firmly rooted in the soil and be-
comes thoroughly loyal to England?
We ask our friends in America to pom Ter
upon our desperate circumstances, to think of
the brave and honorable people driven TO de-
spair by witnessing the white bosoms of our
women torn open by the bayonets of English
mercenaries and our children of tender age
shot down in the highways, while our walls of
anguish are stfled in blood We are convinced
no true prosperity can exist in Ireland so long
as England possesses her custom-houses there
allowing her manufactures to pass into Ireland
duty free, thereby leaving our Irish mechanics
unemployed, and an enormous war-tribute ex-
acted by England taking away the produce Of
the land, thereby forcing the Irish people to
starve.
Now, Furthermore, we call upon all our
brothers in America, particularly Advanced
Nationalist, to aid by every means within their
power the men who have carried out this exc
cutlon, and we hereby further declare that they
deserve we'll of their country
By order of the Executive of the Irish Re-
publican Brotherhood"