The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-05-25


DUBLIN, May IL
The following proclamation has been issued
by the Irish Republican Brotherhood":
"GoD SAVE IRELAND.
'sDUnLIN, May a.
" To the Irish People, and all Lovers OF Lib
erty, and Particularly Our Brothers Of tho
Irish Republican Brotherhood and Kindred
Organizations:
+" AS there seems TO be q grave miaunder-
standing as to the aim and scope Of the late
executions at Dublin, we, the Executive OF
the Irish Republican Brotherhood, hereby re-
quest all aforesaid TO withhold their opinion Of
this matter for the present, and refrain from
an expression of sympathy at public meetings,
which tend to humiliate Ireland and give aid
and comfort to England.
las to the monster Burke, he had preyed
upon the lives and liberties Of his oountrymen
for many years, and had deserved death .
thousand times at our hands; and as to Lord
Frederick Cavendish, lineal descendant of
the infamous Lord Broughill, who hanged the
gallant and patriotic MacEagan. Bishop Of
Ross, at Carrigadrohid, because he would not
betray his country, his very name stinks in
the nostrfls of the Irish people by the iniqui-
ties of his brother, Lord Harrington, and tho
wholesale evictions Of his father, the Duke OF
Devonshire, thereby driving thousands OF the
rightful owners of the soil to the poor-hOuse,
7xile and death.
"This organization has tolerated the vaga-
res of Parnell and his safe-treasonmouRers
until he has filled the bastiIes of our country
with the victims of a useless Parliamentary
agitation, which left 2o,0O0 persons homeless
last year, and drove millions Of the flower Of
our people to exile. This ceases 70 be harm
less when a tEuce Is made by which he himself
and his friends are allowed to go free, and
eighty of Ireland'e bEavest SONS are left to
languish in prison, to be exiled or assassina-
ted, and these men who. by the so-called out
RACES opened the prisOn-doors TO ParnelI and
his friends.
'If England really wished 20 deal fairly by
Ireland, why not issue a general amnesty, by
which the prison-doors would be opened and
thousands of our exiled brethren who now
pine in foreign lands could return in safety
and honor. Instead Of this, Gladstone sent
emissarfes to the Yenerated head Of the Cath
olic Church, who, by lies and false representa-
Hons, have deprived thousands Of our poor.
prosecuted people OF the comforts Of religion
by turning our affairs into political platforms.
Let us ask the people Of ireland; Are there no
classes OF people to be considered except farm
ers and Of what avail win Il be to Ireland IL
selfish class is firmly rooted I'm the soil and be-
comes thoroughly loyal to Engiand7
We ask our friends in America to ponder
upon our desperate circumstances. 10 think Of
the brave and honorable people driven to de-
spair by witnessing the white bos0ms Of our
women torn open by the bayonets OF English
mercenaries. and our children of tender are
shot down in the highways. while our walls Of
anguish are stified In blood We are convinced
no true prosperity can exist in Ireland go long
as England possesses her eustom-housea there,
allowing her manufactures to pass into Ireland
duty free, thereby leaving our irish zzechmnlcs
unemployed, and an enormous WaF-Eribute exc
acted by England taking away the produce of
the land, thereby forcing the Irish people t9
starve. eN +
Nov. Furthermore, we call upon all our
brothers IN America, particularly Advanceq
Nati0nalists, to aid by every means within their
power the men who have carried out this exc
cution. and we hereby further declare that they
1eserve well OF their country.
. BY order of the Executive Of the IFssh Efo.
publican BrqfherhQQd-"