The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-05-18
REMARKABLE DOCUMENT.
A Proclamation by the Irish Republican
Brofherh cod.
The following document has been published
in Ireland by the Irish Republican Brotherhood !

A Proclamation by the Irish RepubIIcan
Brotherh cod.
The following document has been published
in Ireland by the Irish Republican Brotherhood
"GoD SAVE IRELAND.
aDUBLN, May 8.
"To Irish people and all lovers of liberty,
and particularly our brothers Of the I. B. B.
and kindred organizations As there seems to
be grave Misunderstanding as to the aim and
scope of the late executions at Dublin, we, the
Executive of the I. r. B., hereby request all
aforesaid to withhold their opinion of this
matter for the present, and refrain from ex-
preston Of sympathy at public meetings, which
tend to humiliate Ireland and give aid and
comfort to England
AS to the monster Burke, he had preyed
upon the lives and liberties of his countrymen
for many years, and has deserved death thou
sand times at our hands; and as to Lord Fred
erick Cavendish, ineal descendant Of the in
famous Lord Broghill, who hanged the gallant
and patriotic Mac Egan, Bishop of Ross, at
Carrigadrohid, because he would not betray his
country, his very name stinks in the nostrils of
the Irish people by the iniquites of his brother,
Lord Harrington, and the wholesale evictions
of his father, Duke of Devonshire, thereby
driving thousands of rightful owners Of soil to
the poor-house, exile, and death.
"This organization has tolerated the vaga-
ries of Parnell and his safe treason mongers
until he has filled the bastiles of our country
with victims by useless parliamentary agitation,
which left $1,000 persons homeless last year,
and drove millions of our people to exile. This
ceases TO be harmless when a truce is made
by which he himself and his friends are allowed
to go free. And eighty of Ireland's bravest
sons are left to languish in prison, to be exiled
or assassinated, and these men who, by So
called soutrages,' opened the prison doors to
Parnell and his friends.
"If England really wished to deal fairly by
Ireland, why not issue general amnesty, by
which the prison doors would be opened, and
thousands of our exiled brethren, who now
in foreign lands, could return in safety and
honor? Instead of this, Gladstone sent ennis
saries to the venerated head of the Catholic
Church, who, by lies and false Representations
has deprived thousands Of our poor, persecuted
people of comforts of religion by
Let us ask the people of Ireland,
are there no classes of people to be considered
except the farmers, and of what avail will il be
to ireland If the selfish class is firmly rooted in
the soil and becomes thoroughly loyal to
England? We ask our friends in America tc
| ponder on our desperate circumstances, to think
of the brave and honorable people driven to
| despair 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 highways, whi our walls OF
anguish are stifed in blood.
"We are convinced no true prosperity can
exist in Ireland SO long as England possesses
| her Custom Houses there, allowing her manu-
factures to pass into Ireland duty free, thereby
| leaving our Irish mechanics unemployed, and
| an enormous war tribute exacted by England
taking away the produce of the land, thereby
| forcing the Irish people to starve
"Now, furthermore, We call upon CDR broth
| ers in America, particularly advanced nation
alists, to aid by every means within their power
| the men who have carried out this execution
and we hereby further declare they deserve
| wAl of their country.
"By order Of the Executive Of the I. R. B."