Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-11-01
hope, they never would or never couI d
"For freedoms battle once begun"

For freedoms battle once begun
.sBequeathed By bleeding sire to son.
Though bsftled oft is ever won."
What is the demand of Ireland !:
They ask that the fortunes of that i'll
fated country shall be guided by the
capacities of her own sons. They ask
that the interests of Ireland shall be
protected, and that her affairs shall be
administered by the hands of native
parliament.
II is now breaking on The minds of
the Irish people that they are entering
on their final struggle with England, q
struggle thar would test the courage
and tax the devotion OF any people !:
and that being so, what will the Irish
people in this country do TO assist them
in that struggle:
The answer has been promptly Civ
en- few weeks ago by the Irishmen
of Mil aukee, in the state of Wiscon-
sin. when Mr.. Chamberlain. one of the
aspirants for the premiership of Eng
land, threw do.E the cowardly taunt
that the people of Ireland were only
four millions and used yelled threat
by asking what they could do against
thirty millions OF Englishmen The
reply that the Milwaukee Irishmen
sent the very next day was to remit
Mr.. Parnell $1,000, thereby practically
reminding all English statesmen that
when dealing with Ireland it will be
safer to increase their estimate of the
fighting means of our race.
Similar answers have gone from
New York, Boston. 81. Louis. Cincin-
natl, Detroit, indianapolis and Chica-
go, and we now confidently appeal TO
to you, lrishmen of Kansas, to fall into
line with your countrymeu all over
this great and free land by taking a
hand in this fiual struggle with Eng
land. Charles Stewart Parnell has
boldly proclaimed his intention of de-
handing from England's parliament
the restoration OF his cOuntry's IEde-
pendence.
The catholic arch bishop of Dublin
stands shoulder TO shoulder with the
protestant leader of the Irish people.
For the first time in lreland's chequer-
ed history north and south are united
in the national cause.
Blu. the enemies of Irish liberty are
aroused TO desperate efforts English
gold and power ard patronage and cor
ruption as of old are combined against
Parnell
He has called for help, and we ask
YOU lrishmen and lrishwomen of
Kansas, TO answer noblv and prompt
~ his call. lie needs the generous
aid of his coun;rymen throughout the
world. Shall we be deaf TO his ap-
peal? Is there an Irishman or Irish
woman in broad Kansas so sordid as
not 10 subscribe some share of their
means in so holy and just Il cause:
Yes, you will give your aid willingly
and chccrfully (as you have always
done) TO assist your kith and kin in
sending into the new parliament, such
a phalanx of honest and patriotic re-
representatives. as will 10 longer be de-
MED full and complete justice 20 our
long prosecuted but lovely land.
Throughout the dark and deary
night Of foreign misrule, of ''Stcel 10
the bosom aud fame TO the roof" the
faith was ever kept that our country
" ould yet be free: the hope has al
ways survived that the day of her re.
deinpiion would come. and who will
say nov that the day is not near at
hand? irishmen of Kansas, we ask
you b, the memories of your evicted
coumtrymen and their blazing roofs,
we ak you by the memories of our
struggles for freedom crushed ont by
massacre and murder. We ask YOU by
the memories of our glorious and
mariyfed patriots wh) cheerfally as
ccnded the scaflod in the sacred
cause Of Gland. or ended their dis
NAL days in the gloomy dungeon and
the lOathcsOme convict prison: we ask
YOU by the memories of your forced
exile aid separation from the dear and
loved oaes III Ireland: and finally we
ask you in the name of that priceless
boon of liberty that all freemen love,
not 10 be found wanting, but 10 rise
with your race throughout the world
and make one glorious effort to restore
peace, contentment and happiness to
our distracted and beloved land.
MICHEAL IlEERY, Pres.
NJ. O'BRIEN,
JAMES O'REILLY,
TIMOTHY O'DONovAN,
Vice Pres.
ROBERT HALLAHAN, Treas.
MICHEAL HOGAN, Sec.