Omaha daily bee., 1889-07-07
AN u. IL. MAN.
He Defends the Members and Objects
OF His Organizations.

Ol his orSaniLaCiOu.
OMAHA, July 6.-To the Editor of THE
BEE In the editorial columns of Thursday
mornings Herald is an article under the
heading, Conspiracy Must Cease" wish
to say few words through your paper on
this subject. For the information of this
gentlemanly editor, l wish to tell him that
for twenty years there has been camp of
tho United Brotherhood in this city, and
that it is still IN existence and the members
thereof are all decent, respectable lrshmen
and law-abiding citizens. They are not
skulking carbonari nor assasslns nor
the kind of men that would stab
man in the back, and / want
this gentleman TO so understand it,
Now, Mr.. Editor, as l understand it, q
man is always supposed TO be innocent until
he Is proven guilty by jury of his coun-
trymen, ana common decency would compel
this manly editor to hold his peace until
these men had trial and were proven
guilty. But lie wishes to prejudice public
opinion against these men, and undertakes
to Judge them before they are adjudgeu at
the bar of their court. Hc calls ON Aneri-
cans TO suppress this organization by stating
that there is nothing in common between
American life and these societies. I would
say to this gentleman that England has been
laying TO blot these societies out of existence
for the last 700 years and has failed as yet to
do so. This brotherhood numbers It's mem
bers by the tens of thousands from the At
lantic to the Pacific and touching into the
antipodes IN every hamlet and city in the
country; this brotherhood is to be found also
throughout Great Britain and her provinces,
and also through other parts Of Europe l
do not make this an idle boast, but
wish to show this gentleman what line
time he would have suppressing this
brotherhood Michael Dayitt in a speech
in Ireland few days ago made this remark,
that Longenekcr, Pinkcrton and company
had an underground arrangement with the
London Times, and we believe 1t TO be Jruc.
We war not on Englishmen. We mum
ber amongst our friends in the struggle for
our rights one of our most noble sons Will
liam III. Gladstone. ] say, If these men now
of Doctor Cronin are guilty, hang them, and
such is tho sentiment ana voice OF this
brotherhood throughout the land, but first
let them be proven guilty.
Irishmen have always proven themselves
truly loyal and patriotic TO this, the land OF
their refuge and adoption, and in the hour OF
her necessity proved themselves such by
answering her call with whole regiments of
volunteers, while, on the other hand, what
WAS the position of England and Englshment
Americans, do you forget the French affairl
Do you forget Mason and Slidellf DO you
forget that England turned loose her prl-
vatecrs and blockade runners for the pur-
peso OF wiplng us out OF existencei
DO you forget that she prolonged
our civil war by furnishing material
and aid to our foesi That thousands of our
brothers and fathers who lie buried in un-
marked graves owe their death to the aid
and assistance rendered by her TO the confed-
eracyi DO you forget that batteries of Arm
strong guns fell into our hands at the fall of
Richmond presented TO Jeffersoa Davis by
Mr. Armstrong; Do you forget that on
Sherman's march to the sea that the English
flag tried TO protect confederate cotton but
old Billy could not SO III Do you
forget that while EnglIshmen were
hurrahing for the southern confederacy
in the streets OF London, Irlshmen were
marching though the streets Of Dublin shout
ing for the unioni DO you forget that while
freshmen were marching TO the front To put