Year: 1867

objections are urged, in letter signed Fanny E. C-n
against the propriey necessity of sending immediate and
direct aid to the virtually widowed wives and helpless children
of those Irish patriots who confined tortured in
English prisons Not of these objections is in my opinion
we'll founded


The great hearts of the Irish people, in which the has
such unbounded confidence doubt excessively sympahz
ng especially in song story just possible how
ever that the practical reality in the present day. maybe
what different And although always pleasant thing enough
to roll the burden of duties the shoulders Others
STILL when not only the of bereaved families requires
be comored but when positive hunger cries for bread
and when the horrors of the poohouse close at hand
becomes and possessed of humanity
we'll of patriotic love of country and liberty scrut
nize carefully plea which be put forward whose effect
would be to induce to postpone for day hour duty
sacred so incumbent this


Survey the reality of the situation There are and glory
in the fact millions of hearted and still left


Ireland who hate tyranny with holy hatred who long
nothing earthly much for the day when it sha be driven
into the into somewhere of which it
again But who and what they? There in
Disgusting it, They are with few EXCEPTIONS the poorer class
of the people They the better Glass; beyond all doubt in
every of moral intellectual and patriotic excellence
for all that they just the class which English oppression
has robbed of almost everything but e It in their
power do much; however willing anxious they may
be share their last meal with the families of noble
whose excellence they know how appreciate Still there
the eyes of English spies them continually everywhere


in every city, town. village, and hamlet of the whole land
and for them to befriend Fenian prisoner the family of
Fenian prisoner is be marked for destruction.


When go out of this class (Which rejoice constitutes
the mons and get up among the thousands of what
called the middle and upper classes what have you The
tools of England and the enemies of Irish national liberty
of all who long and strive and suffer for it, Asocracy land
oracy hopocrac parson, priest and presbyterian all in
the boat Hating each other doubt with intense
hatred they do yet forgetting ALL and budding together
like many frightened sepents before the rising food of
| Irish liberty.


Are these the people beend the families of Fenan prs
oners? We trow not


am therefore, compelled to address the question to
the ladies of the Fenan Sserhood gentlemen of
the Fenn Brotherhood of the United States of America what
you doing? Iemphasse the last word because have
too much talk and too little work Are you going wait for
official action in New York till those who dearer than life
to your sefsacrcng patriots will be dgraced degraded
by accepting in the Bastles which England has built for the
imprisonment of the paupers she has manufactured that
wretchd subsistence which you of your abundance
not the honor the heart bestow Besdes what
of talking? New York do nothing until you furnish
the Have you done it? The world would like to
know


Letme entrea hen to do something practical and do


Let the ladies go work. in every locality Let those
who in position to do lead by their example There
will very soon be no lack of followers.


am not preaching that which do not try to practice.
member of the for the past few years. but have been


Fenan for before yes years before thought of
crossing the Atlantic. Since joined the F. s. have done
every thing could ito aid the cause both public and private
For to me no earthly honor however great compare with
consciousness of doing ones duty the land of
BIRTH In my opinion any person wanting the love of coun-
try matter what their position society," are nowhere COM
pared with the poor but honest patriot


For the next nine months pledge myself not to buy either
Dress hat kids any whatever even to yard
of ribbon and to abstain from all other useless extravagance
such concerts balls &c. except what will got up in aid
of the of Irish liberty shall give the amount saved to
the Fenans to buy rfes and Others who can will do like
wse the Fenians will have enough to arm and eoup
thirty thousand men, without applying their American