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Head-Quarters Henan Drotherhad,
P. 0. Box 5141.
Feu Yeth, fenidy bth, 1968 oo
To the Centres and Members of the Fenian Brotherhood :
Brornuers :—
The Senate of the Fenian Brotherhood, in consideration of
al situation in general, believing the time has come fora definite declaration
on the first
recent events and the politic
of poliey—after invoking the blessing of the Almighty, passed the following resolutions,
day of the new year :—
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« Resotven—That this Senate pledge themselves to each other, and to the members of the Brotherhood in general, to put the national oo
organization on a war footing ; that they will spare ro personal exertions or sacrifice, to hasten this most necessary and desirable con-
summation, after which the fight for the honor of our race, the assertion of our rights, and the independence of our beloved country will
be once more inagurated in the name of the God of our fathers.
“ Resobvep—That the members of the Senate, with the President of the F. B., on and after the 20th day of January, 1868, go ont
and publicly and privately appeal to our people for the aid nevessary to put an army in the field. That when practicable a Senator be
accompanied by ar Organizer; and that they make an especial effort to procure from the citizens of their various localities, the means
to transport to the scene of action the men raised in such localities.”
“ Resotvep—That all absent members of the Senate ard all Organ
izers and Circles be infurmed of the above resolutions.”
Brothers, you know that we are in earnest in our determination to carry, to a successful issue the
struggle for the Independerce of Ireland. Ifaving for oar guide in the fature your patriotic devotion
and sacrificies, and having giver to us your confidence, woe to us if we deceive you! The timid may
faiter, the coward may stand aside; but for us there is ouly one path—-that which leads to Irish liberty. ,
In thus preparing for the future field of our libars, we are encouraged and strengthened in our posi- f
tion, by the attitude in which we have placed our enemy. By our past exertions, we have brought the | ‘
land before the tribunal of minkial: they are discussed in courts, cabinets and legislative i
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wrongs of Ire
halls, while the ablest and best thinkers of England are employed in suggesting the most feasible means
of saving their threatened empire from impending ruin,
Feeling most keenly the awful responsibility placed in our hands by the Congress at Cleveland, we
would shrink from the task imposed on us, did we not remember that We who holds the destinies of (
nations in Lis hands. in His merey gives strength to the weak and wisdom to His people.
e have counted their cost to us, an: we are prepared to peril all
of our country.
and not to ours
In passing the above resolutions, w
that is dear to men in this world, in order to put an end to the sufferings and sorrows
'Trese resolutions will stand as a record through all time, to our glory or our shame;
alone, but to yours also; for, as to you and your children will enure the benefits of suecess, you cannot
ignore the responsibility that rests upon you to make by your efforts that success a certainty ; it is with-
in your reach, even now, if you are true to Ireland and to yourselves. We shall do our part in the
work before us; we rely on you to aid us by doing yours, and doing it fully and promptly—fur Ivish 4:
Independence is Now only a question ot time and your own exertions. a
By order of the Senate, F. B.
James Gibbons, f
President of Senate Ff.
J. C. O'BRIEN, Secretary, Senate, IP. B.