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ANSWERS T0 CORRESPONDENTS.
To the Public.
‘We have received hundreds of letters containing money
from our friends in different parts of the country. It is
needless to say, that in all these cases the cash came safely
to hand. ,
But we regret to say, that we have also received several
letters of late, complaining that money had been sent to
this otiice, yet no notice had been taken of it, and the papers
had not been forwarded.
‘VVe are compelled, therefm-e,torequest our friends to send,
in all cases, either Post. Office orders or Bank checks, and we
wish it to be distinctly understood, that if they choose to put
money into unregistered letters, it must be at their own risk,
for we shall not be responsible.
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. L Clubs.
All our friends who are getting up clubs will please com-
municate with this oflice tmwnediately. As our paper is in-
tended to be a Public Instructor rather than a private (money)
speculation, we are prepared to deal with all who love our
cnuse and country on the most liberal terms.
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To the Circles of the F. B.
Having received communications from several Circles, in
regard to the establishmentof Reading Rooms for their mem-
bers, we propose to assist such Circles in this most necessary
work, as far as lies in our power, believing, as we do, that an
intelligent people cannot be enslaved, nor a. people who are
not intelligent become free.
We are preparing a catalogue of books, suitable for Fenian
Libraries, which we will publish in a few days; and which
books we will supply at wholesale prices. It is needless to
say, that we will place no book on our catalogue that is not
thoroughly national in sentiment. -
In the meantime, we offer the‘ following liberal induce-
ments to Circles desirous of opening Reading Rooms. Parties
will bear in mind that these terms are only for Oirclzs, and natfor
individuals. We will send three copies of THE IRISH RF.-
Pmauc, and one copy each of two other national Irish jour-
nals printed in America, to Circles, for one year, for $15-the
entire sum being the price of Tun Imsn Rnrusuc alone.
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'P. 11., (Xeveland, Ohio.-The editor of the Ulcvcland Daily
Herald is, we have heard, s respectable man. ‘But he has
got “a local” under him who is neither more nor less than it-
thief.
“'hethcr or not spoons, if they were made of silver, would
be safe in his company, may be open to doubt. But brains-
which are a more precious article, and of which he seems to
hsve got a confoundedly small pply-are‘ evidently too
much for this creature's honesty.
On June 29th, he published an article under the title of
“ The Basket Brigade," which, after a few senseless flourishes
of his own, proceeded to copy almost word for word, but with-
out an fate: of aclnwuiedyment, an original article on “Work-
ing Girls” which appeared in Tm-: Imsn Revenue of June
22d. - ‘ ’ r v
“'8 understand, from good authority, that ‘this poo
plaginrist of the Oletuland Herald endeavors, (like a donkeylas
he is,) “ to be witty at the expense of the Irish portion of the
Clevelandcrs whenever, he gets‘ the least opening; yet,” (for
the animal likes good hay when he can get it,) “he likes (to
steal) the productions of Irish talent.” '
.The only thing that saves such contetnptible scamps from
being scourged out of a world which they disgrace, is their
utt.er insignifieance. We have a right to complain that anse
so dishonest and dishonorable is made of ‘our paper by any
of those with whom we exchange. But, in this instance, we
shall take care, in future, that if “ the local” of the Clevdand
IIe1-old steals articles from Tim Inrsn Rnrouuc, he will first
have to pay for the paper. ’ ' '
F. (1., Baltimore, Md.-Yours received. Send us your name
and address, and explain what you mean about the prisoners.
We always require our correspondents’ names in full, not
necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of genuinencss.
The matters you treat of are important. ' ‘ , '
I -I. II. 13., Pomiam, N. Y.-We regret that our limited space
renders it utterly impossible for us to insert the document
which you have forwarded. It is creditable to your talents
as astudent, and we have no doubt that, with practice and
perseverance, you will become a useful and possibly a dig.
tinguishcd man. ' ' ' ' ‘
P. T. S., Ot'nct'nnoli.7The communication which you have
addressed to us, respecting 1. Fenian meeting lately‘ held in
your city, is disgraceful to no one but yourself. It is an
outrage on decency and common senseto speak of a venerable
and respectable gentleman, who has been so devoted to, and
so useful in, the organization, as “an old idiot." If ever age
is an honor-and we have high authority for saying that it is
-surely it must be when it has failed to quench those fires
of patriotism, which, alasl are known only by name to too
many who bear the name of Irishmen. And when so very
few of the really able and educated men of our race show
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T1-I]+j',fiIRI’SI-I REPUBLIC."
E-my 13.'18ci.
any sympathy with their suffering country, we must learn 00
be content with those “ eloquent mediocrities” of whom you
speak so scornfully.
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Writtcu for The Irish Republic.
Song‘-The Fenian.
1.
’Tis well for Johnny Bull,
That his stonJach‘s always full
Of pudding, beef and ale, of his own brewing,
‘Vhile Paddy in the bog,
Is treated like a dog,
with scarce a single prntie for n stewing.
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’Tis many years it's been,
And it really is a sin, ’ "
That you and I should longer live in fetters;
Then, let's throw od‘ the yoke,
And Johnny,Bull we’ll poke,
And show him that he's dealing with his betters.
> In.
’Twas Johnny Bull, you know,
Not very long ago, 7 I -
lvith the Eagle tried to play so very scaly.
Stand back, andjust for luck
lVe‘ll'give the luddie buck -
A tip upon the sly with our shillelah.
IV.
With freedom for our guide,
“'e‘ll tan old Bully's hide,
If Uncle Sam will hold his whieht s. minute;
And then, across the sen
We‘ll invite you all to tea,
“'ith a drop of good old Irishvwhiskey in it.‘ ' i H
' T. H. Balm).
has eaten asiruaue
" Liberty-!Ier Friends, 0.‘. Friends: Her Enemies. Our Enemies."
1 CHICAGO, iLI.., hum: 13, 1867.
The Fourth of July. v: V. ,
Among the different peoples of whom the great body of
our citizens is composed, there are none who celebrate
this day with more earnest or hopeful hearts than the
the Irish nationalists of America; > 1
More joyful ones there undobtedly are. That it
would be useless to deny.‘ Our native American
brothers-to whom we present our most cordial con-
gratulations on the prosperity and peace Which‘ crown
our common country->-may lcgif ihdulgre chair
patriotio pride, when they contemplate‘ thsltpresent
and survey the past, and even, when they glance
hopefully at the future, of this free, glorious land.
The black cloud of civil -war, tinged with the red
blood of slaughtered thousands, no longer spreads over
half the northern continent. ‘ The holy cause, the fear-
less hearts, and the strong rightyarms of.,Am’e1-ican
patriots have scattered it,years ago. And,-although
tracesof the terrible tempest, which has passed away,
may still remain, they are little more than the ground
swell of the subsiding sea. ‘ The calm has come, with its
gentle breezes and its bright sky, to cheer and ‘bless
the storm-tossed travelers of the great deep. This may
justly be regarded as the second ‘redemption. of this
great country, and every true man and woman of Ameri-
can birth may well contemplate it ‘with unmingled gacis.
faction. The danger and the disgrace which, for the
last quarter of a century, hung dark and threatening
over the great Republic of the west, are no’ inoro.
Slavery is buried deep in its nnhonored ‘gravepnudvit
will never rise again. Liberty and : humanity in Amer-
ica are, at length, synonymous terms. The stars um;
blaze upon'our battletlcg are . the ‘symbols of their
heavenlyvlight and upward progress, The‘-5,‘,,.;pe3 are
only’ for’ the backs of their enemies,’ the cruel and
treacherous tyrants of the earth. . igtudmwigy the ex,
ception of one small fragment of usurpation, which soil]
prolongs its accurscd existence‘ in Cau;.d1.f,-om the
Atlantic. to the Pacific, from the Polar seas tn the
Mexican Gulf, the glorious ensignvof America floats only
over the free. , , " , ' - ‘ s
“is make great allowance for those who, in their
sincerely mistaken attachment toabad cause, have suf.
feted heavy and irreparable loss. We would be sorry to
say a single word togwound their feelings, But,’ for an
that, we envy not the man who is either so summed
in prejudice, or so besotbcd in ignorance, as to dgp1,,,,,
the preservation of the unbroken power of the American
Republic. And as for the poor party-hack who, while
he prates about restoring liberty to Ireland, conspim
with those who would make slavery perpetual in Am”,
ica, we can only regard his hideous inconsistency with
pitying wonder. Is his nderstunding absolutely gm.
pcrvious to the light of reason? Are his fecllugs pmf
against the assaults of shame? You would he
would you? And you would use your liberty to en,
slave others? Thank you. ‘The world prefers to keep
you as you are. And the world is right. ’ ,
We have spoken of the glorious issue of the late civil
war as the second redemption of America. For it had
a first. Of this, Independence Dliy‘ is the commemora-
tion. > ' V
TVhich of the two was greatest it might be diflicultts
determine. Paradoxical as it may appear, perhaps it
would not be very far from the truth to say that ml,
was greatest of its kind. The one gigantic contest was
waged and won to createtlie country's, andlwe mg;
eventually the world's, liberty. The other to prescrveit.
As we look back over an abyss of ninety years, we we
the chains of tyranny all but encircling the entire
World. Europe, Asia, Africa, are all locked in the feb
ters of bondage. t0nly'a. single link is wanting to mm
the infernal round complete. " ‘ ' "‘ " '
That blessed want is found in the‘wilds of America
There we behold apure and simple people-the descen-
dants of men ‘who hravedthvcl waves and the wilderness
in order dofind “ freedom to worship God”-who, when
the old tyranny follows‘ them to their land of repose, turn
upon it, and after seven long years of struggle and
slaughter and suffering, hurl it back, disgraced and
defeated, on , the king-ridden shores of Europe. The
cause of freedom is saved. The foundations of the
Grand Republic are laid.’-She takes her place in the
vanguard of the nations. >
Here is a lesson ‘for all time. The French learn it,
and the Revolution of 1789 burstswith volcanic terror
on the universe.‘ The Irish learn it, and-although fut .
the time they fail-they sacrifice fifty thousand of their
best and bravest, on field and scaffold, in their struggle
for their lost liberty. = The contest has, again and again,
been renewed." Need we say that it is not yet ended,
and never will be, till, by the side of that America
which has been ll nursing mother to her cxpatriutctl
childred, Ireland will take her place among the Republics
ofthe earthil -. . :. - 1 .
The late gigantic contest between North and South
involved more than the life of ‘liberty on the 3Americ:nn
continent. , That in itself was a mighty, and magniitzent
issue." ‘But it was not by any means the only one. The
progressof universal liberty, and the emancipation of
the robbed and. ruined people of Europe, and of all.
lands, were at stake. Had slavery triumphed in Amer-
ica,'dcspotisn1s beyond the seas would have renewed their
youth, and, for another century at least, exerted their
hellish energies to oppress and to destroy. V But what
VVaterluo was to the monarchies, Gettysburg has been 10.
the Republics of the earth. The one strangled liberty.
The other has given it life. ’ Ilenccforth, although Elli?
contest may continue, it‘ is in- every instance virtually
decided. Can the slavery which was stricken dead here:
continue long its hated life in other,lands,? Otcan tho
eternal principles of liberty, whichtriumphcd here, fail,
us they march on their glorious career, to cmsh out of
existence the crowned and coroneted canker worms of
theworldli ‘ " ' ' . .
‘I There is hope, then, for all down-trodden people, nmlv
neither last nor least, there is good hope for that fair lautl
beyond the sea. which we’ love the best, and to which so
many true Irish hearts turn to-‘day amid the rejoicing! Of
free and triumphant America. I ' V V V
We olTer,nlso, our congratulations to our brother‘
citizens of other nationalities, who are our fellow exihn
in this great country. Like ourselves, they have been
forced bytyrants from home, and friends, and count’)?
and, like ourselves, ‘they have found prosperity and PW"
beneath the sheltering stars and stripes. “ Let thcrel?“
110. strife between us, for we are brethren." On ill”
contrary, let us, as we have been brothers in ndverslily