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A monthly Journal devoted to the Cultivation and
Preservation of the Irish Language and the au¬
tonomy of the Irish Nation
Entered at the Brooklyn P. O. as second-class mail
matter.
Eighth Year of Publication.
Published at 814 Pacific st., Brooklyn, N. Y.
M. J. LOGAN, - - - Editor and Proprietor.
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VOL 7, No. 5. SEPTEMBER. 1889
R. F., Memphis, Tenn. — We have never belong¬
ed to the dynamite party. We know Rossa, and
though not agreeing with him in certain points, we
believe him to be an honest, guileless man. We
do not know John Devoy. 2d — We believe the
Irish World has done more to elevate the Irish
race, at home and abroad, than all the other agen¬
cies combined. The venomous darts aimed
at it and its editor by the English interest at home
and here, is a sufficient proof of its effectiveness.
The Hon. Judge Rooney, a patriot of patriots, said
to us the other day, "It is a pity every Irishman in
America does not read the Irish World." It was
through the Irish World the Irish language move¬
ment was organized.
The readers of the Irish World cannot but be
enlightened for, apart from politics, it is in itself
an encyclopedia of general knowledge.
ENGLAND'S FINE WORK.
It is plain to the dullest compre¬
hension that some of the warring fac¬
tions of the Clan-na-Gaels are in the
British service. England's object is to
break up and disorganize that power¬
ful patriotic society.
Those who have watched the prog¬
ress of events in the public press can¬
not fail to form a tolerably correct i¬
dea of who the British agents are —
The two men who made the ball, and
set it in motion, and then slunk be¬
hind the ditch themselves.
The executive officers of a secret so¬
ciety who are the custodians of a con¬
siderable amount of money are placed
in a painful position from the fact that
such secrecy bars them from defending
themselves against the tongue of envy,
malice or self-interest.
The revelations of the Cronin trag¬
edy show that two men made charges
of malfeasance against a former exec¬
utive body; that the man who made
the major charges declined to go for¬
ward to prove them; that the man who
made the minor charges did go for¬
ward, and failed to prove his charges,
and therefore, that there were no char¬
ges proven.
Now, the man who made the major
charges, serious charges, and who refus¬
ed to appear before the investigating
tribunal to prove them; and who there
after repeated the charges in substance
in the public press, stands in a very pe¬
culiar light before an enlightened pub¬
lic — He stands a self-confessed moral
assassin, whose company should be
shunned by honest men.
A Philadelphia "patriot" issued a
lot of circulars in relation to the Cro¬
nin murder, even before the body was
found! How did he know that Cronin
was murdered before the body was
found? and who paid him for the cost
of the circulars, which must have been
considerable ? Again, who pay for the
tons of printed matter in relation to
the Cronin tragedy, and inimical to
the Sullivan, so-called, faction, which
is being mailed to Irishmen from
Maine to California?
We have resided in this city nine¬
teen years, yet we do not know one
member (barring O'M. Condon) of the
warring Clans. Therefore what we say
in relation to them proceeds from a
sincere desire to baffle the intrigues of
the English spy. It would be humili¬
ating to the intelligence of the Irish
race were the English able to disorg¬
anize their patriotic societies by supe¬
rior, though diabolical, political tactics.
Let the rank and file of the Clans ex¬
pel the warriors, and reorganize, tak¬
ing care, for the future, that the treas¬
urer of their funds shall be known to
all the members.
The treasurer being known to all
