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Makch. 1««*J. NOTE. **»»*»***r Ooxnmunications may be addressed to the author of this pamphlet, Lock Box 267, London, Ont., B. N. A. %v lications et, Lock . TJIE EAGLE AND THE SHAMROCK: ■OR THE- ATTITUDE OF THE UNITED STATES • ON ■ IRISH INDEPENDENCE ADDRKHSKI) TO TIIK INTKLI-IOKNT MIND, AND LOYAL IIKAKT, OF liHKAT BKITAIN. FIAT JlfiTITIA, Kl'AT L'iELUM. There are many persons of intelligence and rank in Great Britain who are believers in a inoat dangerous fallacy ; i. e.j American sympathy for England. And the hour has come when the light of truth.should be thrown upon it. England in her struggle to subdue the ever restless spirit of rebellion in Ireland has no sympathy in America, The people of the United States are heart and soul with the Irish, and with the people the administration dare not disagree. America swarms with enemies of Great Britain^ and nowhere in North America — except in Her Majesty's Dominion — can the spirit of friendliness be found, and even there the emissaries of the enemy are hard at worlc. The press of the United States, managed on the great Amer- lean plan of, '* will it pay,'' and being otherwise thor- oughly prejudiced, dare not, and will not publish, a word reflecting lo the slightest degree on the 'Mrish cause," so called, and so believed by the; masses. Every- where the cry, "liberty for Ireland," is heard; on every hand flaming posters announce the mass meetings of the Irish National League ; in every large city of Amer- ica their meetings are presided over, and addressed by, prominent American citizens, Sen*itors and Congress- men ; Generals, Doctors and Judges swell the ranks of the Irish League. Hordes of Fenians and Hiberni- ans — Ribbon men — parade the streets; the 'Wearing o' the Green," and "Erin Ga Bragh," are heard so fre([uently that they seem to iiave become National airs. Ah ! there is no sympathy here for England. There cannot be. This is the land of rebellion ; the very principles of this government were conceived and brought forth in the throes of revolution. Here, they hate aristocracy. The standing of a man or family among them is based entirely on irum.ey; tlie rag picker in the street may, should he sudtlenly find wealth, be- come a distinguished member of society, there are no blood qualifications recognized whatever, they have no pride of ancestry here; for the ancestry of the first families does not antedate the steerage of the May Flower.* They are opposed to all hereditary titles and the law of primogeniture; there are no established families amongst them, Mr. Jonathan builds a man- sion to-day, dies to-morrow, and his son sells tlie prop- erty and "go's west." The spirit of socialism ])ervades '^The lauding of the May Flower at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts, Itj'JO, iso thor- Liblish, a e ''Irish Kvery- jn every tings of >f Amer- ssed by, ongress- le ranks Iliberni- Vearing eai'd so National ngland. 3n ; the red and •e, they family picker 1th, be- are no ave no le first } May es and )lished man- ]^rop- •vades 1020. all things — Society, Church, State. Religion has become auxilliary to the great scheme of vumeif inakiiKj; the (yMergy like the labor organizations frecjuently "strike for higher wages," the standing of a clergyman is rated by the amount of salary he can demaml. Society is in a fearful state of degeneracy : morality, virtue and religion is fast disappearing in the mighty maelstrom of vice and Atheism. Political corru|»tion stamps every administration no matter which party is in power. The Constitution of the United States is in its self the em- bodiment of Socialism ; it recognizes no su|>erior but God and it pays but slight tribute to Him. "A gov- ernment for the people and. by the |)eople." is but little in advance of Anarchy. The rij^fht of universal franchise is but a weaj)on placed in the hand of igno- rance to strike back at the power that gave it, and although the American voter hoastn of his liberty he is not altogether free, for the Electoral college plucks the plums from his pie and leaves but the crust for him to enjoy. C^ there be sympathy for England in such an atmosphere^ No I Can there be sympathy for religion, for pure and refined society, or for a noble and strong Government like that of Great Britain i Never! With whom or what does such a j)eople — such a Nation — sympathize ? I will tell you, with Fenians. Socialists, Nihilists and the bloody red commune of sin-cursed France. Like Socialism itself. Republicanism is strung together with the warp and woof of inconsistency. Whilst the Federal Congress at Washington is fash- ioned after England's Parliament, a very large majority of Americans favor the abolishment of the House of il B Lords, but do not for a momunt entertain the idea ol' aboliKiiing the United States Senate ; and it was the unmistakable echo of that Henthnent uttered in the Commons, a short time ago by tluit, mephltia proletarius member, and editor of a pseudonymous LontUiU Jour- nal. The following quotation from the "New York Herald," of March 8th, 1880, verifies the statement. " The stern facts are that just as Lincoln aroused the Democrats in 1801 from their Hourbon slumbers, the Tories of 1885 yet dreaming that they live in the times of Spencer i'erceval or the Duke of Wellington, are being awakened by Parnell, Gladstone ami a Commons well leavened with American rather than French de- mocracy." And this is but a mild example of the tone of the American Press; but it shows that the infamous motion of the " Mephitis proUtarius^-' member, and American antif withy for England, are kindred spots on the same reptile. The diplomatic mind may ([uestion the propriety of this statement at tiiis time, but I consider it due the loyal subject of Great Britain that he should know how intensely he is disliked by Amer- icans. Here an English gentleman is called a "snob,'* and an honest mechanic, ''an ignorant Johnny Hull." Hatred for the British, and a natural tendency to so- cialism, is one of the secrets of America's sympathy for the Irish. The American people cry out with the Land-leaguers and the Socialists — " Down* with land- lordism in Ireland," and they are as one voice with the Irish on the question of Ireland seceding from the Union of Great Britain, they seem to forget or disre- gard the fact that, but a little more than two decades I have paHsed Hin(M3 they had a bittiT Htru|^rgle uinongHt theiTiHelves against KoceHsion, and in the agonies of that struggle they showed tlieir inconsistciujy in accus- ing Knse(|uent Alabanui claims case and tlie result of the Geneva Tribunal. I»ut Iuav different the attitude of the I'nited States: perfidious in the ex- treme — look at the conduct of the American govern- ment in the Canadian fisheries treaties, and its present, utter indifference toward the organization of the ene- mies of Great I»ritain throughout the Tnited States. Startling as it is — I have reasons for believing — I have heard the Irish leadei*s in America assert it manv times that, when thejivHi gmi ix finul in Ireland for indepen- dence^ aimnltaneonsly vith it will he heard the rattle of musketry all along the frwdicr (f the Daminiim of Can- ada. Fellow subjects of Great Britain I Can you have faith in that government wfio, whilst professing friendship for Kngland. is utterly indiffeient for Her welfare f Can vou call that Nation a friend whose Press throughout its whole domain refuse to publish a line containing the least sentiment of English sym])athy, whilst it devotes cohimns to the ^'"h-isk Caum^'"i Can you say there is sympathy for England in a country where, shouK' one address an audience advocating the II cause of England, he would be hissed off the platform ; or where the author of a pamphlet containing sentiments of loyalty to Old Britannia would be the recipient of threats of violence '{ You answer, No ! There is no sym- pathy for England in that country : Well may you say that, for by the honor of a loyal heart I swear that the United States of America is that country ! People of England ; You do not know, situated as you are more than three thousand miles away, how intently the American Nation watches the political sky of Great Britain ; how every speech and sentiment of the Nation- alist is applauded, whilst the sentiment of the Loy- alist, whether Liberal or Tory, Protestant or Roman Catholic, is received with the spirit of utter- most indifference. The Irish squad in the House of Commons and their colleagues in Ireland are looked upon by the American citizen as the brave leaders of a patient people. Here the ''^th of July." has lost pres- tige, whilst the " 17th of March." is fast becoming a glorious day ; and the memory of such pseudo-patriots as Robert Emmet, Thomas Paine and George Wash- ington, is fondly cherished. Here the Irish question has become almost the all absorbing question of the day. It is the common belief that the Empire of Great Britain and its Aristocracy is in a state of dis- integr;ation and rapid decay. Could you in England have witnessed the eagerness with which the people here sought those numbers of the " Pall Mall Gazette" containing editor Stead's obscenity, and have heard the sneers at English aristocracy, you would have blushed at the thought that you ever — for one moment — 9 entertained the idea that the peo])le of tlie United States have any sympathy for Ent^land. Here the Royal family of England is only spoken ofc in terms of disre- spect, and the man who dares to defend the honor of their name is scorned; and all this mind you, not by Irishmen ahjne, hut hy natlm horn AmerlednH. (\ The atmosphere of American freedom is rife with the foul breath of socialism. Nihilists from Russia, (Jom- munists from France, Fenians from Ireland, and, with sorrow I confess it, a few hotheads from Scotland- to whom I had the opportunity some time since to ad- minister a go(Kl rebuke, in a re))ly to a speech by one Duncan MacGreo-i^r, befon^ the Scottish Land League of America, at (Chicago. Here this great horde of the enemies of Great Britain and (tf civilization, untnolested l)y the o'overnment, and fostered and encourao?/vi government is also in jeopardy by the presence of these canker worms of anarchy t God forbid that I should be the man ever to malign the peoj)le or the government of the United States, or that I should cause even one person, high or low, to entertain undue predjndice against the American nation ; but I cannot stand idly by — although in the enemy's country — and hear old r>rittania damned and her good name traduced with- out lifting my voice in protestation against the vile and pernicious assumption. I feel that it is my bounden "duty — as far as in me 10 i'll lies — as a loyal subject of Great Britain, to admonisn you who may perchance, have been mislead into placing confidence in a da^erous fallacy Dangerous because, whilst the professed friend of Great Britain, the United States gives protection to Her enemies to (Organize against her. I am aware that our Gov- ernment has produced the greatest diplomatists of the world, and that she is abundantly able to protect herself the world over, but it is also pos- sible that whilst — in such a precarious situation as a threatened Irish rebellion, abetted hy American sym- pathy, diplomacy may apply the soothing balms of peace without, whilst the fires of discontent are wildly raging within, perchance, spon to burst forth in all the fury of a thoroughly organized and violent revolution. I have unlimited confidence in the ability and sagacity of a loyal British ministry to grapple any emergency, and I trust I am not so presumptuous as to pit my humble opinion against the wisdom and statesmanship of Her Majesty's government in affairs of an interna- tional nature, but this is a case which it does not require a Diplomat, nor a Statesman to discern. Here is one in the enemy's camp ; he hears the steady tramp of troops pressing on to the front, he hears the command, "For- ward! and the battle cry of, Ireland I" The bugle- call and roll of drum, and the clang of arms and clat- ter of hoofs all remind him that battle is imminent; he needs not a courier to tell him, for the private in the ranks, is as sure of approaching carnage as the General officer in command. Thus it is with me ; I am in the enemy's camp, and th^ unmistakable activity and pre- n paration for a coming struggle goes on around me, and whilst within ray breast there is that assurance that the enemy will surely march on to a bloody defeat ; there is an anxiety in my heart lest my friends be caught ^a,pping on their arms, not dreaming that the enemy is near and will attack them in the hour of un- expectancy . O ! What should I do ? Would to God 1 had the wings of the eagle that 1 might swiftl}^ fly to them and give alarm, or that I might seize a horse and wildly ride into their lines :'or that I had the voice of the thunder that I might call to them and arouse them from their danger; but I can have none of these. Shall I sit me down and silentlv wait until the enemv is upon */ ft/ I them ? No ! I am fleet of foot. I shall steal forth from the enemy's lines and, like the stag pursued, bound away to them, and tho' I fall dead at their feet the alarm is given ; the line is formed, the enemy comes to fall on the steel and lead that stands ready to receive them. And thus to you, dear Old Bri- tannia, I fly ; Though the humblest of all your loyal- hearted children, I bring that warning from the enemy's camp which, should perchance, you slumber on the arms you are so able to wield, may serve in arousing you to be ready wrrn visor down and blade FULL BARE to rcceive the charge of the enemy. To the loyal heart of Great Britain I appeal. You mttst open your eyes to the fact that, whilst Ireland, with its National League full of the spirit of Papist higoiry and Protestant hatred^ is England's most bitter enemy, the Government of the United States is the friend of Ireland. 12 You must abandon all hope of having the good will of America. There are nearly sixty millions of people in the United States, and of coursi there are those who are friendly toward Great Britain, but their numbers are few ; it is thoroughly safe to say that, they are less than one-hundredth of the total popula- tion. What now remains for the loyal heart of Eng- land is Union, harmony and strength. There should be no party faction upon the part of the loyalist. Liberal and Tory, one and aril, must stand united agamst t/te common enemy: The Irish and their Ameri- can colleagues. Once again I say, stand uNrrED like true sons worthy the proud legacy of British sub- ject-hood. Britannia is the mother of the noblest civil- ization on the earth. Her throne is established in the sea, and the Bible is the solid rock of her founda- tion. There in majest}'^ and glory she sits ; The light of the world, supported by the mighty arm of Him who made Her Sovereign, Queen defender of the faith, and on whose escutcheon of fidelity and strength is emblazoned that sublime motto of her trust, "'Dieu et man droits ' GEORGE AMBROSE MCNEILL. I ing the millions here are >ut their ay that, popula- of Eng- ! should Liberal (tgainst Ameri- rKD like sh sub- sstcivil- jhed in founda- light of M who faith, igth is Oieu et EILL.