The Irish Volunteer, Volume 1 - Number 5 by An Phoblacht

Saturday,

Vol. I.

50 long that

other

28 counties

meet

Ulster.

expressj on of a fulL·patri-oti.sm struggling

on a low g_round, bu,t t~at is the first fad

find jng

h/'ld in

the best towards

believing

it the'

means the

of goal,

tha<i it had, iou!ld

oxcressinz

.natiorral

J:'~

that

wo-rkand

it by repeatedly

and

repeats

tish

another sprung

banned

.but Ireuand+s whatever pl'ess 'Yhen

got short

shr-ift,

rioters

fee1ing

the

'or induged

the

baton

Iaw cooled

grievances

failed

off

underground,

tested -against

were

amended

loffence

r amended,

had

seeking n

prison.

even

the

all thds

only

tended

to.

of J expression. lief, and stamped

fixedly

From the Outpost

on the Irish

stitutional times

in despondency,

verge

of exploscu,

To-day

when

tomed,

sneer

Politics cheap

were and

merely

reject

, prems

agitators

them, could

not

ally,

'but 'because

timent port

und

because

get

Ireland

and told so often,

tbe exstence

1 ings

admittedly looked

. cause

t.hey had

: only

that

reiterated

upon no

nation-

would

wrong. things

it it were

opinion,

national with new

supThey

bodies amusement

progrumme,

oft expressed

opinions

discontent,

And

part.

Nationality

someon the on.

country

almost

of what fai!e? ings

the

nature

year-,and

of' the

the

purt

repeat

of their

iby

the Act of

one ccuntrj'.

nurrrber

·Mr.

of Ulster's

waged

And

of a Contino

Balfour

writes

attitude

that

one of the, blood.est

ern times

to prevent

Soutb,

is making

to h':tory.

For

tain

in $UP-

wars

should

the formula,

But now

self,

that

the

scope

the

appeal

Amer.can

gospel

people

'of the- Mayflower,

sentiment

to war

the

mother

country

was

almost

purely

The sea divided

to England,

America'

were

vern the

be-

hood

force

ties

out

whole the

·by Ulster

to meet

them

28.

the

binds

Ireland's If four

afraid

of the British Irish

counties.

patriot.

final

there .

'of 32 are not

power

other

appeal

arbiter mnncoun-

fought

England.

itself.

for

Later

other

America

half as

to face the Empire, surely

This

there

for

half the

the

sue,

men

and

may

have

the

sta.tesrnan

fought

disintegrntion

cited

'of

Ireland,

of others

Nation ad cause. point

But

l',ajsed by

that

and

can be

to support

the point Tory

that

to sup·

at is·

statesmen,

as ~fr. Red. to be de- ;

Irishmen

drilling

threat

of invasion

reason.

for

rea-

and

a nation

Its necessity

lies'

as' organised

humanity

it.

difference

·between

the

citizen and' the unbetween

wiped

citizens

the free.

out,

lan,

and to

of any country

may

on an absolute equality of legal But beyond toot the distinction The

will .ha"·e marked 'him weak

and

right

other

a National

fetter

him

whip

while

the

in.,

of manhood will :

mam

The

the

who

i.s to;

s1ave will never the

cease to assert the dignity make

the

dgnity

Volunteer,

ship and train

and

und s·ea.re.d one and left cowering,

and

the

to maintain

of history

has

been'

the

.and rule.

Eng.

U'l-

country there win exist free. slaves. TIle social distinctions , ,

guide

nation.

are hundreds

the

will sti ll exist.'

them A111e- that to go-

America, right

quoted with even more. force

plus

mark

the right

is only one lesson

an. English port

.as deep

went

econorni-

the

To Stand or Cower -

herent

and I

a suWci.ent)

were

Rule

the

of :roe National!

to disciplne.

alli.ed -over

from

Land .and though other ties allied r:ca

that

the descendants

in blood u.nd that

for

will;

W'OU ld be sti 11 a: g_l~ater

that

In every

to his-

nut

Even

if Home

JUS.

man ana the slave.

stand right.

revolutionary

It' is unlikely

in itself

ex~stence

movement.

and

Ireland

happen.

is not

Even

of Nntional

United Ireland

we are back ·to active the

question

deeper,

it.

upon

ever

1'e3.5O)1for the

arming.

con- :

it as the hiSt resource,

thai: will

son than

They

of .history

and disciplined

The

with

morals

it is forced

Vc lunteer

that' been I

not

or its leaders:

\VaT, .Natio.nalist

consider

that ster

the

cvil

of the

told, so often are

Active Service ism again,

may distort

lies the difference

further,

Ireland.

the Tory Party

armed

is absolutely

we are

"I am

and however tify

haNe

have existed for .a generation,

di'lions' that

appeal

Justifying Revolution.

cal.

of the constitutional

seeming

question

eveJ.-Y week

aggressi ve spirit.

product

not the paramount

consequently,

Jearn

in -any

submitting

even that sacrifice

started

armed

within.

But pushed

bas no need

(ar-e the

secession

and,

lesson that,

to, learn.

if it

make

:;_Ur. Balfour

opposite

Vo1:unteers

of mod-

tory

that

phys.i.

sentiment.

The

America

means,

divided and:

lesson

world

Ireland

a dangerous analogy

countries

that America Wi)S justiin a bloody war to main-

its integrity,

meet,

presenCe

the

his

means anything, tied in inchdging

belief

of fashion in France

meetings

the current

of the passengers

politeal expression

another

sort

Frenchnnan

attend

the

to pre.

Jesson.

there

for

ingruined

one part

'Of attending

In.a.

that

physically

rfs

example

it points

in race

it is the

the

feated

0.£

Gould take

unanimity

the possibility

required.

fact

to preserve

Freeman or Slave

only

a Frenchman."

and

I the desirabil'ty 'of Home Thule. Nation. ality had been divorced from action for

very

believed,

very

was as if every every

Ire-

nation

to see the 'utility

precluded

asked

was

smi.led at

everybody

where

being

discontent of National

as an unnecessary

resolutions

Ireland

a~ld England

keep Ulster Government.

from

while

The

wishes

land

port

r!a,ss;~g

was so deeply that

us.

but

real

but

says

con.

in the

the

between

is 'tbe

-mond

weekly

persistence

the

This

teaches,

when

-beyond

force in 11'72 or passed

ental

the reo

'Of the

in' the people

Meet.

from

thiat

understanding

England

of "'.

the rela.

to go back to fundarnen. is here,

unity

Union by f-r'a'nd 'in 1800 does not make Ire-

'it ·ke.pt ever

to passive

portion

a clear

conquered

111

we will reap

whole

Acts

Ireland

that;

Q).1ly and alien

But

gradual

in by the

told,

were

the

,a.gitation

we almost doubted

of nalio.nal

I almost

thought

So we were

themselves.

suo follow-

'A11S

; would even support wrong : to Injure

them

people that

that

it was

was a crass sen-

there

in the Irish anything

were

the

brute II

sea

when

'Ere the Awakening.

Ireland.

because pass

easier,

in~,

purpose in

be.

aceus-

resolutions

adopted

than

their

active

the

Ireland

land.

movement.

machined,

easy,

suited

'<It National

they'

So within

but

or to-morrow

it only been

E~gland

the

and

is justifiable

''I'he American

for

she

them But

for

Ireland

have

sometimes

sult of that nationa-l Home Hule Bill.

Patriotism have

tals. wich

<belief itself

'On, sometimes in sullen

hared

polticians

England

t)':::::1

active

English

and Jaws clouded

ther

scaffold,

mind.

of Parliament

of the question

not till

limits the stru"'O'le went on and

Of course

.•

they

National the

Ire-

and prejudice,

ti:oris between it is necessary

terpr.o-

and

kill

does not. want

in consttutiorial

So much has passion

usual

"Sometimes

went

forced'

Our Country

expiated to

. But

unity.

serving the real unity of Ireland, nat.onal .and geographical, not the fictitious and

the Bri.

Ireland must see to it that .. ' it t I tb 1 in a posr 'on 0. ruie ere a so.

cell,

those ~\~'tJo protested

Ireland

UI.teL

civil war

sufficient

'move-

but

I tribunal,

and when

~hey had exhanrsted' themselves r.orised- GOI'I'~rnments. the laws

command

Government.

and

than

w'e:ght hnd ('0 be borne the popular ments were driverr

~r;.nal

riots,

'0.

of more

is that

One-eighth of the popu· says to the other seven-

that

to sup·

land the. will of tbe majority must rule. he If UJ.ster decides uJYon am uncol1:St~tuti'0l'\.al

countr-y the people would . to an11S, but iarms were

Ireand,

not be afraid this is ,putting

"Do ras I 'order or face roy r.fles;"

eights:

-to fight

In have

No doubt

of the situation. lation of Ireland

sentiment.

National Fixity.

should

Price, Id.

iteration

that

1914

_germ

very

we f<1il.ed·to realise

March

freeman

be'

cannot

of his citizen.

h'ms·t)J.f to defend the rights different

from

the

slave.

Freemen's Rights

The Irish have riever been a slavish people, and hence it is thM from landsend to Iandsenrl Ireland is drilling and arming. We have awakened .to a con. sciousness of national duty, and the spi. r it that sltN11bered through the days of' pnssive politics has reasserted itself, mili. ~ ·tant an.d alert. No more mere lip ser- . vce ; rio more empty boasts. 'When the I future Ireland- decides she can carry cu t ; her decision. Her sons at last claim the rights of men and acknowledge the diu. ties of citizens, and in their hands her destiny is safe.