Incidents of my life, professional, literary, social, with services in the cause of Ireland / by Thomas Addis Emmet.
- Thomas Addis Emmet
- Date:
- 1911
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Incidents of my life, professional, literary, social, with services in the cause of Ireland / by Thomas Addis Emmet. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![The friends of Ireland cannot stand by inactive and expect the Liberal party of England to bear the brunt, nor more than their just proportion of the burden. Money is needed and needed quickly, and at no time has an appeal been presented to the American people for the support of a cause more in accord with their appreciation and love of self-government. Few realize how much the Irish race aided during the Revolution in gaining the special form of government which we now prize so highly. Several of those who signed the Declaration of Independence were of Irish birth and others were of Irish parentage. Many of Washington’s most trusted officers were Irishmen, and the sons of Erin in the Colonies were almost to a man found in the American ranks. Of those who were members of the Continental Congress and who formulated the unique system of Federal and State Government under which we have so prospered, a large proportion, especially in the Northern States, were natives of Ireland. We can, then, justly ask for the people of Ireland that they obtain the right of self-government in the direct management of her domestic affairs—which experience has shown us to be most conducive to advancing the prosperity of mankind. And when the Scotch, the Welsh, and the English people them- selves realize the necessity for such a boon we trust it may be granted them. • The National Federation of America is similar in organization to the one existing in Ireland and is for the same purpose. In addition to the officers, it will consist of a Central Board of Trustees for the purpose of controlling and transmitting the funds to the properly constituted authorities of the National party in Ireland. The funds will consist of donations and yearly subscriptions made by individuals and by the members of the local branches of the Federation and affiliated organizations, which will be organized throughout the country, and will be collected and forwarded to Mr. Eugene Kelly, of New York, the treasurer of the organization. The Board of Trustees will at an early day issue in a printed form the Constitution and an account in detail of the organization. Thos. Addis Emmet, M.D., President of the National Federation of America. Note II See page 284 [Letter written by Dr. Emmet to the N. Y. Freeman's Journal on Irish affairs.] Editor Freeman's Journal: I have been abroad this summer to study the Irish question and that I might direct the movements of the Federation in this country accordingly. The man is blind or will not see nor hear, who will still hold that Mr. Parnell can further serve the cause of Ireland. His selfish course has fully ' Probably the first advocacy for “Home Rule’’ all round.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28034776_0569.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
