Fenians did not go to the Prime Minister for concessions.
No: they started into arms, and if people of the present
day believed in that they should arm themselves to get
the independence of Ireland."--(_B. Hobson_, speaking at a
demonstration at Cork, on the anniversary of the "martyrdom"
of Allen, Larkins, and O'Brien.)

"Should the Germans land in Ireland, they will be received
with willing hearts and strong hands, and should England be
their destination, it is to be hoped that they will find time
to disembark 100,000 rifles and a few score of ammunition for
the same in this country, and twelve months later this Ireland
will be as free as the Lord God meant it should be."--(_Major
McBride_, who organized an Irish force to aid the Boers
against England, and has consequently been appointed to a
municipal inspectorship by the Corporation of Dublin.)

"I appeal to you most earnestly to do all in your power to
prevent your countrymen from entering the degraded British
army. If you prevent 500 men from enlisting you do nearly as
good work, if not quite so exciting, as if you shot 500 men on
the field of battle, and also you are making the path smoother
for the approaching conquest of England by Germany."--(Ib.)




CHAPTER VIII.

THE REBELLION.