Ireland and America, Versus England, From a Fenian Point of View #265389

The following lecture was delivered by Brig. Gen. J. L. Kiernan, U. S. A., under the auspices of the Fenian Brotherhood, in the principal cities and towns of the West.<br><br>It is published in pamphlet form at the request of the various Fenian Circles of the Western States.<br><br>It has been much commented on and praised by the Western papers - amongst others by the Missouri Republican, the Missouri Democrat, the Cincinnati Gazette, The Catholic Telegraph, (Cincinnati) The Indianapolis Daily Journal, the Daily State Sentinel, (Indianapolis) the Illinois Journal, (Springfield) the Illinois State Register, (Springfield) the Chicago Tribune, The Detroit Tribune, and The Detroit Free Press.<br><br>It is trusted that its issue in pamphlet form will assist in reaching the good result aimed at by the lecturer, namely - the public demonstration of what Fenianism really is, and its advancement.<br><br>The proceeds of the lectures have been devoted in St Louis, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Springfield III, Lafayette Ind., Detroit, Saginaw, Mich., and other places to some Patriotic or Charitable object. Gen. Kiernan declining to receive recompense in any form whatever.<br><br>As large audiences greeted the General everywhere he lectured and much enthusiasm was displayed; also as many thousands of the lecture are now being issued in pamphlet form and as the Press of the West has extensively and favorably noticed his lecturing it may be presumed that Fenianism will be widely known and thoroughly appreciated in the Western States.