Irish Confederation 1848. Address of the Council of the Irish Confederation to the Irish People. Signed on behalf of the Council, William S. O'Brien, Chairman. Dublin, J.F. Fowler, Dame St., circa 22 ? ins x 17 ? ins., no date [but early June 1848]. An extrraordinary poster, referring to an Irishman who 'has fallen victim to the machinations of legal artifice, and to the lawlessness of reckless power' [i.e. John Mitchel, tried in May 1848 before a packed jury under the newly enacted Treason Felony Act, for advising tenant farmers to withhold rent and to arm themselves, and sentenced to 20 years transportation]. 'We will not conceal from you - we will not conceal from the Government, that nothing but the most strenuous exertions of our Council prevented the outbreak of an insurrection last week. Thousands of brave men had resolved that John Mitchel should not leave the Irish shore except across their corpses. We apprehended that, under present circumstances, an armed attempt to rescue him, and to free Ireland, might have proved abortive. We therefore interposed, and with difficulty succeeded in preventing the fruitless effusion of blood ..' In the event, O'Brien delayed a further two months, giving the Government time to outlaw the Confederation and arrest most of its leaders, and when he finally tried to lead an insurrection it fizzled out within a few days. An exceptionally scarce item, in excellent condition. Irish Confederation 1848. Address of the Council of the Irish Confederation to the Irish People. Signed on behalf of the Council, William S. O'Brien, Chairman. Dublin, J.F. Fowler, Dame St., circa 22 ? ins x 17 ? ins., no date [but early June 1848]. An extrraordinary poster, referring to an Irishman who 'has fallen victim to the machinations of legal artifice, and to the lawlessness of reckless power' [i.e. John Mitchel, tried in May 1848 before a packed jury under the newly enacted Treason Felony Act, for advising tenant farmers to withhold rent and to arm themselves, and sentenced to 20 years transportation]. 'We will not conceal from you - we will not conceal from the Government, that nothing but the most strenuous exertions of our Council prevented the outbreak of an insurrection last week. Thousands of brave men had resolved that John Mitchel should not leave the Irish shore except across their corpses. We apprehended that, under present circumstances, an armed attempt to rescue him, and to free Ireland, might have proved abortive. We therefore interposed, and with difficulty succeeded in preventing the fruitless effusion of blood ..' In the event, O'Brien delayed a further two months, giving the Government time to outlaw the Confederation and arrest most of its leaders, and when he finally tried to lead an insurrection it fizzled out within a few days. An exceptionally scarce item, in excellent condition.
Irish Confederation 1848. Address of the Council of the Irish Confederation to the Irish People. Signed on behalf of the Council, William S. O'Brien, Chairman. Dublin, J.F. Fowler, Dame St., circa 22 ? ins x 17 ? ins., no date [but early June 1848]. An extrraordinary poster, referring to an Irishman who 'has fallen victim to the machinations of legal artifice, and to the lawlessness of reckless power' [i.e. John Mitchel, tried in May 1848 before a packed jury under the newly enacted Treason Felony Act, for advising tenant farmers to withhold rent and to arm themselves, and sentenced to 20 years transportation]. 'We will not conceal from you - we will not conceal from the Government, that nothing but the most strenuous exertions of our Council prevented the outbreak of an insurrection last week. Thousands of brave men had resolved that John Mitchel should not leave the Irish shore except across their corpses. We apprehended that, under present circumstances, an armed attempt to rescue him, and to free Ireland, might have proved abortive. We therefore interposed, and with difficulty succeeded in preventing the fruitless effusion of blood ..' In the event, O'Brien delayed a further two months, giving the Government time to outlaw the Confederation and arrest most of its leaders, and when he finally tried to lead an insurrection it fizzled out within a few days. An exceptionally scarce item, in excellent condition. Irish Confederation 1848. Address of the Council of the Irish Confederation to the Irish People. Signed on behalf of the Council, William S. O'Brien, Chairman. Dublin, J.F. Fowler, Dame St., circa 22 ? ins x 17 ? ins., no date [but early June 1848]. An extrraordinary poster, referring to an Irishman who 'has fallen victim to the machinations of legal artifice, and to the lawlessness of reckless power' [i.e. John Mitchel, tried in May 1848 before a packed jury under the newly enacted Treason Felony Act, for advising tenant farmers to withhold rent and to arm themselves, and sentenced to 20 years transportation]. 'We will not conceal from you - we will not conceal from the Government, that nothing but the most strenuous exertions of our Council prevented the outbreak of an insurrection last week. Thousands of brave men had resolved that John Mitchel should not leave the Irish shore except across their corpses. We apprehended that, under present circumstances, an armed attempt to rescue him, and to free Ireland, might have proved abortive. We therefore interposed, and with difficulty succeeded in preventing the fruitless effusion of blood ..' In the event, O'Brien delayed a further two months, giving the Government time to outlaw the Confederation and arrest most of its leaders, and when he finally tried to lead an insurrection it fizzled out within a few days. An exceptionally scarce item, in excellent condition.
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