ABSTRACT
The Society is constituted for the Purpose of forwarding a Brotherhood of Affection, a Communion of Rights and an Union of Power among Irishmen of every religious Persuasion, and thereby to obtain a complete Reform in the Legislature, founded on the Principles of civil, political and religious Liberty. Liberty, like the great Orb of Nature has its Periods of Darkness and Effulgence; but let us not vainly imagine that what is only contingent, can interrupt the great Plan of the Deity, in perfecting the Happiness of Mankind. We as a Portion of intelligent Beings want not the moral Freedom to will, nor the physical Power to act. The first is confirmed by our Union; and to support our Claim to both, half a Million of Heroes are ready – yes, they only wait the second coming, to commence the Millenium of Freedom.
