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Rutland Weekly Herald
Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont
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The Burlington Fenian circle met on Tuesday evening, adopting resolutions criticizing Canadian death sentences on Col. R. B. Lynch and Rev. J. McMahon, pledging continued fight for Irish independence, praising Chief Justice Wilson ironically, organizing a local battalion, and supporting Vermont's stance on liberty.
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The Burlington circle of Fenians held a meeting on Tuesday evening last, at which the following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the Canadian authorities in sentencing to death Col. R. B. Lynch, and Rev. J. McMahon non-combatants, who were present on the first day of June, at the battle of Fort Erie--have outdone the Mother Government in the trials of the Fenian prisoners in Ireland, and have done more to encourage Fenianism and unite Irishmen everywhere, than any event yet recorded in our history.
Resolved, That, henceforth the Fenian Brotherhood and the friends of human liberty, standing shoulder to shoulder will fight on, and fight ever, until Irish Independence is fully established.
Resolved, That Chief Justice Wilson, may well be called the great Fenian Organizer for Canada, and his death sentences, the rallying edicts for Fenian crusades.
Resolved, That a Battalion of two companies be organized in this city, to be called "The Fenian Guards of Burlington." for the purpose of attending the next Fenian Picnic.
Resolved, That Vermont, one of the advance guards of the Union, on the North -whose love for liberty is as pure as her own Green Mountain air, has proclaimed to-day in her legislative capacity that she is for freedom, and against oppression,-and therefore with the Fenian Brotherhood.
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Burlington
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Tuesday Evening Last
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adoption of resolutions condemning death sentences, pledge to fight for irish independence, organization of 'the fenian guards of burlington' battalion for upcoming picnic
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The Burlington circle of Fenians held a meeting adopting five resolutions: criticizing Canadian death sentences on non-combatants Lynch and McMahon at Fort Erie battle as encouraging Fenianism; pledging continued fight by Fenian Brotherhood for Irish independence; ironically calling Chief Justice Wilson a Fenian organizer; resolving to form a two-company battalion called 'The Fenian Guards of Burlington' for the next Fenian Picnic; supporting Vermont's legislative proclamation for freedom and against oppression in alignment with Fenians.