NationStates Jolt Archive

To the people of Ireland (published in :

Our ancestors have long striven for freedom form the tyrannical grip of the English protestant oppressors and we have waited long for a chance to fight for our children's liberty. Well now is your time, Ireland, through us, summons her kinsmen to her flag and strikes for her freedom.

The Irish Republican Brotherhood has been reformed and fights for Ireland, though strong this organisation requires your help and we ask that you provide any member with all the assistance you can.

We declare the right of the people of Ireland to the ownership of Ireland, and to the control of Irish destinies, to be sovereign and indefeasible. The long usurpation of that right by a foreign people and government has not destroyed us but only made us stronger and now that strength lies within the Irish people. In every generation we have asserted our right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the last three hundred years we have asserted it with arms and rebellion. Standing on that fundamental right to freedom we hereby proclaim the Irish Republic as a Sovereign Independent State, and we pledge our lives and the lives of our comrades-in-arms to the cause of its freedom, of its welfare, and of its exaltation among the nations.

The Irish Republic is entitled to, and hereby claims, the allegiance of every Irishman and Irishwoman. The Republic guarantees religious and civil liberty, equal rights and equal opportunities to all its citizens, and declares its resolve to pursue the happiness and prosperity of the whole nation cherishing all of the children of the nation equally and oblivious of the differences carefully fostered by an alien government, which have divided a minority from the majority in the past.

We place the cause of the Irish Republic under the protection of the Most High God. Whose blessing we invoke upon our arms, and we pray that no one who serves that cause will dishonour it by cowardice. In this supreme hour the Irish nation must, by its valour and discipline prove itself worthy of the august destiny to which it is called.

We hereby urge all men of the nation to take up any arms possible and take the fight to the opressors by destroying any such presence. Ireland can only be taken back by a guerrilla campaign against the enemy striking at his camps, his supply lines, his industry and his military.

We now leave the decision in the hands of the British Prime Minister, Lord Salisbury and his cabinet to give us our free and sovereign nation by midnight of December 31st 1900 or suffer an extensive defeat and be forced to withdraw from our fine country.

Sean MacDermott, Secretary of the Irish Republican Brotherhood
Patrick Pearse, Member
Tom Clarke, Member
Bulmer Hobson, Member
Denis McCullough, Member
Other signaturies...

SECRET IC: To supporters of freedom and democracy:

We here in Ireland are uprising against an injust and foreign rule, we urge nations such as yourselves to supply us both humanitarily and militarily, we require food and clothing as well as weapons and equipment to continue our fight against teh British opressors. We ask that you supply whatever you can give and deliver it secretly to Ireland preferably to one of the many inlets on the south western coast where parcels will be collected by a member of our brotherhood.

Sean MacDermott, Secretary of the Irish Republican Brotherhood

OOC: much of the above was plagierised from the 1916 proclamation and events have been brought forwards a few years to step up the Irish campaigns against Britain which isn't too historically inaccurate.

[OOC: Byjaysus!! Dem's fighting words! Although 16 years premature, all the factors for a rebellion are in place [this is Ireland after all] but the rule of Queen Victoria has been good to Ireland, and is recorded a time of few troubles. It wont be easy to defeat Sarzonia's Britain; which was not in the dire position of financial and political strain it faced after the all-consuming World War 1 - this is a Britain in its prime. I'm looking forward to this.]

(OOC: Faith and Begora, I thought for a second you were serious! Then again, it is 430 AM here...)

The above is obviously propaganda to try to stir up some support in Ireland against Britain. I am not intending an all out rebellion but merely trying to stir things up with a few isolated guerrilla attacks on symbols of British supremacy such as Post Offices and government buildings as well as military patrols. The TG requesting aid was added in to see what would happen, though i'm sure no nation would want to get on the wrong side of Britain for a few more years yet.

I'm just experimenting and seeing what Sarzonia's reaction to this small uprising will be so that I can better plan a full rebellion a few years later.

Bump for reply by Sarzonia

Telegram from the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek
We in South Africa hear your call, as we too fight the oppression of the English imperialists. Though you are Catholic, your heart seems in the right place. We cannot help you physically, consumed as we are in our own war for independence, but the Afrikaner Broederbond stands with you in spirit.

Sincerely,
Paul Kruger
President, ZAR

{OOC: Perhaps appeal to the French or Austrians to help you in this rebellion?}

Telegram to the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek
To: Paul Kruger, President ZAR

We thankyou kindly for your messages of support and recognise the fact taht you are in an uncompromising position and cannot give aid. We wish you well in your war against the oppressive British and their colonial ways.

OOC: I'll draft a post to make to France and Austria-Hungary later, though I doubt that France will want any part as they are on the verge of signing the Entente Cordial with the British and are on good terms. The rest of Europe may be reluctant to get involved as well due to Britain's great power at this time.

OOC: I've offered to play the part of Scotland in this 1900s RP, but since Sarzonia is already involved in a Boer war, I'm curious to know if you'd be interested in some kind of interaction with me.

OOC: Tag for later response.

OOC: I've offered to play the part of Scotland in this 1900s RP, but since Sarzonia is already involved in a Boer war, I'm curious to know if you'd be interested in some kind of interaction with me.

OOC: Interesting, are you interested in some sort of combined rebellion against British rule? I must warn you though that this is only a small uprising and a formal declaration of need for independence than a full scale rebellion and i'm not expecting much from it...

The real attack may well come years or even decades down the line when Europe and Britain may be engaged in a suitably large war to distract them. Though of course I am still interested in whatever agreement you may have in mind.

OOC: I was thinking perhaps Catholic Irish immigrants to Scotland outnumbered the Protestants (unlike in RL), and so Ireland and Scotland might have some kind of mutual respect in the 1900s. And yes, I agree that it'll be later before I can rebel against English rule. I was thinking that Scottish immigrant workers could begin protesting the elite industrial revolution overlords treatment of the working class, and have a "mini-communist" revolution of sorts - that is, one which doesn't result in independance (yet), just social reforms.

OOC: MINDSET: Certainly sounds plausable, social reforms could certainly help many in this era and a large riot/strike/protest should help to bring them about. I am sure that the Irish nation would support a drive for such reforms and would lend as much of a hand as possible. Perhaps your nation could provide a route for a few brave Irish freedom fighters (read terrorists) to get into England to strike at cities or even against English owned factories in Scotland. Certainly in the 1860s there was an Irish dynamite campaign against Britain and many industrial and civil buildings were targets (including London Bridge) so it's not too historically innaccurate. Let me know if you have any ideas.

Bump for reply by Sarzonia

OOC: The deadline, according to the new times laid down in the main thread is the end of Sunday. Attacks can be expected after then.

OOC: Am assuming Sarzonia is caught up with some sort of RL thing (possibly some sort of American holiday for some reason, though I can't remember what!), so i'm willing to postpone the deadline till after Sunday and still count it as before 1901. Give him a chance to reply before I attack.

Anyway how dare he have a life outside of Nationstates! :)

OOC: The only holiday we are having is the 4th of July (independence day), which takes place Monday. There is no reason for him to be out because of the holiday but that doesn't rule out other personal reasons or a lack of time.

Ah sorry my mistake, I thought it might be an all weekend sort of thing.

Anyway, i'm still willing to wait for an official announcement from Britain.