Resolved,

that in his reply to the Irish demands for the release of the imprisoned Irish patriots
— a reply contained in his letter to Mr. O’shea etc., etc. — Mr. Gladstone deliberately
insults Irish Nation;

that he clogs political amnesty with conditions alike degrading to the victims of misgovernment and, the people they belong to;

that having, in the teeth of his responsible position, publicly and enthusiastically
cheered on the American slave-holders’ Rebellion,[116] he now steps in to preach to the
Irish people the doctrine of passive obedience;

that his whole proceedings with reference to the Irish Amnesty question are the true and
genuine offspring of that “policy of conquest” by the fiery denunciation of which Mr.
Gladstone ousted his Tory rivals from office[117];

that the General Council of the “International Working Men’s Association” express their
admiration of the spirited, firm and high-souled manner in which the Irish people carry
on their Amnesty movement;

that these resolutions be communicated to all the branches of, and working men’s bodies
connected with, the “International Working Men’s Association” in Europe and America.