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’ Rebell- 
ion, 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 ''’; 

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.