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Excerpt from The Unknown Power Behind the Irish Nationalist Party: Its Present Work and Criminal History In the history of secret political and agrarian societies the organisation described in the following pages merits a conspicuous place. It is not a newly fledged body like the United Irish League, but - so far as age goes - a venerable institution which, under various aliases, has existed for three centuries and a half. Until a brief article on its history appeared in the December, 1906, issue of Grievances from Ireland, it was practically unknown, except as a name, in the United Kingdom; while in Ireland it was generally looked on as a harmless Benefit Society, affording sick relief and burial fees to its members. To the world in general it appeared in the lovely garb of an angel of light and comfort, adopting for its motto, "Friendship, Unity, and True Christian Charity" But this is not the real character of the Ancient Order of Hibernians; it is only an assumed one. As the following pages amply prove, it was formed for the purpose of driving the English Government out of Ireland, and that is as much its object to-day as ever it has been in the past. It has, unfortunately, been more than disloyal, down to about thirty years since. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.