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moreover, That in this war,
which has been forced on the world
by England and her allies to cause
of national right, of justice and
truth is the cause of the
Germanic Nations:

Now, therefore, after full
deliberation and with full sense
of our responsibility, we have
taken the open course of severing,
by our own act, all connection
with the British State and Army
and of giving ourselves to the service
of our country to fight for
Irish independence.

"If it were in the power