Nothing now, my Countrymen, appears to be missing to secure the conquests you have so bravely won but an implicit obedience to the commands of your Chiefs, for through a want of proper subordination and discipline all must be endangered.
At this eventful period all Europe must admire and posterity will read with astonishment the heroic acts achieved by the people, strangers to military tactics, and having few professional commanders, but what power can resist men fighting for Liberty!
In the moment of triumph, my countrymen, let not your victories be tarnished with any wanton acts of cruelty. Many of those unfortunate men now in prison were not your enemies from principle. Most of them, compelled by necessity, were obliged to oppose you. Neither let a difference in religious sentient cause a difference amongst the people. Recur to the debates in the Irish House of Lords of the 19th February last, you will see therein a patriotic and enlightened Protestant Bishop of Down, and many of the lay Lords with much eloquence pleading for Catholic Emancipation and Parliamentary reform, in opposition to the haughty arguments of the Lord Chancellor and the powerful opposition of his fellow Courtiers.
To promote a mission of brotherhood amongst our countrymen of all religious persuasion has been our principal object. We have sworn in the most solemn manner, here associated for this laudable purpose, and no power on earth shall shake our resolution.
To my Protestant soldiers I feel much indebted for their gallant behaviour in the field, where they exhibited signal proofs of bravery in the Cause.
EDWARD ROCHE
Wexford, June 7, 1798.