The native American., 1837-09-23

From The EusopEAs paper ia Ne.e Yor3, edited 6y an
ishan, icho ftl gears since tcas iaSe"' naNs' A'''
hungry, oat Of the street, 6y Aafire .a"e'4ea"'
VIVA, would America have been but for lrlshmen'
We may Judge from these facts: s;,.. ..or. hv b.r
names. half the population Of these States; nave
sprung from the leins Of the disciples Of Saint raicK,
and this half has the decided advantage over 'he o
cr in The attribute OF muscles 'he"s' sihews' anu
sound constitutions. /
ver,o1I, Every great work that was ever perform
ed in America has been chiefly the result Of the labor
of Inshmen.
JHiyd,u-Much as Americans may think OF them
selves they could not, il they Were to be d---d ior
for /, buiid four story house. level raroad or dig
canal, without the assistance OF lrishmen
Fourfhly4The American navy, and army oil whlch
we are daily in the habit OF hearing such fass touch
ing their nyincbility, are three-iouhs composed OF
Irishmen. .a,,
FYtihiy-With few exceptions, the only readable
NEWSPAPERS in America, edited by lrishmen.
Sirfhiy.-The few speakers in Congress worth lis
tening TO- the late sessions, were rishmen, OF IRISH
sepenthly THE principals, and ushers oftwo-thrds
of all the leading schools in the Cnited States are
Irshmen. And so on
The above will explain few Of the benefits that
Ishmen confer on this country but indeed, tley' are
80 well known, that they require explanation And
vet forsooth to have our feelings assaulted by
a beggarly association Of Brookyn;* and to make bad
worse, the members Of this associations call them
selves Americans, pretension that if true, proves
them TO be most ungrateu set Of scoundrels on the
face Of Gods earth.
Whatever they may have been, however, their in
fuence is as confined, their feelings degraded
The Americans, body despise them, as much as
Iishmen defy them.
[FIom SARsFlElD communication in the Eveaing Star.
Gle speaking of Irishmen in this coantry:)
But alas in the midst Of magnificent country,
whose virgin soil has been reclaimed by our tolls;
whose roads have been constructed by our labors;
whose canals have been dug by our hands; whose
streets, whose stores, whose houses, whose cities
towns, and villages have been reared by the sweat of
our bones whose arts have been improved by our in
genuity; whose wealth and whose prosperity have
been augmented by industry: whose moral powers,
military renown and intellectual glories have been
raised and dgn6ed by studies and our genius and
In support of whose constitution and laws we have
lavshed and still ready to lavish treasures and
nur biood-in the midst of this country, we like
the selEexparated children Of Israel. among the shep
herd kings Of Egypt uncherished forgotten and un-
/, knowDs--Yea, absolutely unknown. for we have
presses at our command, no courageous defenders, TO
ward off the poised arrows necessarily aimed at the
Irish creed and characterom all parts Of the Union,
no eloquent aPologst to excuse our faities, human
though they be.
A friend 10 whom we showed the foregoing extracts
this morning, has hit them off with humor and
casm, so happily blended, that adopt and present
his remarks in the place Of those had intended to
make:
What pIodgies are Trishmen! What nincom-poops
are Americans! Where have we been all our days.
that our intelects have been hecouded and light is
only just dawning upon US from the garret Of an Irish
Editor! Truly this is an age of discoveries among
the latest of which the facts above enumerated
from Firstly" to s Seventhly. y Firstly, more
than one half Of the American people have sprung
from the loins Of the disciples of st. Patrck!" 0
astonishing! Then the fabulous tales about Converts
and Friars-their productive powers-and their infn
ence upon the salvation Of unborn millions is at
last, thor gh tardy, admitted; yea, avowed.- 81
Nevertheless, shrewdly suspect that the little fin
Of America is larger than all the loins of the
af sciples Of st. Patrick. .
Secondly, every great" National work is g chief
" the result Of Irish ability; independence, doubt
1ssss is attributable chiefly the Irish; ditto,
our power. and enterprise in building, ditto, fourthly
the " invncibity of the American Navy, " which we
now learn is "three-fourths composed Of Irishmen
ditto, filthy the only readable newspapers in Amer
lea = which are edited BY irishmen; ditto sixthly,
"the few speakers in Congress worth listening to- /"
who are, mainly, " Jrishmen, or lEishmen's sons;
ditto seventhly the most distinguished professors Of
scientific and literary institutions most Of whom
IRIsH!!! Let citizen hereafter boast of being
an American If he has Irish blood in his veins, let
him trumpet it to the world, he has not lei him Iie
aud pretend to have. Trace not yonr descent back
the sturdy honesty industry and independence OF the
burghers Of the Republic Of Holland. boast not thy
self that the Ango-Saxon blood flows in thy veins; de-
ny that the leaders in the American Revolution were
your Stress spit npon their memories; asseverae that
the blood then drenching the soil like water, is
Kindred with that flowing through your veins? What
an astonishing people tie Irish must be; aud how i'll
used they have been! Has II been because intel
ects too obuse to appreciate them, because they
have bid their light " under bushe Of onions, or
decanter of 6 c,ather comfort!" Native Citizens re-
pent of yonr evil ways! Bow down, in the spirit of
humility and bear the rawlings Of the !" European: /"
kiss the rod Of Sarseld. and blush that you have
been (or so says the Irish Edior) Me mast migrate
Jui set Of scound,els on HE Jace Of Coils eorthl
THE EFFECTS or PRECIPITATION are fan y
efully illustrated in the following parable from tho
East: Il
81 have heard that king Of rcrsia had favorite .
hawk. Being one day on hunting party with his :
hawk upon his head deer started up before him; he =
lei the hawk fly and following with great eaperness
till at length the deer taken The courers were .
oil left behind in the chase The king being thi,sty
rode about in quest of water till having reached The
foot Of mountain. he discovered some tricklnu down
from the rocks. e took little cap out OF his ouivo
and held it to catch the just when the cp was
filled, ard he going drink the hawk shook his
pinions and overset the cn. The king was vexed !,
The accident and again applied the cup to tile hole in
the rock. When the cup Ieplenishe6 and he