The native American., 1839-06-22


such tribunal Messrs Peyton and Wiggnton can have
no objection 10 appear. They il to their own char
acer aud The feelings OF this very numerous class among
whom are many of most intelligent and respected
Icitizens And l would suppose that from the great
sensiby displayed by Graan there can be but little
doubt of his coming forward to substanate his
tion Here | would remark, that as this is question
involving the national honor of his country Grattan should
not adopt the motto of pugno sub ubra" but state pub
licy that his be procured if applied for This
would add weight to his present asserons otherwise he
cannot expect the blind confidence of the public The
apologies Messs. Editors, that offer for this intrusion
on your columns, are the motives which actuate
one is Ia aay the excitement which is not only alarm
ing at its present stage bat daily increasing; the other
sense of justice towards Mr. Peyon and his colleague
for If innocent their should rest under the op
probrium now attached TO them. In this | act ON tile
roman maxim, which know will be responded to by
every lrishInan. of
/ (" Fiat justitia ruat celnm."
Lei justice triumph though the world should perish
In The meantime, would say'to my country men, that
though yon cannot be reproached but the contrary
are called on sensby 10 feel and strongly resent any
tioha airon particularly you, than any other
people, have been SO often tramped and made the
bn't on which demagoges in the habit of venting
their spleen-ihnkng they thereby display their eo.
quence and wIt-yet, notwithstanding these considera.
tons, entreat you the present occasion to be cool
and cautious Above all things that YOU will not in the
neat OF the moment act with unbecomng haste, in
snch manner as can by the remotest possibility give
The slightest shade treproach being cast your
conduct.
friend TO my countrymen, and lover of my country
ERIN GO BRAGH.
New ORLEANS, June IL, 1889
We scarcely know which most to admire, the
arttul self-possesson of the writer of I" Erin Go
Bragh,' or the cool impudence with which he
proposes to subject two highly respectable and
talented An1erican lawyers, to the jurisdiction of
Ia jury Of tioelUe Iishmcn, to be selected from
the ST. PATRICK Society!!! Mr.. Peyton
and his colleague have committed an offence, or
they have not. If they have, then they are ame-
nabe to their oac,s countrymen or to the tribu-
nails of their oaon country TO those who pub
licly boast, as Erin Go Bragh'' does in the fore
going extract, that they are separate people,
and owe all their love and attachment to another
people and another country, they are in nowise
amenable for their private morals or their pro-
fessional misdemeanors. The very proposition
to bring those gentlemen under the jurisdiction of
la foreign tribunal whether that tribunal be self
constituted or otherwise, is not only an insult to
the American Bar, but to the whole body of the
American People. We know enough of Bailie
Peyton to know that he is not wanting in spirit
to treat the audacious proposition with the con-
tempt it merits. The Irish population of New
Orleans will soon find out, if they have not al
ready found out, that he is not man to be trihed
with. 1t remains to be seen whether the Ame-
rican population are sunk SO low as to abandon
countryman, whether guilty or not guilty Of an
offence, to the tender mercies Of any of the fngi-
tves from Vinegar Hill, or Of any committee of
their appointment.
We have repeatedly said that foreigners never
can, voluntarily, transfer their allegiance from
their own to any other land. Our assertions have
been mocked at and ridicued by the thoughtless
and unwary of our own people. They have ex-
cited the bitter revilings, resenments and curses
Of foreigners. We ask for no better proof of the
truth Of those assertions than is contained in the
ture is pregnant with an instructive lesson to us.
:. ERIN GO BRAGH" Qreland forever!) con-
tains the open confession of all that we have ever
charged upon these people If these people
have in truth abandoned their native country, as
i they profess to have done, why g Erin Go
| Bragh?'' If they have transferred their allegi-
ance and their love from Ireland to America as
they profess to have done, why the cry of '' Ire
land forever?" IF they i'll truth have come here
to commingle and amalgamate with US, as they
profess to have done, why perpetuate their sepa-
rate and distinctive foreign character, by the in
s,itution of st. Patricks Society? In all their
associations, their excitements, their riots and
mobs, the objects Of their love and their affections
are their Qrish) country and their Grish) coun-
trymen;- raying cry is could Ireland for
ever" Thus every thing done or said by
them, except when they take their certificate of
naturalization, gives the lie direct to their pretence
Of attachment to this country and its institutions.
And so it is with all other foreigners. Their ma
tive land claims and receives all their devotion;
for their native land and the prosperity of their
oacn coun,rymen all their prayers ascend to
Heaven. We do notblame them for this; but we
do blame our countrymen and our law-givers for
putting trus, in professions, which the irrevers-
!. Bile laws Of Nature prove to be hollow-hearted
and insincere *,