Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-12-19
NANCY NILLTGAN.

on, AN INSTANCE OF FILIAL AFFECTION. |
Whatever be the faults Of Irish pes
antry-or slower Orders,' - their aFtsto-
cratic rulers denominate them-they can.
not with justice be acc used Of want OF
social virtues, nor can they be charged
with eOldness or indifference to the
claims Of kindred, or insensibility to the
fner affections of our nature. In all pa>
torDal and 6Iial relations, few persons g.
vince more acute natu raj feeling, or ex'
hibit stronger heart.seated sympathy
than they do. Exposed though Ihey
have been to centuries Of mental and ply
steal suffering crushed though they
were BY penal laws and despOtic Tulers--
still the FIRE Of pure and tender emotion,
like that which for centuries burned at
the shrine Of their saints, was never ex'
tinguished within them. Reverence for
religion, yeneration for age, courtesy to
the stranger, sincerity towards a friend,
and hospitality to all, arc attributes in"
digenous to the Irish mind. That dark
spots may be traced on its disc, we will
not pretend, to.:deDy,b the only wonder,
considering the demoralizing ordeal to
which il has been exposed, is that It Is.
not ShFouded in perpetual social eclipse
How literally tho poor Irish--for It is
from thom 1t principally-hOw literally
they subscribe their haTd-ear ned dollals
with the view Of restoring to their coun'
cry lie nationality. Perhaps il will be said
IL Is impOlitic on their part 10 dc so, but
will any one question the patriotism that
prompts such course, or say that the
motive is an unjust and impure oneS
Many a poor Irish girl undergoes the
menial 6rudgsFy connected with service
in our hotels and elsewhere, because it
enables her to render pecuniary assistance
TO an aged mother or poor and dePen>
dent father in Ireland. Authentic rec
turns have been published, sho wing how
estonishingly large in the aggre egate are
the sums Temiited by these people for
those purposes.
We happened yesterday to be in the
neighborhOOd Ofthe delivery window OF
the Post Office, when young woman
with a red face and rich brogue came
up aud enquirsd for lstter--a letter
from Ireland for Nancy Nlligan. While
tho clerk was searching for the letter her
face Ravo inclination Of a thousand CO.
existent thoughts passing in her mind
He soon presented II TO her. II bore a
black ssSl, and whom this symbol Ofdeath
caught her eye, the rosy hue Of health
vanished from her cheek and its place
was assumed BY livid bloOdless white.
ness: her hand was seized with q nervous
treMOr, and her eye seemed to float In
tears, though none fell. Wishing TO give
her confidence, we asked her in a man.
ner as kiadly as we could, what was the
matter9
%, SIR she said, 'this letter is from
home. Though can't read Within ]
know iI's the Priests, Father Dunn's hand
but I'm affai d from the sale (seAD and
me dhreams last night, that ms poor
mother is dead! Sure sint her fifty dole
lars to pay the Fint o. the cabin aud the
grass, o the cow, and may be she didn't
get II, and that she died in Distress
Win you read Il for me SIR she added
handing Us the letter, 'forsGFe me heart
iS ready to hfake (bFoak) and may as
WeilknoW The wuFst.'
II compliance with her desire we open.
I'd the letter, and found that her dreams
were realized 10 the iullast and saddsst
extent. The letter was from Father
Dunn. Il acknowledged the receipt OF
the fifty dollars but they came too lats.--
The rent Of Nancy's poor old mother for
her cabin and pOtatOe plot became due,
and FsmonGless landlord seized and
sold the COW. The prospect Of being
turned out to beg was too much for a
consideration already broken down by in>
trinity and az o. and on the day the Hfty
dollars, sent to her relief by her afFec.
tionAfs and dutifnl daughter, reached the
village where she lived, she was corpse
We did NOT read the letter To Nancy
% i wss tenderly and patheticaly writ,
ton by Father Dunn--we knew il would
oe TOO much for her, we merely told her
!he contents. We did not forget tG read
.or her, however, that part which told
new be administered 70 her; Just bsGore