New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-26

m,nd qrs;i,uI. in returH. Ii was conquered couh-
,r, ,hni never confes defeat while the c"hlde'o'
too proud of his succsss and 10" cohtrih''u""
toward his foe. never bestowed Thought upon li,
nor thought that the smoulderlng embers cOuiu ever
hurst inio blaze The nation should have pr.u
,ncorpor,ted with England, heart and soul nj once
ther. was no other course follow; equal laws arc
equal rights would have engendered equsl 'os"'''
and good luith.' H.
..The guarantees were never cqaal, Count; 'he
allce lance 10 Rome
The allegiance 10 Rome interrupted he, sinl''
inr: All affair Of the priesthood.
:. PM rhe Celt never did loYe the Saxon, ssid l.
in,trepive 10 hia former remark. whose sHIr NHe"
zoo well 10 dream OF cOntrndctlns' = ana "he'l men,
few moments since, spoke OF the endurance ol me
neape. alluded no. 10 political, but social @ eViiS'
The poverty that met not b.n-vo'ehce to re''',
nor -vmpa,hv 10 Eooihe II; the want disenSe' a'i"
wre,chetness they were suffering henehtn 'ie eter
NJ ,I,eir own CONFERENCE.-The sons oi the SOIL! uIr
descendants OF their own ancient iemIiies-who pre-
;crred ,enouncinr the cruelty OF ENGLAND TO iaNins
one bold or generous effort 10 help HE poor.
The landlords of Ireland had happyi cr-uhs
when thev chauoed upon That island. SAID the Count
slerrly '.ln tranc" they would scsioe :ia's i''''
so much diligence
"So 1arLlfu." said De Bourquenv, g the Com
n,,n;.,es are speedy Lawmakers and The executive
il ms active as The legislative hodN.
ave have our COMMUNISTS too. SAID !, sorry
n IN III.
where life has not an hours purchase. These Tear
u crimes, published throug hout Europe are sources
of shnm. and humiliation 10 many who would De
proud of their country
f' Ind are those stories wa read in newspapers
nre they true ?r said DE Bourqueny.
"J-rhanpilv thcv are Too true. lhcre Is much
70 say in palliatiun OF resistance 10 laws which often
seem arbitrary and are always severe but notiing
canexcIlse the blood thirsty spri that deems murder
the rrcompens- OF any wrong, real or imaginary.
There is point never could understand" said
De BonrGuenv, "nor have ever heard any one at
Tempt 10 Explain. Why are these people, who seem
So saprunnry and revengeiul home abroad, so TO-
taly the Opposite What is there in the air OF Ire
land iha, converts the gay, dashlng fellow, we Emo"
him here into ihnt barbnrnus monster, who shoots Il
man as he would mad dog =
'Nor will Won ever understand II, my dear ooio-
nell, said the Count, 'tl You know something o'
Irish charac,er-the srrangest human compound Ehat
ever was iorned-so full OF seeming contradictions,
and vet 20 perfectly harmonious
"Ijo your novelists instruct one on this head
Il i.ar not much" said |, 10 whom the question
was addressed.
Never was there land which has SO little reason
to he graceful 10 liz chronIcers never was conn-
try detained by lis descrIbers.
Come. come. Count" said |, "you surely for
get one whose grateful stOres of her country have
done great and good service In liz cause-whOse
rect and who has inv ested even the quiet monotony
of life in the middle classes OF society, with The
strongest interests, and elected the traits OF a people
by touches the most delicate and beautiful.
" The uufhnress Won audc 10 las done all this,
and mere. She has never, while depicting her coun-
trymen descended 10 any undue iaitery oi his high
qualities stil less deiraced from his real merits Tor
the sake Of effect No monsters OF crime or vn'nt
have flowed from herpen-conteht 10 punt from me
life she presents the poilrit without eXasgera'on
of any kind. They who value moving and eXClilrg
events or incidents OF highly wrought power, may
deem these things tame but the truthful will 1--we
when these wild excrescence. Of txubcrant inncy
have whercd 10 decay. | never meant 10 inc!uce
her in nav censure. Wha, would condemn is ihe
habit ofyor writer's 10 seize on certain tralts-slnaIl
aud insignificant equent y-and by these endeaVor
10 convey n po,trriture Of the people. The same
spirit of conq nest that brought the advenlurer over
TO Ireland to burn, and slay and enact forfeiture oi
the soil has made his successor the Anglo Hl'er-
nian, derive his profit Of The people, by exhibiting
them in u lals: and unnatural light. The very san
[, rannv is AZ conspicuous in the one IN the
o,her The Irislmsn the Hel0t. whose drunken
gambuls should amuse the pampered appetite o ms
ruler-hiS buifoonery was the stock IN trade o every
farce wrilcr-his blundcing VIII, The siape "i every
Jest against him. Expressions, which caught Ii'eif
character and feeling from beng Tie transcripts o
thought in his own native language, were rldicuied
Tor their "bsurdiy and the very poetry OF his na-
lure made sarcasm against hun.
How lille do they kuGw oi Ireland and ils
people who regard the strong current o native dfoi-
lerv and humor the 6aSiS o The NATIONAL char"c-
ter No people OF Europe have more strongly
marked the icaiures OF melancholy in their tempcia
men, than the Irish. Is the characteristic oi their
national literature, of their music o. all Their trad
lions their gestures, their ldoms, leir ushSes, ali
betray lhis But il suied well the lnsolent pride 0l
the conoueror that they should amuse him ut The
feast whom he had yanquished IN the held iie
l...l Ia trnn1 n
hrurf was received rs the mir,hiul Offering OF one
~l,o felt no shame in his degradation. What other
impressions have Your dramatlstS or tale writer's
ever conveyed than this aud even when they have
eudeayoTed 10 clotiIe noble sentiments and honor
ablc feelings il the dress q! national idom what has
hren the result-has the the scUii been essl
Sir l.ucius o. trigger was intended by Sheridan to
represent a man oi high aud honorable mouves-S
pecalinritiea such They were, welt 10 eiIcI'
II favorable impression oi his ankness ond CANTOR
nni even his passion for due!ins (he most repre-
hensihe ,ruit about HIM WAS panied more rs he
vice of an ace thun oi II people. Yet, how i he IN
varnbl, represented, and i:ow would any deviation
from such 4 standard be received 10y the public
Ike poroou, Acres, the wretcned mixture OF m
sutrabe conccit and cowardlcr, Is less the Buio oi
the piece than the Irish gentleman. An Ensli-h
standard WAS set up, to which every thing must
conform in morals in manners, and in taste; every
deviation from which was stigmalized as Irish, and
being l,ish as vulgar. the native eloquencc OF
her speakers was pronounced boinbast-theslo wig
iinag uatious and eemng iancies ei her orators
were iesi and gibe among her more cold-tempcred
ntehbors: all this one might forgive forget, but
how pardon the wholesale calumny that held II
whole people up 10 scorn-that could hnd no utieI
features TO describe in nation than the reckless
merrimenr, which momentum, excitement threw up
pcrnost us tho volcaRo flashes in fIlul brlliancy,
while the ,hundcrs are preparing their work Of de-
ISOLATION beneath. Such was ever the nature OF that
wit, so emneniiy Irish in character. Ii was the
serdonic spiri, OF wrestling with his -iorlune,
and daring TO jest when any other would have
grieved in silence. The ready reply. the ever
present rcpartec had lis source IN mind long con-
verSant with lis own Thoughts, and fancy soaring
above every i'll Victorious These the stores
your writers drew upon, when they gave the Irish
man TO the world as the buioon OF the move! and
drama. In the same way, they could see nothing
in the sudden and violent outbreaks uf his passion
than the fiiul vehemence OF the savage. They
would not wait to consider the man in his trials and
temptations. in his ignorance and want-uniIended,
uuhet ded, panied with real, madJened with sup
posed wrongs: his experience of the world suggest
;ne onnrrSSion and his traditions all