New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-15
THE TRIBUNE.



70 rs that their feelings awakened on the sub
;ec especially as TO their intercourse with the lower
Irish. Most persons have an opportunity OF becom-
,s acouainied if they WILL with the lower class Of
I,,b as they are so much employed among us in
domestic service, and other kinds of labor.
We feel, say these per sons the justice of what has
been said as to the duty and importance of improv-
inc these people We have sometimes tried, but the
vsn, Of real gratitude which in them, is associated
with such warm and wordy professions of regard
,yb their incorrigible habits Of falsehood and eva
sion. have baiied and discouraged US. You say
their children ought TO be educated, but how can
this be effected, when the all but oinnipotent sway of
the Catholic religion and the example of parents are
both opposed to the formation OF such views and
habits as we think desirable to the citizen OF the
new world
We answer first, with regard TO those who have
grown up in another land and who soon after arrlv-
ing here, are engaged in our service.
First. as to ingratitude We cannot but sadly
smile at the remarks we hear often on this sub
sct Just Heaven, and to us how liberal who has
sven those who speak thus an uniettered exist
ence, free from religious political oppression,
who has given them the education OF intellectual
and refined intercourse with men TO develop those
,.lents which make them rich in thoughts and en-
ioyment. perhaps in money too, certainly rich IN
comparison with the poor emigrants they employ,
what is thought in Thy clear light OF those who ex
meet in exchange for few shilings spent IN pre-
sen,s or medicine, few kind words, little casual
thought or care. such mighty payment ~ grdf'-
fndfl Gratitude Under the weight OF old leu
dalism. their minds were padlocked by habits
against the light they might be grateful then for
tbes thought their lords were as gods. of another
frame and spirit than theirs and tina, they had no
nght 10 have the same hopes and wants hardly to
suffer from the same malades with those creatures
Of silk and velvet aud cloth OF gold. Then, the
crumbs that fell from the rich mans table might be
received with gratitude, and if any but the dogs
came TO tend the beggars such might be receiv
I'd as angels. But the institutions which sustained
such IDEAS have fnlcn TO pieces ii is undcrs'ood.
even in Europe, that
The rank is but the guinea stamp,
The man s the eowd ior a thai.
a mans man for a that;
And benp such. has claim ON this earth for some
thing better than the netiles of which the French
peasantry made their soup, and with which the per
secuted Irish under hiding" turned to green the
lips white before with famine.
And, if this begins TO be understood in Europe,
can you suppose it is not by those who hearing that
America opens mother arms with the cry All
men born free and equal" rush to her bosom TO be
fl..fr Itranr nep
their hereditary degradation, their long memories OF
black bread and stripes However little else they
NAV understand. believe they understand well h'S
much Such inequality of privileges among men
all born Of one blood should not exist. They dark
" feel tina, those TO whom much has been given
owe to the Master an account of stewardship. They
know now that your gift is bat small portion OF
their right
And you o giver hoe did you give With
religious JOY as one who knows that he who loves
God cannot fail 10 love his neighbor a-st'mSet Z
With ioy and freedom, as one who feels that ii is the
highest happiness of gift 10 us that we have some
thing to give again Didst thou put thyseliinto the
position of the poor man. and do for him what thou
woulds, have had one able do for thee Or, with
aasbiity and condcscending sweetness made easy
BY internal delight at thine own wondrous virtue
dds, thou give five dollars TO balance hive hundred
spent on myself Did you say, James shall ex
pes you to do right in every thing and attend TO my
concerns as should myself and al the end OF the
quarter will give you my old clothes and ne"
pocket handkerchief. beside seeing that your mother
sprovided with fuel against Christmas =
Line upon line and precept upon prcccpt the ten
Der parent expects from the teacher TO whom he con
Ses his child, vigilance unwearied, day and night
throughout long years. But he expects the raw
lnsh girl or boy TO correct at single exhortatioi
he habit OF deceivins those above them which thu
1peciaion of being tyrannized over has rooted II
hen race for ages If we look fairly into the hsio
y Of their people and the circumstances unde
which their own youth was trained. they cannot ex
Pee, that any thing short of the mos, sicadiast pa
hence and love can enlchien them as to the beaui,
and value OF implici, truth and having done So for
ny and refine them in the practice OF IL
This We admit at the outset lsi. You must be pre-
pared for a religious and patient treatment OF thos'
People, not merely unedacaied but III educated
Treatment far more religious and patien, than is dc
handed by your own children, if they were born an,
o'ed under circumstances at all favorable
ID Dismiss from your minds all thought Of graft
tide. Do what you do for them for God sake anC
deb, to humanity. interes, TO the common ere
eaOrupon principal left in your care. Then insensi
eafy iorge,funess or relapse will not discourag,
%a. andy you will welcome proofs OF genuine attach
asa, to yourself chiefly being tokens that you
large has risen into a higher state OF thought an
selling 80 as to be enabled TO value the benefits con
s''ed through you. Could we begin So there woul
hope Of orr really becoming the instructors an
sardisns Of this swarm of souls which come iron
va regions Of torment TO Us, hoping, a, least IN
Naehs Of purgatory
ihe influence Of the Catholic Priesthood mu,
1ahae very great ,ll there is complete transiu
y. Character in the minds o! their charge. Blu
Nc inshman any other foreigner become
"ncanlzed, he viii demand a new form OF rel
sun his new wants The priest TOO. Wi
,e 70 ean the duties of an American citizen. b
1--WE less and less for the Church aud more f.
.eoPie Ill, at last, il there be Catholicism still
~ Dc under Protestant influences. as begins 1
"se In Germany. 1t will be, not Roman
A. Csihocism-s form of worship " hic
A.. "acn' perhaps. on external means and III
o. 'he clergy. for such will always be III