The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-07

Are found Che gallant and he true.
While TecTeant knayes aud coward slaves
Have riches rank and Tetinue
Thus it is in England now, as it has been for ages
Blackburne, Monaghan and Clarendon now, as Nor
bury and Castelreagh of old bask in the sunshine of
Royal favor While Emmett, Fitzgerald, Duffy,
OBrien, Mitchell, Martin and Meagher, enrich other
lands, dignity the prison. or sanctfy the scaffod.
The result of her folly enures to our benefit. At
this moment we are receiving on our shores body
of men, whom we gladly welcome as the best gif.
Europe could bestow upon US. Almost every week
brings US some fugitive from the fangs of British
vengeance, whose names will yet fling back from
their effugence here, light that shall redden into
shame the faces of their prosecutors. We have
already referred to some Of them, as they have
landed on our shores. OF two or three others we
proceed to say something
William Fl. Mitchell, brother of the beloved Irish
Martyr, leaves our city tomorrow for the West
He has despaired Of the liberty of Ireland for the
present, and has therefore resolved TO become a
citizen Of this country. That noble spirit of inde
pendence which he inherits with his brother, makes
him rely upon himself alone for his support in life
lie intends, therefore, TO go to Wisconsin to pur
chase for himself piece of land in the neighbour
hood OF ShebOygan, and to become a tiller of the
SOIL and citizen of that young State. We had
hoped that.before this time some place would have
opened for him, by which he could have remained
IN this city. Though very young-being scarcely
20 years of age-yet he is a man OF large expe-
Renee, maturity of intellect, integrity of character
and Independence of spirit which viii, we trust
carry him TO the highest station of respect and
honor among his fellow-men.
James Cantwell, who was forced to fly his coun-
try for loving her too well, goes with Mr.. Mitchell
to the West. He has been long time employed
in one Of the mercantile houses of Dublin as a
book-keeper, and has proved himself capable and
trustworthy.
Mr., M'Clenahan, editor of the Limerick Re-
porter is another valuable accession to our pOpua-
ton, He is graduate of Dublin University,
gentleman and a scholar We have been honored
with letters from gentlemen of known worth in Ire
land, warmly commencing him to public favor here.
One of the most patriotic lrshmen, now in prison
for loving his country, writes thus from his cell
send this by my friend Mr.. M'Clenahan, who fought
able an honest and honorable He hrs been cast
the weird by the failure Of the Revolution with his
WILL and N feel if The kindness were done myself
But the following is enough to give him place
in the heart of every lover honor and worth. Ii
is from the pen of Charles Gayan Duffy, the editor
OF the Dublin Nation, now on trial for his Patriot
ism. The note before us is in his own manly auto
graph: Nvwa,rr Pp,sov Auou.t 1879
, nv Dear - The bearer of this note, Mr.. NJ Clenahan,
late editor 81 the Limerick Reporter desires an ntrodpyton
Journalist who did good service TO the county-which he
vice to 1t for the pre- mt Believe me- very faithfully yours
There are others that we might refer to in this
connection, but they are in more independent cir
cun1stances. John b. Dillon, one of the first Of
lreland's sons, has ESCAPED the vengeance of his
cOuntry's enemies. His genius will soon find him
a competence here. We presume he will apply
himself to the practice of law, and we doubt not
will become as high an honor to the bar of his
adopted country as he was that of his unfortunate
native land. Others have found temporary employ
ment, and we trust all will soon rejoice in happy
homes in this free country, where genius and pa
triotism are not rewarded with scaffolds and dun
geons These and other young men Of exalted tai
and charapfpF not here seeking for charity.
They are the best of Ireland's population. They
seek for nothing but opportunity to earn their
livelihood. They ask no favors but what their
genius and character deserve. Yet most Of them
have fed precipitatsly from oppression, merely
saving their lives, sacrificing position and comfort
because they loved liberty, if not wisely at least
sincerely, and hated the oppressor. They are here
because they would live on y in land of freedom,
and failing TO rescue their country from oppression,
they naturally TO this land of their pride and
hope, whose institutions they would fain have
adopted as the institutions of their own Alas
fla ourza e unon har