Richmond semi-weekly times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 184?-1853, 1851-10-21

inds them aifeetionate and hopeful, genial and witty
INDUSTRIOUS and independeh-in fact the rude element
OF which great nations axe made Hence the desire to
see t'at strange region The earth where such peo
PIE was produced and could not staY-an island the
tnisofttnes OF which destined to form couspcu-
Gus leat ire IN American story. The terrible Incl
denis OF me last SIX years-not to go further back
VIII be the dom site traditions OF half the American
people, and the dreadful scenes of fever and of famine
Whlch nave so often shocked readers, will pass
from father to son for many generation on the banks
Oh the MISSISSIPPI or the shores OF the Pacific. 1t is
this nursery OF American citizens this seed plot of
Transatlantic States, this great human preserve that
Mr. Lawrence IS now exploring, we think with as
natural curiosity Us he had sought with the crowd,
the ancient ofscIence and art and were measuring
the ,Acrroopols ofAthens, or the Forum OF Rome
Ills tixcelency has too much respect for his coun-
Try, and too Just for his position 10 let the
Irisl see how an American cannot bnt regard Them
lie knows very well that they all his fellow citi-
zens IN embryo, and that every Ceit will one day re-
nounce tle sceptres and Coronets of the old world
II Is better tor all parties heraps that it should he so
little as we may like to our society," our laws and
our sovereign the objects OF than indiffarenceT
Mr, Abhot Lawrence says nothing Of all this The
Irish flock to an American Minister as to an angel
rom Heaven, for he is curious see the Place the
lrsn come from, they equally curious a man
from Amerlca-he goal Of all their hopes and expeeta.
tons They have set their ace towards America and as
men march chiefly those whe are before tn m
on the spot which hey viii the next moment tread
themselves, so the New World is every year more vivid
and the Did World more FAINT in the Irish imagination
Hence 1t IL that Mr. Lawrence finds himself receive
with almost he honors OF Royalty Railway directors
and corporations give him special trains banquets and
addresses and every city prepares ovation, What
can Lord Clarendon, with the very best intentions,
offrr TO compare with the sYmpathas of man whose
country has WELCOMED million If rishmen in the last
iour years! Inc railway companies have special in
terest III these cvies. they have inst been completed
IN time to convey the abofignes Ireland to the ports
where hey take leave OF ihelr country Strange to say
they teFIV a teetiug prosperity from Gepopuation
aud despair. So at Galway, Mr. Abbot Lawrence is
eagerly laid hold OF patron Of the plan for max
ing taat city lfansata ac packet station and emil
grant depot At Cork it may be supposed that SINH
lar EXPECTATIONS have helped the enthusiasm evoked
by the arrival OF an American All-ister. Mr.. Law
renee, however to his ctedjt speaks only cue h a
communication as might be supposed 10 exist between
two equally spreading and equally increasing nations
tie delicatey avoids any allusion to hat uniform on
ward movement vEsrGIA NULLA RErRoRsUM, from
Ireland 10 the opposite shore.
In the taea OIL facts, it certainly required all the force
OF pollteness in an American Minister, standing at
Galway or at Cork, wish happiness for the Irish in
their own country, and to point the natural
ces by which ion, eight million, ten million, or
hlteen million people could be sustained in Ireland
The prosperity and happiness he speaks of may some
day reign that beautiful island Its fertile soil its
rivers and lakes its waerpower, its minerals and 9TH
er materials Tor the wants and luxures of mann NAV
day be developed but all appearances are against
NE belief that this wi ever happrn in the days Of the
Celt That tribe will soon fulfil the great law of
Providence which seems to njon aud reward the union
OF races 1t will NIX with the Anglo- American and
be known no more Jealous and separate peopIe-
Its present place will be occupied by the more mixed
moe doclie, and more serviceabe race, which ha-
long borne the yoke OF sturdy industry in this island
which can submit Ic master and obey the law. This
IS no longer dream for it is fact now in progress,
and every day more apparent NJ kind wishes, no
legislative measures stay he exodus of a people
who have once found the path from ntolerable degra.
dalton TO comfortable and d2nifed independence
Even II the rulers Of this country should change their
mind, and resolve not to let the people 60 that resist
ance would only add another impulse to the movement
AS the Irish have clung together at home will they
cling together IN their wanderngS. That at least is
what they do now 1t is scarcely possible to suppose
Mr.. Abhot Lawrence blind 10 what passes before his
eyes, and we can only admire the dexterous polite,
ness with which he expresses his sympathy and his
hopes for the lrsh with scarcely hint at their flight
rom the land of their fathers to the country of which
hn is he ant aHra