The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-05-08
SIR HENRY BULWER AND THE IRISH.

the Ceh published what the editor styled an in
tercepted despatch from Sir Henry Bulwer, the
British Minister to Washington, to Lord Palmer
ston 1t dscoursed Of parties, politics, and public
men in this country, in way calculated to ex
hibit the British Minister as base plotter against
the integrity of the Union, and an unscrupulouI
enemy of American interests. The affair was
bunglingly got up-too crude, coarse, and silly
to be attributed to any man of ordinary sense
and it was promptly pronounced forgery by
the National LEeligsneer.
Sir Henry Bulwer, in his speech at the Ami
versary dinner given on the Gath ult, in New
York, by the st. Georges Society, made the fol-
lowing piquant allusion to this matter:
"Do any Of you, gentlemen, happen to have any
good. natured friends? tLaughter) Ii so, you
can understand how my good-natured friends at
Washington all crowded around me, Immediately
on my return from Richmond, to relate how a
most infamous publication had appeared in some
journal, believe called the Boston Cell, purport-
ing to be an intercepted despatch from me to the
English Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs
Now, people usually advertise when they have
lost any property but wish to advertise that
have lost no property at all - Qaughter)--and
although it is natural to conjecture from the semi
barbarous, semi-clad, and Celtic origin Of my Bos-
ton frend-Qaughter)- he had been guilty of
the crime of which he Overwhelmingly, theft
he has in reality been guilty Of an offence which
more appropriately belongs to q further advanced
stage Of pantsloons and refinement Qaug hter)-
mean forgery; another example, by the way, of
the general maxim, that all savages, whether
Celtic or otherwise, when they take to inhabiting
cities, even such moral cities as Boston, adopt the
vices without acquiring the virtues or the graces,
Of civilized life. Cheers and laughter) And here
should leave the matter, but am rather inclined
to suspect Everything that Ia at all Yankee has
such odd notious)-Q sughse r)--thst the unkind
barbarian Of Massachusetts, instead Of intending
Q more serious offence, has merely been per-
petrating.a bad JOKE, in the shape Of . political
.squib which is meant to favor the Presidential
claims Of an excellent friend Of mine, by having
it appear that he IL . particular enemy Of Eng.
land. Nov, should be sorry to do this friend
any disservice but do not believe that sail
be doing him any disservice BY stating that
don't look upon him a. an enemy TO England at all,
and that feel sure that he Is only just as much
90 as any Of the other great American states
men or generals whom | know, love, and honor
and Of whom always speak and write with due
respect
The sllusiou to the seml-clad, semi-barbarous
condition of the Celts created quite hubbub Of
excitement among some OF the Irish citizens cf
New York, who will not admit that their ancestors
did not wear pantaloons, and always behave like
honest gentlemen. An indignation meeting was
called, and would not be pacifed even by letter
read from the British Minister, who disclaimed
any intention Of rejecting upon his Irish coun-
trymen, by his alluson to the Celtic race, which
lived some ages ago and, as the records show, did
not abound in pantaloons The New York Erening
Post adds:
"Mr. Michael Doheny then came forward and
produced q memorial addressed to President Fill
more, reciting the insult which he felt that the
Irish people hiss received from her Msjesty's Rep
resentstive, and requesting Mr.. Fillmore TO pro-
cure Sir Henry to be recalled or, II he could be
got rid Of in no other way, thu; the President
should take him out some day, aQ3ne man did his
dog and lose him. The memorial, which was
adopted, Of course, concludes with the gratifying
assurance that the memorialists will epr pray We
presume they will, II they pray till Mr.. Webster
calls any British Minister to . reckoning Mr..
Doheny conveyed the impression In the course OF
his remarks, that all the Irishmen In the city
were at liberty 10 sign this memorial
ave were near forgetting TO mention that
Mike Walsh and Euoch e. Camp contributed to
the solemnity Of the evenings exercises, By their
presence and sdvice'
Had the meeting passed resolution dsnouncing
the forgery Of the editor Of the cslt and the oon
duct Of these foreigners, who, after having avaled
themselves Of our Hbcralisy in Offering them
homes upon our soil, are impertinently attempt
Ing To make 40 subservs tAsir national antips-