The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1851-11-19
lTY OF DUBUQUE,
IRE ELiND.


few years. Famine, disease and death, n
doubt have waged a terrific warfare agains
struggling human nature in that sad and dccc
: ted country, but other, ana more dcsolating de
> regulating elements have been at work. ant
still continue their operations, through chan
ntl which must ultimately, materially influence
the mental as well as moral, and the social a
well political condition of all mankind The
anomoly, which the present season presents il
the west of Ireland, of whole districts of the
peasantry rising up, as if with one spontaneous
impulse, to seek asylum. on the American
continent, regardless Of the approach OF winter
and all the tcrrors which surround the mariner
i'll contending with the fierce and ncrccss
gales, in which the month of December is cradrd
on the trackess ocean, is not without its cores
ponding alarm for the English, as we'll as the
home press of that country. Speaking Of this
subject the Galway Nindcator says: "If some
immediate steps be not taken to attach the peo-
pie to the country, by giving them an unaltcra-
bic interest in the soil, there will not be found
l,o0G,oe0 lrishmcn in Ireland by the end of the
year 1852 1t is evident to the most
unthinhing mind that the present crodus of the
Irish people, must speedily terminate in the ut
ter annihilation IF the Celtic race in Ireland F"
All this is perfectly natural, and, the Vindicator
INDUCES in no fancy sketch in the above portray
al of the consequences that must result from the
paoplc. 1t but reasons from cause to effect
For, if the peasanry, the majority of small farm
holders abandon the country they COMPEL the
shop keepers, who depended upon their produ.
eng and consuming, to close his doors. The
shop-kcepers being thus ruined, the wholesale
dealer, from whom he kept his stock replcr-
ished feels that in the destruction of the coun-
try merchants, one of the chief organs of vital
ty to trade is cut off. Thus society is effected
by depopulation throughout all its various rami-
fcations, and in proportion depopulation is
greater, less, in like proportion is the cores
pondiAg ruin that must ensue. If the tide of
emigration continues undated, even in the face
of the greatly increased dangers of the sea, at
the most perilous season of the year for naviga-
ton, and in utter disregard of the seventies and
hardships which the emigrant must encounter,
when landed upon the shores of a strange
friends and without shelter, beyond that afforded
by fortuity, or humanity, the end, the final
consequence is indeed, ssevidcnt to the most un.
thinking mind But something is said of an
effort to attach the people to the soil, and there
by stay the alarming drain upon the nations
,;,olt II
yond which, forbearance ceases to be a virtue;
beyond which, attachment is destroyed by the
loss of that confidence which is necessary to
create and sustain it. The Irish people feel
that they strangers and orphans, and out
casts, even in the land of their fathers, and
they have rooted up the warmest and dearest
affections of their hearts, that they may be
transplanted to more hospitable soil, and nur-
ured by a more genial cline.
They have learned that under the protection
of our free institutions this hospitality and geni-
ality is to be found, and it is to the channels
through which this information was derived
tha we must look for the extraordinary ebbing
of Ireland's population. The thousands and
tens Of thousands who, with more nerve, or
stronger inducements, or better opportunities
than their friends have sought our shores, have
not been satisfied with realizing their own fond
est hopes, but they have returned in spirit and
by communication to their poor relatives at
home, and in letter after letter continued to de-
pict to them the blessings of our glorious liber-
ty, and the greatful remuneration in constant
store, for industry, frugalitv, and merit.
These arc the weapons that are to revolution
ize the Governments of Europe, and that have al.
ready made the Dynasties ofthe continent 10 quail
beneath the intensity of the popular gaze. The
press, however powerful It may be, has but lit
tie popular influence, when compared with that
exercised by the letters Of the numberless ex-
lies whom oppression has driven upon our
shores In Europe the masses know but little
about the press, whilst hundreds of thousands
of them have their kindred amongst us, who
are writing home from time to time, and who
never fail to represent the advantages which
they American enjoy over them letter
from America, is not only read by the family TO
whom it is sent, but it goes the round Of the
neighbors for miles, and America with its free
dom and happiness is on every tongue. Thus
is Europe to be revolutionizcd, and thus is Ire
land being drpopulated