Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1851-07-11

afterwards President of the United States Died July
4th 1876 the 5Oth Anniversary.
THE first who answered yea when question was taken
and the first who signed the Declaration
+Lost at sea. SKILLED in duel HPoisoned.
Ireland.
The sincere friends of humanity cannot but expe-
rience the liveest satisfaction in contemplating the
evidences OF reviving prosperity in unhappy Ire
land There never has been nation of but mod
crate civilization which has suffered more of politi
cal hardship and enjoyed less of social happiness
AS far back as authentic history goes in narratng
the annals of ireland, nothing but misfortune
degradation and oppression. The sagacity of the
statesman and the speculations of the philosopher
have been equally bafied and confounded in tracing
to their proper causes the misfortunes of Ireland
But all have agreed in charging to the oppressive
and unjust policy of England, the hostility of ra
ces to religious bgotry and to class animosty some
it not an equal guilt in evokng the evil spirits which
have ravaged Ireland. The chief guilt of Ireland's
misfortunes will be attributed by impartial history
to the Jealousy and tyranny of England Ireland
has literally been plundered by England, and has
been manacled by the letters of unjust legislation
so that she could exert her native strength in
recovering her position among Independent and pros
porous nations. But, adding insult to in ury," the
English have attempted to acquit themselves Of the
damning guilt by asserting that the Irish were inca
pable of self government-that. indeed. this high
prerogative of selfgovernment belongs only to the
Saxon race and that the Celtic population of Ireland
were tit only to be drawers of water and hewers of
wood for their Saxon lords This false and foul ac-
cusation is refuted by the fact that the Irish whom
released from the thraldom of England's Tyranny,
have rlvalled the most prosperous people in the
Hesitation of all the qualities conducive to individual
and national welfare. The dormant energy and dig
nifty of the Irish character have raised them from
the dust and have elevated them to the highest
lnence of human glory, whenever the foot of English
despotlsm has been removed from their neck In
our own free country have the Irish nobly vndica-
ted themselves from the base accusation that they
were fit only to be slaves to Saxon power. We de-
spse can't of every descriptions but this eternal cant
about the Saxon is disgusting beyond endurance
That wherein the Saxon differs from all other races
is his intense and neversleeping selshness. Other
people are betrayed by generous impulse into
but the calculating Saxon, with characteristic cum
ming. never sacrifices self to any magnanmous feel
ing. The Connecticut Yankee is the most perfect
type of the Saxon the globe.
Various causes contributing to the present
comparative prosperity of Ireland In the first place,
it's excessive population has been thinned out by
igration and faminesevere remedies, to be but
nevertheless remedies. Then. Catholic emancipa-
ton was of some service in subdung the fire of sec
tartan bgotry The cessation of political agitation
was OF still greater service to Ireland ireland has
suffered more than any other country from the plague
of demagogneism. By as much Napoleon was the
greatest of warriors, OConnell the greatest of
demagOgue-he the Beelzebub of demagogues
He agtated and agtated and agitated Ireland until
she we'll nigh expired Of the severe and incessant
shocks. But the event which has done and will dc
to resuscitate Ireland than all other agencies
combined is the passage of the Encountered Estates
Act. The fable of the dog in the Manager was never
more perfectly realized than in the conduct of the
Irish Landlords. Too INDECENT and dissipated to cul
tlyate the soil themselves they also prevented their
tenantry from cutivatng it to any advantage. But
this Encountered Estates Act has released the soil OF
Ireland from the deathgrasp of impoverished pro
prietary. Mortgaged lands may be sold, anC
they are every day being purchased by industriou
and thrifty farmers from Scotland and England
The example of the judicous cultivation of these
land owners has its effect upon the Irish proprieors
whilst its result will be to release the country from
its dependence upon that most precarious of all crops
the potato crop The concurrent operation of these
revlylng influences is already seen in the improved
condition OF Ireland; but 1t never be really
prosperous and independent country until it is enan
cpated from the despotism of bigotry and supersti
| ton.
| BEEFsTEAks-Until we read the following. which
we find in an exchange paper, we had no idea tina
the Romans the first discoveries of beefsteaks
Nor do we altogether believe it now. although w
willing that any of our readers NAV differ will
Here is the article:
| g Beefsteaks were discovered by Roman priest
whose name we forget though it can be found in
| book the title of which we do not remember HI
had been broiing piece of beef to be offered to thu
God in whose temple he ofciated, and selling it by
/
ing it to the altar, he found it so hot that he wa
compelled to drop it, and instnctively placed thu
thumb and finger in his mouth They happened t.
be covered with the juice of the steak which h
tasted and lost all sense of pain in the exquisite
joyment thus conveyed to the pa ate Being maj
of genius, he proceeded to place another slice on thu
GOALS which. being cooked, he innocently devourec
it, losing sight of his official duties which required
that the meat should be placed before the god. Fo
a long time he pursued this course until his sleel
appearance attracted attention, and he was watche
and the secret discovered. He would have been pu
to death, but for the judge his trial eating steak
whereupon he acquitted, and made Pontife
Maximns a reward for the benefit he had confer
red on mankind Beefsteaks became the rage an
there were brois continually going on all over tn
empire; for the Romans were little more quick
witted than the Chinese, who deemed it necessary
burn down a house to roast pig. and did not SUI
pose that steaks could be cooked only in temples
was blessed day for mortals when the priest bun
his fingers"
An English actor visiting Niagara Falls wro
home, Oh, what fall is here, my country men y
-MoRRow.-Ihe day whom oilers work and foo
reform.