Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-08
THE AMERICAN MINISTER IN IRELAND.


FROM rHE "LosDos TINES" OF sHPrsmsxR 80.
certain little poem relates how certain parsonage one
day took walk TO how his snug little farm the earth
went on Though II is unnecessary travel so far for
precedent justification of the tour which the American
Minister is making in Ireland there is point in common
between .ne TWO visits W. that Ireland to all practical pur
belongs that Power whose Minister it is now enter
tanning. Mr.. AsBOrT LAWRENCE gives way to a very ma
instinct when be makes pilgrimage to the hearhs and
the aars that feed the population Of the United States The
American who stands the quays New York sees vast
human tide pouring in at the Of thousand day to
swell the numbers, the wealth. and the power of the coun-
try he sees that 1t wassthe dres necessity which drove
them from the land of their fathers aud be recognises in
necessity the provdenta BY which the vast continent
OF North America shall be added the dominion Of man
he hears the sad tale of the emgsnt and too
rally confirmed by their miserable aspect His political
symPathes will naturally be with the supposed victims Of ty-
ranncal laws and arocac extoon. Ga further acuuaint-
ance with these hapess refugees bis interest cannot but in
cease for be finds them aectonae and hopeful genial and
witty, industrious and Independent in fact the rude element
Of which great nations made Hence the desire to see
that strange region Of the earth where such people pro-
duced and could not sayan island the mfounes Of which
are destined to form conspicuous feature in American
story The terrible incidents Of the last six yesrsnot 20
further backw be the domestic traditions Of half the Ame-
can people, and the dreadful of fever and Of famine
which have often shocked readers will pass from father
to son for many generations the banks Of the Msssspp
OF the shores Of the Pacific Il is this nursery Of American
citizens this seed plot Of transatlantic States this great hu
think, with natural curiosity II he had ugh with
the crowd the ancient Of science and arr and mea
suring the Acropois of Athens the Forum Of Rome
his Exceency has too much respect for this country, and
loo just sense OF bis position, to let the Irish how
American cannot but regard them He knows very well
they are all bis citizens in embryo and that every
Cet will one day sepes and Of the Old
Wold better for all parties perhaps that il should be
so, little as may like to society," laws and cur
sovereign the objects Of than indifference. Mr. An
Borr LAwaxscE says nothing Of all this. The Irish flock
TO an American Minister to angel from heaven for If
ne Is curious to see the place the Irish from, they
equally curious to man from Amerca-he goal of all
their hopes and expectations They have their face
ward America and march chiefly those who
are before them the spot which they will the next
ment tread themselves the New World is every year more
vivid, and the Old World faint in the Irish imagina-
ton. Hence is that Mr. Lawrence finds himself received
with almost the honos of royalty Railway directors and
corporations give him special trans banquet and addresses
and every city prepares ovation. What Lord GA
aESDoS, with the very best intentions oer to compare with
the sympathes of whose country has welcomed mil
lion lrishmen in the last four years. The railway compa
MES have sprcia interest in these civtes. They have
just been completed in time convey the abogines Of Ire
land to the ports where they take leave of their country
Strange to they derive eting prosperity from depopu
aon and despair So at Galway, Mr. Abbott Lawrence is
eagerly laid hold OF patron of the plan for making that
city Transatlantic packet station and emgrant depot At
Cork be supposed that similar expectations have help
cd the enthusiasm evoked by the arrival of American Min
iser Mr. Lawrence, however, to his credit. speaks only
OF such communication might be supposed to exist be-
tween two equally spreading and equally increasing nations
lie delicatey avoids any ausion that uniform onward
nua retrorsum-rom Ireland to the op
posite shore.
In the face Of facts certainly required all the force po
lteness in an American Minister standing Galway at
Cork to wish happiness for the Irish in their country,
and to point out the natural resources by which six million,
eight million, ten million, fifteen million people could be
sustained Ireland The prosperity and happiness speaks
OIL may some day reign that beautiful island Its fertile
soil, its rivers and lakes its power lis minerals, and
other materials for the wants and luxues of man. may
day be developed but all appearances against the belief
that this will happen in the days Of the CeIt That
tribe will fulfil the great law of Providence which seems
to epoin and reward the union of races. 1t will mix with
the Anglo American, and be known jealous and
separate people, Its present place will be occupied by the
more Mixed docie, and serviceabe race which
has long borne the yoke Of sturdy industry in this island
which can submit to master and obey the law. This is
longer deam for it is fact in progress, and every
day moro aPPoron No kind wishes. legislative me
suro can stay the exodus OF people who have found
the path from inoerabe degradston to comfortable and
nifed independence. Even if The rulers county
should change their mind and resolve let the people co.
that resistance would only add another impulse to the
ment As the Irish have clung together at home, will
they cling together in their wanderngs That at least is
what they do II is scarcely possible 10 suppose Mr.
Abbott Lawrence blind what passes before bis eyes and
only admire the dexterous polieness with which he
expresses his sympathy and his hopes for the Irish, with
scarcely hint a. their flight from the land of their fathers to
the country Of which he is the representative.
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