The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-28
Ireland In America.

between the Atlantic and the Pacidc-whcn tho
population OF North Amortla counts By the hun
cfed milions--and when its various ra.os have in
creased md multiplied, and become fused together
in one great coherent people-it will often be a
subject of study to tho American historian, how
the great Celtic 90 grafton or the present years,
which shall have leavenei tho future Amoricaa
nation 70 deeply, came to pass. How il va, that
two or three millions Of tia most gallant, religious
and merry loving People CD the earta mostly In
the prime of age and strength, yers within two or
three Year,, suddenly laag upon Ihe plentiful
lsros OF the repu5lc, AID spread FAR and wide aad
feized upon the0-Hlll be picture OF far moro
moving interest then the contemporary FL Dorado
of California, or the rise OF Mormon Mecca by
tic Salt Lake AND tho dire history Of she Irish
famine may, parehance then BE- q tradition in the
households Of Oregon and Iowa, as tho tyranny Of
hing Pygmaiion 1as OF ancient time, in tho sheds
of Carthage, and the terrible memories OF Troy
among tho early colonists OF Italy
II was lately estimated, on SQUAD data, that tho
ltish population CT the States, BY bieth or by
oesc.nt at presect, amounts to 1,53u,Ge0 IN
2S,0O0,oo0, or very nearly ope-thrd. The next
ten years will, 10 all human probability, double
these hguIes, SUD credit TO the Irish element ons-
half Of tho entire American census This may
seem On overcoming estimate, but wa question II
t do not fall shers OF ,hs nat iaota. Whsp va re-
collect that tie present emigration from Ireland
far exceeds suGrteT OF n million per snn1In, ma
has yet shown no sigas OF aecFsGse, but the con-
ttary; that IL moro than doubles tho immigration
into the States from al tao other European coun
trle sddea together ana that the Irish coaengen
ot the American population has spread farther,
and increased faster, for its tme, thaa auy other
racs nsturaIized beyond tho Atlantic, we may
hopefully lock forward TO q period within the
horisor OF the present generation, when Celtic
names wall be IS familiar among TIE Rosky Noun
tans they ever were in the glen Of the G4itees,
and when Irish mind aud issh muscle will pre-.
dominate from the Senate Hall Of Washington
70 the wharves o. Sacramento and tA9 corn iells
OF illinois.
DO we not already see the dawn Of this Tina?
From the dense mass Of heWers OF tae bac6woods,
and tllers Of the praries, some Of the greatest Of
American men have emerged Il, siuce the rev0-
luton, there have been two statesmen pre- emincnty
honorod ny all American citizsns, they have been
Andrew Jackson nud John CalhounsDd they wers
both Of irish blood Take up o List Of Congress
scan the debate Of State Legislature or oonvea-
tior--lock through tho nawos IA delegation or a
public meeting--acd they are sure 70 90 Irish in
very wide proportion. But in the breach more
often thaa the tribune. From tho day thai Richard
Montg fell sword il hand, with three British
bayonGts IL his breast, the white heights OF
Quebec, and the day chat sold Hickory" lashed
the redcoste back al New Orleans, t, our oTn
times, when SHIELDS has marched into Alabama,
aMId q triumph OF the commonwealth, ard Mis-
souri, hangs lis sword OF honor BY General hiey's
SIDE, no man naS veutured 20 sius Irish so.dership
in the republic. The death. roll Of B1ena Vista
tells the same bloody md glorious tae Of taose who
were ''food mark TO she battles tide as that Of
toMenoy or OF Salamanca n month ago. whom
the BfoGd0sy swalmed myriad fold, aud al New
York thIonged forth TO SEQ the Magyar--gs tho
militia OF the State marched past ia long array,
with drums beating. and col0rs hyiae, to render
sovereign honor to tho exiled Governor Of Hun
gary--shele was ore regiment whose soliierly
bearing and perfect discipline, whose FURNISHED
arms and glltteriLg appointments. whose massive
strength Of rank and file, and whose glorious uai.
form Of green, Ike that on tho tricolor Of his oxn
distant land, moved h0ssuth 10 ssk what nation
he'd reared such splendid soldiers They were tha
Ninth Irish tno strongest, and tho "craohe -egiN
mort of Nsw s1t-nitl many yo1ag soldier in
taeE ranks who had FIRST learned 70 shoulder arms
IN the rough drill Of confederate club, aud nearly
al their companies, known on the muster roll by
the La ne Of an irikA soldier or rebel, The Guyon
Cadets, the Emmett Guard We asar with
pride that the Aldermen Of New York have aiace
votea $500 10 preson. them with stand OF national
cciors. Oh oouatTymen, what glorious spec tacle
that FREQ flag, viii the oTownless harp, cleaning
through stars and stripes, aGd surrounded by files
Of h2h soldiers! God send that the same glorious
array may deile before tho eyes of our oga exiles
ere anothtr year God send that dear flag mry
never again wave bus ii the battlefield OF freedom
sin the cause Of Liberty
Guard is fainst earth snd hell
Gusro it TO death or victory
Look you you guard IL wel
no saint Of kirg has tomb proud
Az lao whoea Dag becomes his sh-cod.H
II in politics and il war, many Icisamen have ba-
como signaly conspicuous, let us hope that the
great them, the millions in their lees notsd
ways Of life ia their fields and thoc stores, may be
among the truest citizens Of tho States. Sure we
are that tie best lrghmen OF Ireland have within
she last five years crossed the Atlantic. May they
make the name CT Ireland Louored there. May
they live in harmony and act together for the new
country and the old one. Would 10 the Lord that
there were great man OF their race to Ink them
together, to breathe int them all one common p1r
pose and policy and within ten years the Irssh vote
might sway tho administration Of the States more
shan wing or democrat, or karnburner, and Ioso
toeo, ard free soilor together. The sther day We
read ia tho Washington correspondence Of the
NEW YORK HERALD, that the candldstes for the
Presidency GrGelVDrlnT
kinkel, Gard the Germsn vote" The Irish vote
could be omnipeient in this business but tho Irish
vote has no Intervention" or ether policy; has no
voice but war, war with England; has Ie7er been
in proxy since the government Of Jackson; has
asserted itself distinctly and sufficiently ia
American politics. This must end. There Is a
phrase that has gotVcry mgch into demo cratic vogue
Of late, Solidait eit is time to think we'll Oh the
schdGyle ot the Irish vote, and how to mako an
Archimedesn lover Of i outside our ovn pelitic1.
Its policy In the present jurcturs could he sanTad
ia dozen OF words. No Intervention for Bungar AIRY,
unlesafor Irsland-in the words Of Judge Dong lass.
No Arglo-Ancrican alliance uples the Irish State
lrigoners hc rslesssd as an unconditional lrolimi
nary. No war in aid or England unisss England
be iorclbly complicated WITH it--and in any case,
no Irish soldier under thu hstsful red flsg.
Why should America-why, above all sboald
tie Irish In America caro- 10 see one European dos
potism cut Che others throatl Could ireland be
verse governed under tho cgar than under the
BIitish constitution !! Why should America spcnd
blood ara gotd 10 war fer England Not from
love OF Der. surely We have heard that tho
Capitol was not set on Ere for the first time last
month, end that the s'nero accident Of an English
iIigete'a firing toto On American merchant vessel,
winch was hushed Up the other day st Nicaragua,
ia rot without ugly prooedents. Not for interest,
then lew long would II take to annex Canada
Whet Young Sea Queen is this, that would grasp
win her long arms tho indiaa ana III, Chinese
t7sdea low far is Australia from san Francisco
What suspicious power s il that stands sentinel
at Panama! ls there no Lopez for al the tat
riches Ct the West Indies Is there rival 20 tne
com Terco Of the States, but ouly one in the Eiic
voFldl Oh ye plutoerGts OF Wall street. would
hundred new cotton markets-would dozen
fresh calfoIrasbs such triumph 10 Dollardon
as thisto zee Britsin fall fat before you, 81 H0l-
land fell fat before her, ana Venice snd Portugal
before Holland?
Neither for love nor Tor interest. Is /. for fear,
then Fear OF m invasion, quotha !" lt is o fsr
CRY to Loeb Ave- /. America waits for var
with European powers until she gets IN opporrnity
Of crushing enc Of theig hests Us the java Crltb