The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1852-02-17
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The London Times is OUT again
upon the Irish; yet this time little
more lenicntly. It is still alarmed,
though more calm, at the Irish exc
dus. 1t now condescends to pay
some compliments; ;and terminates its
remarks with these words: iJg9
3ea" We have said that, while we vii
lingly acquitted it, We cannot do so
without shadow Of misgiying.-
Sinew and bone, after all, are no
contemplate consideration. A whole
people are not to be despiscd, and
dismissed as if they were rubbish
We may miss those whom we lose.
Brethren are made for diversity, and
should that hour come, we may have
reason to remember the sorrowing
departure Of several millions of broad
shoulders and stalwart forms, con.
tanning hearts which, with all their
fevered cravings and tumultuous pas.
sions. were never known to be craven
or untrue in their presence Of for.
eign foe
The Times has mis.ivin.s! Does
it foresee troubles for England? ? Has
it apprehensions Of invasion? Can it
imagine that the Englishman, so en-
ergetic in industry, is wanting in &C.
tivity and resolution in the Geld?-
That is impossible; and yet it cannot
conceal from itself or the wo.ld the
undeniable fact Of the immense part
the Celt has taken in all the contests
by sea and land in which England
has been engaged.
Whether in case of invasion of
England, Ireland could have been
reused to side with her against
Catholic enemy, is very questionable.
No Englishman, however, would
doubt it, Should tho exodus contin-
ue to the extent apprehended By the:
'j-lfMes. Englisfmen vii have TO night
their own battles. They will have to
conquer their aversion with which
they have been inspired by the re-
mcmbrance of the horrors of brute
force, and by their commercial inter.
ests, and love of liberty. A CONNER
cial people have rarely been militia
ry people and it is no discredit to
them.
Our London cotennorary indnlges
in reflections on the fact of the fcrci.
bic mixing up Of the Celtic with the
Anglo-American population by the
Irish emigration, and says:
"All ireland is thrown into the
United States. AS in vast labora-
tory some master workman reserves
one material, till another is augment
ed to its due bulk and ripened to its
proper consistency, and then no long
er hcsitates to throw in the new in
gredient, tho Celtic race, long and
mysteriously reserved in its aborigin-
al rndeness and intractability, is
poured into tho very heart of the
Anglo-American population. forced
through all its channels, and driven
to its most distant recesses. A
mighty power unites and assimilatea
| that which seemed irreconcilable."
The "Anglo- american is a better
term than Anglo Saxon, as it is more
correct. But in adopting it, the
Times modi6cs the difficulty which
exists between the union of the Sax.
on is at best but part, has here
been still further amalgamated by
union with descendants from every
country of Europe.
Ireland is to become English and
Scotch. But the Scotch is Celtic
race, purcr in tho North, and only
mixed with Roman blood in the South
or Low lands. The difference in the
character of the two races of Cclt is
great and what is the cause ? His.
tory tells in relation Of their different
political and social condition.
The English people as q people,
have never, of late years, favored the
down,trodding of Ireland. The in
tolerance of the old time, and the
dread inspired by the remembrance
of the prosecutions Of the old State
Catholic church, kept up and excited
a spirit Of animosity and retaliation.
And the State Protestant church in
maintaining the vicious habit with its
violence, cruelty and injustice, but
followed in the inevitable train of all
politic.rclisious systems. The farce
of pride, vanity and bigotry is we'll
nigh blown up by the progress of toll
Grafton. The protesta:ions e the
enlightened portion Of humanity in
England, as elsewhere, have led those
reforms and notifications in the rela.
tions Of Protestants and Catholica in
Ireland, of which O'Connell took ad.
vantage with so much tact and cher.
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Yet tho emancipation Of Catholics
did lttlo for Ireland Tho evil was
Of deeper root; and before an ciecta.