The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-05
O'Mcnghcr In America.

From the Boston Celt, June
Providence has restored to the Irish race one ef
its most distinguished men, and the worry first Il
it's living orators. All the circumstances attending
this unexpected gain Of man are most gratifying
Without compromising himself or others, Thomas
Francis O'Meaghor passes from bonds to freedom
from Australia to America
We bid him ccod mile failtha to the homo Of haH
his race, upon this continent. On Sunday last, .
million Irish hearts, before tho altar of sacrifice,
sighed out on his account, "Thank Gode' There
j. but one feeling in our Eastern community, towards
him. that of delight at his safety, and admiration
for his genius and character The Irish heart is pre-
foundly stirred, and many he inspired with hisIse
hopes, than it has dared of late, to entertain.
Is it best that we should add to this heartfelt
welcome, any speculations Of our own! Conscience
tolls us to say that Mr.. Meagher runs tho risk of
being deceived in New York, by parties who, hav-
ing committed themselves to the policy of Kossutls
arc anxious to get as many proselytes on their side
ancient friendship, by the dear Of Ireland, and
by his noble sincerity, to beware of such friends
such as the Tribune, which calls him :" the Irish
kossuth." They are fatal friends. The were -
angel instead of an orator, they would try to use
him for their own cnds-they would pluck, ono ~
one, his celestial feathers to adorn their Hungaraa
hats. Their conspiracy against the social And
Christian principles of Christie ndom has gone SO fax
that they are incapable ofa single idea uncennected
with their infamous designs On this side Of Tho
Atlantic, New York is to their operations what Len
don is on the other side Our orator is already en-
vroned by some such men, out Of whose hands Gs4
send him safc
He has passed nearly four years in prison and
exile getting only occasional glimpses Of Europea1
news He docs not know the details of tho failure
of Hungary-the establishment of a Central Dome
cratic Committee, under Palmerston's patronage, at
I.ondon-thc rise Of Louis Napoleon-the revival sf
penal laws-the Kossuth and Mazzni alliance, and
the ayowas of the latter, to the Interior d0sgns
Of bis party, against the Pope and the Church oc
Cod These things, If they came to his knowledge
at all, in Australia came only from the London
Times, or colonial reprints of that universal LIBEL.
nng-
time to examine those recent events, which are the
very litebood of our present politics.
The usefulness OF this gifted man ought net to 10
crippled by identity with any issue. Already the
telegraph alarms us, by making him assert that
:" the cause Of Hungary and the cause of Ireland
were IDENTICAL Our readers need not DO told that
Hungary had its separate Diet, forces, ministry
treasury language, and crown at tho very hour ita
radical party struck at the federal bond-strikine
without Hungary and with a revolutionary, as dis
tinct from a national object. But even admitting
that Hungary SOUS somewhat resembled Ireland,
kossuth has lately merged the Hungarian cause il
solidarity with Mazzini, Louis Blanc, Proudhon,
and Ruge. Hungary no longer stands alone; nor il
the question now between the Diet at Pesth and the
Emperor. The question is now between religisR
tween order and anarchy. After four years disous-
sion Of it, the unanimous decision Of tho Irish race
is against the European revolution. There theu
stand, and there they will remain. There Mr..
O'Meagher will stand with them, deriving true aAA
lasting popularity from thorough Identification
with the cause ofreligion and true liberty
New York has given him hearty welceu1
Philadelphia and other cities will do likewise a
Boston committee was formed on Monday evening"
last, and delegation from it has proceeded to New
York, to welcome and invite the fortunate patriot
The present writer will not have the pleasure sf
being in New England to perform his part towards
the reception, which he is certain will be cordial and
general. O'Meagher deserves all our kindest acts
and thoughts. Nc has left his cause in one quarter
Of the globe his welded wife in another, and walks
himself free but not happy in third. His short
iitc has already been divided between Europe and
Australia. An American chapter is about to opeR
that higher usefulness and higher honors may crew.
all his coming days. Perhaps the anxiety VIC have
expressed in this article Is unnecessary and there
fore out Of taste We hope it may be So But va
have had some experience in our own way, of how
easy 1T is to make public mistakes, and how hard e
Is to correct them afterwards. We were badly
scorchod by the very furnace through which va
trust this gifted free may walk. like the three
youths Of Scripture, unsingcd and unscathed.