The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-06-04
THE IRISH AND HUNGARIANS.
The New York Herald SAYS:

The New York Herald says:
The cause ofIreland stands upon far higher
ground than that of Hungary; and one thing
Is yery certain that if Ireland had an army OF
100000 strong, with arms in their hands, and
the prestige Of successful battles to encour-
age her, she never would have laid down those
arms, or surrendered them TO the British pow
er, AS Hungary did to Austria: In loao, the
Irish people wisely did not fight, though goad-
ed to madness, because they had no arms, and
becau sc the masses were exhausted by famine,
and because there was hostile and powerful
force in possession of every stronghold, who
wanted to drive the country to premature
outbreak force, with mighty fleet TO bring
them stores and supplies, and reintorcements,
and to cut off all succor TO the inhabitants
But if Ireland had then had the opportunities
and advantages of Hungary, there would be
very different story TO tell to-day.
One hundred and twenty thousand veteran
Irish soldiers, with arms in their hands, The
world never saw such an army as this would
be, and probably never will. "Lay down
their arms" Why they would have hung the
scoundrel, who dared to propose it, as high as
Hannah was hung. We should like to see
Nicholas, with his best generals, and 200, 600 of
his best troops, come in contact with 10000
Irish, disciplined veterans tried in hundred
fights, wild with the fierce excitement of bat
tie, and fighting in cause which they believed
to be that Of God, liberty, human rights, and the
Green Isle of Erin! We should.like to see the
Cells knock cut their flints, level their bayo-
nets, raise the terrible war cry, laugh bal
lagh) and rush upon the hosts of the Autocrat.
Our opinion is that they would walk right
through them. They never would know that
an enemy had been standing before them. The
way the myrmidons of the Gear would "clear
the track" would be caution to every man
who loves the sports of the turf, and knows
what virtue there is, in the words "devil take
the hindmost." We never heard of Irish vete-
rams being beaten at the bayonet but once, and
in the Revolutionary war, when the Maryland
Line, under Col. John Eager Howard, made
the Irish Bluffs give ground. After the hard
est fight on record, they got very little out Of
them, and only forced them off the field, which
they by no means abandoned in hurry.
In actual battle, there is no soldier in Eu.
rope, that can compare with the Irish veteran.
He is cool, and yet full of fire and enthusiasm;
he stands shot like hero without returning il;
he waits for the word of command, that is to
let loose his terrible energies, and then he
PUSHES on like the whirlwind. He is more
muscular than most others, and therefore better
adapted to close fighting. He is ntractable
and hard 10 manage in camp, but on the bat.
tie field he is as much at home as Nelson
was upon the deck of the Victory. He, appa-
ren,ly, has prediction for the excitement of
battle, but he cuts poor figure in a retreats-
When Sir John Moore retreated before the
French armies, the Irish regiments lost halt
their men by desertion. But no sooner was i,
given out that the commander in chief had
halted, and that a great battle was to be fought
than every man rejoined his colors, eager tc
have hand in the fray.
The vices of the Irish, are those of a people
who have suffered for centuries from oppres.
sion. Their virtues aIe their own, and are al.
most peculiar. 1t cannot be denied that they
are noble people, and contain within them
selves the elements of great nation, as deci-
dedly as any other that ever existed. The Cd
preston that has warped them from their orr.
ginal destiny,must have been even greater than
has been supposed. We see the highlands Of
Scotland, at this moment, filled by thrifty,
Industrious population. They are Cells, like
the Irish, and give the lie to the absurd asser.
ton SO often repeated, that the Cells are mol
capable of enjoying the blessings of freedom,
under representative form of governments
What is the reason that Ireland has not pro-
crossed as the highlands of Scotland have p
Simply because the one has been we'll govern.
ed and the other has been ground to the earth.
That explains it all. 1t has been customary
20 defend the conduct of England towards Ire
land, by presenting in vivid colors, the violence
and outrages with which attempts at revolution
in the latter country have been attended. This
violence and these ouirages have been proper.
toned to the ignorance of the people; for igno.
rance is but too apt to beget ferocity. They
prove that revolution was necessary, for ig.
norance and ferocity are always the fruits of
an oppressive, degrading, grinding government.
They are not peculiar to the Irish. On the
contrary they are common to all nations who
have been long oppressed. They broke forth
in England in the Grand Rebellion; in France
they deluged the whole country with blood
Why, then, attribute TO the Irish, alone, the
inseparable fruits Of oppression1 Why first
degrade people, and then cast upon them, as
. reprosch, the very consequences Of your
own work.
That The Irish are capable ofattaining very