The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1852-01-22

l,ho following glowing article on Jreinnt
from a recent number Of the Burlington
Telegraph. The man who SAYS ~ tn
lanooap. of The Banner, '.'rhe case OF Ire
!, land Is not parallel to tina, Of Hungary
! lhnows little Of tho condition or history q
a the people Of lrcland.--Ep. GAz.
q IRELAND.
While there is su much active sympa,h!
manifested for the oppressed llanssrians
sIbolh in England and tho United States, arr
: we 10, prone 10 forget that there are "'ie
nations and people enduring al The woes
and niscries Of serviiude ind oppression
{ II is only necessary 10 refer 10 the cheer
lass condition Of Ireland. Nature has beer
Ibenelicen, TO her in making her the Ene
raid lsle Of the ocean. With a genial chino
and fertile soil, had shc enjoyed the bless
|ings Of wide and good government. VIII
general diffusion Of knowledge, and Tree
land interrupted christianity. she TO-DAY
might have ranked among the migh'ics'
md the most Independent, nations; her his
tory nigh, have been written 10 the glow
! ling eloquence Of her proudesi statesmen
Amid all her sutlerinps, Ireland has ever
been tho birthplace Of poetry. eloGuence
land genius Of the highcs, order. Is Il no'
IA deep and burning shame thai the land q
'It;rattnn and Curran, and Emmett, and
IBmke, aud Sheridan, and Knowles, and
! Phillips and O'Connel, and Mitchell, and
j Mcacher and O'Brien, aud Mathew hnc
IGoldsmith and Burns, with host of other
stars that have shone With nndlmmed ius-
tire in the brigh, consultations Of states
men, orators, and poets, should be So deep
|ly plunged 10 degradation, moral and pali'.
|ical, and al,nos, physical death? Aud lpr
this deplornblc condition of one Of earth's
brightest spots by nature, there must be
some procuring cause, aud there Is resting
-omewhcr weight Of responsibility thar
will require iIcrculeau power TO sustain IN
the day Of reckoning. While Epgland i
making snch load, aud we tfus, homes, pro.
LESSONS Of sympathy for the oppressed
Hunsarians, and has raised the standard "
opposition 10 the ,yranny and encronch
nents Of Ahsolulsm upon the continent ;
he people Of the United States, the friends
I'D ssinpathizers nf oppressed nations ev.
|arywhere, have the riglito ask Of England
Il her power over Ireland is not as absolute
IS that Of the House Of tlapshurg over The
Nag ars aud other dependent races? II ],
not the British Government for centuries
exercised the most unjust aud excessive eS-
actions towards the peasantry Of lrelpndi
Has not the system which she has uniform
|ly pursued towards thai people been ealen-
tsied to destroy all their physical and NOR
il energies! Has she not POT manacles
upon their limbs by her excessive taxes.
rents aud ,iihes? Has che not feilered
tie consciences and ch,ned down the eS-
lbcrant spirits 81 lrIshmen by test ncir,
md curieas, and religious restrictions, and
intolerance laws oi various kinds! Has
.he not done everything within her power
I, annihilate all independence OF thought
nd action among the people, and to make
them the blind and passive instruments 1
nor sovereign viii? las she no, in FACT
ruled Ireland with rod I'll rong
But we may be answered that the pco
pie are ignorant, ndolen, and degraded
and il they are in suffering and starving
condition, il grows out OF these facts, nnd
they themselves arc tho authors ol their
wreichedness and are responsible Tor it.
Bat, we ask, why are they ignorant,
when thoy possess naturally in;e,lecis o.
The quickest perception and susceptible q
the highest cultivation? The answer i
plain as historical truth can make it, Tn
means Of education have been Withheld |;
England, the prolessed guardian Of this
branch Of her great family, has neglected
10 provide the means Of education, and b.
her enormous taxation has prevented them
from providing il for themselves. |, i,
Itrue that there arc many bright examples
where genius has burst osnnder The chains
md his riumphed proudly over nil oppas
ing circumstances, bit they only s,ano.
ike beacon lights shedding their radiance
upon the surrounding gloom. But The PEG
pie are indolen,. and why should the,
be industrious, when The fruits Of their 10
dus,ry would 60 to swell the pride and pow
r. Of their lordly mos,ers? VIVA, is Their,
10 stimulate them when they know that
they are but taxing their energies 10 sup
| port pampered nristocracs And the,
IRE degraded! How can it be otherwise
when they lock back and see what dark
night obscures the past, and il they dsre
attempt TO look into the future, an impeno
lrable veil Of civil aud social gloom hide,
It from their view.
J Then while VIC arc alive to the suffer
iugs Of Hungary, and all our sympalhies
are aroused into action for the Cause Of hu
man liberty upon tho continen, Of Europe.
ct US not forget that there are cigh, mil
lions II lrishmen, countrymen Of t'mmci
and Meagher, 10 whom The boon of freedom
would be as dear as to any people on the
: Iearl.
i The BLACK SwAN.--We underst sno
that Col. ]. II. Wood. Of Cincinnati, favor.
ably known throughout The West as .
lshrewd and successful caterer to the en-
tertainment tho public. has secured the
services of"Black Swan" Tor three wears.
which time will be devoted 10 conccriziug
il this country and Europe. We also un-
dersiand that Col. W. secured TO her $685.
600 for her services for the first yoar. II
needs no unusual amount Of sagaciiy l.
foresee that she will be completely success