The southern press. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1852-01-22


still alarmed, though more calm, at the Irish ex-
odus. 1t now condescends to pay some compli-
ments and terminates its remarks with these
words
sWe have said that, while we willingly acqul.
esce in it, we cannot do so without shadow OF
misgiving. Sinew and bone, after all, are no
contemplate consideration. whole people
are not to be despsed, and dismissed as II they
were rubbish. We may miss those whom we
lose. Brethren are made for adversely, and
should that hour come, we may have reason TO
remember the sorrowing departure OF several
& millions Of broad shoulders and stalwart forms,
containing hearts which, with all their feyersh
cravings and tumultuous passions, were never
known to be'craven or untrue in the presence OF
a foreign foe'
The Tires has misrivings Dres 1t toresre
troubles for England Has i 2 4en' on OF
invasion? Can |. imagine that the ngllis ian,
so energetic in industry, is wanting IN activity
and resolution in the field That is impossible I;
and yet it cannot conceal from itself or the world
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.
Ireland could have been reused to side with her
against Catholic enemy, is very questionable.
No Englishman, however, would doubt 1t.
Should the exodus continue to the extent ap-
pretended by the Times, Epglishmen will have
to fight their own battles They will have to
conquer their aversion forthe military system
an aversion with which they have been inspired
by the remembrance of the horrors of brute
force, and by their commercial interests, and
love of liberty. A commercial people have rare
ly been military people-and it is no dscredit
to them.
Our London contemporary indulges-in refiec-
tons on the fact of the forcible 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 laboratory some master workman
reserves one material, Till another is augmented
to its due bulk and ripened to its proper con
sistency, and then no longer hesitates to throw
in the new Ingredient, the Celtic race, long and
mysteriousy reserved in its aboriginal rudeness
and intractability, is poured into the very heart
of the .Anglo-American population, forced
through all its channels, and driven to its most
distant recesses, A mighty power unites and
assimilates that which seemed irreconcilabe."
The "Anglo-American" is a better term than
Anglo-Saxon, as it is more correct. But in
adopting it, the Times modifies the difficulty
which exists between the union Of the Saxon
and the Celt The English element of which
the Saxon is at best but part, has here been
still further amalgamated by union with descend
ants from every country of Europe
Ireland is to become English and Scotch. But
the Scotch is Celtic race, purer in the North
and only mixed with Roman blood in the South
or Low lands The difference in the character
of the two races Of Celt is great-and what is
the cause History tells in Che relation Of. their
different political and social condition.
The English people, as people, have never
of late years, favored the down-trodding of Ire
land. The intolerance Of the old time, and the
dread inspired by the remembrance of the perse
cutions of the old State Catholic church, kept W
and excited a spirit Of animosity and retaliation
And the State Protestant church in maintaining
the vicious habit with its violence, cruelty anc
injustice but followed in the inevitable train OF
all polite religious systems The farce Of pride
vanity and bigotry is we'll nigh blown up by the
progress of liberation. The protestations Of Tho
enlightened portion ofhumanity in England as
elsewhere, have led 10 those reforms and modi
fcations in the relations of Professionals and Cath
olics. in Ireland, of which OCoENEL took ad
vantage with 50 much tact and energy.
Yet the emancipation Of Catholics did little
for Ireland. The evil was of deeper root and
before an effectual remedy could have been ap
piled in the complete reformation Of the very
laws and institutions of Ireland, the Catholic
misery continued to increase, until it menaced
the existence, as well as fortunes of all III,
classes above the peasantry.
The English people deeply interested, fol
many reasons, in the condition of lrelands saw
with regret some Of the best measures for tina
country's relief thrown over not by the Stat,
Church party, orchards old enemy,) but by the
Irish party in both houses Of the Legislature
The upper class Irish were no exception 10 tn,
general rule of selfshnesswhich animates all priv
ileged classes. They resisted all those change,
which, in modifying their own position, nigh
have benef ed the people They wanted grea
deal from England but they wanted It all fol
themselves. Yet, unquesticnably, many Of those
measures could not have failed to have benefited
them equally with the peasant-tenant and farmer
Where now are many Of the landlords Emf
grants like the people, or lodged with them il
the workhouse And in what condition their es
tatesl Divided and sold TO Englishmen anC
Scotchmen who will cultivate them most profit
ably, free from the action of their selishness, o.
the abuses of the old land system.
II can be no matter of SURPRISE therefore, J
Englishmen, the most ardent and enthusiastic il
Ireands defence, express opinions APPARENT!
unfavorable to her. Some assert with energ,
that had Ireland been Protestant and England
Catho1;c M State church nereecnton co,,Id 1,a n,