The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-04-26

Inc Social Duties OF the Irish In America
A lecture on this subject was delivered last evening"
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orm was occupied by several Romln Cathol clergy
men and the personal friends of the lecturer Mr.
oy statng the snDect OF MS dscourse
ana hen entered into long dissertation ON the eec Is
of the vast emigration from Ireland the United States
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to be that the first generation of Irish emgrans will die
out and that their moral and social will;
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fact having been born upon the SOIL will be true and per-
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hese the al only In process
future and that those emerants sit bv the VERY
of American nationality don't believe thing SO dis
honarbe degrading that the Irish Of the rst genera
teriscs Of the nation will be buried with barn Z; +h;
graves On the contrary believe that the future cha
Tacter Of the white natives Of North America il to be
cded largely BY the how far the irish
shall enter in the Of the American
ter or escape in the process Of its formation he;x
it will be partly Irish as well a. English German and
French-that is nv view of the future al This connrv
and would wish it to be the view of all my country
mep because it is necessary that thew shonld sLnow
the important part they have to perform as ct
of this great republic. After an extended CON
sidcraion Of this part of the subject, the lecturer
the duties of Ishmen in the United states conceive
said he the duty of the Irish emprant to nndo an fa
as it is possible in one life time the artaI defects
which long years of foreign oppression made in the Irish
character hatit is his duty to redeem the repna
ton of his country, which had it been be tier
would bloom like garden instead of being gogotha
great requisite in my opinion taking the ndepen.
dent post Of American citizenship, is comprised in
three short words to get property There are lust
two keys to equality in the United States-one key is
made OF paper and catd the ballot but the otherkey
is made of gold and is called property If you want to
know what to do in America, do almost anything the
British government prevented you in your own coun
try from doing. Get homestead. Seven out of ten
OF the Irishmen in America, at the end of a GER
tain period OF years are not each the house
tney might as wei be pitchforks in pantaoons laugh
teri IN they do this they have not asserted the first
practical part OF manhood in the United States Speak
ing OF tbs necessity for the utter extinction of foreign
natonaes In this country, he said there lawful
nationality 6ereexcep what was American in its charac-
yer i1sh herman, French and English naonalities
tolerated. but they are not legal have desire he
contnued tnat we should perpetuate an Irish nationality
IN the unted STATES IL would not be legal and that Is
suhicient LOT me: But there is something per-
Petuate and that the good parts Of the Irish charac
are as important to the future OF the United
states as me racine Railroad or any roadacross the 18th
mus YET advocated by our public men applause great
oea mas peen au ABOUT the question OF education and of
one lhng on may 6e sure- VIII be discussed in all its
MOODS ana .ehses must say Tor my own part as