The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1854-11-29
The New York Journal Of Commerce CON

to light many interesting facts. Il appears that
America has contributed most successfully to
the recovery Of the Emerald Isle from that, at
one time hopeless state ofdepression, dlsorga-
nisation and degradation which made at her
once the curse and the shame of England, is
fact that will now admit of no dispute. Amer
lea has offered an asylum to her reSundan5po-
pulation, without which it is more than proba-
bic, her recovery, or any advance towards 1t,
could never have been effected During the
last seven years this country has been recel7-
ing the poor Irish at the rate of about 220, GOO
year. About a million and half Of her po-
pulation has, during that short period, found
home in American our happier land-of that
very population which could scarcely find sub
sistence of any kind in their own country, and
which was felt as an incubus, and did indeed
constitute a canker upon the united kingdom
We gave them liberty, protection and comfort
able livelihood blessings to which they had,
in a, great measure, been strangers all their
lives before. We afforded them the opportu
nifty not only of helping themselves, but of as.
sisting the suffering relations and poor friends
whom they left behind. The amount of money
sent from this country to ireland, by herepoor
emigrants, for the assistance of their connex-
ions there, is one of the most striking phenom-
ena which her strange case presents. It's as
certained, through the medium ofAngloAmer-
lean banking houses, that from the year 1848
to 1858 the amount has gone on gradually inr
creasing from about two millions and half to
upwards of eleven millions of dollars a year,
The last official statement shows grand total
of f4,35l 900 sterling for that period; the
amount for the last year 1859 of the retufh
being FL 404 o6O sterling, or upwards of seven
millions of dollars. Thus, in five years, have
those who arrived in America almost naked,
nearly penniless and without home, been able
to save out of the liberal wages so bounteously
paid to them by the American people and send
back to the old country about twenty-one mil
lions and three quarters Of dollars. A calcula-
ton has been made that, supposlng these sums
to have been sent over by the emlgrants OF the
six months or one years previous dates, 1t
amounts to about twenty dollars transmitted by
each emigrant from Ireland-a sum quite sui
fcient, with what is known to be transmitted by
private hands, to defray the whole cost OF emil
gration-so that America and Americans, not
Reland and Irishmen, practically pays the ex-
penses of Irish immigration to the Z. States
for the money comes out of the pockets of the
Americans Thus, in two-fold degree, are
we aiding in the recovery of Ireland from the
sad condition into which she had sunk. For
near fifty years has the United States proved to
be ga perfect California" for Ireland-it has
not only afforded home, food, raIment and
employment to her INDECENT sons, but has ena-
bled them to send food and money to their poor
families in ''the old country 1t appears
passing strange, when one hears OF percelves
the abuse heaped upon America and Amer
leans BY Irishmen. and by Irish newspapers
published in the United States. How comes it
that such is the case? e
President Pierce may with propriety throw
up his hands, and cry aloud, f5save me from
my friends" AS an instance, few days pre-
vious to the election in Ohio, a gathering of the
Piercites was convoked in Cincinnati, which
was addressed by Mr.. G. H. Pendleton, the
Irregular nominee of the party for congress in
the second district. He is the partner Of
Mr.. Pugh, T. S. senator from Ohio and was
the only democrat in the field from his district
during the canvass. In his speech he inform
ed the '*great unterrifed' that in respect to the
Nebraska law, he stood .son the ground that it
was the subject Of yesterday, rather than Of
to-day. When it was passed. - exclaimed he,
II was opposed to it, and under no circum-
stance, except that Of the most overriding i'm
perous political necessity, could | have been
induced to vote for the repeal of the Missouri
compromise-wh&h had not only the form Of
law, but the sacred and binding obligation Of a
compact; and the representatives of the States
which voted for the admission of Missouri and
voted FORTS repeal, did what bears the SEM
bance of bad faith" He begged to remind
them that he was "a thorough going democrat,
in favor Of free territory, and one who will new
er give vote by which slave territory would
be increased. Such are the principles Of demo-
crazy, and the president will carry them out"
Notwithstanding these opinions, the south will
doubtless be told by each and every one of the
office holders organs how much it has lost by
the defeat Of such pure democratic friend and
natural ally! The know nothings defeated Mr..
Pendleton SO badly that he will never again be
heard of.
Many queer things were said at the same
meetings by other aspirants for office. Judge
Static "a naturalised Prussian) informed the
audience that, Gas to political opinions, I will
pronounce my own views, not tempered by the
policy Of designing democrats at home, OF that
of the administration at Washington Presi-
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