Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-04-05
G5e 9ailp SPY,
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1854.
IrisI Invasion of Canada

John Mitchell, in recent number of his
paper, publishes an address to his country
men" in which the following paragraph oc-
ours.
"Rumors are current among gossiping
newspapers here in New York, pointing to
some definite and organized plan now actual
ly on foot in America, for giving practical ex-
preston to this yearning and passionate long
ing for fair and feasible enterprise in the
cause Of freedom and honor. They even in
dictate the precise design-an invasion of Can
ada by Hish1nen from the United States. OF
course our countrymen will know how much
confidence is to be placed in all this. And
they will ask no more at present than to be as
sured that certain IriShBleR IN Neio York, men
scho hare the nearest and dearest interest in the
CAUSE, hare resoleea, if a far oceasioA arises,
to Avail themselves of 1t, a@dto ask sufficient
number Of you to help them
If John AIitchell's confessions in relation to
slave plantation in Alabama, show how lit
tie he can appreciate the true spirit of liberty,
the above paragraph shows how little he cares
for the obligations of hospitality Here is a
man, who was fugitive and stranger,
few months ago, and who was allowed, by
our hospitable laws, all the benefits and priv
ileges of free asylum. He had rebelled
against power with which the United States
are in intimate and friendly intercourse, and
had escaped from the exile, to which that pow
er condemned him. But we received him,
nevertheless, with honor and with hearty
welcome. And Great Britain, respecting our
laws, our republican sentiments, and our pow
or as a nation, took no notice, either of our
''guest'' or our manner ofreceiving him. Mr..
Mitchell, however, does not seem to have such
delicate appreciation ofthe relation, in which
he stands towards us, and towards the coun-
tries with which we are in unity. He has the
audacity to counsel the organization of Irish
men, in our country, for the purpose of inYad-
ing friendly State. He has the hardrhood
to ignore the laws of the United States, in re-
lation to the intercourse of her own citizens
with foreign friendly powers, and excites men
who are not citizens, to attack our friends and
neighbors from our shores. 1t is true that
John Mitchell's present declaration of war
against Great Britain, may be as vapid and as
little dangerous as his former vitriol rebellion;
but that is no excuse for his violation of the
laws Of hospitality.
We should not have referred to this war
manifesto, if we did not know that su~h man
ifestoes, and such demonstrations as Mitchell
react most unfavorably upon those
who get them up 1t is to just such exhibit
tons, that we must trace the /" Native Ameri-
that has manifested itself before,
and which manifests itself so intensely, now,
in. some quarters.
The laws Of this country are liberal to for
eigners. The land, and all its enterprises are
open to them, and we think it shows bad taste,
it if does not exhibit want of sense, when for
eigners foster the hatreds and prejudices of
their several nationalities among US. If the
Irish have any quarrel with Great Britain, we
have not and they should remember that our
country ought to be sacredly respected by
them, and not made the theatre of their ma
tional quarrels.
John Mitchell should remember that this is
America, and that he does his countrymen
a mortal injury in the eyes of Americans,
when he organizes them for purposes that are
exclusively Irish, and decidedly anti-Ameri-
can. 1t would be well for Irishmen to aban-
don their absurd nationalis1n, and try all they
can to become Americanized.
Nobody ever hears of the English or
Scotch vote. and it would have been well for
Irishmen if such a thing as the ''Irish vote
had never been heard of in America. 1t has
given them an invidious distinction in this
country-it has brought them the hattery and
favor of demagogues, but it has gained them
the antipathy Of the general community
Such conduct as that Of John Mitchell, and
of Archbishop Hughes of New York, should
be sternly repudiated by Irishmen, if they do
not wish '.Know Nothing" societies to -four
ish.