The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-04-03
WAR UPON THE IRISH.

r.,,c;tv and malignity which we nave rare'y
'o'o H., and which bode no good Tor
e. c,,,nro ro.ee and quiet of N. York. It's
."s furious upon the Irish volunteer
corus of New York; speaks OF them o''l''f
,nouslv as .'paupers in UNIFORM anu pr
,,.t &c the rumored invasion OF Canada
hv ,he Irish occurs, the "Know knothings
Of New York will most gladly enlist unaer
a. pr;,;sb flag, to exterminate the wrotches
who, but for the protection OF the laws, 'nes
wsuld snnihilate now, being convinced .nat
,be;r destruction would prove the triumph OIL
the Protestant faith.
such demonstrations as these, sho" 'iia'
,hare are elements at work in Northern soci-
ETY., which portend far more dangerous "a
plosion than any which the South mas 70 rear
That region of country seems the iaVorftc
.hoaa NJ fanaticism--now showing itself in
anti slavery, anon in spirit-rappings' now IN
Mormonism and again in persecution OF In
offensive foreigners who areto be slaughter
cd. partly because they are Irishmen, and
partly because of their religious faith.
Now, if there is a race on the face of the
earth, whom the American people ought to
love and protect, it is the Irish. From the
beginning of our struggle for national exls-
tence to the present moment, they have been
our unchanging allies and fast friends. Not
a battle field of the revolution, of the Indian
wars, of the late contest with England and
Mexico, which has not been stained by the
red blood of Ireland's heroic sons in behalf
of the star spangled banner. Not a naval
action which has not witnessed their gallant
and uncalculating devotion to American lib
erty. They have been the pioneers IN that
mighty march of peaceful enterprise, which
has accomplished more for this country than
all the victories of war.
There is not u railroad or a canal in the
whole Union which has not been principally
built by Irish labor As citizens, they have
shown themselves capable of approaching
the blessings of their lot in the New World.
They have been true as steel in their loyalty
to the land of their adoption, and, in all the
sectional excitements, in which many even OF
our wisest native statesmen have forgotten
the dictates of patriotism and the love of the
Union, the Irish have stood, as one man, on
the side of the Constitution and the Laws and
never for single moment, sympathized
with abolition, or wavered ntheir allegiance
to the Rights or Union of the States. As a
race Of men, none have ever exhibited no.
bier and more generous qualities. 1t will be
hard to find parallel in the annals of history
to the self denying ioveofkindred and friends
which the Irish in this country have mani
tested to their relations at heme. Poor labor
ers and hard -working women have saved
from their scanty wages, and transmitted to
Ireland an amount, making in the aggregate
moro than a million year. 1t is such Ia peo-
pie whom the "Know Nothings" of New
York humanely desire to exterminate-that
New York, whose public works and splendid
mansions have all been constructed by Irish
labor.
1t is true that these people generally pro-
fess a religious faith from which we, as Pro
testants, dissent; but is this the age and the
country to put men to death for their religious
opinions? We know nothing of the creed to
which the Know Nothings" belong; we
rather think that as they know nothing, they
believe nothing Certainly the Protestants
of this country have no sympathy with the
prosecuting spirit which they manifest. The
day has long gone by when any christian de-
nomination in the civilized world would be
willing to employ the instruments of torture
and death for the propagation of its own OPT
MONS and the overthrow of opposing views
1t is impossible to imagine anything more in
conflict with the genius of Christianity, and
more thoroughly demonstrative of the malig
nifty, hatred and uncharitableness of human
nature than the persecution of one set of
Christians by another set of Christians on ac-
count of some differences of religious OPT
Mon. The Divine Saviour, ON the Cross. in
voked God TO forgive those who were cruel
flying him, but men, calling themselves Chris
tisns, refuse to forgive one another At this
moment, the Latins and the Greeks, each
bearing the symbol of their common redemp-
ton, are lighting like dogs for the possession
OF the places which were made holy by the
life and death of a Being whose chief sttri.
butes are love, mercy and forgiveness.
The "Knew Nothings' of New York would
exhibit such scenes in America. They would
disgrace this free government and the cause
of Observation-Disclosures as it is with re-
ligious fberty-with the renewal of the bar
barities of the dark ages. Could they sue.
ceed, could they accomplish their desire to
exterminate the Irish of New York ON ar
count of their religion, they would cover the
name of America with infamy and give to
Roman Catholicism, in the profound and uni.
versal sympathies of the whole country, a
strength and vitality which it never before
possessed
JULLIEN'S CONCERT.
The GREAT JULIEN gives his first Concert
in Richmond to night 1t will be the greatest