Loudon free press. (Loudon, Tenn.) 1852-1855, 1854-04-04
From Mitchel's (N. " Citizen.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY.

II. PA HICh DAY.
On the l7th of March, the Irish in New
York, and everywhere else over the world, will
wear the Shamrock.
Our nation is scattered. abroad like the Jews,
and trampled at home as no people, or tongue.
or nation, jew or GENTLE ever WAS before them
Never yet, within the memory Of the oldest
man, did Ireland rank SO low in the public
opinion OF The world, as she does now: never
did her honor lie bleeding SO miserably. of
ten, indeed our island has been said 70 be "con-
q1erod" before, since the day of Strongbow's
invasion. And this is the very thing that for
bids her sons to give up all hope and faith in
her destiny The ferocious Mountjoy aud Ca
rev closed the wars of Elizabeth's time with so
utter and universal devastation, that her Maj
cs;y's servants in announcing to her that she
was at length Monarch Of all ireland, were OBJ
liged to add, that 'she ruled but over carcaSes
and ashes England believed full surely that
her ancient enemy was conquered" at last
But half century rolls by: aud behold there
sis Confederation Of Kilkenny, a vertable
Irish Parliament, with veteran generals leading
It's armies, and the banner OF the Cross and the
Crown floating over its walled cities; and
other O'Neiil roufS the Puritan army, aud
tIampes It's banner of blue at Benburb; and 50
once more the greatest of EnelanG's warriors
Comwell, the queiler Of kings, the dictator OF
England, and conqHeror OF Scotland, has TO
come over aad crush the uudying rebel again.
Once more our fields were laid waste, our cities
sormed and sacked, and their defenders slain,
or flying 10 the ends of the car;h, or piuing in
the sugar-planiations Of the West indies
Sure Ireland was finally conquered this time!-
But nc, there is another half century of Ge,pon-
dency and gloomy submission; and behold! the
Iul- l-as fln ,,t ed
men and the shock of armies, and the Shan
non ard he Boyne ran red with blood; and
again, England'S Dutch king, William Of Mas
sau. has 20 come over, with orty-hre thousand
men at his back, to fight for his throne and life,
and crush vet once more the stubborn Irish
enemy. "Conquered' again.
/ But Ireland always had long memory
/ Tor full hundred years after the "dight Of the
! villa geese fiom Limerick, English dominion
seemed secnred-irish resistance absolutely and
finally PROSTATE: vet nation is never quite
/ subdued while its spirit lives. All this cen
/ tury, Ireland worshpped in her secret heart the
( memory of her heroes and martyrs, Of Sars!ieh
and O'Neiil; and mothers taught their children
/ to curse tightly the red cross of St George
/ And SO this thrice aud four times conquered ma
/ ton On the 18th of April, 1850 thunders, in the
tones OF Grattan, her Declaration Of ludepen
Geucc. AID the Delegates of80,000 volunteers
pronounce in DunaannOn that 10 power shall
make their laws save the Queen, Lords and
: Commons Of Ireland" This time there was no
Nouutjnv OF. Cromwell or William Of Nassau,
/ who won,d undertake to contradic, that Declar
alton AZ the cannon's muzze; Therefore generous
England cioaking her biticr wrath in gracious
smiles, Welded to her "sister country all she
asked; and for ei -hcen years Ireland was free
and proud and prosperous sovereign state.
Her generous sister, however, could not endure
it. Force falling her this time she was reduced
to try gold ard fraud So swcetly and grace
fully did she Weld all the armed volunteers de-
manded that they in fatal hour dislauded and
disarmed themselves. Then was woven and
snrcad to network of corruption and chicanc,
and the thrice-accnrsed Union was accomplish
ed but not before gallant struggle, suhorned
and betrayed outburS of insurrection: and tr m
Antrim to EuuiScorihy, the rebel pike drank
blood
Still the spirit Of Irish nationhood lived
Through periodical famin6s and perennial dis
arming acts, and. worse ihan all. the emascula
ting parliamentary agitations, that lived and
burned. At the END Of another exact half cen
tury, mere accident and mistake and cruel fam
inc and plague saved Britain'S power from total
annihiiation upon Irish ground. But this time,
the famine and the plague alone were sufficient
to crash her to the earth: and II ireland ever
was Conquered" she vas surely conquered five
years ago
But that land has never even yet been finally
subdued That ancient national life seems i'm
mortal Slain, cut to pieces aud buried, over
and oyer,-vet the dry bones. as in the valley
of Ezekiers vision, are ready to receive fhe
breath of life again. Even this stubborn refu-
sal. century after century; to lie down cohtf MT
under conquest, this eterifally renewed struggle
against power apparently resistles' as fate
this ever torn, but ever flying, banner of Free
dom, streaming yet andfor ever like. a thunder
cload acainstthe wind, all this makes us feel
that the green Island of our fathers has yet a
destiny to achieve among the nations of the
earth.
In no spirit of bravado, Heaven knows, in no
triumphant pomp, which would he nothing but
drunken orgies over our dead lnother-but in
humility, aud in pious thirst for vengeance and
in hope of a happy resurrection for the immor-
tai island of saints, we celebrate, this year, the
holiday of her patLsn apostle.
Come Kiss Mei-This is the name that should
be given to the fashionable modern bonuet,
which, lightly resting on the back of the head,
affords no protection to a pretty faee-Gnt ON
the contrary, increases the attractions which,
under any circumstances, invite the stamp OF
kindness and affection! How different from