Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1855-03-29


most obligations to cherish and sustain
Ireland, that never did her an injury, Ire
land, that foolishly cleaved to her in every
fortune, fighting her battles and sustaining
her pride-this Ireland she has Graded and
tutored and disciplined in the school of the
most outrageous wrongs. At length, for
the last half century, this Ireland has been
pouring forth her millions upon other soils !;
on America, and on the colonies of Great
Britain. Away from her tyranny, they
have sprung into the most active and luxu-
RANT growth. They have bold hearts, strong
hands; and at length thousands and tens of
thousands among them and their immediate
defendants are becoming rich. But hearts,
hands and money are all ready, among these
many millions, for one task-iti is the humi-
liation, nay the utter overthrow of the Eng
lish government. They wN accomplish 1t.
They p,H compass it yet. To the third and
to the fourth generation, the blood of the
Irish, let it mix as j, may with French, Ger
maui, English, or any other, will still burn
and Jingle with natural antpathy to Eng
land.
Yes, 1rishmen in America; as you teach
your sons their religion, as you teach them
their duties in this world, teach them and
tell them to teach their sons, if the end be
not sooner accomplished, that the English
are the Turks and inidels of modern times;
to abridge whose power, or to root out whose
dominion, is the best service a stout heart,
strong hand, or a heavy purse can help to
accomplish in this world.
What is the question that has hundred
times been discussed already in our hear
ing in regard to the two candidates for the
Presidency! Are they both hostile to Eng.
lish interests and influence And if we
did not believe that both of them were SO,
if we thought that one of them were, like
Daniel Webster, INCAPABLE of doing any
thing seriously to offend Eng land, we would
proclaim the fact, for we would consider it
Synonymous with bitter bigotry and excess
i've corIuptness.
s,lrishmen will yet prove potent among
the enemies of England. Whoever among
the princes of Europe will make war on
England may be sure Of the prayers of mil
lions Of Catholics for his success, and of
aid in money or in men from millions of
Irish blood throughout the world.
Let Louis Napoleon reflect on this. He
is man of extraordinary power, and called
to perform high mission. Christendom
thanks him for what he has done in France;
for s,illing the voice of the demagogue and
crushing the venemous head of Socialism in
its den. He has done well for France, bet
ter than his uncle ever did. Allison tells US
in the last number Of Blackwood's Magazine
that this singular man has during his life
not only predicted that he would be su-
vnlar nf Ernnoa h,t tb,t he xx-o,,lJ
make war on England, and avenge the for
tunes of Waterloo. If Louis Napoleon
wishes to rule in the hearts of another ma
tons as he rules over the minds and bodies
of the French, let him strike bold blow at
the very heart of England, and the Irish
throughout the world, will bless him. If he
wants men, they will FIJI his ranks with the
same kind of soldiers that chased five times
their number on the plains of Mexico. If
he wan.s skifull engineers there are enough
of the very flower OF the officers Of our army
who are Catholics, and who in such cause
would hasten to his standard. If France
does not furnish him with money enough,
the contributions they will raise in the
United States and wherever else they are
will fill his Golfers Let him then, in return
for all the plottings of England against the
tranquility of Europe, striAe ter blow that
will crush her to the dust.
But, if not so, lrishmen learn in America
to bide their time. Year by year the Uni
ted States and England must touch each
other more and more nearly on the seas.
Year by year the Irish are becoming more
powerful in America. At length the propl-
,lous moment will come. Some accidental
sudden colison-and Presidential cam
paign close-at hand. We will then use the
very profigacy of our politicians for our
purposes. They willwant to buy the Irish
vote, and we will tell them how they can
buy it in lump from Maine to California
by declaring war on Great Britain, and wi
ping off at the same time the stains of con-
cessions and dishonors that our Websters
and men of his kind. have permitted to be
heaped upon the American flag by the inso-
lence Of British agents."