New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-08-03
An 1rishman's Views upon the American question.

!. 1zen OF TINS CouHHTV, mas sent us the t0ll0Wln
:. appeal to his counttymen upon the great ques
ton Of the day. We commend his sound, con
servative, patriotic production to the perusal I
all our readers, and especially to the pefasal {
all our adopted citizens of Irish birth: F
Sir--It has been remarked by some philoso
pher OF times past, that the man who causes on
: blade Of grass to grow where none grew before
IS o benefactor to the human race, Should
then, by submitting thefollowing consideration
to the cool reflection of my esteemed country
| men, induce even One of them to pause for al
instant, amid the political turmoil which sur
rounds him, and deliberately ask himself t.
how much he is Individually accessory, | woult
not consider my suggestions l-timed or uncallet
for. Iaddress myself particularly to the Irisl
portion of the foreign population-the mer
lHi6ernici--the pure Milesian Irish for will
f the sworn life guards Of royalty--the mongre
Grangemen--1 shall have nothing to do.
tits well known to every lrshman that, in thu
many vain attempts which have been period
cally made through the space of three hundred
| years to shake off the incubus of British ascen
dency, our only and constant rallying cry wal
ssIreland for the Iribh.'' This cannot be denied
We were even satisfied to remain an appendage
/ to the British crown if they only allowed us ths
privilege Of being governed by native born Off
! GERS How then can we consistently complain
of the party now organizing in this country,
named the American party ia party whose only
object is to preserve intact and inviolate the
dearly bought heir looms of that crusade for
freedom, the most glorious that the sun Of
| Heaven has ever looked upon since that morning
Of creation, when the stars of Heaven sung to-
| gether for joy' Aparty which will forever re-
| main the only brehkwater on earth between
liberty and oppression, perpetuating the, bless
| ings Of existence 70 renotest time, and ulti-
mately saving us from our worst enemy, viz:
ourselves If we are to suffer any injustice, it
| is merely of negative character. They do not
propose to deprive us Of nything, except 50 far
aa the deprivation is founded on the universal
law of our nature namely self-protection
They do not propose to deprive you of the pro-
ceeds Of your honest toll; they do not aim to
send forth these clerical locusts to dragon you
out Of the TENTH of your substance. Generously
and Hospitality they invite you to partake Of the
fertility of their lard, but they contend for non
interference on our part in the management of
their domestic policy. It is with the body poll
tic as with the body physical, extremes are
hurtful, i - Fl. a.5g
We cannot escape from the burning heats of
the torrid zone, and plunge Immediately into
the frozen streams Of the north; we cannot,
without danger, pitch in the desert and revel
in the first spring we meet; neither can we
with safety emerge from the dark and debasing
thraldom Of hereditary bondage, into the noon
tide blaze Of freedom, without long and
healthy training Gratitude has been, at all
times characteristic of orr race. The ingra-
titude of an lrishman is like Juvenal's bird,
no rG dDiS IN fereis, nagroqate SlnllttSn1d
cyg8o."
Then let us prove to the American people
that their countless favors are not forgotten
that we have determined to separate from the
political paryenues who have meanly specialized
Ia n
and now when the crisis has come, and the true
American spirit ID eliminating heavenward,
they are quitting uB, weakened as q party, and
despised as people. There was time when
the word g American sounded like the music
of heaven in our lacerated hearts; when tine
generous stream Of American sympathy flowed
warm and deep towards the perishing and op
pressed children of green Erin. When her strong
men were sinking BY thousands into their coffin
less graves the arln of America was stretched
across the wave, and nobly rescued the remnant
from lingering humiliation, and how have we
repaid her #}E
We have actually helped to carry out, by our
conduct at the baibt- box, that solecism in free
governments, that the minority shall govern
We have aided TO oatracise from power and place
the wisest and bravest men Of this country, and
substitute in their places nondescript species |
Of animals, who are now the laughing stock Of
Sao iVols s Y saoihess. Even
land, whose wisdom more than moe c5sr. atad
the wily cabinet ii our heredItarv foa. phosa
brilliant emanat;on awake Al sl,,mberins, aros
bers Of expiring liberty in the wild namnss of |
South America ,yloaa urdv;rt,' alo,,,,a,,aa ~
49, $500 ~ = eAuguenoe' fe
Poland. nerved thn baart If sn1;ota ~ 81
nation Ia ID or dial-eyan bs anas s,1a,.;o,,s
defaat. was nuIled dawn from, hia liz nd Val
merited asnirationR tbrongbe tba
talitv of street poiteians and bagbsc,e ,a+r;o4s
WIN NOT. then. abandon this spicdaI p oa,,Ssa
which will intimately and in o,,r d;soo,,st,,n,
and dispraee3 Ghn we wish for nohlar
holer termination than was that ~ ~ fos,
of III, f. - IA
in life wave liz Mnas comfort ~,
A grave in the battle. field. hut with the nrnmd
that thew we're leaving n tha;r
successors.
"a hope, a name Il ss-r,s |
Tney too would rather die than shaus.n |
But, you may reply, our religion is threat
ened by this American party. was almost of |
opinion that mars religion was perfectly in /
dependent Of external contingencies ian in |
visible compact between the Creator and cres |
ture, ratified by ar approving conscience and |
If founded on the inAmutable promises of Heaven |
it cannot be subveIted by human agency If i'll
has survived the shocks of perseoutions for |
eighteen centuries, no earthly power can now
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