The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-11-11

himself and the smngglers 10 overcome it. And is
there any reason to suppose that similar result
will not happen in England? Is it reasonable to
suppose that the knowledge that there is large class
OF men mad after liquor, will not give tremendous
impulse to an illegal trade ii the legal trade is once
abolished! And have the advocates Of the Maine
law calculated the effect OF thisY Instead oil having
respectable men selling articles, which, however de-
ieterions in their effects when taken in excess, are
honestly concOcted, we should have set Of outlaws
nanufacturI poisonous spirits, and palmlng them
Oh at high price on men who would hate the Le
gislature for putting them to extra expense, for
giving them extra trouble, and for forcing them to
consume disagreeable beverage in the place Of one
more pleasant to their tastes. new antagonism
would thus be created between large class of our
population and the conservators OF the peace, and
the Legislature might discover that it had turned
dfunkards into rebels and created class OF snug
glers to take the place OF peaceable publicans.
The Irish Ia the Unltea States-Their Pros
poets and DiAcO&In Sosnents.
From the London News, Oct. ~
When we look mt the condition of the Irish in the
United States as very recently revealed, we cannot
Int regret that Australia and the North American,
and all other colonies, had not offered the
facilities for the acquisition Of land az those which
have drawn our emigralts to place where it now
seems, they are not welcome nor happy The ex
listing position of the Irish in the United States is
they have ceased to be our fellow subjects; and the
rather because no inconsiderable number are coming
back again. 1t certainly does appear as if it was
impossible to satisfy certain classes of Irishmen
with the conditions Of human existence anywhere;
and it is possible that proclamations and tire IS,
and schemes of insurrectiOn might have appeared
in the newspapers Of their locality, wherever they
had settled. 1t might have been so; but we had
rather, in any case, that our brethren should play
the fool in the family house than In cousins. The
rant which is now disfguring The American jour
nails, and making even Yankee sympathisers stare,
would hardly have been 30 ludicrous and disgrace
full in Australian or Canadian newspapers az it
appears in those of the United States.
Twenty years ago the Irish were finding their way
to the American ports pretty readily; and, though
their ragged appearance and destitute condition
somewhat dismayed the welto-do Am orleans, they
were, the whole, exceedingly welcome. They
dug the canals and made the railways, and supplied
the deficiency OF domestic service SO that they could
i'll have been dispensed with and il the men killed
themselves with drink, or were carried OIL by the
agues and fevers caused by their living in shantles III
the mud and swamp, the children, early laid hold OF
by the national school system, became respectable
citizens in the next generation. But the influx, al
ready too great before the famine OF 1866 has since
swelled into a deuge; and it appears now that all
parties would have been better cOntented if the
Irish emigi alton had spread itself widely over the
range OF our own colonies Roads and canals are
quite much wanted in Australia as they ever were
in America; and we should have been glad OF all the
wool, fax and corn our fellow subjects could have
sent us; and there be rational doubt that the
emigrants themselves would have been more wei
come to the authorities OF their new country, and
would have been less likely to expose themselves to
the worlds Iidicule, than IN their present homes.
For some time past occasional estimates have been
presented OF the number of returned emgrants,
which seems to be rapidly on the increase; and
there are mary districts in ireland where rumers
are spreading OF troubles to be encountered in Ae-
RIGA far greater than any now to be struggled
with in the old country" For some time these
runners were suspectcd to have originated with
the priests, whose calling and maintenance largely
depended Oh the emigration being stopped; but the
fla Irtch
LOW becoming too evident and too widely known to
permit any doubt of their reality. Not very long
ago there native American party formed TO con
troll the immigrant element in society; and now there
are the Know Nothings, organising % systematic
discountenanee tnot to say rersecution) OF the
Romish religion, and those who profess 1t. There
have been riots and house and chapel burnings IN
of the large cities OF the INTERIOR WINE the
ports are crowded with Irish who are eager to sail
away-ans where, 10 get away from the low wages,
high prices and social troubles which tney 1ind III
the land they we've so eager TO reach. Much allow
ancc may perhaps be necessary for the Representa-
tons OF Ronish priest-a pastor Of Eastern
Pennsylvania in the present circumstances, and IN
the neighborhood of great Know Nothing organ
zalon but there is eroueh confirmation OF the Rev
Thos Reardcns report OF the condition of his coun
t1ymen to render II worthy Of some attention. =
ploring biothcr priest in Cashel to dissuade ile
Irish reasantry from emigrating, he says =
They rushing on the almost certain ruin OF theu
souls while their temporal condition IS al best but ttit
improved tuli fifth Of tho number leaving Ireland arr
Lid IA so anac q AYES within one short year fro the DAY
they quit ,he native shores and tue eater part Of fht
oilers broken broken down ny the severe laoo
which they must apvly themselves and the awful 81
nate, which RAPIDLY brings on pienatne old age, am
huries the loof victim INTO paiy grave. ftp.o The
they land 70 the hour they Die they de pisdGna
p upon ard thou ands Of ca.os they ae without ~
beast IS of he church any the eonsolaiions viii
h,ne would smooth their dying pillows, and epart
their SOLE for The solemn moment OF departure n4ya
had much experience 81 the mode OF II INTO wfh neat
all people are drawn and soIenniy believe that
the vessels which b ing mem over wer. suddenly 7
founder and carry every creature on board into tht
dorths Of the ocean, hey would have he ter cha
salvation than hey have they have lived faf
time In Ills country 30 emit ely convinced am ~ tn
, FIJI havoc OF sn, hch IA the result % coming here
that. Almighty God to give me the power OF buld
ing wall fire round ireland to prevent its peoYe ison
eayi, IT, it should he bull, before the ink with which
write Ibis line would d.y. For the love of Jesus Try
keep your eoIe al toe for every individual you keel
YOU snatch soul from he'll
Meantime TIE state OF things at home is that
which everybody seems 10 be aware OF but the emi
grants who move the pity OF Father Reardon The
schools are filing, and the warehouses; and laiis
emptliLg. LaboIers were last week standing oui
for thee shillings day (witl, food for haryese
wages, instead OF ha,ta-crown. multitude OF tn
young men who would but lately have emigrated
haze enlisted, and gSHe to the Fast; and Their
families al well sheltered, fed and clothed by the
lator OF those who stay behind. Mr.. Duffy hnds
everybody 20 practically immovabe III the presep,
state of irish Affairs that he declines further agtd
ton, ard is going away: and nowhere in the British
Isles has the rejocings for the fall of Sebastopol
been more fervelt add universal than in the Grt a
Island.
Just at this juncture appears manifesto from the
further shore Of the Atlantic, which proves that the
Irish there have not improved in intelligence, any
more than in health peace and prosperity, at all ia
proportion to those they lett behind. We need only
reier to the circular which all the world has beea
laughing at or wondering over-the address from
the Irish leaders in America to their party proposing
to instigatc imme dately that instruction against
the British government which they suppose 10 nave
been only deferred 10 a fitting opportunity. T. II
opportunity they profess to discern in the sign .,
the present time. Where they find them there Is
saying for it is clear that they do not read the ord
naiy newspapers. Somebody has told them that the
allies ale defeated and distressed on all hands; anc
that the English are poor and wretched and helpless
and they, therefore, call tie Irish To rseu for
what purpose they do not specify. The absurdigy o.
this-iusf when Young Ireland itself declares the
people TO be immovably satisfied; when the Bri, h
people are thnstiDg Their money upon the goveea-
ment and cheering their sovereign TO the con Ii-
sion OF her enterprise: when Sebastopo has fallen