Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1855-06-02
An Irishman's Views ON the American
Question.


conservative, patriotic production to the perusa
of all our readers, and especially to the perusa
Of our adopted citizens Of Irish birth.
To the Editor Of tie Commonwealth:
| SIR,-It has been remarked by some philoso
pher OF times past, that the man who causes
one blade Of grass to grow where none grew
before, ID a benefator to the human race Should
l then, BY submitting tho following considera-
tons to the cool reflection of nv esteemed
countrymen, induce even one of them to pause
for an instant, amid the political turmoil which
surrounds them, and deliberately ask himself to
how much Of it he is individually accessory,
would not consider my suggestions iil.timed or
uncalIed for. address myself particularly to
the Irish portion of the foreign population
the Daeric Hi6ernici-the pure Mileaian Irisl:
for with the sworn rfeguards Of royalty; the
mongrel Orangemsn; shall have nothing to do
| 1t is we'll known to every lrishman, tha, in
many vain attempts which have been period.
cally made through the space of three hundred
years, to shake off the incubus Of British AZ.
tendency, our only and constant repIv was
| "lreland for the Irish." This cannot be denied.
We were even satisfied to remain an append.
age to the British crown, if they only allowed
us the privilege Of being governed bv ina.
tive.born" officers. How can we coosistentIv
complain OF the new party organizing in this
country, named the American party-s party
whose only object it is to preserve intact and
inviolate. the dearly bought heir.looms of that
crusade for freedom, the most glorious the sun
OF Heaven has ever looked upon siuce the morn.
ing Of the creation, when the stars of Heaven
sung together for joy! A party which will
ever remain to only break. water on earth be.
tween liberty and oppression, perpetuatinp the
blessings OF existence to remOtest time. and
ultimately saving us from our worst enemy.
viz: ourselves. If we are to suffer any ipius.
tice it is merely Of negative character They
90 not propose to deprive you of the proceeds
OF your honest toll; they do not aim to send
forth those clerical locusls to dragoon you out
Of one "tenth" of your substance. Gener.
ously and Hospitality they invite you to partake
OF the fertility and benefits of their land. but !
they contend for non interference on our mart
IN the management of their domestic policy.
1t is with the body polite as with the body pbysi.
cal, extremes are hurtful. We cannot escape |
from the burning heats OF the torrd zone. and |
Plu0ge Immediately into the frozen streams of |
the North; cannot without danger parch in the
desert and leave in the first spring we meet:
neither can we safely emerge from the dark .od
debasing thraldom Of hereditary bondage. ia.
20 the noon-tide blaze Of freedom, without
|ong and healthy traininq Gratitude has atI
III times been characteristic of our racs. The
gratitude Of IN lrishulan is like JuveDal's bird,
'fera aus IN ferris, nigroque simillima cyngo"
Then let 40 prove to the American people
nat their countless favors are not forgotten
hat We have determined to separate from the
hn h~o J..
ed on our impetuous feelings, and religious
ears, and now, when the crisis has come, and {
10 true American spirit 10 tuimiating heaven. q
YARD, they are quitting us, weakened % party .
nd despised % people. There wac . time | q
'hen the word American sounded like the d
nusic Of Heaven in our laceratsd hearts; when
he generous stream Of American sympathy | |,
owed warm and deep towards the perishing Ii
nd oppressed children Of green Erin. When I
ef strong men were sinking BY Thousands into
heir cofinIess graves, the arm Of America was A
Iretched across the wave and nobly rescued
10 remnant from lingering annihilation, and u
ow have We repaid her! We have actually n
slped to eafTy out, By our conduct At the BAL
't'box, the solecism in free governments. that "a
70 minority shall govern. We have aided to ,e
stracise from power and place the wissst and "a
ravess men Of hiscountsy, and Substitute in ca
'er places nondescript species Of animals, N
ho are now the laughing stock Of the gather. te
fools OF the European cabinets. Even he,
. patriot Of humanity. the sage of Ashland, nc
bose wisdom more than once checkmated the or
tty cabinet osour hereditary foe; whose bril-. he
Mt emanations awoks the Numbering embers di,
expiring liberty, in the wild pampas Of South
nerica; whose undying eloquence, recited
,uad the eRnp fres Of Greece and Poland,
rved the heart Of Suliote and Sarmatian TO
or die-sven he, ever glorious even in de-. !.
1, We pulled down from his high and well {o
rited aspirations, through the instyamentali- w
OF street p0liticians and 'barbacue" patriots =.
by nA then abandon this suicidal course. WI
ich will ultimately end in our discontinue
ldisgrace! Can We with for nobler, holi. ws
termination. than was that Of the founders y
this heaven. favored Republic! What com. m'
10 in life were theirs! A life Of priyatioo sn'
toll; grave in the battlefield; but with the 90
I'D consciousness that they were leaving to 81, ~
IL suecessors- d'o
"A hsps, name, 50.
They, too, had rather die than shans.n am
It yoa may rely, yous religion is not threaten. an,
By the American party. WAS always Of ssu
aion that mans religion wss perfectly inde. in
dent ofextesnal contingencies invisibls -
Dpaet between the Creator and creature, and WI
led b. m approving conscience, and Il fbun. a.
on immutable promises Of Heaven. Il can. Th
b sabvsstsd BY human agency. II Il has me
rived The shocks ofpersscution for eighteen . p|
lssiea, 20 earthly power eau nov sssail Il I
ides. The grsat majority Of The Americas seh
pls ars perfectly Indifferent to the propaRa- bou
Of any pastieslas eeesd II il b mol con. fsns
ed sith The Stats, they care not whether upe
revsreocs TIE Grand Lana or Thibef, Tie boz
isrch Of Constsntinople Or ths Romaa Pom. boy
-whils ths teachers Of Tie other deaonioas thel
j (the ssntinels % ths walch.toves O. ~ /
j ars too busy IN swearing Il saeh othsr, Of q
e to secure aplaes 10 Congrsaa Ere Il Il EAR
lats. then. panssin ysU present. :l)ndiiessl q