The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-02-08
tribute to the new movement, we hope they
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Will nave patience.
The other Irish Emigrant Aid movement,
which is to eliminate at Buffalo, is altogether
of practical character. A very large proper
ton of the Irish Catholic journals OF the United
States and Canada are in favor of it and the
clergy, we are told, are the natural fathers
of the movement" The ST. Louis Leader throws
q food of light upon the subject in the follow
ing paragraph. 1t says
Much as may disagree about the future of the
Ing the energies, thoughts and aspirations Of the
grants, one thing seems agreed ON BY al ard B that
as seSy o. the h who the n
cally and morally more wholesome i, leaving these
weched dens they would settle down In the great west
ern tracts this continent. To devise the best OF
efecpg this most desirable end 10 the object OF the
convention Is not to organize an 70 Cana
9. ao.she eSDvsns0n rh 81. the wssssa
how and where shall they eugate' Many think Canad.
preferable but certain 1t is that these must and
believe do prefer the West TO New York, where 1t 10
said 600 Irishmen live on, not knowing where
the meal is to fro to naughty Philadelphia
or with n ran % anu sa
ditions and religion.
And the following, from the same article 10
the same paper, shows that this movement for
emigration to the West is at swords points
with the enterprise and the society Of the al
legged "flibusters Of New York" Still speak
ing of the Buffalo Convention, the Leader
Says
viii probably be best to leave the selection of Canals
OF the West 70 the taste Of the smgans rhosi are
character, injured by such contemplate cabal as the
6hbusers of New York laying asiie cd and thunder
sense and knowledge Of the Irish character and the rsa
positcn here act ~ men With heads to conceive and
good OF their fellow emigrants If they act then will
the Buffalo Convention do more than other secular
ovsi rom The Vice and art ard contaeiou of crowded
cities is their only hope for the future.
In this State, in New Jersey, Ohio, Missouri,
New Hampshire, Wisconsin, Massachusetts,, NJ
chigaD, and in various parts Of Canada, the prac-
teal Irish Catholics have been cooperating in
matter f-fact meetings for solid work at Buff
falo on the 18th /; if we are not mistaken, the
great object at heart is the concentration of
the suffering Irish from our cities and from
Ireland in solid colony in some Western
State or Territory, or in Canada, where, from
their numbers they may be able at all times to
command their rights as American citizens,
both politically and religiously.
In this view, the speech Of Mr.. Dinwoodie, at
the Toronto meeting was very foolish thing;
for it may possibly defeat at Buffalo what
might otherwise be gained to Canada West, 10
the acquisition Of several hundred thousand
working Irish colonists. We hope the delibe
rations Of the Buffalo convention in behalf Of
some settlement West will be crowned with
success; for we can imagine no enterprise
more deserving of success than this, which
contemplates the removal in general exodus,
Of the hundreds and thousands Of destitute
Irish from the sinks and suburbs Of our over
crowded cities, to the fertile lands of the
West, and the abundance and substantial hap
piness which they may there secure for them.
selves and their posterity.
For further information to all parties con-
cerned in these two diverse and hostile Emf
grant Aid societies, we await the diplomacy Of
Marcy and the Buffalo Convention Of the 18th
instant.