The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-07-31
Paddy in America-.Two Daguerreo.
types,

Strike ont wha. the Irshman has done in
America, and the country would b. set back
| iilty years ~ the path of progress. Corn
wou d grow where the Erie canal bears the
freight uf millions of fertile acres the lum.
herring stage coach would take the placi OF
hylng trains Oh ten thousand miles OF rail.
road II million spindles now running
would never have been built. Fifty thou.
sand Americans. now relieved OF the drudg.
cry of the cotton mills, and engaged IN more
profitable employments, would still be- con-
fined Hundreds Of millions of dollars could
not purchase from the American people the
property and the advantages that have ALSO
lutely been bestowed upon them BY Irish
labor; AID they can hardly get meal Of
yictuils without It to-day. IRISH labor IL
in the cOrn.icld and the cotton mil. Ii
digs all our cellars, and carries up al the
bricks. liz mans halt of our marine. IL
fills the ranks Of our army. IL mows our
doOr.yards and Digs In our Z rdcns. IL
waits ON the tables at the hotels. IL WISHES
our linen In other words It Is an essential
element IN American thrift and progress
and We could not lose IL fora month with.
out r, currence Of chaos. II Americans
carry the brains Of ente prise, the lrIshmen
carry the hands. -SpnagfsH Republican,
Strike out what the Irish have zone In
America, und the country would b. oen-
turN advanced from It's resent position In
morals, substantial progress, aud In all
that Constitutes the CORY at free peOplo.
There would not now be "a slave on our -Uii,
nor would demagogurs and filIibusters Eat.
tn Oh the public treasury at home, and dis
lracc oar national name broad. Inc EriI
canal would he just a- deep aud long rs it Is
to-day, and Just Is many locomotive, would
d along the avenues of trade and travel.
SverLI .jIIl., p.nitentilriss and alms.lIousss
wOuld now b. empty. or would newer have
been required To b. built, and thousands OF
crimes would have been uncDmmlttcd. aud
there would have hen thousands of Grimm
ais less ~ the country. Five hundred
thousand lrishmen would have been better
oil IL tAey had not been permitted to do
what they have in this country, an 4 tive nty
i've millions OF people would have got rid og
the disgrace of slavery and Of all the worst
trouble, that have afflicted the country
Hundreds Of millions of dollars could not
repay the American people for what has
been wasted by Irish paupcrism and drunk
enness. by Irish mObOcrdcy. clannishness,
rowdyism and crime. Irish laziness ~ in
our q. ms-houses and Irish vice m our houses
Of correction. IL fills all the dirty cellars in
the cities, and generally carries bricks In its
hat. IL mans half our marine and has ren.
derei IL worthless, aud fll- our army 10 it,
damage and disgrace. u waits on our Ia
bles, nows our fields, Digs in our g,.dons,
gets its pay, and then repiys Us by giving
us fraudulent votes, broken heads, anu pro-
slavery victories at the polls by burning
our Bibles, debiuching our schools, and Civ.
Ing To Romish priests political power and
patronage in this free Protestant republic.
In o,her words, II has done more mischief
10 America, because it has been allowed to
run riot and produce general chao., than
We Cal now remedy in quarter OF GEN.
fury.
The americans possess the brains. and
Irish fists and shilialchs frequently knock
them out, and while the Americans do the
thinking. the wing and the work, the Irish
10 the eating. drinking and fighting. Hadn't
the Springfield Republican better send ten
thousand extra copies % Archbishop Hughes
or gratuitous distribution at the next Dom
,ybrook Fair.-BosioH Bee.