The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1858-02-20

AAsn Urcatuess VIII ana Orot0fys
M. L. (or Empty MURPHY, one of the
Mllesian Representatives from Dakota Coun-
ty, is out again in Tuesdays Pioneer, in eulo-
gy OF his countrymen, and in an effort to
defeat the Homestead Bill by representing the
large contingent from the " Gin of the Sea-"
that may be expected on its passage He
takes ground that the Irish are " of use as
moral agents." He coolly contends that the
Irish have memory, will and reason !" He
nalvely asks, " have not the Irish magma
ton, wit and the desire to please and excel?"
So have the slaves of the South; yet EMPTY
MURPHY and his countrymen are in favor of
holding them in bondage to all eternity He
reviews the number of great men in Ameri-
ca whom he says were Irishmen. Out of the
whole lot that he Misunderstanding out the
Minnesota contingencies Irishmen or ofIr-
ish descent, only three or four are of
Celtic origin, Or bel ong to the real Irish race.
These arc Mr.. RYAN who was in the State
Senate of Illinois-a Mr. D. MURPHY who
founded a town in Iowa, and was also elect
ed to the State Senate one PATRICK QUIG-
LY and a Judge CoRcoRY from Cork, also of
Iowa; and MIR. TIMOTHY BYRNE, whom the
Democracy once elected Lieutenant Cover
nor of Wisconsin These are all the great
Celtic Irish names he presents us WITHHELD
lows put into office as make-weights to con-
cillate Irish votes, and whom nobody ever
heard of since, nor probably admired when
they were in Office. Mr.. NJ. T. MURPHY will
oe next quoted, few years hence, by coun-
trymen of his out in Dakota Territory, as
proof that Irishmen sometimes get to be
great! Why not-he would be just as good
an illustration as any other of his class and
he doubtless thinks that way himself. The
great men of Minnesota, to whom our empty
friend lays claim, is best exhibited by the
| following extract:
Minnesota, the last but not least of those
seven empires of the Northwest has her
German, her Shields, her half Yankee half
Irish" Jim Cavanaugh, and other minor Ca
diets following suit"
And of this calibre, or hardly as good,
are the illustrations of Irish greatness he in
stances as contributing to swell the historic
page Of other States 1.-THE people therein are
no more thankful for their quota, than we of
Minnesota for ours, then Republics are
indeed ungrateful. AS specimen of that
Irish wit of which the Pioneers correspon-
dent boasts, we extract the following:
"DOctor Foster and his foisting Sheet to the
contrary notwithstanding, whether the Doc
tor or the other .toisting editors of the pro-
scriptive party wish it or not, one-half of
Ireland is in America. grieve that these la
borlous and obedient men were not possess ID
| OF land OF their own others may regret
| that they possess already too much of theirs.
But whether we would alter it or not, they
are here. Here, by the immediate action of
British misrule; here by the primal author
ity of mans first CHATTER Go forth and fill
the earth and subdue it,"
| Our admiration of the intense wit (D
at the commencement, is somewhat drowned
in our sorrow at the truth of the closing lines.
That the half of Ireland is in America, as
arrogantly boosted, is doubtless the case );
but certainly no man can allege that it is the
"better half" Their purpose in coming here
Mr.. MURPHY intmates is to subdue it /; and
it looks as if they would succeed in their
purpose; therefore we make haste, before
it is accomplished, and while an American
may yet speak without being in danger of
death or dungeon for the offence, to init.
mate our doubt as to their capacity to rule,
even after the half of Ireland here shall have
taken possession of the Government! To
that immediate action of British misrule'
which has thus sent amongst us the half of
Ireland, we hold sentiments of adherence.
from its consequences to US, quite equal to
any M. L. MURPHY may entertain; and as not
withstanding his Irish greatness. he may not
be speaker equal to its proper denunclation,
we copy the following Grafton on the repeal
question, as model for him and his brother
MURpHEYs to study when they would harrow
up the Irish soul with the horrible wrongs
England has inflicted on poor Ireland:
And gntelmin, l ask, how have we
been treated for the last thousand years by
the cold-blooded Saxon? NV hair stands
on end to tell you. (Cheers.) Hasn't Eng
land so managed matters to her own favor
that she receives the light of the sun two
and-twenty minutes before she permits a sin.
gle ray to come to US ? "a voice, dts truep0
England may boast Of her own enlightenment:
| is this Justice to Ireland ? (Tremen'
dous cries of mo ! Nop') have newt to
accuse England of keeping aloof from ms fnI,
ly sixty miles at the nearest point. Talk Of
our Union after that ! (vociferous cheering
NO, my countrymen, it is only a parchment
Union, lying thing, made Of the Skin of the
innocent sheep but, before we 20 to bed
this night, We'll see that bit of parchment
torn into countless strings, so that every tail
or IN Ireland shall have, tomorrow morning.
a rlmnant of it in his hands,to measure twelve
millions of happy Irishmen with.
Well, sir, l denounce from this place the
atrocious cupidity of England, by which she
monopozes the tin mines entirely, almost all
| the iron and coal, and thus cramps. sir onr
native industry and commerce. Why has not
Ireland her own iron and coal d? lCries IF
"why not ?') l ask again, why have we m
TIN (ohame shame ~ and no brass /?
no zinc no salmon no elephants !? no
periwlnkles no king Immense cheer
ing? oh my beloved countrymen, have
nao a most beautiful vision. thought saw
every held IN Ireland covered with dancing
corn; and embroidered with the most beauti,
ipl sheep whose wool was more exquisite
than all the Berlin wool that was ever made
IN England (cheers); and l thought, nv
countrymen, its rivers were filed with more
salmon and more perwinkles than ever car.
oiled on the muddy Saxon shore (cheers)
and thought, my countrymen, that on the
brow OF every other hill the mig hty elephant
was reposing under the peaceful shade of the
shamrock (more cheers and again
thought the corner of each field was fled
with more iron, and tinand brass. than would
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