New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-10-27
THE SIXTY-NINTH REGIMENT AND
LORD kENFREW

sire to believe u at yon wish in al you write 10 do "a
Unjust Center no fal'ehood-pant no hatred bu. dis
seminate ost and liberal views of current sveu,s ard
promote harmony and kind feeling among all the c;.i
| zens of The Republic.
tie, however, perhaps the melancholy necessity Of
your profession jourpalis;, that you are forever
obliged 10 swim with toe current Of popular excite
ment wherever it flows, and whether the fayorie of
the hour be HeeD sn the anpion Tjmny b. Jsoan-
csc, Napoleon the Emperor Albert Edward tbs
Price, it il your Office - 0fr bin acsnse chaant his
prses, and denOuuce all VINO refuse to worship nasl
| the gddy multitude fi'gs down tia. idol in a f; Of
| sa,ety ana sets up another 10 lis place.
For this reason u is not incredible that you have
really thought iilbersy Az yOl have written in
article in your isfue # this day, entitled Our irsh
Soldiers" The Goth Regiu ent Of New-York ss,s
Militia COMB sed 8 ems, main y, or wholly OF rsh-
msD declined TO parade with the rest Of the First Div
sioD, The occasion Of the military reception Given 70
| Baron Renfrew (ss he, With commendsse dsleaeys
preferred TO be called on the day Of his arrival 10 ths
civ.
fin thus absentipg them selves from that parade the
69th Regime 1t committed The least breach Of military
discipline is 10 be hoped tba doe n)te has been taken
by the proper military authorities of the ohenss, aud
that justice according 70 strict military law, will %
done upo n he offenders.
iii be the real parpose and object Of the NeFYork
State Militia TO e2hibt its Uniforms aad drill 20 all
notabilies Enroleap AID Jspsntss, t0at may honor
our city it'll a vist although may be disposed 10
qu-foD the vslue If go expensive toy Jet, every
Individual sctua y listed IA TIA, service 10 no doubt,
| bound 10 low the drum, up sud down Broadway,
az through all the dangerous passes and dees 10 TIE
| city.
II lie refuses 70 play bis part 10 these vain and sy
psgssn's, let him be oroDPht forthwith beore Drnn-
head Court Marital opposite SarDu g in Broadway,
Ound guilty of muDy and then and tsere az yoa sug-
eest be summarily shot Above d, thiogs, let the law
be carried out, whatever it may be 81 lar we are
| agreed. Bat when you assert that, apart from the
question Whether or no there Irish milltiamen nave
frsy
honor of the Prince Of Wsles las you and MS otnsf
subjects in New York pc sis, in calling hiuj was an
"ifdecsncy," "oef9nce Of the on3oimo1s sent
msIt Of Your people, "mus; render the lris1
Regiment unpopular" ard cannot fail 70 exs-
pefa g the public feeling against the Irish race"
you cannot be surpris g. men Of the Irish raes take
leave 10 question he authority OF your Judgment ana
Re gard it as offensive tsrranlcal, AID uonst. Wnt
r give that auy nan OF the illsn race IN
the Unit Stetes ont Of it, shou voluntarily give
boz or and welcome to the heir Of the British throne
The English nation has been the enemy Of os rsce Tor
hundr. d. of years 1t bas been the not dsavo we'd,
policy nation to extrpate the Iis1 race from the
Irh land and sieadfasiS CRUZ and silently through
centuries of open treacherous peace that policy
has been pursued He is here poor, ignorant, ont
csst because that same policy still ssadfasily cruel
ly silently snd successfully pursued to-day Hs d.es
not like England. He may not al ways be able TO tell
Won why. Bur, by the in tinct Of his race, he
knows that FL elsI d. s Kogs, and ts Psr ,ment It's
press lite people have been, aud forever viii be- bis
uDIelenuDg foe.
IL he to bs forced in Difference To your rsnsisnt 1t
of oy atty ig1ors the history raditi nores OF
bis race and parade bimse 10 observations welcome 70
toe Representative Of his nmemerial enemy, because
that epTes NATIVE happens TO be your Idol OF an hour
If Francis Joseph OF Austria or Napoleon III. OF
France % visit the United STATS, Nsw-lofk
ss ain fall D'o paroXysm Of loyalty, as l have no
doubt il would 40 would the Hupgaisn exile or the
Frerch rep bcan escaped from Cay enne incur your
dspeasure if be declined to paIade and sblse hmsef
in honor Of tie poena,e whose yer was 70 him an
object of deiestttioD Do You think that when q
foreign born here ne s bouod 10 lsaTe all
his treasured memories brh- Lin, to "trip his e1arac
ter ot IFS vslie5y iesTos his own identity and re-
IL old aud rsfasbion bis nature after your model II
ary authority 10 this Republic, he i. Presdsnt or
people press pubic opinion shou d resume thus TO
ictste 20 the foreign born citizens of this nstoc, tnsn
u hau;hority would be an insult cruel, degrading
eepotiam aud i, ought to fall.
The 69th Regiment, marx you, and the IT:h race,
have offered afr mt TO the heir apparent Of he Brit
ish Throne. It would be SO indeicacy and an sheont
to ven and such as thi,k with You. We left you to
YOUR exubersnt loyalty we held aloof declined to
psIcipat in it; did not feel il and scorned 10
simulate. We thought thai. ia it's exirsvaS ant adula
ton Of lsd of nineiteu the Guy Of NewYork over
stepped ibe bounds of dg1iied hospitality, sud made
itse for the time, laughing stock TO civilized nations
You have had your way, without let or hindfancs
from us-what more can you require
You en'Teat Irishmtn of int hence, for their orR
SdkeS reflect ae attitude of the Irish 10 this
country" This sounds like menace, and you mean
it as such. You say:
"We have r nearly qusrer Of century been receiving
,s sH sS md at M Ssf ; h
those which are n yed BY the sons Of the best aud so6e
Am.Icen They have s,H 70 Us step in sno..nce ,n5 e,
and when f.5@e PIoetag have tres to d. them
zee have red apd hys successfully protected them in what
We believe to be q mistaken course"
What does all this meant Who are The humane
Der etaco's Of the Irish indicated by this mysts
rous re"? IL il the Editors Harpsrs' Weekly
Journal of Cirili=0ti0Rl You have given Us moth
irp--DOthTr lbat | think of but hard WOr1s
Eu giiel in education es, opinions Won but repro
duce 10 a diluted but silt nox)us for ~ the prejudces
calumnies aud malice of the English press, In whose
c.s off id-as ycu are content TO c1jhe yourselves
DO you mean by :" zee the people OF this Republic
! Who gave you author 10 speak in their name Be
tween The people Of this Republic End ths Irish rae
within its limits no distinction EXIT The Irish
born cizers Of the Uned States as much citizens
GU? much an int gTa part of the American peo-
pie; az mach entitled 70 speak and ac, behalf OF tho
Arericsn Nation sd you. rhey sre each OF them,
now what Jour at1er nr graz dfatler was, igami-
grant. The Irish Immigrant may be poor aud "a A..
eaed only TO toll lie Is none the Lees usef on
that account ihan YOURSELF He gives, in his lifetime
70 ths nation the labor Of his ,nds aud ha s PAID
for It. You give the labor Of your brains aud you are
paid for 10. Look well that you in your wav cou ri
lGte no lees sold help, and 10 more mischief 10 the
Republic tEan be. IN UT eyes no Is rough, unc0uth
sLd ne CANT, Tor yen oavs learned toe esdy 20 look
down WI h srstcerac haDghtness the pl5b,san TO-
dusry That haTdeus the banc and brings the dus, aud
sw cut # hone,t toll upon the brow Think you tds IA
ton would be what n is to-day but for toe coming of
thonss DE- such rs he Had AL bish imnigr snt. bssa
graduates Of Oxford where would be no yoar far ns
| railroads canals and ties Of the VEST This nation
owes uoh 20 Irish immigration as Irish immigrants
owe TO il. II the Republic gwen thom lard they
have ultd the land lft has eivea them work 20 do,
they have done the work. Ii il has paid them good
wsges, they have earned those wages WELL
| We Of the lish not here on charity, or
sufiersnce, liberation, bit Of right. The selfsame
Ignt tr9t your ancestors had, though they mly have