Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1863-11-27

fnry with which the NVt'.V'"s ..a,;s, of |
carrv on the war, because the eNhsestlo" n.
resoyrces which war produces 10 pow wy s.osr-
lending parties strengthens the re,sVlve ISo
dancy of English power lhose Sus 30, a !
uan0y -, hata Ireiand-And they are not |
e'so' - "uo Sai;,,bted to find such man as
SY".Sas st;malatine his stellow-countrymeh 70
nehh ;n,o tho shambles in which bntehery
a;,s ,hem tn ey know that every lr'shIs" nll'
er.' -. IA 10 A, perica is an eaemy OF eng
NJ No,nrallv IN erefore, they relo'ee Nnep
H. ta.rn ,hat the number OF their ehenir's
;s diminished weekly BY the opeta's,o"S .oa oa 90
.aIan,less war We, then, who wish lor ,, pa
90 entitled to rebut the charge o,s'e"oa,' ,',r,
Weagber by declaring that he IS aeuhs Pails Pil
wbicb il acceptable to those Wnoin n
G,be Orangenen and Tories Of hng g,Hne
An impression prevails in the m mus y, ~ So" ns
of onr deluded fellow-eountrymen 10 '"S %
feet that General Meagher is exciting 'n ;,,;i
with suoh earnestness 10 take part IN luz So
war of America with view to prepare 'ne. i
ror tho Invasion of Ireland. more aoSuru
mode of preparing them to attack an ssNSpy
was never devised by the imagination OF MAJ;
II is not told how many lrishmen VINO on hsso~
in the Southern armies have been sens A"'o
another world by Meagher's Brigade 'bun II
has been stated-I believe on his own autHYYiI
lity-that he carried twelve hundred, hne youfs
Irishmen into the battle OF FredercKsQlrs'
aud that he brought out ot that engagene,S,
n,,harmed only two hundred and nifty, SAsip
,h. worst enemies of Ireland desire that the
irish should be spurred to destruction by IN
| Cotua,iop more insane than that which mus
/ induces Irishmen to butcher each other III
| thus accnrsed war.
General Meagher excuses us on the gpound
that we are ignorant respecting American ~
fairs. and abstains from imputing base motives
to our desire that peace should be restored IN
the western world Following his example, l
will not impute to him improper motives lor
the course which he has adopted. hau ne
received the honors which are due TO ms
elouuence and to his gallantry, his motives
might have been questionedi but We nave
been led to believe that Meagher, as well ~
Shields, has been treated with much indlgnlty
by the Federal Government and whilst We
wonder at the forglving disposition that has
been displayed by our gallant Brigadier, We
feel bound to dissuade our cOuntrymen IRON
entering n service in which they will be PLACED
foremost in every post OF danger, ana las
ia every distribution OF honors ana emol
} uments.
But il cur oratorica friend spares us, he
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Southern, who were accustomed to receive
with kindness and hospitality the exiles
Ireland. Upon them he exhausts the copiouI
vocabulary OF vituperation which he com
e mands Now, it is not forgotten by me, q
q least, that when in 1854 the KHOi0 Nothing
G party OF the Northern States sought to pro
n scribe the Irish born population, the South
+ ern, with Mr.. Wise, the Governor of Virginia
+ at their head, co-operated with the nobler spir
, its Of the North in crushing that mischieVou
e faction. II is not forgotten by me that nc
o where did fRd a kinder feeling towards Ire
d land than at Charleston, where the names q
a Shields and of Msagher we're menlioned wit
a an enthusiasm that they would have Jailed t
e excite among the party to which Meagher ha
IS lately surrendered himself,
% In the letter which you have recently pul
it ished, General Meagher repeatedly designate
h the Southern rebels as dTistOcrdts. Now,
am unable TO discover upon what manifesti
L. tions of Southern feeling he POUNDS this charg
of that the secession is an aristocratic, and not
y popular, movement. IT seems to me thi
AZ there has seldom been an insuTreGtiqn whic
r. has, With such unanimity embraced all classt
ce of society as the Secession Of the Souther
es States Ifthis be so, il is unworthy of state
at man TO condescend to raise prejudices again
OF the Southerners by calling them GFtstooraf
OF 1t is the more inconsistent because he tann
the Emperor Napoleon with being pdrven
tb aud because it is we'll known to his frient
ly that General Meagher himself feels it to be
ne subject Of honorable pride that he is descen
10 ed from the chiefs of lkerrin. For my par
re | believe that the term GrisfocrGt is just
be applicable to the Northern Rs it is to Il
et Southern, and have been told that tho mo
X eyed aristooracy of New York are mo
3D. purse proud and more overbearing in the
ne mGnners than the richest and most aristocrat
ny planters Of the South. | do not found tn
as remark on my own observation, for ! expe
"a, enced nothing but courtesy in all parts
it America. But General Msagher wholly m
en- understands the nature of Irishmenif he su
re poses that he can raise in their miads pr
I'D Gdiee against party by calling them drisI
ne Gratis An Irishman naturally loves the 80
ed stock nor ia this surprising, for many Of o
he peasantry feel that though they have lost pre-
-or erty and station by the fidelity of their anc'
ra- tore to their country and 10 their religo
1ly still as noble blood flows in their veins az h
OF which is to be found amongst the proud'
potentates of Europe. The Southerner ml
ish therefore, accept with pride the designati
,he 0ristOerats and Irishmen sill honor the
cir the more on account Of this Rppallat0n, VII
his they learn that many of the most promins
he families IN the South quilted the richest hon
~ of England and Ireland, because they lov
sh- religious and politica! freedom better tn
on the delights which belonged to aristocrati'
ern indulgences ia the land of their birth.
ac General Meagher ia more sure of exciti
AN amongst us preiudices against the Southernt
be- when he calls them Stare opRers than VII
On he designRtes them as dristocrdts. The iri
md people feel an invincble aversion to the inl
.es. tuition Of slavery and il this war were rea