New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-07-20
THE IRISH.

| Iher0 II very Bohcio' oAc''cmo"s ""o
prejudice against the Irish residents Of ouI
CITY because Of tho riotous outrages OF last
week, which, though natural. is tending to
pross Injustice. 1t is true that most Of the
immed ate perpetrators of those outrages were
of Irish birth or lineage; but it 10 not true
that all, or nearly all tho lrsh, nor even OF
the Irish Roman Catholics, are either riotor'
themselves or sympathzsrs with the rioters.
On tho contrary. We personally know many
Irish Catholics who are a. loyal, as abiding
and a. hostile to all manner Of riot and out
rage, as any men on earth. For example, our
Sixth ana Fourteenth Wards. which arc pre-
eminently. predounanty Irish, have not been
disgracsd by a single outrage, not even upon
their colorsd residents. And from every quar-.
ter we have testimony that the Industrious,
sober, intelligent Irish-of whom there are
Thousands among us-ndignantly declined All
participation in the crimes Of the grog'shop
rowdies aud rufiians who have do6e their wort
to disgrace the Irish name. Nearly oil who
were eye witnesses OF the shameful doings OF
last week agree on this point. Mr. n. l..
Willis, who witnessed the burning on Monday
afternoon of tho gun factory in Second A'caue,
thus writes in his Home Journal;
| "Ths trey women ssd bo,s tof whom the crowd va
more than half eonpo.ed) rude. and wholly regard
les. Of the eonnen ~syfArers nshs. impadss' "
spoken to. snd erovdiss rusnins sEsiss as asi's'
v. s,esp.d them By very p.losstns -indns Of osi Wy
The whol- and behavior Of this ~ieisd
and dirty plurality expressed sIulns ls-lss'ssss and
dshsLee.
The hrh briei bloois ard closely PACKED houses THE
n.isbborhood seemed TO be ,.y hive Of sie.ns" AID
wee. Curiosity TO lost on S tho hrs rssns 80 nsa ise"
brought every shsb.n, 70 the porch Of ~sdo~. OF 49,
b-d fszs-d and dirty groups on the 'ds"ss In most
Probably no, creature who could move W. len IN doo''
IT thu, hour And IL wonderful 70 see. and diaeal' 10 be-
svo the, much usey and d'.s's and S''' ~fs'ehsd
ne Gao be hudi,d together and hidden By hsh v' ~
vi.i.d aud sbodes. The Iewd
but pale ID scGy younS womsn scarce decent ia 'leu t
rsd attire npsdsn and scattered everJ"hoe 10 the
crowd Blu, what numbe.s Of thess poorer esss are Do
formed what pombss nsde hitsoas by 's and
inhrnty and what nunbsO are paslyies dfuoinds im-
b.es or idioto foorn IN their poverty sus abandon
msbt for this world Ass! humsn faces ot % hideoas.
with hope and vanity oil gone And female ferns ard iss
,are are made fsLtfa by sn sguscr. snd debs.smsnt
To wax the streets walled them fot those hears Of
conf. grafton s.d RIOT like snfal witnessing Of tie day
Of Judgment with every wicked thieg revealed every Sin
and sorrow bsIiDgy ssrsd upon hidden horror and
aboInin.tion lid bare. before hePs sIpscssnt IRE
I'VE made the character Of the mob part o
our has bees fully By the daily Jour
nas Bot W. must add oonhrmstory rsmsrk upon oss
psculiay Of the confessed rioera Ih~s v~s no DHcnsr
Iyia amono them. Irish they oil wssesery soul Of them
but they we're the dirty hsdruhten brutal rswdss who
the l.prosy Of that fssiinLed race They we're tbs
filthy pustuss Of eruption the Irish sinnot TO be &C
united part Of tho natural complexion Of the blood bu
starved down and possd away ts diseased sIcss In or
dnuy ne such fellows sposh shout. and hide from daylight
In places where they dnt and dsbsaeb and eonve
sdnss but heswhsrs his grsnd IRE made them feel
lilo masters and gave them impudenes for the hour-hsy
the pictures Of ssoey bssss hsfefunssn bruiss aud
robbon longing put clutch your throat AID empty
your poots One Of daily papers estimates this GLASS Of
the EswYok population at twenty thousand How shall We
suesty damn for all history. the crnsng politician OF
srdiy Office he dor whofor matswsghtt to bis party
viii bsssy strive 70 prspis,s 'uch 0fs ciyp
Let 10 entreat tho honest, SOBER frugal,
worthy Irish segment Of our population, whether
Of city or country, to bear patiently tho oppro.
brium to which tho outrages committed by this
vile crew may for time expose them, proving
BY their quiet demeanor and upright conduct
that they arc mi.judged and harshly dealt with
by the indiscrimnate odium 10 which they are
subjected. A few days Of such behaviour will
restore the equilibrium Of tho public mind, and
restrict the opprObrum Of the recent outrages
to those who have really deserved it,