Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1863-07-23
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THURSDAY MORNING, JULY IS, 1883.
One of their Heroes.

Brigadier General Corcoran, who few months ago
vas figuring as 4 Hiberuan hero in tie North, for
No better reason than that he had spen some months
o, more in the military prisons Of the Confederate
st,,s and who added to his nOtOriety afterwards by
....s,instng one OF bis Owa COlone has been in
way or other elbOwed oui Of the Yankee service.
s,eh at least is our information Tais man CoreOran
capital specimen of the material that goes largely
20 the makeup Of the corps of officers Of the Yankee
army At tho beginning OF tbs war, be the keeper
Of groggery 10 New York At the first battle OF Ma
nassas he was taken prisoner, and Whe 10 our hands
was 50 often detected In breach Of honor as to
rsadsr his Exchange matter Of much embarrassment
When he finally gos back 70 Yanksedoodiedom, he
lOnzed through their CT is and batherskted with
perfect loOseness His to service 10 the field
was signazed, as we have said, by the assassination
Of an unfortunate officer who happened to b. drunker
than Coreoran himself At last with most of his
coun,rymen be retires from the stage He must not be
permitted 20 20 without memorial Of what he has
been and IS.
more contemplate, vulgar upssArt than this fellow
never disgrseed if that be DONE the United States
service. He was lOW policeman in Ireland, or, as
they arr generally known there, "Peeer," so called
bscaue Sir Robert Peel the founder of the presen,
police system n shat country. A more abhorrsd and
despsed set OF wretches than these sOel led Peeers
in Ireland DO NOS exist. TIE who assAssinaes
of them is looked upon by bis eOunrymsn as public
bensiactor and no effort is spared shield him from
the vengeance Of the authorities. The word "Peeler"
is reg rded as the Synonyms for government spy, and
not even the brother Of man Who wears the peel
er's" livery has the leas. confidence in him. They
would lie and peIdre themselves 70 conchte the favor
of their superiors in authority Many instances have
been brought 70 light in which these rufans have slip
ped reasonable documents iu:O the pockets of
pecng men at public gatherings and Immediately after
wards arrested them suspieOa and had them trans
por.ed upon tie evidence Of guilt which the possession
Of these documents Afforded
Humlnity can present no such example Of baseu' -
and treaebe1y as an Irish "Peeler" he esteemed by
his superors just in the degree thar he IS willing to
subserve their interests by fasehOOd dssimuOn and
perjury This police force numbers in all from nine
twelve thousand distributed throughout the country in
squads Of from four FIVE TO twenty and thirty. They
are posted at intervals Of ten twelve miles, and
pose the most perfect spy organization tha, could well
be devised To have any intercourse With them, would
be to subject yourself suspicOa Of being in league
With them in some act Of espionage, ard you are at
once placed under the ban a government spy, or,
what is worse, the miserable tool Of a. spy.
OF this elass was COre0ran; and might safely
sert that baser villain did not exist amOngtha hos'
of villains The refusal Of the fellow TO with
his regiment 70 honor the Prince Of Wales the
sion OF biz visit New York, betrayed piece Of by
pOcrsy worthy Of an eI-"Peelsr" Fancy wretch who
vas acting the prs of low spy for many years for the
Queen Of England, refusing TO Ous with regiment
Of which doubtless he had obtained command because
Of BIZ knowledge Of drill obtained while aPeeer," to
DO honor TO her ia common with the other mil airy
organizations of New York! And he Was loaizsd for
his eOnumaey BY the poor dupes who would look upon
him in his Peelers" GARD the debased and con.
tempdble Of the human SPECIES.
See hor the villain has veriied the maxim-"P a
bsggAr on horseback and he viii ride to the devil
Scarcely bad be received the commission Of Brgsder
General before be shows the overriding propensity of
the vulgar ups,art by shooting down Colonel ia the
same service with himself without any just prOVOca-
ton.
What commentary on the character Of the officers
in the United Sites Army