, 1863-03-11

The evident signs Of WEAKNESS and cx- !
haustion displayed By the seeding States
have somewhat changed the tone Of the
sympathisers Of the North, and instead Of
rot1ndly asserting, as was their wont, "The
South cannot be conQuered!' they have
80 far moderated their assurance as 10 de-
clare that, if conquered, any but forced
union with Our people will be forever inn-
possible. And in support Of these abated
prctensions, the history Of Ireland In con- |
nection with England, is constantly appeal
ed to as authority that settles the question
without further dispute. We beg 10 differ
with these men who make such short work
of great a problem, and while admitting
That the political connection Of Ire
land with its conquerer has never
been followed by any cordial aflliation OF
the people Of the two countries, to main
tain that the case presented is not at oil
analogous to our own, or, that the analo-
gies. if any exist, prove precisely what the
Coppcrheads deny.
The people Of Ireland differ from the
people Of England, not only in race, but
in what is stronger than the ties Of na-
tionality religious faith; and the repeat
ed, though always il1-timed and fruitless,
struggles Of the one country to conquer
deliverancc from the domination of the
other, have not been prompted SO much
by any disabilities Of social, political or
commercial character under which the
Irish have suffered, as by that deep, abid-
ing and i1rcconci1able hostility Of
the spirit Of Catholicism, to the
more advanced, liberal and tolerant
idea upon which the civil aud ecc1esiasti.
cal poEty Of England is based. Hence, the
wars that hare been waged between the
Two countries since the days OF Henry VIII,
have always and VIGOROUSLY been charac-
terized by strong religious fanaticism;
and since that time the pulpits Of ENGLAND
and priesthood Of ireland have never
failed to furnish the most active, unscrl1-
pulous and successful recruiting sergeants
dor the armies Of their respective countries
when they were about to try the suprcm-
acy Of English rule. And though so many
generations in each country have gone
down to the grave since Henry arrogatcd
to himself the title Of King Of Ireland, and
set himself up as the visible head Of the
Irish Church, the hostility which these
events provoked, and which subsequent
massacres on each side confirmed and
strengthened, has never died out. Later
years Of better government on the part oi
the conquerors, and Of greater docility and
patience On the part Of the conquered, have
1cssened the task Of the first, and amelio-
rated the condition Of the last but the old
animus Jet remains. Massacres like those
which make Irish history so bloody, and
which mark the ferceness Of theological
hate, may be hereafter impossible; but the
hostile races and the dissimi1ar forms OF
faith, still live to be the beginnings OF new
struggles and the cause Of more blood,
We need not tell our readers that tht
people Of the North and the South hayt
no such causes to divide them. They art
substantially Of one race and Of one faith
The theology that found divine warran
for the burning Of Quakcrs in New Eng
land, docs not differ, sayc in locality, from
that which now on biblical grounds JUST
fes and applauds the roasting Of Slaves il
.Alabama. And tho transported harlots
who, sold in Virginia for certain pounds Q
tobacco per head, to planters more amor
Gus than nice, became the mothers Of tn
<sfi1st families OF which we hear SO much
were near akin to tho puritanical dame
from whom New England maidens hay
learned, if We may believe for
eign travellers, to dress the legs Q
their pianos with pantaloons. Des
pite the frequent assertions oforators, NOR
anxious for well rounded period or q bril-
liant anthithesis than for the truth, tha
the chiyalrous sons Of the South find thei
origin in the blood ofthc Cavaliers of Nor
man descent, while the dctestcd Yankee
date back TO the Saxons. whose descend
ants at Nascby md Ed gehill *sune psalm
Loudly and fell 10 vnliantly''-an cthno1oo
acat a5surdity, for the Normans and Sax
ons were Of one stock-the men Of the tv
sections can find no historical difference
ot descent which do not obtain betwee
M1ss'ss'ppa and Kentucky, or betwce
Maine and New York. We arc in the a,
gregate one people, conglomerate n,
yet fused into uniformity witho,
causes Of quarrel about our blood. II
theological identity We will not stop to der
oustrate- To mention the ccclesias.ic
unions, not long since discovered, whi'
bound members OF like sectstogethcr, ,whct
cr they raised cotton on the Tombigbt
mined copper on tac 0alonaaoa, OF ISL