The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-03-26
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,.. !. eject tho enormous Federal bean
Wa S.raa 70 Irish soldicrs may have n
siss o ~. more Of That hitherto misguided
temp; TITO the ranks Of our enemies It is
ps0P' an. 20 determine. Bat 1t is clear
i nI9 rsrv great Inducements must be offered
.n,s 80. 49, upoa any considerable 0nmoss q
70 p.t y inter asersics whore 80 many thou
fhem zen. ~ ~ Irishmen have only attained
sso'. lava, II IL reposted-and we are
o'ooO. - : II believe tie report-taat the Irish
in en-. Narth are becoming generally iisaf-
o. a "a ,he var, and that the influence Of
~, =. derry i. excrted In conformity With
sos' .S,6s and Christian eouasels Of the
nv ~s The I,ish have s!ways been the best
I .,,,.,. IA the Federal armies, and the abb
'...s # this agatiug element from. fatare.
se..s would render the enemy less formi-
49, az. ,han Il any former period OF the. war.
nav substitute negroes, but they viii
Ivy, az lite our de,icloa; or they may FAB
Vs. che Old Word for mercenaries to do the
.s,,,nu Of nation which is afraid to fght
-. ,,sslf. but people who have encounter
a and defeated Irishmsn nave no reason to
-, .ny other human foe.
rhs Irish onght to be With The CoiVeee-
..r bec.uselt vas the South Which res
- ,haru FROM the political and rellaious
.. Wv. which the North had organic I'd
20. them few yesrs ago, because It is
" IN Southern Independence that they
o.r ,oos for refuge from the same perse-
g. ~. which Will be revived against them
euA .bt. W.T. Ia ended a. inevitably us the
INV. .. If to ucrrow's sun Puritanism
h'''s ,esss to be Paatauism sif 1. had
"0' ,.cs,m. And It's whole historY
~. that. OF sh Its victl1ss, there Is none
a''' We :, 90 loves to hunt, and worry aud de-
sA.. .s, tbs religious faith of Ireland. Auti
'o~ .,, !, a mere episode; detessation Of Ca
s .s",I.;.n Is Its whole existence; It's mothers
'n ~. q. Hood, marrow, muscle and bones
n.y. ,.,.husn knows that, from tho hour
80 ,c.omvell's horrible excuses in Ireland,
80. rresept moment, the religion that the
,,.s..n loves above ali things. the Purita
W.. .hoye oil things, and desires above ali
,h,uc, 10 degrade and destroy. Noshins
s s.. this appetite now'in allegiance bns the
- 80. If this war. Even that is not suf-
s sasn, 10 suppress altogether the vindiesiTe
.n,noslie awakened by the Pope's late let
,sr manifestation Of Chrisiian and friendly
...,ra u struggling and heroic people
tn the Pdritans of the North will never
s,,dva And DO not the Irish perceive thai
p..,,s,,.m "a row the Master Of Tie North
rnsrs was time when fills could not be
..,a There was time when, In the middle
Ia anne oil the Western States OF tho
United Slater, it was almost - commoE 10
.rser Al puFitanism IS In the South. There
,vss tIue, even a the beginning ct the
VA, when the sentiment Of nationality and
tdo,sts Of the Union, was Tie dominant
.As. AZ the Northern mind. But what has
,,soome of Uuion!sms Where Is Coa:erva-
fam The man in the Unised States who ut
,ers theea words makes himself laughing
.,ocs The Conservatives and the Democrats,
With ,hslrI.beral political and religious ideas,
.rss weak aaa helpless minority, and Furl-
t,pl,m. armed to the teeth, with it's foot
uooo the psostrste laws and liberties OF lie
nA..,ss-iih - &
hand, ysagnD tae supreme master Of the na
ton at Washio2ton, and sven drives on Ro-
nan Catholic irishnen TO fight Its battles
and perish In IT'D slaughter pens. VIII Il be
more mindful Of their religious than 1t has
been of their political rights, when 1t has tho
opportunity OF Cutting its innate and lae-
yad,ceb!e hatred Of the Roman Catholic re-
l9cu. Let the Irishmen of the North take
vsnlpr In time. The CODfederacy once
esusuered snd such flames of religious per-
sAcatiou will be kjndled In the North as the
world has not beheld for centuries. II the
Yahtans are capable Of visiting such horrors
~ they are now visiting upon kindred and
Protestant people, what arc they not capable
Of visiting upon Roman Catholic IGshmen !.
But IL Puritan!sna fails In this struggle, as to
all human appearances 1t will fall, at becomes
,hencetorth Is impotent as 1t 10 malignant !;
The North itself will turn upon and crush Il
~ the author of Its min 1t viii peris POI
Nsically aud enthusiastically, and the freedom
and religion Of ell mankind win DO the better
for its pershjDg.