The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-02-20

Henry Clay once spoke Of the Irish as
resembling the kentuckians in a good
many features Of character. In their
impulsiyeness, generosity, readiness for
fight or a frolc, the kentuckians and
Irish seemed, to Mr.. Clay, very much
alike; and, perhaps, also, in another
quality that unboundcd capacity Of
being led estray by demagogues which
has caused Lord Brougham to observe
that the Irish may be deceived b. the
same person nine times in succession,
and they viii believe him just as impli
city The tenth nay, were he to confess
that he had wilfully deceived them to
suit purpose Of his own, they would
only consider this q proof of his no.
| nesty, and lend an ear, if possible, more
readily to his next imposture." This
inyinciblc credulity is as characteristic of
kentucky as Of Ireland. We need not
mention the incidents Of this war which
demonstrate the proposition. Nor are
| the keniuckians the only people on this
continent who have the capacity OF be-
leying through thick and thin, and to
whom the. "pleasure is a. great being
cheated as to cheat" III fact, the only
exceptions, that VIC aro aware OF, are the
people Of New England. We must do
them the justice TO say that they are not
generally the victims oi misplaced conf
dence. Their young affections are not
often trihed with. Their mission is to
be believed in, not to believe. They do
not feel called upon to believe in them
| ,..uu.4 400, any Uouy UrSsi The
only possible way to deceive them is 10
tell them the truth.
If Henry Clay had lived to see this
day, another and more painful ASSOCIATION
between Ireland and the South might
have suggested itself to his mind. Tie
would have seer the dismal destiny OF
, Ireland hanging over this country in the
event ofits subjugation. Lord Brougham
c in an essay from which we have quotec
his allusion to Irish credulity, glorlf1e'
the English people for what he calls then
10 habit of thinking for themselves, and th'
impossibility of any one making then
0 act upon grounds which they do no
- comprehend, Or fo, purposes in whlc'
5 they have no manifest interest. Th
e people of New England certainly resen
bile those of Old England in known
how to take care of themselves, and ais
= how to take care of people who have nc
y that knowledge. We therefore conciuo
n, there can be no exaggeration in predic
X ;nc for the South, in the event OF supJt
" cation. the same fate as that OF irelan
We We need not insist that the South WI
he reduced to the condition OF Hunga'
- ~ po,and. We will defer to the lde
he of those who insist that the Yankees a
n, not Russians or Austrians. 1hey al
is however, Englishmen and not Engls
he men of the highest type. There Is
.sii extravacance in concluding that, WI
Se Se even stronger motives to injustice a
soolation than those which have dlctat
. English policy towards Ireland, tn
- would treat the conquered South w
the tn, no greater moderation and human
per than the English Government mas eH
.as aa c;sed towards its Irish province. A bl
en-, mt rav;ew Of its conduct will enable us
md form some idea of our own future If
' permit ourselves to fail in this contest
per It is unnecessary, for this purpose
Q 90 10 ,o c,,,ha~ hack than the days OF "d'
and o,oe, Ross" "Be not dismayed,'
r Queen Elizabeth on hearing that y :,
c-;- owl med;tated some design against her
the yernment y; tell my friends II ne ar's'
maT q :, will turn to their advantage-Mefe
;e.. be estates for those scho cant. .
IS: after this soothing prediction, Nuns
was destroyed by famine and the S"'
and near six hundred thousand acres
8 2; ieitsd to the Grown apd distributed am