The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-08-17

very little we had any to expect If this feeling is
not shared by the people of the United States it must be be-
cause they have been blind to limited deserts and deaf
to the ncesan stream of abuse which has been mercessy
poured out that dmnutye slice of the universal plum
pie where the American eagle presdes The truth is Yam
KEGS at home and abroad should heartily rejoice the
unexpected result which has been announced but at the
time their exuation ought to be somewhat tempered by
regret that where much has been accomplished with
small effort the itself is not grander one and more
worthy of the great nation which has been much
kindly dealt with by strangers than by her children To
win prizes may have been the ambition of Individuals and
censurabe one but the country had right expect
fair comparative representation in this worlds competition
and this she has failed to have through the neglect and in
difference of Americans And the world through its mil
lions of pilgrims Paris has and recorded feeble
attempt" and subsequent besowal of awards alter
the damaging impression thus conveyed You therefore,
why America SUFFERS and how in the eyes of Christendom
and in spite of the glory of winning many coveted prizer
misfortune that might have been easily avoided. If the
trying lesson of this Exposition shall prove to govern
ment and people needed warning for the future the
of to-day yet bear golden truth far off tomorrow
But whatever may be sad thought concerning Americas
contributions to the universal collection country has
certainly of the most extraordinary specimens
of humanity that any any nation has produced One
reaches here right speedily the inevitable conclusion that
Brother Jonathan in the rough to best advantage
his native heath and that foreign atmosphere is very
favorable for the development of his better qualities They
this year in such shoals and in such vexaous varieties
that quiet intelligent and respectable eowcitizens
(of whom there few find themselves strongly tempted
deny their countymen such and the sorrow inquiry
is often heard American lips: "Why wW such people
ravel 1t is well for much abused commissioner Mr.
Beckwit that the specimens of mortality in question do
regular consgnments depending upon
him for location, classification, etcand we'll for the hui
MANS" perhapsbecause single brain, set of brans
whatever the of genius they contain could
fully and properly dispose of such medley of ncon
gros material that locomotive in Paris which bears
on every feature the unmistakable impress gu S." That
there American ladies and gentlemen adjoining society in
the French capital gladly acknowledge, and and
of culture and refinement enjoying nationally its bril-
ancy and its Beauties who honored citizens of be-
loved country but tourists of this class proceed unostent
tousy about their business pleasure and readily and
wisely adapt themselves Partisan and manners
modified only by webred discretion that their presence
is scarcely noticed and they recognized types of
our Free enlightened people, Unfortunately the other
They everywhere in and of season. proclaim their
nativity hrustng the fact frequently and Extensively into the
faces and down the very Threats of polite unquestioning
Frenchmen They at everything French, and
rudey perfectly trained servants who might give them
lesson in They frequent the shops and restaurants
where English is Spoken" places natives ever enter
and against which thousand warnings been printed for
the foreigner and then rave wildly OF being cheated and
overcharged They speak but little French if any, and that
poorly that better for themselves and for the Ian
guage had never been attempted yet weary of
abusing every gaon po and ocher who does not imme
daey understand their "gbberish" The very air about
them is redoent of shoddy and yugary and they all drift
towards Paris by strange fatality before setting
Italy, Switzerland Sicily the Pyramids Irritable gnor
ant boserous and suspicious is difficult to understand
how they manage get along beyond the boundaries of
itc
and adespeople proof against even objectionable
boorshness but terate crowd of this Sort whom the
of ROME is suggestive than that of Calumet to
whom the lake of GENEVA is classic than fish
pond in Pennsylvania to whom ETNA itself no more than
bonfire Bunker HILL and whose ideas of pyramids are