The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-18

extensively circulated newspapers scotandthe Dundee
Advertser, of April 10, ls67.-EDs. I. R.
IRELAND ovERRUNNING AMERICA
An intelligent correspondent writes There appeared lately
in paper letter by "a Townsman under the head of
Fenian Deluson." am very sober Scotchman who has
given attention Irish than very few
have hesitation saying that the deuson this subject
lies making little of Feniansm, and particularly in making
little of the of Fenianism. have time to enter
into argument on the subject but subjoin
letter. written in January last by gentleman in New York
who knows America, England, and Ireland WE'LL and whose
testimony this subject well worthy of consideration:
Fenianism is under cloud here the present The awful
treachery of OMahony and Stephens has parazed
not going to die for there still true connected with it.
So far as have Roberts is very sober He has
the most tremendous energy and say die" his
motto No other would believe have held up against
the reachery and backuardsm of the parties mentioned He
likely become the recognized leader of the Irish
this side of the Atlantic send the Tribune In it YOU will
the results of last of this State and the astound
fact that onehaf its entire inhabitants Irish There
$780, 900 of Irish birthmakng least population of
million and half counting their children Then, when al
owance made for all the Irish who have been born Eng
land and Scotland but who English Scotch only in the
accident of their birthplace it adds least per the
element There also an allowance of 10 per cent
be made for those who having here young claim
be Americans by BIRTH In almost all the Northern States
the Irish element is nearly formidable Every place. from
here due to Denver city, in Colorado it is the No
emigration statistics yetpabed for the inconceva
BILE multitude of Irish who here am therefore, forced
into the belief that the former reports of Ireland
hocse and that in S4l there twelve instead of eight
millions people in Ireland In another half century this country
will be absolutely Irish than Ireland They above all others
to the of multiplying in America. There
have been some very curious statistics published recently in
Boston by Professor Allen of that city, which appears
that New England is rapidly becoming New Ireland The
Yankee seems fairly dying When he marres he rarely
raises than children and appears
than per of the marriages unfruu There are
five married couples my boarding house. they have only
child amongst them In a word the Irish doing
the Yankee pretty nearly what the Yankee has done the
Misunderstanding them out of existence do pretend
De able to account Tor the reason OF this whether it in the
habits climate 1t may be all three combined but
certainly think the has to do with it, When
takes the ghul hardshps Irish
in this country and the gh havoc that made of them
during the war; appeas miracle that they
they After absence of fourteen years from New
York struck with the difference in the appearance of the
inhabitants during that comparatively short interval At first
evident that amongst strange people, but the
last time could hardly suppose but back again
Irish port The paeaced Yankee seemed have place
to the Irshman Another in the great Amer
drama had plainly begun another historical fact
being repeated. The American being crowded away,
either out of existence towards the setting just he
had crowded back the red 1t impossible for the think
ing man to look this great silent revolution without feel
ngs of astonshmen The Irish be working like the
insect that forms the coral reefs of the Pcifcsow silently
steadily surely and almost unknowngy They making
changes and in most cases imagine doing
They building up mighty nation and raising enemy
for their hereditary foe that will assured strange her
future day. The Irish element larger here than imagined
They bambooze the Yankees right and left
are of thousands of Irish pass themselves off az
American born citizens they have left off broguc
and have succeeded in raising moustache and 9oate
approve of such denial of ones birthplace but there is
for those that and is the unfortunate and
degraded position of their native land.
Let a vista but CLEAN
Through gloom of their country
And mark how they feel.
If there any reasonable chance of ameoratng the poston
of their country youd such uprising as perhaps
seen in any nation since the beginning Even
during the raid on Canada although
miserably everything being managed how made
quatey the boys were provided with eveythng-arms and
clothes and convcyanceyet the rush the frontier
mendous Had it not been for the of Comprehend
President Andy Johnson Canada would swallowed
up feathers and ALL At rate there would have
hundred thousand men on its soil before month However
they might have succeeded i'll the fight fight they would Men
that not Fenians at all amongst the first fling up
their situations and rush to the frontier Our traveller al
though he had two thousand dollars year. and six
children rushed off without waiting his employers
There hundreds of such instances People NAV say it
was madness and foy-perhaps it but if it sub
lime devotion the of their country and what they he
leued the of Nhertu IL