The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-11-30
Talks to Our People.
NO. I.-CHARITY.

between the Ce and what is called the Saxon Hes Ill
the materalsm Of the latter and spirituaism OF the
former The Cet delights in soaring into the ideal the
Saxon for forgets that he belongs the
EARTH for the time being at any rate The Celt dreams
Of surmounting obstacles by flying them or having
mysterious power to his assistance to remove
the mountains" The Saxon never rises above the
earth attempts to fly, but meets all Obstacles and
settles down in the most matter of fact way to devise
for their removal In the end he is to be
successful while his dreamy BROTHER not finding the
supernatural coming to his aid gives up In despair,
feeling the world too heavy for his spiritual nature.
Why may this spiritual nature of account for
part of our national misfortunes? Living close to
Saxon friend the water-a fellow who believes
in ROAST BEEF as one of the Head Ceners of his being
around which the lesser Circles revove-was work
to disadvantage. Give the Saxon all the benefits
of civilization and all the spiritual comforts of future
bliss, etc. but deprive him of roast beef its equval
ent and ten to but he would pronounce the whole
thing 'e1obug He reasons thus-the world and all
its perquistes made for man. Man sent here
for purpose-each family having its idea of
that purpose-and he blessed, or cursed with
tain passions that must be gratifed. We do not here
the baser passions One of these grand necessary
passions is eating. Several have tried to ignore this,
and set down as vulgar habit entaing the practi
toner to several nhammatoy and rheumatory diseases
toan eternity of The
English have tried to the Irish from this vulgar
habit of eating thinking, suppose that country
good subj for the experiment If it sue
ceeded, all right. grand discovery by the great and
invincble Saxon If it failed they had only killed
the Irsh and were satisfied that it would be dangerous
to try the experiment their superior friends.
We need not remind our readers that those people
who failed to crafty this most tyrannica monster who
is throned in our stomachs, were consumed by the
monster in the end.
Gloss this spiritual contempt for good living as we
may we find it convenient to crafty the monster.
In fact, much we despise the materiaism of this
grubworm Saxon there are few who do not worship at
his shrne-the butcherblock where roast beef sits
deifed Three times day. should certain provisos
hold good all have desire to worship at his altar
Weknow that after worshping and being surfeed
apt to soar into those regions desecrated by
bucher-blocks and roast beef; but in little time we
begin to descend and descend baser passions
assert their sway Those sublime philosophers who con-
template the misery of the world from marble palaces
and who after INDUCING in the gross superfuites of
earth roast beef turkeys with the other luscious ct Get
eras that fme and perfume the altar of Mooch assure
us that the true way to be happy to take light break
sts, squeeze up belts two holes for dinner
and snap our fingers at the who calling for
refreshments for supper-should practice what they
nreacb There have been cart loads Of books written
and wel-flled millions have been preached to sleep, on
the grossness of this passion and the terrible danger Of
ndugng in the universal and justly popular exercise of
eating but all to purpose The monster will be fed
while there is human jaw to wag Look ye, philos
ophers, who preach the sin of good living, but are
careful never to practice what ye preach this passion Of