The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-07-06

nave been made to un-H1berneclze IT, The great
chess-player calls himself Morphy; others, again,
finding it impossible to do away with the original
sound of the name, wriggle at the spelling in a
most curious manner, and write it Murfey and
Murfy. Dougherty is another unfortunate name
that has been cruelty mutilated. We have seen it
spelled in at least half dozen different ways; and
it is perhaps the most abused name of all. Just
imagine what sort of creature the man would be,
who, knowing that his name was Dougherty would
coolly write it Doaty Yet this has been done in
hundreds Of instances Brien and Sullivan, con-
trary to the laws of euphony of all civilized peo-
Piles, have been changed into Bryant and Sullivant
In these two instances, simply for the purpose of
Disgusting the real name, final consonants have been
added, whereas the tendency of all polished peo-
Piles is to get rid of the sounds of consonants,
pecially at the ends of words.
The French and Italians are allowed to be the
two nations that have made the most euphonious
and sweety sounding languages in the world out of
| the original Latin which they are founded, and
in them the tendency is to Glide the consonants as
much as possible. There are two other unfortu-
nate Celtic patronymics thathave been fairly played
the deuce with in America; these are Mulveehill
and Houlahan. They have been actually changed
int Melville and Hollyhand, leaving hardly shad-
ow Of the original substance. Moran-a most
| cient and illustrous Irish name-having been that
of Judge who was known by the hottest of all
titles, the just" is generally spelled Morann in
America. If those that so alter the name think
any one would take it not to be Irish because of
having additional n in it, they greatly mis-
taken. Of all the Irish names we can think of,
Lynch seems to have stood it's ground best in Amer
lea. We cannot recolect an instance where it has
undergone any change. Kelly is another that has
not suffered much; still some persons spell it with
two e's, last resource, but very futile one, to
make it appear un-Irish.
It may be thought we have given ourselves
great deal of trouble about nothing in CONNIE nting
on the white SIM of slightly changing a name.
We beg of our readers to be assured that we are
actuated by motives great deal more grand than
perhaps they imagine. To come to the point.
Why have all these people changed their names,
and, most likely, been at great deal of trouble
| and inconvenience to make them appear un-Irish
Simply because there was, and there is, stigma
attached to the name of Irishman. Why is this
Because Irishmen are slaves Why are they
slaves2 Because they have not fought and tri-
umphed How can they be made freemen? By
fighting and triumphing.
Here is the gist of the matter Let an Irish
army be in the field soimng victories, let us
show the world that we are not patient slaves and
never will be-let us do that, and see what rush
there would be after old geneaogies! Suppose
Canada conquered, and the green flag waving on
the battlements of Quebec and Montreal, what le-
gons would, then, make boast of their Irish blood
who now deny that there is drop of it in their
veins.
Once men become denationalized they have lost
the only tie that can bind them together. Those
Irshmen who have mutilated their names, as we
have shown can have Irish nationality, or Irish