Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1867-12-13
The Irish.

Since tho Hon2IubLe MIR. Bingham, of
Ohio, who is somewhat known by his sue
cessful efforts in the taking off " of Mrs.
Surratt, has said that the negroes are as
we'll qualilit i to vote MS those who have
been brought up at The tail IF the wheel
barrow by this allusi"n the
IrisIl-it has become very popular to ie-
peat the SANDER by the apologists of negro
suffrage, even in the South. 1t can only be
believed by the ignorant and repeated by
the depraved.
The L,tuR IjIe Lore. i'll its last issue, thus
refers to Mr.. Bingham's comparison of the
| Irish and African races:
| Does he know that Wellington. the greatest
soldier of Great Britain, an Iriahman? That
the sweetest poet of the English language was
| Moore an Irishr,an? That, according to Walter
Scott, the most vigorous writer OF nnfe ldionatc
FnrIit Ii WAS Swift, IN freshman? That the great
| est British statesman was Burke, an freshman
| Does he know that Byron said OF Sheridan the
Irisbman, 9 He has written the best comedy the
best farce the beet address III the English tongue
and TO crown ali. he has delivered tho very best
Grafton ever conceived or heard OF IN any coun-
| trv - IT, may be some rebukc to Mr. = radical
inynudcucc to tell BIN that the IofOun lest sensa
| ton ever made III thu British parliament was
! caused by the speeches Of th"e" two lrlehmen,
| B !rko and Sheridan, during the trial OF Warren
| Fl .5tiugs. The great Bulnmtr Hastings had just
| bought to a successful conclusion the conquest
| of India. He had swept over That unhappy re
gion IN the style most popular even IN the 10th
| century, stealing, piunderng, burning and muir
! dering Like modern hero, be enieared war to
the hear of the cOnqucring nation by making war
support itself, and by furnishing dainty material
Tor illustrated pictorlals OF the suffering and hu-
initiation Of the conquered people He was,
there fore toasted and honOred, and the Ma g
nus Appellee, the adOred idol of the British Dopu-
| lace Iut in this very hour Of his triumph and
his popularity, these two generous Irishmen had
the heart to sympathize with the wrOnged and
oppressed; still better, they lad the courage TO
d.uCunce the dCmgOd and bring him to trial 1t
was the Begun speech of Sheridan delivered on
the occasion Of the impeachment, which Byren
pronounced to be tt master effort of British
tory, ,,,,. .,..-
| Of those world -renowneI L1ish writer's, Stcrne,
Steele and Goldsmith OF Shoe, the Irish poet
and painter, President of the Royal Academy OF
the great oriental scholar. Shea the Irishman p
OF long line Of eminent orators, barrstefs, states
men and juIists, Curran, Grattan, Lord Plunket,
Saurin, OConnell, Shiel, &C., &c Has this Kadi-
| cal ignO.amus ever heard of poo. Emmett II not
we refer him to the school books. Has he ever
heard of Bishop ShrIe, Archbishop Usher--all
| Irishmen, and the last author of chronology OF
the Bible Does he know that the great French
philosopher said of Robert Boyle, the lrishman
without Robert Boyle, We would know nothing :?
Does he know that one Of the most eminent OF the
British Surgeons Abernethy, the Irishman 2
| Does he know that the first Commodore in the
American Navy was John Parry, the 1rishman
whom the English tried to bride with 100000 il
money land the Captaincy Of an English frgate?
Ia our section, we will not be SO ungratefut ss
the honorable gentleman, and will ever honor
Young Mitchell-nObe son Of noble sire who
gave his life for the defence Of Fort Sumter and
| fresh will We ever keep the memory of that peer
less soldier and noble Irish gentleman Patrick Il
Cleburne.
If the honorable gentleman mention sin
! gle name among the descendants from Ginea
Congo, aud Ashantee, which will bear CON- arieoI
with any one of those given above, then we vii
believe that Radical ignorance is not great as
Radical wickedncss.