The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-10-19
The Friendless Emigrant.

the most hospitabe and generous people earth. In
fact it was asserted by Frenchman who wrote up Ire
land in the seventeenth century, that he found
doors to the Irish houses meaning of course that the
doors were always open to the stranger. This was a
long time ago, and the world has changed somewhat,
and our people have changed with the world Not that
wish to assert that hospitality" is not character
stic of the Ireland of to-day in former days
We are willing to admit and take great pride in
stating, that generosity is part of the Irish nature
What want to get at is the utter lack of applying
this overlooking virtue in practical manner.
In no case is this lack of application of our waste
good nature shown strongly as in the of the
friendess emgrant It is needless to recount for the
benefit of Irish readers the mseres and hearaches
through which the stranger and his family have to pass
from their arrival these free shores until they become
accustomed to the order of things and fall into the
march of American progress Useless recount these
things to the Irish readers for they have all passed
through those dreary and homesick days How strange
is that they forget the of the emgant soon
and turn their backs their coming brothers. To
excite the sympathy of people, it would seem to be
necessary keep the cause of suffering forever before
their eyes. They act though suffering existed,
when they do not the lonely emigrant girl, she
lands at Castle Garden looking around for friendly
eye because they do not hear the signs of the father
the tears of the mother in filthy garnet in
New York, their children cry for bread How many
thousands of people lost through the careessnes
of character Will there be any steps taken towards
assisting the emigrants their arrival these Shores
and helping them with the poor charity of advice
and encouraging words? We have asked this question
SO Often without hearing echo to words, that
scarcely know what to think There is not day in the
week that not called by just from Ireland
Fine athletic intelligent young men, general rule,
they Willing to do anything honorable for ex-
istence Men who have good days. but forced
by circumstances to emgate and here where there
millions of their countrymen, they look in vain for
friends. Many others have families and Heaven only
knows hown this land of plenty where their brothers
waste in luxures and criminal extravaganza than
would relieve their entire country-they pass the
terrible weeks of frendlessness, until they at last
stumble into job of mad digging, to their little
ones from the poorhouse. We do all that can, and
when succeed in finding employment for of them
we feel that we have brought happiness to fire.
sides.
We have called and called people to shake off
their criminal apathy and establish homes for emigrans
in all the leading cities of America. Every church
built by our people, and having the sign of mans re-
demption shining its seepe should be their temporal
as we'll as their spiritual refuge Should be; but thew
are not
The temples of religion could not be devoted to a
grander service than the protection and refuge of those
hunted Children whose fathers died for its sake Oh if
bishop or priest in New York Boston, or Chicago
would commence this movement TT the henevolent
(socaled societies that faunt their banners and sing
old lrelands praises Patricks Days, and bonfire
nights, would spend their money in assisting the emf
grants how much would they deserve the title
benevole,u