The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-03-16

/ the narrow space In which it would be
enacted. would make no distinctions
no lnvidious comparisons as to the rel.
atlye merits of the parties, that with
which the circumstances OF my birth
I and education associated me was in
fault, grievously in fault. I would
leave It 10 the eonsciences of the Others
I 10 say in how much they are better,
Fathers, of nights, tell their children OF
I deeds of cruelty perpetrated on their
! fathers oy meuSwhose sons are perhaps
{ living beside them and the children
I grow up with a feeling OF distrust, often
/ OF hatred and fear towards one halE OF
Z their ceuntrymen. can well recoIlsct
/ that when child had but little room
/ in my mind for ghosts and fairies; the
/ reflection OF a moonbeam on drop OF
water was much more readily taken as
its CLINT on rebel pike than a fairy
gem; the ruStling of the leaves has con-
jured up a riobOnman thirsting for nv
blood far oftener than the traditional
ghost or the commonplace robber, and
have no doubt this feeling of distrust
was returned with interest by the op-
F. posing faction.
Jack r., with whom 1 was once
acquainted, was an Orangeman, whose
/ greatest care was to increase his store
and preserve from the midnight attacks
OF the opposite party, 4 valuable
collection of orange lilies that
grew deiantly before his door on the
roadside, and his political opinions
as expressed 10 me, by his own hreside,
were as follows: Now, Sir, it's nv
opinion this country won't be right till
we get up as one man, and shoot down
here ana there, not only few of these
Papist rascals, but some OF the Protest
ant gentlemen who back them up. Then
we'll get peace and quiet, and get leave
TO live" Now, I should be sorry to
think he really meant what he said,
tor, naturally, he was good natured
fellow enough; but allowing for the
neat OF argument, and natural vehe-
mence In the expression OF his opinions,
Jacks political views may be consider
ed as tolerRble fair sample of those of
great part of his factfon
Again, the very means of putting a
stop to such state of affairs, is reject
ed by large proportion of both par
ties. II erriug human wisdom could
devise means of removing strong
party feelings, should imagine il
young OF both sects, allowing them to
associate together, to read the same
DOCKS, excluding those of religious
character, and to recognize in each other
a common humanity, mutual sympa-
thies and antipathies, and above all a
common nationality: but such will not
suit. the church thai holds the glebe
lands that do not belong 10 her, and re-
celveS the tithes that are begrud0ed to
her, will not be content unless
she has the charge of souls not
included in her, and bigots OF the
other sect, as they have always
done, refuse TO separate the ofices of
priest aud schoolmaster. 1 admit there
are many honorable exceptions on both
sides; but enough still remain of the
former to thwarT the views OF true Irish
patriots and to seriously retard the
rWNE= l.
while IN this country to see the sympa-
thy displayed by Americans with Ire
land; but too often that sympathy has
been extended to those who would light
her wrongs by guns, and pixies, and
power. England has oppressed Ire
land and IS yet expressing her as much
through the fault of her own sons as
from selfish policy, but If Irishmen
could or would unite for the purpose,
the established church, landlord tyran-
ny, and the restriction of the franchise,
would be swept away at once. 1t Is a
notorious fact that the most frantic con-
servatives and the most iIliberal aristo-
Gratis in the English Parliament come
from ireland, and have ere now when
the balance was trembling, turned the
scale in favor of the most tyraunous
Tory policy. The most abject slaves
are those who are held apart and op-
pressed by strangers through each other.
That is the visitation of Ireland, and
till thabreprOach can be taken away,
and till the world can hope for some
thing better from her than the frantic
trights that were the disgrace OfCoIlege
Green, aud retarded all business when
she had a parliament of her own, they
need not wonder if of all the British
Empire she be the last to wiring those
rights from England that Scotland has
already won, and that English work
men are now unitedly winning in spite
OF all opposition and without the she'd
ding of blood. NJ. p. C.