The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-04-25
Nationality-Se lf-Irish Politicians and Irish
Newspapers.
NEW ORLEANS, La, April 3, 1868

the management of their affairs Internal EXTERNAL and
might add eternal when their language dies out as we'll
as the that nsed it. and they become ten
ants at WILL aliens in the homes of their fathers it is
natural suppose that their nationality is then the de-
cline becoming unpopular Improbable and WILL also be
crushed out by the parties Who for interested motives attach
themselves to the ruling power.
The Irish child is dosed with every kind of education but
national IT'S true he has the love of home in his
breast natural instinct; but it is animal than
national is thing made up of merely local memories
often strengthened by the prejudice with which distant
localities regarded and seldom concentrated into national
fraternity with all If peasant he is taught to pillow the
urrow his father before him did, leaving plow child and
furrow unchanged; Improvement to Tighten labor
coaxng by sul husbandry from earth her variey of gifts
contentng himself with the e that the perjury of his life
commands.
If mechanic his field of ingenuity is limited. National
struggles for inventive trophies not for him. The
tive skill which he may possess finds expanding stimulus
where he lives and The Ships with aperng mast and
graceful hull of Irish oak" winged with homespun
vas propelled by wonderful motive power which
the dreams of genius have embodied in iron frames animated
and pulsed by his intelligence have notyet filled the worlds
eye with their Hibernan individuality IF the destines of
the Irish child among what scaed the better
classes then family pride becomes the instructive self the
consideration and ancestry not country personal WORTH
the of future Prescriptions. Religion what they
king and his TOOLS "Dvine Right" Lords Anointed"
" Established Church." "Holy Roman Catholic Church."
these and many other national humbug they sure to
suck in with mothers milk and very often with fathers
whisky but all bringing different notions ending in one
Northumberland
The Christian of the learns to unite his God with
the government and finds therein the divinity that shapes
his end in office privileges Pensions" 'Tithes Gebe
Land 81 Archbshops mers Cardinals hats distinctions OF
miSsiOn Of
all these whether their religion be that of the Crown" or
the "Grand Lama of Italy and his subdeities of Kerry
and Dublin with their detective corps Of Aaynooh all hold
nationality to be vulgarity and very questionable ignorance
Those people pray with JUNCTION for long life health and
power the regnng Deity that gives them creed and
credenal.
The descendants of the piratcal theorst who told his
robber followers to trust in God and keep their powder
dry still preserve their instincts OF spoation and anti
naonalm. The Englishman, whose parlam enary duties
being for the time suspended and taking notion to visit
these extra loyal Irsh would be much bothered as the
tamass of Pharaoh when the identity of the Israelite was
lost in the language of the Egyptian might say with them
"We matter they all slaves alike Of that I am
sure"
If the youths of Ireland had received a true national
training by private advice public example, they would
be to-day the hired bandits of Britain They would
help her army and navy enslave and yrannize
other people that they gh the firmly bind their own
The Castereghs of few years ago and the Wellngtons
may safely cassed with the Lord Mayos of to-day as sad
specimens of Irish nationality And the Church digntary
and the law lord who stand the peoples atars or sit in
their temples of justice render such decisions will wipe
the very meaning Of the word nationality from the
memory of the poohe rich have lost it long ago. In one
of the holy fables fixed up Supply children instead Of
giving them something to make them practically sensible
read that Lucfer bright and shining light
until he became "uncanny," the Scotch would say or
until he lost his nationatyGod's first gift-and became
unheaveny and turned to be the wicked devil he is now
supposed be- So the printing presses which said to
be for constellation among the heavenly lode have
been turned into Luciers in all parts of their namesakes
domnons and of those in Ireland there the shadow
of hope that ST. Patrick will start into being and
those viners