The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-03-01
WHO ARE THE 1RIsHl

WHO ARE THE IRISH
That spirited monthly, The Land ne LoDe,
in late number had an article headed as
above, in which some home truths are ad-
yanced for the benefit of those who begged
the Irish to fight their battles, and now
would place them below the negro We
quote:
One MI. Bingham, who had a prominent
part in "the taking off" of Mrs. Surratt,
says that the negroes are as Wen qualhed
to vote as those who have been brought up
| to the tail of the wheel-barrOw thus gra-
ciously and gratefully does this honorable
| gentleman ailude to Ire1and-the country
which gave to the Unittd States cause the
best fighters in its army-the birthplace OF
! Sheridan, the most successful corps com
mander in that army, and also OF Meagher,
who so often led the attack and covered the
| retreat.
1t is, probably, hopeless task to try to
enlighten radical ignorance, but we will
submit few facts to this modern BeOtlan
Does he know that Wellington, the greatest
soldier of Great Britain, was an 1rlshman
That the sweetest poet OF the Engllsh ian
! guage was Moore an Irishmanf That ac-
cording to Walter Scott, the most vigorous
writer of pure, idiomatic English was Swift,
an Irishmanf That the greatest British
statesman was Burke, an Irishmanf Does
he knew that Byron said of Sheridan, the
Irishman, HE has written the best comedy,
the best farce, the best address In the En-
glish tongue, and to crown all, he has de-
liyered the best Grafton ever conceived or
heard of in any countryf" 1t may be some
rebuke to Mr.. BIS radical impotence to
tell him that the profoundest sensation ever
made in the British Parliament was caused
by the speeches of those two lrlshmen,
!, Burke and. Sheridan, during the trial OF
Warren Hastings. The great hummer Has
tings had just brought to a successful con-
clusion the conquest. of India. He had
! swept over that unhappy region in the style
tury-stealing, plundering, burning, and
, numbering. Like q modern hero, he en-
l>deared war to the heart of the conquerine
g nationb by making war support itself, ane
}! by furnishing dainty materials Tor illustra
r ted pictorials of the suffering and humlha-
!. tion[of the conquered people. He was
:. therefore, Toasted and honored, and wa
" the Magnus Apollo, the adored idol, OF thu
t British populace. But in this very hour o
d his triumph and popularity, these two gen
n erous Irishmen had the heart to sympathiz'
e with the wronged and oppressed; still
o better, they had the courage to denounc
II the demi-g god and bring him to trial. l
,r was the Begun speech of Sheridan delivere.
is on the occasion of this impeachment, whiel
,r Byron pronounced to be the master efor
,eJ Will it be worth Swhile to tell radica
II stupidity of those world renowned Iris
in writer's, Sterne, Steele, and Goldsmith
" Shee, the Irish poet and painter, Presiden
i, Of the Royal Academy OF the grea
le Oriental scholar, Shea, the lrishman U
j. u long line of eminent orators, barrlsters
m statesmen, and jurists, Curran, Grattan
n Lord Plunkett, Saurin, O'Connell, Shlel
D. Mitchell. etc, etc7 Has this radical igno
lie ramus ever heard of poor Emmettf Hnot
we refer him to the school-books. Has h
of ever heard of Bishop Berkely, Bishop Shir
~ ley, Archbishop Usher-all~ lrishmen, an
al the last the author of Il chronology of tn
er Bible : Does he know that the great FFenc
I'll philosopher said of Robert Boyle, the Irish
ii. man, :. without Robert Boyle, we woul
N know nothing 7" Does he know that one {
nc the most eminent of British surgeons wa
or Abernetlfy, the lrishman Does he kno
/ that the first commodore - the America
CT navy was john Barry, the Irishman, whol
e. the English tried to bride with S6O,oo l
cd money, and the captaincy OF an Englis
u Afrigate
of In our section We will not be SO migrate
elf full as the honorable gentleman, and wi
he ever honor young Mitchell-noble son of
es noble sire-Who gave his life for the defens
a. of Fort Sumter; and fresh will we eve
as keep the memory OF that peerless soldie
of and noble Irish gentleman, Patrick K. Gle
th burne.
he If the honorable gentleman can mentio
ay a single name among the descendants frol
srs Guinea, Congo, and Ashantee, which wi
ed bear comparison With any one of those give
he above, then we will believe that radio;
lid Ignorance 10 not so great a. radical wicked
TT, noss.