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THE IRISH. III

Ohio. who is somewhat known by his
successful efforts in the /" taking off, Of
Mrs. Surratt, has said that the negroes
are as well qualified to vote as those
who have been brought up at the tail
of the eel-barrow-meaning by this
alIasion the Irish-it has become very
popular to repeat the SANDER by the
apologists ofnegro suffrage, even in the
South. 1t can only be believed by the
ignorant and repeated by the depraved.
The Land We Love thus refers to
Bingham's comparison of the Irish and
African races:
Does Mr.. Bingham know that Wei
lington, the greatest soldier of Great
Britain, was an Irishman That the
sweetest poet of the English language
was Moore, an Irishman2 That, &C
eording to Walter Scott, the most Wig
orous writer of pure idiomatic English
was Swift, an freshman? Does he know
that Byron said of Sheridan, the Irish
man, "He has written the best come
ay. the best farce, the best address in
the English tongue, and, to crown all,
he has delivered the best grafton ever
conceived or heard of in any country"
1t may be some rebuke to Mr.. BIS Rad
zeal impudence to tell him that the pro-
foundest sensation ever made in the
British Parliament was caused by the
speeches Of those two Irishmen, Burke
and Sheridan during the trial of War
rem Hastings. The great hummer Hast
ings had just brought to successful
conclusion the conquest of India. He
had swept over that unhappy region in
the style most popular even in the SAX
tecnth century, stealing, plundering,
burning and numbering. Like mod
ern hero, he endeared war to the heart
of the conquering nation by making
war support itself, and by furnishing
dainty material for illustrated pictorials
Of the suffering and humiliation of the
conquered people. He was, therefore,
toasted and honored, and was the Mag
nus Apollo, the adored idol of the Brit
ish populace. But in this very hour OF
his triumph and his popularity these
two generous Irishmen had the heart to
sympathize with the wronged and OPP
pressed still better, they had the cour-
age to denounce the delni-god, and
bring him to trial 1t was the Begun
speech of Sheridan, delivered on the oc-
casion Of the impeachment, which By
ron pronounced to be the master effort
Of British oratory:
Will it be worth whileto tell Radical
stupidity of those world-renowned Irish
writer's, Sterne, Steel and Goldsmith
Of Shee, the Irish poet and painter,
President CT the Royal Academy? OF
the great Oriental scholar, Shea, the
Irishman? Of a long line of eminent
orators, baTTisters, statesmen and jur-
lists, Curran, Grattan, Lord Plunket,
Saurin, O'ConneI, Shiel, &c, &c? Has
this Radical ignoramus ever heard of
poor Emmett? If not, we refer him to
the school books. Has he ever heard
Of Bishop Shinle, Archbishop Ushcr-all
Irishmen, and the last author of chro-
nology of the Bible? Does he know
that the great French philosopher said
Of Robert Boyle, the lrishman, with
out Robert Boyle, we would know moth
ing Does he know that one of the
most eminent Of the British surgeons,
was Abernethy, the Irishman? Does
he know that the first Commodore in
the American navy was John Barry,
the Irishnan,. whom the English tried
&c bribe with $50, 00o>in money and the
Captainey of an English trigate !?
In our section, we will not be SO uls-
grateful as the honorable gentleman,
and will ever honor your Mitchel-no-
bic son of noble sire | who gave his
life for the defense Of Fort Sumter, and
fresh will we ever keep the memory of
that peerless soldier and noble Irish
gentleman, Patrick T. Cleburne.
If the honorable. gentleman can men
ton single name among the descend
ants from Guinea, Congo and Ashantee,
which will bear comparison with any
Of those given above, then we will be-
lieve that Radical ignorance is not so
great as Radical wickedncss.
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