The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1868-07-19
THE 1RREpREss1BLE RACE.

that this object could be fully accomplished.
When the irish had multiplied at home to
eight millions and upward, then came fam
inc, and plague, and pestilence, followed by
emigration; and the Times rejoiced that
the Irish had gone with a vengeance"
But their going" was only to multiply In
other lands with greater raPldity tnan a1
up independent. There is not a country in
which the English themselves have ever es-
tablished footing and founded o colony, in
which the Irish people are not now, to all
intents and purposes, controlling power.
receive intelligence of the influence of the
Irish people, and the position which they
occupy in their relations to the affairs OF
the countries in which they have settled.
" Maguire's Irish in America" shows us
what our race has accomplished in the
for the present, known as the Dominion
of Canada" Intelligence from the anti
podes proves how, in New Zealand and New
South Wales, the Irish stand out as pow
erful portion of those communities, imbued
still with the strongest and most patriotic
attachment to the old land.
We are we'll aware that there are those
who, in the face of every proof to the con-
trary, assert that the Irish in America and
elsewhere do not remain Catholic Irish for
hand the most unexpected evidence on this
point, and we offer it in support of/every
statement which even Mr.. Maguire's vol
une contains. At the meeting of the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
rssn t%s hs
Church in the United States attended and
addressed the assembly. The speakers ma
turally referred to the Irish in America, and
the Rev. DIR. Booth, of New York, said:
/"The ties that bind lis and you together
are ties that strengthen every year. sup
nose that no one Int those who have been
| in America can realize how much of Ireland
we have amongst lis. l have in mind
certain town, an inland town, in Worcester
county, Massachusetts, where, twenty years
ago, the first Irishman that was engaged as
day la aborer was visited by all the chill
dren in the community, and looked upon as
a curiosity, as if he had been an African
gorilla. And in that town to-day there is
Roman Catholic chapel in which there wor-
ship more individuals of Irish birth than
that town besides. That is in one locality
the work of twenty years. In New YORK
we have, as you know, more 1rishmen than
you have in Dublin, and in Philadelphia
more than you have in Belfast, and for good
or i'll they are coming coming all the whle.
have come with their strong arms, with
their earnest industry, with their loyalty 10
what they hold to be true manhood: find-
ing in the midst of us some things that they
did not find at home, not always tindin 6 snch
welcome as might be desired, and yet finding
in many cases, where there is industry and
temperance, the elements of prosperity and
| wealth, there are q thousand things among
us we should have failed to possess but for
Irish emigration. There are some trlties we
should have been relieved of had we not
| that element"
This is language which the Protestant
Ascendancy Church in this country could
not produce one bishop or minister capable
loc %Iy,, S.SrnOe I0r
no Law Church Ascendancy in the United
States and he was not afraid, even in the
: heart of Belfast, in Dr. Cookies chuyeh, and
amid the bigotry of Ulster Orangeism, t1
boldly tell the truth regarding Irish Cath
l olics in America. DR.. Booth admits the
rapid growth Of Catholicism from an Irish
source he thanks God that these Irish
q Catholics have peopled the Great Republic
e and he is thankful, not only for theil
i strong arms,- but for "their industry
), and also for 11their loyalty to what they
e hold to be true manhood.p DIR. Booth die
e not stop to explain what this is. He il
thankful to God for it, however. May W.
e not explain the reverend gentleman's words
IS to mean this=that the Irish Catholics wht
e have brought I" their strong arms and ear
g nest industry" to the United States arr
C loyal to the principle of freedom, and stant
e fast in their love for their native landY w
e take this to be what DR.. Booth meant HI
IS also admits that, while the Irish emlgran
d has not always found "such a welcome a
\ might be desired" yet, with industry ant
sc temperance he has found prosperity ant
IS wealth; and while there are thousan
to things in the United States which the State
Of would " have failed to possess but for Iris
emigration," yet, there are only "som
ve trities" which that element has introduce
rs which DR.. Booth thinks the Americans coul
u possibly do without. A nobler testimon
of than ali this to the character and position {
M the Irish in the United States we need NJ
IN desire; and whenever q single line or OF M
m Maguire's statements regarding the lrish
u America is questioned, we have this disiI
ed terestad Testimony of the Rev DR.. Boot