Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1868-03-04
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The Irish.

SINCE the Honorable Mr. Bingham, Of
Ohio. who is somewhat known by his
successful efforts in the "taking negroes
are as well qualified TO vote as those who
have been brought up at the tail of the
whee'barrow-meaning by this alusion
he IrisI-t has become very popular
to repeat the SANDER by the aPologis's
of negro suffrage, even in the South L
can onlv be believed by the ignorant and
rerpat4d bv the deprqved.
The Lend We Love, in it, last issue
thus refers to Mr. Biugh1m's compari-
son of the Irish and African. race:
Does he know that Wellington, the
greatest soldier Of Great Britain, was an
Trishmau? That the sweetest poet of
lie English language wss Moore, an
Tri,Emau That. according to Walter
Scott. the most vigorous writer of pure
idiomatic English was Swift, an Irish
man? That the greatest British states
man, was Burke, an Irishman? Does
he know that Byron said of Sheridan
the Irishman. He has written the
hest comedy, the best farce the best ad-
dressed in the English tongue, and to
crovu all, he has delivered the very hes
orarion over conceived or heard Of IN
anv country" L may lie some rehuke
to Mr. r : radical impuden"e to tell him
hat t profoundest sensation ever made
in the British Parliament was caused hv
the epee-Ees of those two Irishman
Rnrke and S eriian, during the trial
of Warren Hastings. TIE great bum
mer Hasting- had inst brouqht to n sue
-essfu' concl, SON the conquest Of India.
He had swept over shat unhappy region
n he stylo most popular even m the
s;z' 'eeoth century. stealing. plunlering
burning AMI murdaring. Like modern
Zero lie pvdoarel war 10 he heart Of
the eorqnor.ng nation by making w4r
support itself. AID hy furnishing d1intv
material for illustrated pict,ria's Of the
SUFFERING AID humiliation Of the con
quered people Tie was Therefore feast /
ed and honoraA. and was the Manu-. /
Apollo. the adored idol Of the British |
p"pulaoe BIT in this very hour of his
triumph and his popularity, these two
Tri- hmeu had he heart to sympathize |
with the wrongad and oppressed 4; stll !
etter, they had the courage to denoun"e !
.he damieod and bring him to-tFjal. It'll
was the Begun speech Of Sheridan, de-
iverpd on the occasion f Impeachment !
which Byron pronounced to be the mas
.er effort of Rriii,b oratorv.
Will it h. worth while to tell radical
.tup,ditv Of tho-e world renowned Irish
writer's Sterno, Steel and Goldsmith? o
'hee, the Irish poet aud painter, Presi
lent IF the Royal Academy? Of the
great oriental scholar. Shea, the Irish
nan? Of long line of eminent ora
RS, barris'ers, statesmen and jnri,t<,
Jurran. Gra'tan. Lord Plunket, Saurin
0'Connel, Shiel, &C., &c ? Has thi,
'adical ignoramus ever heard of poor
Emmett? IF not we refer him to the
chool hooks. Has he ever hear.l Of
8i-hop Shinle. Archbishop Usher-all
-ri>hmen. and the last author Of chrOn-
.logy of the Bible Does he know that
he great French philosopher said of
2rbert Boyle, the ri hman, "without
Robert Bowie. We would know nothing?"
Does he know that one of the most emf
tent of the British Surgeons was Aber-
le'hv, the Irishman d? Does he know
bat the fist Commodore in the Ameri-
an navy was John Parry, the Irishman,
7Rom the English tried to bribs with
10000 and the Captaincy of an Eng
ish frigate? ga
In cur section We viii not be 50 un
rateful as the honorable gentleman, and
riIl ever honor your Mitrhell-noble
II who gave his life for the defense of
7art Sumter ond fresh will We ever keep
he memory of the peerless soldier and
.obe Irish gentleman, Patrick R. Gle
,urna.
IF the honorable gentleman can mon
'on s:ngle name among the descend
nts from Guire, Congo, and A~hante
which viii bear comparison with any one
f those given above, then we will he
eve that radical ignorance IS not so
re a< rsdcal vickedness - Whining
On (N G JoarRgL