New-York tribune., 1869-06-05

uIhH tle contest through all chances and changes
against Their invaders and Oppressors. ContTadic-
ton is impossible when we point to this and declare
II glorious record, In one, or perhaps in tive IN
stances, 1t may have been paralleled but when or
where has it been suTpaSSedf The men of Greece
have the heritage Of grand ancestry One of the
greatest men OF modern times breathed the trEe
1Dzed when he represented one of them as saying:
- t II #asas #Salsi Jsil .3ot o. on y. S'..9'' ..
And g,rlg there , Al hour aose
dreami tha; Gresce might still be free
- Por standing the Pers q IS grave
could not deem myself shave" =
But Greece. although alive and awake, and strug
Cling to emerge from the sepucber of her slavery IS
still bound hand and foot by the tyrants OF the earth
and covered with those mOnarchical trapPings which
are the graveclOthes of human liberty Spain. after
an SEQ years battle succeeded in eXpelhng the Sara
Genie power from her soil. But its departure OHly
permitted the funeral pail OF domestic oppression to
enfOld the land the darkness of ten-fOd night.
She too, is still wrestling to hurl the robbers from
her throat and to rise to the dignity and glory OF
the Republic. BY the side of these majestic contests
for right and liberty the cause of Ireland and The
contest which the Celtic race have waged for 1t
may not be ashamed to take their place. The
grandson of William the Norman listened to Onr
protest against the usurpation, and robbery. and
muTderOUs wrong which he and his myrmidOns
so ruthlessy inflicted. And that protest echoes rs
clearly and as loudly to-day in the ears of the min
ions Of Queen Victoria 1t clanks in the tetters Of
the fel0n. cells of Portland and PentOnYille. lt
sounds in the wild wall which bids farewell to the
emigrant bands that fly from rags and misery to
freedom and hope beyond the waters of the sea-
And is there not power here in America which anx-
iOusly awaits the hour when that national protest
will be heard in the ring of the rifle and the roar OF
the cannon
THE SHADOW IN THE SUNSHINE.
This is noble record. We have fingered on it
lovingly. But truth and duty compel us to confess
that there has been the sunshine in history and
action as people, there has also been the shadow.
We were not conquered by our enemies. 1t was BY
our own hands the work was done. Clan feuds were
all-suicient to accomplish the dark and disastrous
purpose With fratricdal hands we turned upon each
other and our national foe had only TO wait until We
were sufficiently exhausted TO step IN and complete
our subjugaton. When this device OF our destrOyers
was worn out, a new one ready for introduction.
each other, was the bone OF contention next th5o%h
~ eed and u this day Il is the ready preext 20 excite
them 10 Tie eommtta OF the Canbke crime OF lDrehR
their hands in each others blood For all the wrelened
@ fcb those things have wrought, for the dep4Orabe
03toa 70 which they have reduced u.s. are We 70 lay
M % MAMA AZ the door OF our national tyrantf Or does
not M Iarse share Of It Justly pertain to our owni
We would rather not II we could possibly hep n, nke
nm tbe buIed ebers OF the mistakes and disasters OF BY
Pa W css ut necessity IL laid upon II we are e
make safe aud successful voyage III the lutuIS No
marx wen the rocks and shoals. and qness%ands san GA
Coptending for our own undoubted rights have we os
a az eI II ia no answer to this vital question 70
zat into a rage and shut our ears hsdlsI the
ccorded history mat is more than folly II IS on i tne
t ~ nteliigent men, positively criminal We might
considernR the comparatively nuuCN ~ -, Vs
then existed regarding human liberty oveISoh lnS
" ,r tthers who as in the time OF Philip the 5eeOu
of spaiu and James the second OF -. M cnUtend
1Etb atother Bat the questiOn-ahd u must % an an
sweredis carried, and are 700 many & 20 nc
eountrynen continuing 10 carry, these Itai @ ~
Sst into those present transactions Whch are W lhu
ence and decide the destinies OF the futuret
RELIGIOUS DIsUNIOS.
rYo vva baen des royed by disuniOn, and, above al
otber things by tie devll Of religious dsunionf Thef
how comes il that We allow tine demon shelter III 8
many Of our homes and hearts We are told daily ahC
bourly-are we not9-hat Protestant can never gan
the coude-ce Of he Ir ~ people, or WELD any lnueo'
no matter how excellent his aims ana OuJeets-1so
them We are tJd-are re notI-ihat the AlhSsiga S ~
people are OppO d TO the Irish because they arc n y
fcs Do these tuiugs influence our actions or nott
they do then enemies have no better OF more eDOle
agents Of our subjUgation and degradation thah O@
We contend for the freedom OF our country. We a
the world with our con paLts % ~ ~ 70 n ~ .be
iron hand OF an armed enemyi Wheh tne men % de S
lands pat forward similar claim how 90 We ueL1ea
ourselves tovard theml An Italian has the same lsgi
10 his country tnat we nave 10 "urt' an Itaa & lhl =
came right tho capital Of his country that We Itse
sonIstry OF an the schools on earth cannot ID Ohio
wise Yet have sent ont Irshinen, and are segsT
Can the intelligent and influential men Of EarOPe a
America OF WI tsey sympat.hze Win I'm SeCsS w
or encOura cement 70 their national causet The M
assuredly VAL not % so M 10T or RnI & Se S GS s1 und
abroad would be only too likely " the opP0rtW lily shot
be afforded them' 70 initiate their eHamP% a. home.
THE IRisHNKS 1 AMERICA.
The action of our people in this free TRY win 90
- dsodar many questions Of absorbing interest tn
own uositiOn is one the safety and EFVness of this
nbbe n another, TO which we nay add the disenthr
Ineut OF oppressed nations as9 the ultimate reign
,InIversaI IibertY These vast prObems 70 the 0
temnlafion of which may We II turn with the deep
In what attitude toward human liberty have
hithefto placed ourselves lere IN Amerlcal ,,i Dld
nrse and crime Of Slavery find IN any of us abettOrs
Sapportepsi Did we lend ourselves 70 ine party party
SSS3oh M was upheld and defendedf Lid We permit
preludce OF color 10 lead US TO deal cruelty ara u1a
W1tb the downtf9dd African race HaYe we used used
tnhuence 10 keep them down, Instead " giving hell
hand 70 raise them up tQ manhood and liberty -,
Wopld to God We could give satisfactory answer
these questions But the wOeful record OF the
remains. Not s tbe water OF the ocean can wash u
Not even the power % Heaven itself can erase or aiIe
These eolored eePle are rational aud Immortal 2Me ~
like ourselves, 30 sayB the Christian Church ~
dispnte ls doctrine Tho greatest ntelects Of our
have been tie greatest foes Of Slavery aud the Krea
friends Of freedom I .s..
rei. THE IRIsH AND RHPUBuc1sIsH
We can on eVery Irish-Americsn on this continent
his dpty 70 his religion and his God, by the free Dstl
Of h race, and by the hope Of the Independence OF
country, TO come out Of this polluted camp Of Injus
aud oppression, end 70 range himself under the Rlor