The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-09
The South : Ireland.

The South Ireland.
Commenting upon a paragraph which APP
pcarcd in this paper a few Gays ago, the
Petersburg Times asks:
.'In what single particular docs the trcat,nc en-
which America has accorded to the rcEc's y. -. 80
South compare with the policy when srd 70 Irs,,
fish Government has pursued In rcg'''o W "
rebels 20 @
It would be a sufficient answer 10 ti''s
question to saw that whilst England mas
ruled Ireland with strong hana, anu ''ee''
suilty Of conduct utterly unjustinaDie' siie
has never DISTINGUISHED White men ana IL
tho same time enfranchised ignorant ne
proes and put these over those. inere arc
no negroes in Ireland, it Is true but such
&c the high character of the craftsmanship
If England that no one could be maze 10
hoI;eyc that even II Ireland consisted par
tally of that inferior race there would De
any effort made to set them IN oificiai posi-
tons over white men.
put tbere was no "rcbellion in the
South. We exercised 4 power which rleh'-
h,lly belonged TO US when we seeded. ne
war deprived us Of that right. we no" ac-
knowledge that we have no longer any such
RIGHT. We are conquered people. Inc
right Of self-goyernment does not now be-
long to lis any more than it does to the peo-
ple Of Ireland, or those OF hungary, or
those of Poland, or those Of Cuba, or those
Of any other country which is ruled by the
hayonet. and bound together literally by
hooks of steel. This is the fact now. But
ND to the time when the war began we en-
loved this right. We have, therefore, not
been guilty of rebellion, nor of any other
offence, but have been subIuSated by the
United States and hence it follows that rs
we have never been guilty OF any CRIME
eeainst the United States, neither our lives
nor orr fortunes have ever been forfeited.
1.-THE Times isignorant as 10 the compare
tive condition of Irishmen and Nlrg1nlans,
we can easily enlighten it. In Ireland, the
humblcst citizen has the right TO be trled III
A civil court and by a jury of his peers. In
Virginia, General LEE may be tired by Il
military commission, or in court presided
over by judge appointed by military die
tator, and by jury Of ignorant, preludlccd,
fanatical negroes. In Ireland, no military
officer would dare to interfere with civil
magistrate in the discharge Of his duties.
In Virginia, military underStrapper-a
mere Observation-Disclosures the CIVIL maSlS-
trate. But, alas! the case is much worse !;
for this civil magistrate, though OF the
only kind that we have, owes his ofilce
10 military Governor. IN Ireland, the
humblest citizen, if imprisoned, can invoke
the protection Of the writ of hdbedS corpus.
In Virginia, the jail-doors open only at the
bidding of military officer, and the writ OF
habeas corpus is as dead as that hrn@
CHARLES during whose reign 1t was flrst
emploved for the release of innocent patriots
and languishing victims of injustice, oppreS-
sion. and wrong. But why continue the
contrast? We have not one single one OF
the rights of freemen left to u. We enjoy
exactly such rights as our conquerors choose
for the time being to allow us. We are
treated as if we were criminals, whilst l@no-
rant, disgusting negroes are petted as IL
they were superior to white men. Ireland
never suffered this indignity.
Why, then, asks the Times, do Confcdc-
rates return to the United States? Not,
surely, because of its political institutions,
but in spite of them. Here is IN abundance
of lind. Here lisa sparse population; and here
Is employment for every man who wants 1t.
But il the United States were as dcnscly
peopled as Ireland is, no immigrants would
come hither from Ireland or any other colln-
try. The advantages of this country are
such that if an empire were established to-
morrow, and 4 worse than Russian despot-
ism begun. immigrants would still flock to
our shores. Foreigners come after employ
ment, good wages, and cheap landSnot to
get the ballot. They flee from that deadly
competition which prevails wherever popu-
lation is too dense-not from kings, lords, or
bishops.
We rcpeat--for this was the subject OF the
paragraph which called forth the remarks of
the Ismes-we are for the United States rs
against England or any other country; but
believing that Uncle Sam is moi yet ready to
relieve the southern people from their dis
abilities, and not believing that ne will 90 to
war before having done so, we can never
theless again tell the Times, or anybody else
that does or does not wish TO hear an un-
pleasant truth, ooh, no. Uncle Sam is
not going to war just now