The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1871-08-06
Morning Star and Catholic Messenger.
{For the Morning Star and Catholic Gessengsr.l
ono IRISH NEED APPLY
BY FAT. RICE.

NJ NEED AffLx.
RICE.
Alate Mondays Times gave place to some rhymes.
Written or fathered by Z" Mosaic" elf,
Wherein he must hold that Paddy is sold
Into buying o laugh at hisnseN
He aims . ely kick At Biddy or lGick,
Telling all that starvation IL nigh,
While quoting the phrase (so rare in days)
That the - Irish more need apply"
No woman in doors shah scrub any foors
Nor cook wash or mend evermOrei
Nor man Of that race be given place,
Cutting up wood" nor garnering store!
Then what must be done, food we have none,
And all of ont in the colds
Digging nor ditchingi Nursing nor stitching
Aiseries many Sorrows untold
Arrived at the docks. they gave US hard knocks
Trust us no longer In storehouse or bank
Go whore we may. they send away,
The future before US . blAnkl
Paving nor driving. vain 10 our striving
Nohaven whereto we may fly;
And We have NO skill higher station to ALL
Even though we had leave to apply!
Thus, deepening the shade still has he m ade
A sketch frst conceived in dislike;
Nor may compliments bland, copjoined with the
brand. H.sa". FL ''"' IT,.
Make us believe you but stroke when you strike
But it rocks not that o brain redrhot
Should get up re-echo the cry,
For Columbia likes the CLEAN OF our pixies,
And the Goddess would have us apply
The jester should know that some he deems low,
Resting the hand. may work with the head
That merchants and scribes may laugh at his jibes'
While the land yields our farm org their bread.
A glance at the stage in this or that age
Shows tho Irishnan gliding the boards,
And TIL a, t. are not dumb repeating the sum
OF the merits his genius affords.
With tho sciences too we have somewhat to do
We are found in the rank and the file
Andwh will not raise the sw Get voice of praise
To the poets Of our native islel
.. Qnr writer's of wit may not be unit
For . bout with the ogre of care
And youth of all lands may say how it stands
With our race in the Professors chair.
Is the funny man unwilling to scan
The records of the bench or the bar?
To see the soft sheen Of Erin's ermine
Rival the shining of Hesper affair."
Or may he not zee the " Gem of the Sea"
Sending mind in large measure abroad,
That jars the dull walls Of Government halls
Until even her enemies sppiaud!
That gives to the Press its courtliest dress
On the highways Of duty and right l
Or would ne yet Know where further 10 60
For CLEAN of historical light
Let the Is Mosaic" seer to the pulpit draw near,
Where st Pat" is still pointing the way,
The cream Of the brogue amounting the rogue"
May not hurt his Immaculate clay.
The picture, right drawn, puts brain above Drawn
In q halo of national pride.
It speaks to the mind OF the silver, behind
The polished exterior or snn-burnt hide
OF feelings within. now leading to sin,
Yet quickly recalling to grace,
And seeming to say, "A love of fair play
Is q trait that inheres in the race"
Then, Mister Mosaic for honestys sake,
Don't bespeak our misfortunes q fault
The Englishmans laws have been the curst
OF the schoolmasters lamented halt.
Yet dare it be said that all look for bread
To offices of msnial estate!
Or that those 80 placed are thereby disgraced,
To be held up objects of hate!
We like TO be just, to be faithful to trust
Paddles and Biddies of every degree
This course We intend to pursue to the end
Doing a. our best" wherever we be.
We heed not the slurs of the sporting half -Sirs,
Ever weak in the breach the charge
For Justice etill lives, and-Paddy forgives
The rawlings of the moonstruck at large