The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-06-13
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pur county, on lho subject Of nation
ililirs and national prejudice.
4 majority OF those now IN the Ohi
ted States have, 10 some indeliilahie
extent, IL prejudice against the people
Of other countries. In many The Ieei-
ing Is strong, in Others II Is passive,
and in some, especially among those
who have travelled abroad or mixed
much with Foreigners in our own
country, II scarcely has an existence
Indeed, some, instead OF yielding TO II
blind notion because others have IT,
are admirers of the people OF DINER
countries. They discriminate III Their
Judgment as TO the virtues and foibicS
of Others strike the balance, and de-
eide justly in SO far rs they can. 10
ibis latter ciass we claim 10 belong.
Such prrjudices are at emniiy Win
that genuine, elevated spirit ofprogress,
whose mission it is to draw all
nationalties into closer brotherhood
That we may tread upon no tender
toes let it he understood that just now
we write of the great Caucasian or
white race of men--the accepted de-
scendants of Japhct, third son OF Noah
10 illustrate: Why should an Amer
lean harbor any prejudice against the
sons of ireland, any more than against
our own people? Can any Intelligent
man, who has studied the history OF
that wonderful people, give JUST
reason for it--n reason worthy OF re-
spect? So far from indulgng in such
feelings, every freeman Of this country
should give the Irish an exalted posi-
ton in his estimation. From the ear!l-
est dawn of their history, rs MilesinnS
from the great white nursery of the
race in Asia, through the lberian PENN
suln of Spain, down to their partial
subjugation by the British, they were
among the foremost people in Europe
They were long ahead of Britain III ac
cepting christianity in its purest state
For several centuries their great IN
situations of learning were the hnes
and most extensive in existence. They
sent out scholars and educators Il
every nation of Europe and their mis-
sionarics and learned men shed a hal'
of glory through every country acceS
sible to them. They held aloit thu
banner of civilization and christianity
and exerted mighty influence i'll re
lining the characters Of rough and hal
civilized people. Wherever they wen
blessings followed. In a single insti
tuition, founded in the days OF st
Patrick, there were seven thousan'
students. Literature, poetry ana tn
arts ftourished. Sons Of kings, prince
and mobiles from the continent wer
sent in large numbers to be educated
in the great universities of Ireland. II
short they were, for four centuries, tn
educators OF Europe.
Then came the incursions Of TIL
northmen-the piratial hordes from
the north seas-who, for two or tire
centuries, invaded their coasts, burn
their great universities, plundered thei
substance and preyed upon their i'll
dustry. The great institutions wer
destroyed time and again and as Otter
rebuilt, till like an exhausted giant
their resources failed and learniu:
gradually declined. War and its raw
ages, as everywhere in all countries
diverted the plan of the finer sentl
ments to those of revenge and rapine
, Petty jealousies sprang up among I'll
! great chiefs, and Ireland became
prev to civil discussions, and thu
paved the way to her own subsection
by the less civilized but more compac
power of England. For two hundre'
wears her sons have felt the heel Of op
preston, but through all the dread OF
deal, they have been true to their an
cient renown and to liberty. Within
that time @me of the best blood O
Spain, France, Italy German.
and America has been drawn
rom Erin's isle. Scarcely IL grea
battle has been fought on the con
tinent of Europe for two hundred years
in which Irish blood wos not spilled
and Irish valor illustrated. They hav'
attained the highest rank short of tn
throne in Spain, France, Portugal an'
Brazil. Though distracted and over
powered at home, they have rallied t
the standard of liberty in every contes
both in the old world and the new, aiit
though their political night has beel
two centuries long; to-day their hearts
are us youthful, as fresh and as true t.
liberty as it was before the gloom o
night.settled upon their beloved isl2nd
Irish bones bleach every battlefield
in North America. Irish names adori
the declaration of independence o
both the original thirteen United
States and of the Republic of Texas
Irish blood coursed the veins o
valiant heroes, and illustrious pa
triots in both the revolutions of III
and 1886. An illustIious Iberian Irish
man played prominent part in the
final triumph of Mexican independ
ence. In Andrew Jackson Irish pa
rents furnished an eminent patriot
president to the United States. Ir
John G, Calhoun Irish parents furnish.
cd our country one of its most iIlustri.
Gus and incorruptible statesmen. In
all our history as people, Irish names
stand forth in brilliant array among
the brayest, the greatest and the best
Nature has SO created them that even
their foibles and vices are offsett by