The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-06-12
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NATIONAL PnEJUDicEsI I'LL FOUND

cans, we desire 10 submit some Thoughts
for the consideration OF the youth OF
Our country, on the subject OF nation
allties and national preludloes'
A majority Of those now IN Tue ohi
tod States have, 10 some indci'hnpl'
extent, prejudice against the people
of other countries, In many the feel
ing IL strong, In others 1t Is passive
and IN some, especially among lh0se
who have travelled abroad or mixed
much with foreigners In our own
country, II scarcely has an existence
indeed some, instead Of yielding to n
blind notion because others have II,
are admirers Of the people Of other
countries. They discriminate In their
Judgment as TO the virtues mud foibles
of Others strike tho balance, and de-
eide Justly In 80 far M they can. To
this latter class we claim 10 belong,
Such prcjudlccs are at emnily with
that genuine, elevated spirit ofprogress,
whose mission II II 10 draw all
nationnlitles into u closer brotherhood.
That We may tread upon no tender
toes let II be understood that just now
we write OF the great Caucasian or
white race Of mon--tho accepted de-
scendants Of Japhet, third son of Noah,
TO Illustrate; Why should M 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 tia reason worthy of re-
spect? SO far from indulglng In such
feelings, every freeman of this country
should give the Irish an exalted posi-
ton In his estimation. From the earli-
est dawn of their history, as Mileslans
from the great white nursery of the
race in Asia, through the lberian penin-
sula of Spain, down TO their partial
subiugation by the British, they were
among the foremost people In Europe.
They were long ahead OF Britain IN ne
cepting christianity in It's purest state.
For several centuries their great In
situations Of learning were the finest
and most extensive In existence. They
sent out scholars and educators TO
every nation Of Europe aud their mis-
sionaries and learned men shed II halo
of glory through every country Access
sible TO them. They held aloft the
banner of civilization and christianity
and exerted n mighty influence in re-
filming the characters OF rough and half
civilized people. Wherever they went
blessings follow cd. In u single insti-
tuition, founded in the days of st.
Patrick, there were seven thousand
students. Literature, poetry and the
arts tlourished. Sons Of kings, princes
and mobiles from the continent were
sent IN large numbers to be educated
in the great universities of Ireland. In
short they were, for four centuries, the
educators of Europe.
Then came the incursions of the
northmen-the piratial hordes from
the north seas--who, for two or three
centuries, invaded their coasts, burnt
their OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, plundered their
substance and preyed upon their in
dustry. The great institutions We're
destroyed time aud again and az often
rebuilt, till like m exhausted giant,
their resources failed and learning
gradually declined. War and Its raw
ages, rs everywhere in all countries,
diverted the plan of the finer senti-
ments to those of revenge and rapinc.
Petty jealousies sprang up among the
great chiefs, and Ireland became n
prey to- civil discussions, and thus
paved the way to her own subsection
by the less civilized but more compact
power of England. For two hundred
years her sons have felt the heel of OPP
preston, but through all the dread or
deal, they have been true to their an
cient renown and to liberty. Within
that time some of the best blood of
Spain, France, Italy Germany
and America has been drawn
from Erin's isle, Scarcely great
battle has. been fought on the con,
tinent Of Europe for two hundred years,
in which Irish blood was not spilled,
and Irish yalor illustrated. They have
attained the highest rank short of the
throne In Spain, France, Portugal and
Brazil. Though distracted and over
powered at home, they have rallied to
the standard ofliberty in every contest
both in the oldworld and the new, and
though their political night has been
two centuries long, to-day their hearts
are as youthful, as fresh and as true to
liberty as 1t was before the gloom of
night settled upon their beloved island.
Irish bones bleach every battlefield
in North America. Irish names adorn
the declaration of independence of
both the original thirteen United
States and ofthe Republic of Texas.
Irish blood coursod the veins of
valiant heroes, and illustrious pa
triots in both the revolutions of 1916
and 1885. An ilustIious Iberian Irish
man played a 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. In
John c. Calhoun Irish parents furnish
ed our country one of Its most illustrl-
Gus and incorruptible statesmen. In