The weekly Louisianian., 1874-08-22
THE IRISH MEMBERS OF THI
:g2 HOUSE OF COANONS. :.

faHE IRISH MEMB OF III
@12 HOUSE OF COAMONS. :
a:.T I'll = 49,.
Asa rule, it must be ,admitte
that the Irish takers of the Hous
are not always dull, and, in tr'utl
Ii, they were, the position. Of th
bulk Of members would be uunte,ndu
rable. 1t is a merciful dispense
ton of Providence. for which "
are scarcely sufficiently warm in on
acknowledgment, that, admittin,
the necessity Of one province of tn,
kingdom being in a chronic state O
dissatisfaction, the seat of the sor
row has been. fixed in Ireland ani
that it is in the Irish accent tn,
everlasting vail goes up through the
rafters of st. Stephens. Let us
pause a moment to think how many
weeks purchase the Speakers life
would be worth, surprising ireland
were contented, and the inevitable
Home-Rule party Of the day come
from Scotland Or from Wales!
About such men as MI. McCar-
thy Dowaing Of Nj. Mitchell Henry
there il, it is true, nothing to relieve
the tedium Of blatant talk or to tenn
per the feeling of disgust with which
the House hears poured forth a con-
slant stream of reckless statements,
false differences, and childish mis-
representation of notorious facts.
Mr.: Mitchell Henry is absolutely
without recommendation to the "a
ygorable notice Of an audience-notI
even. haviHpg. been born an 1rishman,,
end 2 therefore here lacking the overflow
liaagg .l hqg'mp99NF; S e9hiivadl q spirit, the an
conscious drollery, the endearina,g
!G4 5 yqqf mind and the charm
l lqgJ kHipdlliRBsesss of manner, which are
epbbAaF9qct aEsig & ef one ee Of the finest
races Of men that people the earth.
Mr.: Mccarthy Downing was born
in County Kerry, but when he
reached the high position, which he
still gfotfously Holds, of chairman 81
he Skibbereen Town Commission
'rs, it would have been well for
finn and fora suffering House of
if he had recognized in
he promotion the eternal fitness of
and 'permitted his mind to
un peacefully through the level
'soo7e of the local politics OF the
'arony. Mr.: Synan, though he
arely rises to the height of his own
dice; is a well-meaning man, and
never really So angry with any
hing as one hearing him shout in I
ae House of Commons might sup I
ose him to be. Herbert Pocket,
alaing across Palace Yard while !
[r: Synan was addressing the t
.eaker in,the recesses of the House (
Commons, might suspect that his a
ther-in-law old. Bill Barley, leav- t
g his bed, had got into Parliament, r
I'd had learned to express himself t
parliamentary language. But i
r. Synan's bark is much worse f
an his bite, and when be is ap- "
in q paroxysm of passion, b
d is undoubtedly shouting at the fl
Of his voice. there is a twinkle .
his eye that seems to say to the =
'eaker: tits all right me bhoy; =
mt be frightened; I only want d
em to hear across the Channel 9.
ut I'm doing my duty as an Irish tt
'mber by walking into every thing, "
d proving that whatever is isn't Al
Mr.: Sullivan, one of the re- 10
Tits Of the new Parliament. is a a
niwhose lips have been toucbed 81
the heavea.born' FIRE of oratory.
s words are welt chosen, his SEN
'ces easily and naturally grouped, j..
4 his s1dnd is afame with imagin-
On. 1T is easy to conceive how,
'akingto a.smass-meeting of his
this nervous passion 0'
, fnely-strung man would sway vi
If souls to the measure of "the :. y
d anthem of Erin-go-bragh." We
t the House of Commons is not Be
Dublin mass-meeting.t It is a be
" of nractica1 hns;no1a.1;;k o bel