, 1874-04-19
Gov They Fought, Broke Heads, and
Carried Elections.
Charley 0MaIleys Descent from Gran
uaweal---john Comiskeys 0i-
vine Origin.


''Thc Irish" have always been q proli1
theme foz writer's, historical and otherwise Ih
term applied to natives Of the western outpof
OF Europe does not sound badly to the ear an
looks neatly in print Ireland is pretty nam
in ali langnages aud friends aud foes have eu1o
gized the beauties Of the Ittlo island itself. ]
las been the theme Of song and story, Of praya
and OF e1ccratiou, Of horror and wonder, fol
many coutury. A Scotch chronicler has write,
that, Tor small speck Of land, Ireland has
MADE TERRIBLE NOISE
in the world during the last 500 yea1s especially
Ono day twas the stormy wrath OF her head1ont
clans wfeasing vengeance ono upon ths
other, While a common foo stepped in to deyou1
tie fate-lcd wTang1crs. The next it WAS al Ire
land in open insurrection against tho powor anc
prldo of England-the martial Celts-driring
their proud oppressozs to the last extremity il
the field and, as usual, losing their supremacy
when they lad to encounter the subtle diploma
cy of the English statesmen again it WAS tue
heart-Iending wall OF famine, ringing With funa-
real melody, like wind wltistling through sep
'uichre, throughout tho island then it was tle
heroic fidelity Of the hapess race to the ungrate.
full StuoTts-then the monstrons iniquity, bar
batous ignorance, and midnight blackness Of the
penal tunes, ir1adiated for u moment by tho
quickly cIouded sun of 1752-anon the gallant but
futile rebellion Of 1893, followed by tho crushing
'Cuion"; then tho mighty voice OF
DANIEL o'cosSHL,
- full of round ana fury" indnnd hnt with rn
ft:ized lightning behind the human thunder
cloud Of millions gathered at his beck then
the most dreadful Wholesale starvation of mod
ETH tineH, uuredeemed By a single decd OF
during on the part Of tie wretched people,
dragooued By "1sw," and cowed by lespotic
priesthood, thcn the rocket-liko glare of
YOUNG IRELAND"
blazing for moment amid the clouds on the
mouutaiE~tops, and sinking forever from Ire
lands sight in the convict settlements amid the
Southern eeas !; then the greatest national ex-
odus that has flooded the earth since i" through
parted Sea and desert sFes!e" tho pilgrim OF Sinai
led the tribes OF Israel from bondage to froe-
dom or Since, retiring before tho Baltic foods.
tile barbarians OF the North made havoc Of
ancient civilization and, lastly, the establish
Meut On thus Continent OF millions of a race
'icll: endowed BY nature With virtues and vices,
the former of which were 1epressed by the
cos'}uerors hand, ard the latter Of which
were developed by the same conqt1eror's vicious
system Of state-craft, as unden}abiy displayed III
every dealing Of naughty England with her un-
fortunate neighbo..
This general introduction is necessary to show
What Kind OF ordeal tho MASSES of the Irish
people resident in America had to endure, aa !.
preparatory school for their settlement in free
country. They had had no national existence,
~ any tangible form. for many generation
they were made ignorant By statute. elnnnish by
Tradition, blgotcd by persecution. and obstinate
bS nature. Thus, filled With combustible mate
f1a. morally considered, they-for the most part,
SURVIVORS Of
~ UNPARALLELED RATIONAL cATAsTBoPrE-
. feast of ghouls amid the bpasted light of
English civilization - fled by myriads
from the shores Of their wretched country
poured Fecklessly into the swe]tering holds
OF the en1;grant Ehips-whose pathway along
the bosom Of the submarine world-in tho tat
tered raiment upon which the English fotter still
loudly clanked. debarked upon our Eastern sea-
board, and for tho iiist time stood upon earth
which. though alien to them, Was more friendly |
than that from which they sprung
Il is hot, however, to be taken for eranted ttat
MI the Irish cullgrauts OF tho dreadful famiue |
years answered the description applied to tho !
AVERY LARGE MINORITY
left ireland more bccausc they feared what WAS
20 come than because they suffered from what |
Tad already befalIen the land. This nor
non OF the eu1igrauts bore to Ancrica
eespoctahltlty, in many cases culture, lib
tianty t|aay IL sentiment, an appreciation of the
tI'e tIessnSs OF Tree government, and loyalty to
.neiT adopted country which was only second
~ she!r hatred OF English lnvs and Enc}gh |
poIet, tn:. az exercised III ireland. This clement.
n eee numerous Irish arrivals previous to thu
tianlnotn exodus of 1856 nnd T. vos the ro |
seiag aAos ~ tie needy multitude which tha
cn1nl 49, Gonsy or Lord John RnsEe1ls Government
49, TO seea refuge beucath our prozccTinn-
r., Mos mat these same starving MASSES WERE
rnsnr ~, usEeintab!e and saSese,-althourh
tie isttepMhnnus ttpoEenus became the former and Were
.rh;c., CSnAPPy CIRCUMSTANCES |;
al4.Tl "ntu surrounded them-.hcir Wild aa,co. y,
s,nnaiars ac:ents, miserable poverty and
Tpdeaess ~ ignorance made them n,naar ar
tAG uooefn hordea ~
anu 'auuals 10 the astonished eres If tha sn,n
E,,.ea - "nosp 'c!ns run the blood Of Eno;ah
ij ~ ..i class OF gentlemen who, by The wa
- i1..l Se LUIGI Is anE other section Of Encshman'
% b1uE about, in tho days Of Crnr,,s.a1 I
iepiorab1e result to the Irish race my th1s
mn: but agreeable visitation to the sray as any
'cople; Aa @''' american
las VOL eald, the AngloSaxon Of America ah,.,,
lot be tte tirst to throw stone ut these 1,,Fo
unate Ce1ts, for, remembering what oihar
.t!slo, Sa1ons had done in Irclsnd, br tto;- :
reJadlce and blood-thirstiness, they should Lore
aelr heads IN the dust when they esw this terri
'e eject of ancestral crime. So, consider
e THIS. although aktonished, the Americans | .
tn considerable shyness at first, began to ,
lcourage taese poor but muscular Irish, and {
e Celt Ii the American body polite, as il the !
neacan material world, became a mighty ,act r
YOUNG CHICAGO .
thousand miles removed from the swarmin, | Q
ant1u seaboaEd-heard Of these peacefn2 ! I
o1E1 somewhat protes0ue inye7Gra wifh ro.bo- | a