The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-03-04
"TRE ANNUAL LBL0HMIN.n
A BOGUS PATRIOT DEscRIBRD-A MAN TO BE
MARKED AND AVOIDED-TRADINa ON THE
LOVE WHICH IRIsHMEN HAVE FOR IRE
LAND

~ AARKED AND DAVOIDBD-TRADING ON TH
ve LOVE WHICH IRIsHMEN HAVE FOR IRl
he LAND.
al Catholic Advocate.)
80 There 10 no people in the world since th
a- Isralites rose up in the land of bondag.
IN and, going forth from it. settled by Hebron
10 brook and in ShRrOn's valley, moro de
re votedly attached to their nationality tina
y the Irish people. The sweet singers VIII
)f stllled their harps by the waters of Baby
1t lon, and wept wht n they remembered Sion
l, loved roi the holy places Of their race NOR
9 Barrow, and Shannon, snd/Blackwate
n now" and all honor and glory to them fo
: their patriotism of love. They lift theil
Q banners for the honor of old Ireland, they
gather In troops with music and rejoicing
. to spread her name in the mouths of men
tnaG they may reverence the NiObe of ma
tlous, the land of teaIs aud bravery, OF
song and sorrow, the land whose history is
gold web with the blackest cords of grief
woven in the weft, the land of Patrick the
Saint, and BrSan the herd, the land of seer
and sage, of warrior and bard,-green
Erin OF the streams-their motherland.
We are now approaching PatIick's day,
the annual festival of this gallant people,
and already they prepare for this welcome
| ceieoratlon. In America, North and South
10 Australia, in Oceanica, in Africa, in Ire
land, in England, in Scotland, nay, even in
Parls, the name of st. Patrick wakens mp
on exile lips 10 promise of due honor to be
paid to the great apostle of an apostolic
nation, and we are reminded by memory
that all this earnestness, all this zeal, all
this patriotism, all this devotion will be
adroitiy turned to his own purpose by
political "Jeremy Diddler," whom We will
term "the annual Irishman"
The "Annual Irishmann appears on one
day in each year amongst us. tho best of
Goou fellows. On the other three hundred
and sixty four days of the year you would
ma him as readily in a small pox hospital
as amongst his country men. But on that
day che is all there" When the parade
begins to move, yon notice him the busiess |
man of all the thousands present. He |
wears the biggest shamrock, has the most !
smiles, beams with the most show OF pa
triotlc fervor, and if he meets an iuflnential |
American political friend he grasps his |
mana warmer than any one else, points at
the crowd, and inquiries of him, "Does not |
that show some intluence9
The 'Annual Irishman is always poll
tlc,an; and is equally prepared to be Re
publican or Democrat, just according as he
nnds best for his pocket. He never or
rarely Ia member of any Irish society,
ana when he ls, never attends their meet
ings. He never has time to aid in any
movement at home or abroad for their
benefit. He regards Irish societies as be-
ing low, decidedly vulgar, and gets his
head up to the level of the feet of the
American people above his rank, and be-
lieves he is intimate and influential with
them when they regard him as being a USE
full nuisance only.
The "Annnai Iriehmann ia ALWAYS a
'has been" office holder or q holder of Office
lately appointed. He is great in election
times at ca1cuses of his party. He pro.
claims amongst them that "he has the
irish vote 10 his pocket" and they ad
rance him accordingly. He is not much of
speaker, and when be indulges in oratory
is dignified by general absence of the L
ules OF grammer, whilst it consists of 4
roth, fury, and bunkum alone. Lastly, he O
not very much of Catholic. t
There ls one class Of meetings where the t
annual lrlshman" never shows his nose +
Ia avoids Irish temperance meetings with b
ne greatest sagacity. He makes his money d
oolng so, and he thoroughly manages y
, forget ireland during every month but +
arch, as he forgets her, March and @
II, when he gets fat in office. Then for c
le first time, he makes his appearance no n
ore IN the Irish ranks, and eubsides an Z
1ally and eternally from St. Patriek's to
arades all over the country. l.
The ''Aunual Irishman" will make his ~
'pearance in every city in our Union this tt
'xt seventeenth day of March as usual. cI
Will be as genial and as jolly as ever. pI
Will still wear the big shamrock, still pI
eeerve tce same Imposing presence of IN
"InU 1!isu iee'iDg, stlIl calculate how VI
1ch political cap tai he will make out of ch
this and still be- as las huge mockery, si'
blatant a sham, as big capitalist in the st
Inc of roguery as ever. ce
We do not want Irishmen who are true in
d honest to refuse this fraud a place in
eIr ranks. Let them just mark him.
It them convey to their friends, and bis, fa
&c they are not unaware of his character, -
at they are not as the innocent goat that ma
iped the fox out ef the we'll on his back ia
lllst the fox left him in the lurcb. Let tat
em tell them he is an "Annual Irishmann mi
no more, the greatest imposition and ate
'st lasting and useless humbug that ever NJ,
.ueG On gooo nature, or sold patriotism -
pelf in the political market. an
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