, 1879-08-18

When we think wo have large enough pupulat1on
Of good Catholics, then wo will dcclasc 0nsael7es
Nh Independent acctlou. and the non,nn Church
will be fhu Church af the new conEcdcsncy. Iha
whole Knmnn Catholic Church. from iss ropo
down TO tho most tnmhn member Of The eatno. arc
hcnrt and tont In shs work. nnt ttuy will do all In
thclr power to tnako It a sucecsa.'
Leaving t!ia somowlnt grantlioso mud
idiotio proposition for tho establishment Oft
State Church down South out Of tho qnos-
tiou, for 1t Is hardly worth discussing, thoro
aro still left political md sooial aspects tint
nro worthy Of consideration. We hnven't
mich faitl, iu tho Herald correspondence
discovery, but considering the Southern ca-
rnoity for "phoolory," wo nro not going to
Insult their intelligence by denying that hts
statements are not correct. Mr.. WA1TEasoN
himself soys TINT tho Southern whites nro
llover nctuatcl by 1ogical roason aro ignorant
OF mathematics, md always nlovo upon tho
impulses Of Imagination mud g,sh. This bo-
Ing tho cnso, We ,nny compute for them aomo
Of tho mathematical measurements Of tho
Irish elephant they propose to import in
tho plnco Of tho meek, t1ocilo, mud long-suf-
fcring African.
41It A8 bNFlib5U LAAh Inv VI k1htp AA4AALOA
good, average Irisltmon 60 down South 10
tR1o tho place Of MI equal number Of blacks.
Undoubtedly the "Suntl." will obtnim robust,
ab!c-bosliod class of laborors. rho Irish, NJ n
rulc, nro llnrd workers, md MS soou rs they
hccono acclimntel will do The work In bot
Tor gl,ape and moro Of it tlnn tho negroes;
hut they will not do 1t Oh tho samo co,,.li-
tions. rlloy will doinaud much largor
Rl,nro Of tho crops than tho blacks do, antl
they will Cetit or there will be tronblo.
Ttoy will not nllow themselves to bo swim
died OIL contracts or supplies Of food md
clothing. Ti.oy will lemnnd MI interest iu
tho land which tlloy cnltivnto. Ii thoir to-
mantls nro not mot, thoro will bo row. II
their wugeH nro not raised, there will be 4
strike. II tho strike il rosistod, tllero will DO
lively Donnybrool< fairs nil over tito South
whcro briclsbats aud shtilolals grow. They
won't allow themselves to 10 cheated or bull
tlozed. They have mona Of thas lan,b-like
locility which cl,nracterizos tho poor negro.
II any ono lifts them, they will hit back uud
arc apt 10 hit very harl. Their loyo Of II
row is so intonse that they will have no liili-
c,slty in finding plenty of opportunities to
crack tho crowns of o,iya'rous bulldozers.
If the nrc-ontors attempt to balot-box -st,,lr
or bullyrax thom, rs they llavo tho'ncgroos,
tloy viii! discover TINT They havo wolsed up
tho wrong pnssougors Tho Irish will not DO
cheated or tiasuo.papored, hunted down,
ahot.gunncd, or driven from their homes.
Looking ut tho matter from n political
point Of vioT, it ,nay ho stated That tic
Irish will want big sl,aro Of tho Offices,
anil. yl,at,s moro, they will loyo them. +" by
ding g." As n race, they hnve n wonderful
capacity for absorbing Offices. They tnke
thon, without my SERIOUS injury to their n,-
tive u,oleaty, and nnything in the way of m
Office, from that Of Pound -Kcoper to the
Presidency of tho Southern Confclcraoy,
| will not DO in danger Of spelling for want Of
m occupaut, They are not tl,u men to sce
au Office snllcr for want of an occupant. Ay
M Iowa papor saws. ga scoro of able-bodict]
1rjshmon havs moro voting power than q
thousand timid darlsics they will elevate
/ themselves into Office in tho South with.
ont flu n;f] Of f1erricE md onco in t]nro
| is no d,nger TINT they will soou not olll
| arain. Tho Irish Demovrat,a ytayipc mower