National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1880-01-08
TIE IRISH AMBASSADOR.

Mr.. PARNELL, attended by Mr.. DILLON
who visit the United States on mission
charged with important interests relating
to the welfare of the people of Ireland, were
received in Now York with becoming at
tentions and respect This is very natural,
for the people of the United States have a
deep feeling of sympathy with the people
of Ireland. In the first place, we have a
large Irish population who have adopted
this country as their own, and who have
been prompted to come among us under
sense of wrong they have suffered in their
native land Whether their wrongs have
been real or fancied, il is all the same with
them, for they have renowned the country
of their birth and adopted the United States
as the future land of their citizenship. No
one who is at all intelligent can fail to
understand how prominent part the Irish
Americans have borne in developing Ameri-
can industries and enterprises. Our lines
OF Interstate commercial communication,
whether by canal or rail, are greatly in
debted to them for construction. Our
schools and colleges have Irish students
Our offices have Irish incumbents. The
mercantile mart has its Irish merchants
Our manufactures have Irish prOprietOrs
and operatives. Our army and navy are
marked with Irish bravery. The bench
and bar have Irish judges and lawyers. The
American pulpit has Irish clergy and the
soil has its Irish husbandmen, until every
fibre Of the material, political and social
structure of this Nation holds mixture of
the Irish element within itself 1t is not
strange, therefore, that America should be
imbued with strong sympathies for the
Irish people, whether they be of us, or yet
remain on the Emerald Isle. This sympa-
thy is easily excited, as has been shown
when Ireland has been scourged with
famine or pestlence, or she has shown a
disposition to seek her national independ-
ence. No Irish patriot statesman or
agitator comes among us in an orderly and
decent manner but who receives a hearty
welcome to American hospitality.
Mr. PARNELL was most heartily well
coined in New York, and no doubt will be
treated with marked respect at all impOr-
tant points throughout our country which
he may visit. 1t is foreshadowed that he
will visit the National Capital, where an
ovation is in store for him, and where he
will be heartily welcomed. He ostensibly
visits this country on an important mission
that relates to the present condition of the
Irish people in their native land and the
reforms that are needed there to relieve
them of innumerable hardships. To &C.
complish this end money is sought Of our
people, and no doubt there will be gen.
erous response to the appeals made to
American munifcence in this behalf In
view of this prospect it is well that the
American people should become informed
as to the real purposes for which money is
being raised; and inasmuch as Mr. PARNELL
gives the most positive assurances that
nothing revolutionary or violent is contem-
plated by this movement, there can be no
improperly in yielding it the widest SYM
pathy and aid commensurate with Ameri-
can sense of justice. If it is public senti-
ment that Mr.. PARNELL seeks, he will find
plenty of it, and as free as water.