Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-11-03

Mr. u. N Rowe is the Santa Ana agent Of
the HERALD.
National Problems Race Gharae-
teristics.
There are several ,keynotes which
have resulted, in tho administration OF
human affairs, in momentous events.
One OF these was formulated by Jesus
Christ, who said that house divided
against itself cannot stand. The otherwas
the old adage, not less ancient than the
potent utterance of the despised Naza-
rene, which ran, "Divile and conquer. "
Through the operation of these two well
understood malign agencies in human
affairs, Ireland has been erected into the
Niobe of Nations, dating back, in her
misfortunes and consequent insignifi-
cance some seven centuries. Going
back barely century, the same inhu-
ences blotted "the fair land of Poland"
from the roster of nations.
A fine and strenuous fight for national
autonomy has been under way, for some
years past, in Ireland II has been
conducted by Parnell, an Irish Protest
ant, and has been conducted with con-
summate skill, at that. For time it
looked as IL Parnel would win. In his
crusade the Irish Catholic Parish priest
and the Irish Protestant clergyman
stood side by side, on the same platform.
Religious and race differences were, for
tho moment, sunk in grand, patriotic
national uprising which, If persevered
in, and without violence, would guaran-
tee TO Ireland her own Parliament and
the ability TO enact her own laws. There
was nothing extreme in this demand.
The history of the act of Union, engi-
neered by Lord Castlereagh at the be-
ginning of the current century, is afame
with infamies. Bribery and oil forms of
corruption were incidents of this basely
purchased surrender of Irish autonomy.
The baseness Of the methods employed
to bring this iniquitous result about
were confessed when Lord Castlereagh,
who accomplished it, although Prime
Minister of Great Britain, and surround
ed by riches and power, cut his ow n
throat with a razor, in the bath. The
conscience OF this degenerate Irishman
never slept, and he executed the VEN
gence Of his countrymen on himself,
with his own hand.
Certainly Mr.. Parnell made no mis-
take in seeking to undo the work of this
ennobled scoundrel and suicide. He
showed the great reach OF his sagacity
by reconcilipg all the diverse religious
elements of his country. But, lately,
there are not wanting signs
that the statesmen who rule
England are resorting to the old
methods of divide and conquer, meth
DDS which have for centuries paralyzed
the efforts OF one of the noblest races of
mankind. Lord Rossmore and his Or.
angemen have lent themselves to this
ignoble work, and it remains TO be seen
whether in this, as in less intelligent
aud less concientious eras, the detesta.
BILE game will succeed.
Parnell has also had to confront still
another element of position perhaps
rs deadly as the calculated hostility OF
the Orangemen, which is now being in
cited by the English ministry. We re-
fer to the assassins who have thrown
discredit on the Irish cause. The assas-
sination of Mr.. Burke and Lord Caven-
dish was really the most deadly blow
which has been directed at legitimate
Irish aspirations. What between the
assassins and the Orangemcn, the path
OF Mr.. Parnell is indeed not lined with
roses. Nevertheless, we believe that the
closing years of the nineteenth century
will be signalized by the resurrection of
many temporarily extinguished nation
alities. just here comes in the hack
nSyed quotation. which did so much SER
Vice with us prior to the war of the
American rebellion,
"Truth crushed to earth will rise again,
The eternal years OF God are hers.
Though it may be fashionable to sneer
at right as against force, clear and
honest ideas are more and more demon
strating their control in the affairs OF
this world.
A word as to the Celt, and his inAu.
enee in our day and generation, may not
be amiss at this stage Of our article. BY
some people he is regarded from the
point of view of Froude, who, in his
history of Ireland, remarkably resem-
bles the iishmonger whom DR.. Samuel
johnson found skinning live eel in the
BillinRsgate market of London, and
who cursed it because it wriggled.
Froude's whole book is devoted to
showing how grateful the Irish people
ought to have been at being skinned
alive. He eXults over the successive
overthrows of the half armed and wholly
undisciplined Irish on their own soil, by
the English; while he admits that, in
other lands, no men ever born OF women
showed more daantless yalor than the
expatriated representatives Of this deeply
injured race. lie Celebrates upon the
business success achieved by the Scotch
and English settlers in Ireland, with the
whole power of the British government
at their beck and call, and
laments that the native Irish
had not one of the elements OF thrift and
self.help in them. just once, in his
long portrayal OF English forbearanee
towards the Irish, he pauses to note the
official and well.authenticated fact that
the Englshman OF the Pale had right
to kill an Iriahman on sight, without
any accountability whatever. Mr.
Froude ought to have extended the
scope OF his inquiry, and to have fol
lowed the Irishman, irrespective ol
creed, into the four quarters OF the
world. Had he done SO, he would have
found that the Catholic Celt, once de-
livered from governmental shaekles, on
the free soil of the United States, shows
a degree of thrift, forethought and
sagacity surpassed by no people on the
face of the earth. Fully third Of the
people of the United States are Celtsi
and Irish Celts at that, and the business