New-York tribune., 1883-03-18
" CHANGE IN THE IRISH CHARACTER7
AN 1R1srrNANs LITTER IN OFFENCE OF HIS coUN-
TRYMEN.

| SIR: viii the Editor of THE TRIBUNE allow
an Irshman TO say somcthins-one who mas reau
THE TRIBUNE for nearly forty years. one WHO mas Vou
in This country longer than the majority Of ia native
born citizens who has learned his ponucs from lL
| Te1nr-yT: one who has been Wing, Replbncan ana
was proud 10 be called an Aboonist when slavery eN-
| stcd; one who never voted the Democratic uchet put
once and that was when lie voted FOR Horace greeley
! have 90 complain of THE THIBUNEs treatment oi Ino
irish question:" It's way Of putting things regarding
! ireland and Irishmen, offensive TO one WHO hlS
| been taught by it 10 sympathze with the weak
| the poor ana the oppressed Of all nations
! left ireland too young 20 know Huch OF
| her history. Ny first important study OF lriSh
history was from reading pamphlet published ID LIE
| TRIBUNE Office, entitled: a Memoir on Ireland
| Native and Saxon. by Daniel OCohhoH Nheh
! hoy | read this pamphlet. and 1t had
| vcrr peculiar effect II made me an enemy oi
! England Further realng has only confirmed me on
tbot po,nf and has convinced that no irsiman can
do otherwise than hate England and her government ot
Ire!aud-no hate Ell shmen as such, inind l'e "r''-
cc IN THE TRIBUNE Of Sunday, February % Is c most
vicious anvc yet seen, and the cause or ms ie'ter'
Tn, writer goes OF his way to attack every iriT-
ma, ard tr 70 fastcn on all the sins Of the few Please
hear I'm min that ain not Fenian, LandLeaguer or
n member OF any kindred society but am an American
citizen born in ireland, and Therefore protest against
insuua;ions which bear on me ana all IKE me- III ui
article in last Sundays TRIBUNE, headed Change in the
! Irish Character"
The assertion Of the Ir,saman's hatred Of steady
woIl. and love Of whiskcy deny - being applied u
the race. have worked for over iLir'} i've years.
more hours n tho twcutyfonr, on an average 'hhh'
! {. an any one in THE TRIBUNE oice; ana was never
! drank can produce one hundred lr7hmrh
that can snow good n record can any
one saw as much for any other nationality
poy II r the custom TO accuse the Irish ot their love
at wI,lcv which sorry 20 ray h. too prevalent ;
hut ract. ana statistics show tlat there Il more wi7key
consumed ~ Scotland than IN Ireland though me polu
lofon OF Iceland is nearly twice that Of Scotland
Horace Greeley u hs letters 20 fHE TEiBvSE from Ire
land stltel tat nc had seen morc drunken men ia one
d I'm Nr-Yorl. than he had In all his travels N
ireland aud ihlt The Irish in Ireland are mucn more
sohcr than they a.c i'm America.
Then ncau. that article says the Ir,iman has mur
der,u. instincts Here ls "a race which pc.icycs Itself
oppressed" l. it not oppressed VIII THE lrHrNg
.av i.uat! "Nurlarous ia-tuct- "-pcraaps IL has ;
bn do not tink So Nol try to condemn as an ior The
at o. icy r. tAs farl Is this Just l. Ills Auei
| car fair play Here is an American PRECEDENT; NAeh
! John Brown Invaded virginia he had "uar.cr'uH
I i,sfiuots" 10 free tic slave. He vas arrested
tri.d and hanged. Woul it be fair or
! inst 10 accuse Us Republicans o. having
/ .mrrlorous instincts" because john Brown was
! a Ee;4bIcau and an America. Yet hr Lad hi."Ncrs
ave- uui atcr~ md ahctors too. Norur tie Hfinoiors
OF ,nr Land icp-lc fc,igu to Am rl, ns tie tl- ot
! THg TnlitNL cnl show. Forty years ago. An rcan,
N,v.York r. proved thar they voald not pt uP with
ANY sort o. IanIl lrlisn though wa mitisaicd
! by pnymcut Of Liud. and - 10 away "ith N.w-Nork
.Pat.1laisru dis aycd minis aka'c "uurd'fous ILL
.tu.s.' aud committed murder IN order 20 sri rd ui IT,
Americans rcbrIltd. ami tie Governor o. this state de-
/ ,ar,d one county u state OF m-uue'tion This was
previous o. 1916. think / quote from memory. Men
were murdered too. and by masked men. Woull 10 hc
fair 10 accuse Americans OF "murdrrous instincts
Yet I!iE TRIBUNE dcuounc,s Irislmcu for trying to
get rid of thousand times worse stnt' Of nfars. In
/ those davs thlnf THE TRIBUNE on tho Ambient
side NOW 4 gioais over the larging Of Inshmcn wide
Joyse aud other tralD. and looks with extended eyes
until 4 see, the "uufortuuaes now on tai in Dublin
hanged on the sd, evidence Of pamPecl aud pad In
| form, r..
ot ia THIS country tho Ishnnu IA "o' al Foreigners the
lenst pt 10 laugh AMI lok" Hr Is grave heavy fur
/ iivc-eyrd man" Now these are just tie aits the
not ba.luS' @ a' T W. 'ritpS md. f,I win us fcr ny W
inc them f. II p,ssibc for Ir-hman 10 please THT
a. ,In , i dc,v T.. n moi time Tor him 10 do 20 Void
ann other people stand WDat the Irish people have TODD
for c,ptu;ise and exist o. prorcI think NOT. For
700 year- Eng and used a.. her mighty power 10 d.
r,rr and ~ people For 300 wears En-l'uI. gclt,st
,dorj h4- been 10 tSe from thr Ir.shinan . love OF
| who u TO blunci II Lngia"d has al last. after
nrc saxon instincts Of iltn. Of himself aud
Of shuf ng onnii igous siioini- icnrs aud hopes
tb.t 90 what EpetuI Ina been ming to fnc" the
lris1nap for year- n E1eliui has az last s1ccecdcl
IN driyt1g Aicutr u' the catholic priest and
thr Cithoc out or nf modern lri-hWaI'- heart.
lien her rule Gland wiz b, shor, iuceed and WHO Is
70 n.H,nc; tie ,i ,3 ,,'p mi ,e an ~ % ,yg y,
make in-hu'n lriie.ia.ts-th.t Is .mpoaebi"-bnt -
m last tuco r' her OH ton, she nas sown The wind,
.'r osv taa not one % thorc uuforin.
! u9tr men ARE ,td m DUNN wS pratt 'cl Catholic.
/ fbcy are me. Of me nc" eaI, + J. sanl, VINO ha'
! c.u4tr. ia Tie Wold VINO aided, ah"it"d and helped
| MI tSt Ir.bmcn have become apt pIpis
/ t1ight aH over Europe. She Is now fhnGus oycr
tl Iast .hc i,a. rIuic auI cannot lay. Bean mind.
! iayc 40 sympathy ~ common VIII "a, l"n II d.
/ ro1.cc. Goi 'd should nay' hu d. no tmk
! ON vuat have rud i"at lc.e men c'ui Doc nyiccd
! o. tue Jaci stat.- "n th. tidncr 81" surh "rrlcH as
Carey. Convicted tA'y VII hr ~ lr'hnn. and h1nrrI,
| TOO for taat ma cl Inganrs game ior centuries.
C4n you orc the .doi mat such ar.o~ &" any Govern
! meat yI, "c- "-'as- 'iS 'u" o' - fiol'f
! one ,,oL .nJr. a.d have done. IIE IriHt NJ has
tareg crlf u lng saddle on tho Irish n Az erica
Con4r 0riasrn, who has 700 oitcu IN sorry 10
saw mace tutc rdcu4Ous. Wl0 II To blame Tor tnlsi
t, n ave lum uoofic, years a-o, s spec al
r..iord.ut and when hc first for Co grcss b. gave
! I.smcr not even when hc was supposed to uc good
Wing uud stunned the couhiy for General scott. wnore
cen helped to d + t h'm when hc ran Tor Pfetd Mt OF
tIr United states. Your. IL
! lOur correspondent is too Irish or too an
| gry to be quite reasonable. Because he was
never drunk. he wOuld have US infer that
drunkenness is not common among class OF
! his countrymen. Let him examine the 20
| lice returns aud he will discover his mistake. III
protests against the PhTnlx Park murders and
other Outrages being taken evidence OF murder
Gus instincts" and yet shows his sympathy with
| the men now arraigned on probable evidence of
having committed these murders; then turns around
and protests that he has sympathy with them, and
! concludes by declaring that the United States
| they couldn't be convctcd We have by no means
uuder aiken 70 Justify Eugland's treatment of Ire
land. What we do say is that nothing known to the
world ustiies the horrible murders in Dublin, or
the l-consldered sympathy which many lrishmen
| show with every person suspected on probable
| ground of having perpetrated them. In the pres
| ence of u ghastY crime the first foellng Of every