New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22

ence of the Irish settlers in America; In some
minds they NAV really plant hostile ieennes 90 to
ward Great Britain which would otherwise unu
no place there. At any rate they pan. ~ n snoS
minds habit OF speaking and acting as IL such
hostile feelings did find place. habit whcn c rho
not but lead to bad effects in many wnEs, NJ
mere rumor the mere thought, OF 1ecalllnV MI
Lowell from his post in England IN suoservenGy "
Irish clamor is a case in point; Thar suc9 .n'hH
should even have been dreamed o. I as
was last year, shows the b3ieini , n" hoT0
of Irish influence in America. It shows st nov
specially likely it is 10 sur up s' and
and i-feeling between Great b'i ,iiIh , on
America even at times when. setting lrlsh n'at "
ters aside there is not the faintest grouliu VI
quarrel on either side. In view OF Poe'iFS'
tce It is perhaps not unreasonaoI3 th a.; tbiS mar
misrule in Ireland should lie punished in 'n .
ticular shane. 1t may be lust mat JUG VII e.
which we have done 10 our nelgloors Frnilv
paid of at the hands OF members unn TO our
branch of the family and il Is hard 10 see no" ~
can be any real gain 10 tle oIneI. 81
However much he may deplore the cohceIV'u
nolitical methods of an IRISH community '''e!o 10
nothing Mr. Freeman holds, TO prevent tnc i'ui ~
nal freshman from becoming one with the peopiV "
the land or from playing an usetul ana no'"'" -.
rort among them "Ihe Irish difficulty" is Ill ms
-, NOT El,eIv To last forever. whereas the
reoro difIiculty must last either til the way mas
hoe, found ont by which the Ethiopian may chahge
tic sLin or till either the white man or
,h I1,cl denorts out of the land. Assimilation Is
NOT possible no rights of citizenship Oy law can
saws our traveller make the negro the real Ieilo"
of cilzens of European descent, mat the negro Is
not dangerous in this case OF noh-asSlih'la-
ton is. he believes. because he Is a peaceIul
and easily satisfied creature, content 10 lni-
fate the ways of the white man as Tar
as he can As for the Chinese Mr.. Freeman reJolceS
M their exclusion and declares that every nall"h
has a right to get rid of strangers who prove hu-
sance. The condition of citizenship, he thihhS'
should be birth in the land-a condition TO he Ie-
Taxed only in the case of eminent service 10 'no
commonwealth.
In the course of ssocial experience in this coun-
fry Mr. Freeman took occasion to observe divorce
between politics and society, or indeed between
no,tics and the higher culture-a divorce which he
hints NAV in part be caused by the federal system
which. among other things, hnders tho ex-
istence of a real capital. The absence
of official ceremony here our visitor for our SAKE
regrets. There never was a purcr democracy than
that of I,ri." he says, " and the Landammann OF
hi keeps-at least he kept eighteen years back-ho
small measure of Official state" This absence oil
uublic ceremony seemed to Mr. Freeman all the more
strange that in private life the American struck him
nc beng more cereinonious than the Brlton. As for
our use of titles 50 often ridicu.ed by Johh
Rull he comes to our defence win tne
reminder that we have only kept On IN
usage which England has dropped, ana
that in continental counties the custom
is even more to be remarked than in America
Our English friend appeared TO fluid u.s. on the
whole, an agreeable people. lie was never upon
his journeys hailed as stranger" nor was asked
impertinent questions; and he was welcomed win
hearty kindness which evidently touched m ana
which is more than justified by these records writ
ten with few exceptions in spirit OF courtesy ana
impartiality. From 90 careful and considerable 3"
critic we could have borne even harsher Judgments
and more plentiful errors