The Irish standard., 1888-01-28
AN AUSTRALIAN EXAMPLE.
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy on the
Green versus the
Orange.
NO PROFESSIONS IN MELBOURNE
British 0fhcialism and Ignorance Of Colo
NAL Matters---0range
Ioasts.

In the current number Of the Con-
temporary Review Sir Charles has an
article entitled IAN Australian Exam
Pile" The following are several ex.
eerp1s from it. They have % peculiar
interest: ssColonists bring back from
England stories of the arlaZement OF
British citizens that colonial boys We're
not yvooIlv or colonial girls tawny, and
even the official class before the rise OF
Sir Robert Herbert knew as Little OF
their distant dominions as MI. Baiiour
does OF Ireland. A grey-hairad ruler.
who spent his life in colonies, was fond
of telling story to illustrate the t1ernl-
.avoir Of Downing street. A certain
secretary of state.-so the story raa -
gave audience to all eminent colonls5
from Australia. and the conversation
feil upon q retired governor, Who, when
his period Of service had terminated,
bought charming island in the tactic
and made his home there. He had lost
favor at the colonial office, ai>d marvel
lous stories concerning him were cur
zen. ip the locality. L am told, said
the noble secretary, that Governor So
and So lives the life Of hermit in all
respects but one. Can il be possible
shat he has shut himself up on an
island with no other companions than
{, harsm of wallables?' Welt. yes.
said the colonist, that's about it. The
island ;snd the wallabies are q true bill;
but he has books and music, and ozone
80 boot pray, sir said the secretary,
in a tone Of horror, how many wal}a-
hjes may there be there?' How many?
Well, T. never thought Of asking. n
good Few, no do:lbt; 100 for certain, or
:su0 for anything [ know. I dare say
he doesn't kncw now nany himself
Gracious proyitlpnce,' cried the states
nan, in grave surprise, what an exam
ole ts Christian peopie!' Oh, as for
example, l. wish ali your governors eu-
ploved themselves as innocently. Il
am profoundly grieved to hear you say
so, sir! Morality must be at q low ebb
indeed when a man like you makes
hight of suci, q proceediug.' Morality!
exclaimed the colonist, what does your
lord hip suppose a was!aby to be-:
why, a half caste, Of COURSE. "A wal
laby, my lord, is a dwarf Kangaroo!
About 1840 4 Treble tide Of immigration
from Ireland SET towards the new SET
tlement. Young farmers and artisans
from Muu> ter. who in the end became
PROSPEROUS colonists, and in soIne in
stances conspicuous politicians, began
to seek there rather than in the United
States, q new hnme. A. little later
Younger sons of the Irish gentry, some
of them bred to Che learned professions,
and for the most part OF Tory politics,
dazzled by The story Of the unoccupied
territory, arrived singly or in little
patches, and were destined to hold
some Of the highest offices in the future
state. And farmers of Ulster who did
not find that q community Of opinions
induced their landlords to be content
with mrderate rents, sold their tenant
right and sought farms and ONES in
the new country. These Irish immi-
grants SOON constituted fourth part of
the entire population, and among them
selves were distributed in about the
game proportions as in the island 1rom
which they came, The Celts were, per-
haps, not the least gifted, though they
were certainly the least disciplined of
these immigrants. They had never
been anything notable at home, had
never held any local office or exercised
any authority, and many of them were
accustomed to be domineered over, in
the North by Orange lodges, or in the
South by arrogant officials. Catholic
emancipation had been on the statute
book for nearly a dozen years, but
though religious equality was recog-
nized by law, one OF these men might
as reasonably have hoped to become
Archbishop of Canterbury as corpora
tor, magistrate OF grand juror in the
island where he was born. How the
manum, ,tted bondsmen would demean
themselves in the new country was a
subject Of grave doubt, and must prove,
it was felt by thoughtful persons, an
important factori in its historv. Some
Of the northern Irish regarded the.
question as already decided. There
were all the raw materials for, a new
Ireland of serfs and masters like the
one that existed OH the other side of the
equator, why should it not be repro.
duced in the new country? The 18th
of July was an anniversary Of whose
Significance no Irishman ] was ignorant. 9