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“CARROLL'S ORATION. © met
be are pleased to see the notice which that’ ‘very ‘able paper,
BS ee (S. CL) Mercury, takes of Mr. Carroll's triumph-
«ant defence of the. Irish character.’ « The review of his oration,
* which we subjoin from the Mercury, is creditable to its author,
ite eee ie is Tegarded ‘as a mere literary effort, or the more no-
dle o of a generous, and warm-hearted’ advocate for
: " Hiberaity ‘and freedom of opinion. _ Verily, the Native Ameri-
: ean Barty’ appears very stall ia its designs, when compared
" with the enlarged, , enlightened, and philanthrophie views of
» Mr Carroll. [Dar Tien (Geo.} Telegraph.}
CARROLL'S ADDRESS BEFORE THE ST. PAT-
RICK'S BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. , !
“This i is a spirited defence of the character of our Irish fellow-
eitizens “against the charges ‘of their: opponents. * ‘Instea
~. dwelling on the wrongs which Trishmen have suliéred in their
-y from ower: and exactions of England—a
* -eourse “tsnally pursued on these occasions—Mr, Carroll dwells
~ -on the rights they are entitled to claim i ia the country of their
"adoption, as citizens of a free commonwea!
We do not. exactly know what Mr. Carroll means by* poli- [1
tical sectarianism’ in this country, or by * oppression of of consci-
as of possible applieatio in to the case of Trishmen—un-
cal_ sects, political. parties, o! of which we
‘have enough, every one knows to vindicate triumphantly our
boasted right of private judgment.’ America is full of clans,
sects, parties, ranks, and classifications, political, national, and
- . religious; but political sectarianism standing singl hy itself,
savors too much of the union of Church and State to be perfectly
; ‘agreeable to an American palate. - oppression of con-
ce! the day for that, too, has gone by. . Americans hoot at
the Hea. Their minds are not to be enslaved by any power,
-civil or religious, and let no one fear that they will ever be in+
atromental if enslaving the minds of others, that Irishmen are
to be crushed for their opinions while their conduct conforms to
the laws of the country. is true, we cannot elevate a full-
' ploodéd Trishman to the Praidencys but the same rule of conn
.- gion applies to alt foreigners, the natives of France, England,
” Germ: rmany, and of every other count Ab American Presi-
* dent must be a native of America—but there is no ether office
that a foreigner may not fill according to the Constituti ion—and
itis a remark ‘fees that some of the most distinguished
*"satesmen in the U; wad 80 me to.whom the Seuth especial-
_ ly points with pre ail Gontidenee,gre thé. dese: -enmints of Irish-
~ men: believe this to be the case ‘with General Jackson, | ¢
our late President,: with. Mr. Calhoun, and’“Mr. McDuffie-
g@ © names which, notwithstanding political differences, our whole
- -¢ountry delights to honor. * who knows what it is to be
* an American citizen—a freeman, i is willing to ask the contemp-
tible question, as to any candidate for office, ‘Is he an Irishman,
or the descendant of an Trishm: a Protestant, of is he
2 Catholic ?”~ It is enough that a isan “american citizen, and
an, competent and* willing to fill the office with ho-
nour to the country. ere is no such thing, strictly speaking,
as tolerance or iniolerauce in this country,» It exists only wher
there is a religious establishment, bat persecution for opinion's
sake, wherever it exists, is odious, and, in this point of view, the
following sentiments are just and sensible
1 the persecution which the world has ever known, have
originated in sume misdirection of popular opinion. | Prejudices |.
are first created individually—imperceptibly they crecp into
row into parties ; and parties under the influence of
Macnee feelings, have created tevolutions, which have pull-
some of the fairest inst.tutions of liberty. It was suc
a fecling which condemnet-to the hemlock the wisest and most
miable e philosopher of Athens, ‘It was this that expatriated the
: Most Just of all her citizens; it banished from Rome her best
and wisest men; it conde! mned G Galileo to the“dungeon ; it sent
C€astalio into exile, and exhibited itsclfin the shocking sacrifice
1 sof Servetus; it was this feeling in a word, which, under the in-
> fluence of sectarian bigotry. hes S equally disgraced religien and
1. ‘politics in most parts of thew The encouragement of such
+. @ feeling, let it come from Sacer source, is immensely dan-
jus “gerous, “and becomes the imperative duty of every citizen to
- weheck it in its very inci
Tt is objected w Insa emmgzants, that they are generally very.
a ‘he author
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1 ws ‘poor—that they bring no wealth into the country.
aneets and answers this objection :—
‘ ! 4 Why should the Irishman, who has been heretofore invited
+ ° 40 a participation of our national rights, be now excluded? Is
| «it, "as has been charged, because he is Poor. Bi it because he
j brings no Wealth to enrich our country? ly, he brings
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what constitutes wealth—he brings his own inde zrious labour—
that, labour which is seen all over the land, furthering its im-
~ Proverents ; fat labour, which is seen peatying our streets
ing up our val vee guns ‘our cominerce, anal “ane all
“thee things, which give. sinews toa country, and show forth
its Stength to all the world.’
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Truth (3 powerful avd will prevail,
ote _NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JULY a4, 1sss.
Carroll insists ‘tbat they are not destitute either of capacity, or
iti « they areas highly distinguished fea an,
ambition, a
id we exclude the Irishman, because ‘many of his
‘ountrymen are uneducated?, Shame upon that.nation, that
under a hard oppression has kept him so; and a still deeper
shame upon us; if Jecollecting what we once were, we shal
not. encourage him ‘to aspireto what we are. | True it is, distress
has driven many of. the childrea of Ireland amongst us—
and frequently uneducated, they are seen day after day repair-
ng to our shores; but day after day they are also seen, rising
from their lowly condition, and filling places of honor, ‘of trust,
and usefulness all over the country. | Nor have they been con-
tent with'this. » Not satisfied to improve their own immediate
condition, let the records of our history tell how conspicuous for |
patriotism they have | rendered thelr children. Say, not then,"
that these people lov a hard oppression’ has
derived them of the 1 means ns of. Seaton But rather repel the
slander, by holding up the refutation, which their Cxample i in
is country ever: ‘day p resents.’ 5
: Thi is passage contains a good hit upon England, but what does
‘the orator mean, eeper shame résuing upgn us, if recol-
lecting what we once were, we shall not encourage ‘him to as-
pire to what we are 1” - We were a well educated people before
the revolution, as well-as’ since. , How are our recollections to
aid us, in ip this respect, in the dischaage of our duties to the ‘Irish
migrant
ns
ne next disposes of the objections s sometimes made against
he Irish, on account of their alleged insubordination, and proves
that t they are good citizens, and that the records of our courts’ of
justice speake in their favor.“ On this point, he quotes
the resj ectable. toto ‘of Mr. Grund, British resident for
many years inthis count e next notices the charge which
has sometimes been made , against {his people, on account o!
their spirit of clanship, and thinks as not extended to
their eet epinions, in which’ there is as great a Civersity as
ig any o class of citizeas—much less: has it, in’ hi
ia dement, even "rise to combinations prejudical to the adminis
tration of civil affairs.
. He says, “the most serious objection of all is, that the Trish
people bring with them their peculiar religion, ahd would esta¥-
Tish it here to the subversion of our free institutions." ‘ On this
subject we can only say, that it would be st crag enough if
frishmen were to come here without ‘their peculiar Jigion’—
They have a right to ‘bring’ it, and to * establish’ it a if they
an. Every sect wishes to ‘establisl’ its ¢ peculiar religion’ and
is entitled fo doi it by all fair means. - The moment we attempt
to control men in the exercise of this right, the momen| we strive
to fetter their ‘eligi Uberty we cease to be Ameficans and
hecome tyrants e than any despéts civil or religious, that
mitre or wielded : sceptre. ‘That Irishmen wish to ‘ subvert our
free institutions,’ we do not believe. Af they have suth an ob-
ject in view, why do they become citizens 7g But we have no
fears on this head...) he tree of liberty has taken too rileep Toot
in our soil to be overthrown by any sect or clan, or party, ani
we are not aware tbat the [rish~are les¢ fond off liberty than
other peopte. * They have long been str:rggling toobtain in their
own country, and have at length partially “suceeded in. the ef
fort. . If they find more of it in America than’ at home, it does
not necessarily follow, that they should abugg the blessing.
pon the whole we are much pleased ' with this address. Tt
is asound and judicious view of the subject under considera-
tion—the honest. claims of the Irish emigrant. The style is
simple and cee without the affectation of parade or eloquence
—a style that we like. _ Weshould be disposed to criticise some
expressions, didv we not believe them to be errors ofthe press.
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\ YOUNG MEN. ain
Most young men consider it a great misfortune to be poor, or
not to have capital sufficient to establish themselves at their out-
ESS.
set in life in a good busine his is a mistaken notion. ; So
far from poverty being hi judge
from what we every “lay ‘eo it is really a blessing; the
chance ‘is more than 10 to 1 in favor of the succe of “such a
young man oven one who stai cs with” plenty of money.» Let
any one look back twenty years, and see who commenced busi-
at'that time with abandance of means and tracess them
down to the present day ; ” how many of these can now boast of
wealth and standing? “On the contrary, how many have be-
come poor, Jost their places in society, and are passed’ by their
once companions with a look which plainly says, I know
you not.
Jn this country, the wheel of fortune i is constantly tuming, and
he whois at its zenith this year, may be at nidar next, and excite
no surprise. “It is seldom that the fourth, or even thd third ge-
eration enjoys property and station in society which was won
by the indasrry of the first.” This constant chanze the patural
result of causes in continual operation. A man, starts in life
oor butindustrions and honest; he resolves to acquirg property
at the ,same time sustains a character that shall bommaad
gain itis urged, that the Irish are an uneducated class. - Mx*
: *
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royce By flict of, long perseveracce in business Hie atiains a
| hich ccaracter forintesrity and fair dealing, and becomes wealthy.
His sons’ succeed him, perhaps majntain the character of their
father, ahd add fo the wealth he left. them because they were
educated’ to, business and know how the "Proper. they enjoy was
acquired.’ But their sons grow up, and ficm their infancy find
themselves i in the lap of luxury, and rocked ia the cradle of ease ;
heir mfnds aré never turned’ on busivess$" that, they consider
eneaga them, y scorn to labour, run the rounds of folly, mar-
ry Jight headed fashionable ladies who have as sovereign a con-
‘empt for labor and the useful arts. as themselves, dash away a
ew years in their carriages; lose their parents; divide their. pro
petty; attempt to carry on ‘business; are incapable of mana-
ging it—fail, struggle to keep up appearances and their places!
iy fashionable life—~are obliged to retire, are wretched at home
and get through the world as ‘they can, carrying always the ap-
pearance of shabby gentlemen, and, being looked at askance by
their former companions. Their tee are more ,miserable
even than themselves; brought up with an idea that labour is
degrading, white necessi sj v fon npells them to resortto' some means
getting a living. 3. and poverty are fore’ war in
then. and they drag out a * waiserdble and precarious life, and
finally die in Poverty and obscurity—ofien loathsome drunk-
arde—Pa. Sentin
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“TO THE ) EDITOR” OF x HE TRUTH TELLER.
New-York, July 4th, 1838.
Sir,—The independent spirit which characterizgs your re-
spectable journal induces me to indulge the hope, dat you will,
be pleased, at your earliest convenience, to afford me a place in
your columns, for my reply to the generous notice which the
Ksickergocker has taken ofmy late essay on the grammatical
structure of the English Language. To this course I am led —
not from the merits oz importance of the notice if question; (for
he who could attribute either, to so uncouth and unmcaning a
diatribe, must possess literary taste of no very enviablé charac-
ter;) but, from the unaccountable circumstance, that a _periodi-
cal, by no means above the dignity of a mediocrity, has ac- .
quired acirculation, and perhaps, in some instances an influence,
which may lead to prejudicial results.
In order to effect the object in view, under that excangement
which is’ least. obnoxious to misrepresentation; and, to abstain *
from the pursuit of a course tainted, in thé slightest degree, with
that insiduowsness which in cases of this nature is the usual
attendant of garbled ‘statements,- (as practised by the Knick
bocker towards me) I find myself compelled to present, verba-
tim, the precious article under consideration; lest the: literary
world, who have not beer blessed with a view of its sublime
ing, and invaluable import.
*We do not,” says the Knickerbocker for Tene © 1838, “wish
to fatter Mr. Wright, but we cannot avoid saying to him, that in
attempting to treat of the science of language, he hag embarked
on a sea quite too expansive and rough | for his’ frail’ bark ‘and
small spread ef canvass ; and toillustrate thé correctness of our
opinion, we will endeavor to convey to the reader a faint idea of
the character of the book, in language drawn from itsown rules
and inculcations. , We have not been ‘favorably stricken’ with
the logic aud rhetoric by which the Jearned author has, ‘fought-
en’ his way tofame; nor are we greatly delighted’ with the
manner in which he has annihilated ‘the most prevailingsystems
of grammar in modern use! .A short sample of the style in
whieh this great reformation ‘has been being’ or ‘has begun to
cing’ achieved, may not be amiss. The reader will then be
able to judge for ‘his sel? w hether chicken i is or is not the «plural
of chick,’ and none but thee veriest igrora amuses ‘their selves’
need remain uninformed s to the ‘accomplishment of its exe-
cution.’ “And here we ‘take-leave’,to say, that for every thing
that ‘is here being marked’ with guillemets, we are indebted
to the work Defore. us. ‘Doubtlessly, accordingly to’ the best
modern taste, such passages asthe followiug must be considered
as ‘exceedingly pretti iy’ written? ‘Misconception, on simple sub-
y arises from incautious applcations of the intel-
ties!’ Again: *Those who lay down arhiuary .
marks by which they may fearle:sly s‘eer through the channel
of danger, should cautiously launch into ithe ocean of accidents ;
Test their beacons be lost to the view, and their selves wrecked on
the shoals of destruction, as a consequence of their neglect.!—
Such valuable directions as these for writing well, are ‘their selves’
worth whole volumes of Murrary or Brown ny and others of the old °
school. Mr. Wright’s system will be a si Jonal Telief, to many @
y urchin, from the tyranny of sehool-masters; for the whale
fraternlty of pedagogues having long held the opinion that parsing
is to grammar whatcyphering is to arithmetic, are now not onl
*to be being convinced of the unimportance of parsing ‘general
contents, should be deprived of one iota of its edy ‘fying, interest- ,
Og ee re
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