THE AMERICAN-IRISH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume VI, Issue 310, 28 March 1879, Page 7

THE AMERICAN-IRISH.

J£, J- I t B ( S Peranza) Las Polished a pamphlet on the « Ameri-can-Irish. In it she has hit to perfection many characteristics of the lnsii-Amcncan. Here is a specimen of this renowned lady^s opinion: It is singular that the Irish may live for years in England, yet they n^thllT 1 r hG , Ein-!h?E i n -! h ? m , anner -c^m, grave, and solf-possessed ; nor the English habit of order and routine; nor even the English accent— while in America they, rapidly become Americanised, bold in speech, audacious m enterprise, self-asserting in manner, anil, above all, republican m sentiment. No Irishman returns from America loyal to monarchy, on the contrary he Jaughs to scorn the old bonds ot servile feudalism, with all its snperstitions .of class worship • and his opinions soon gain many followers. The American flag holds the place of honour at all popular demonstrations in Ireland, nnd is always greeted with enthusiastic cheers, while the flag of England is nowhere to be seen. Year by year Ireland sends forth thousands of ncr people in emigrant ships, like outcast weeds to be flan" on thshores of America, a helpless crowd of crushed, dispirited, °and unlettered peasants ; slaves and serfs who have never even known their rights as freemen, dulled by want, oppression and despair ; speaking perhaps no language save the ancient tongue of the primitive Celt through which no new light of thought has flashed for a thousand years! Ihe American Irish are the opposite of all this. Thov receive a soldier s training, with full privileges of freemen and citizens They are educated and organized ; important by their numbers and by that ready talent and indomitable spirit which is rapidly gainin°- for them tne Highest positions as statesmen, generals, orators, writers, and 3ournahsts in the States."