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AN GAOḊAL.
We had great hopes some few months ago that
we could prevail on our wealthy Irish-American
fellow citizens to organize a colonization scheme
which would relieve our cities of their surplus
labor. Those who then seemed willing to under¬
take such scheme are hesitating, although they
seem to acknowledge its feasibility and the benefits
it would confer on the community at large. Al¬
though we have been checked somewhat in our
enthusiasm, still we have confidence in the ultimate
success of the cause. It is infortunately a fact
that a large number of Irishmen, when they ac¬
cumulate some money, close their eyes on their
former associates, and try to move in a different
atmosphere. It is a fact that when the shoeblack
makes money his principal gratification therefrom
is to stand on a high pedestal and view with
complacency the struggles and privations of his
former fellow menials, instead of thanking that
Providence which enabled him to benefit them
if he were so minded: We hope yet to be able
to enlist the cooperation of men of means, of a
business and sympathetic nature, to perfect our
scheme.
IRISH IMITATION OF CHRIST.
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Is there a living being in so pitable condition as
the would be "hightoned" Irishman who is igno¬
rant of his nation's language? He trips down
Broadway, N.Y. or O'Connell St. Dublin, with
a shining beaver, patent leather boots, a broad
cloth suit and bedecked with diamonds and pearl,
and yet pays obeisance to the English lackey in
the barragon sock and navvy boots for the fact
of his adopting the lackey's language, to the ex¬
clusion of his own, is a tacit acknowledgement
of his social inferiority. And if he could count
his pounds or dollars by the million it would not
place him on a social equality with the Yorkshire
boor, or the humblest Connemara peasant. And we
say emphatically that no man pretending to be
Irish should be recognised as such, who has no
knowledge of the language of the country which
be claims to represent. — Nay, he is a greater ene¬
my to the freedom of that country which he ost¬
ensibly pretends to serve than the most rabid Tor¬
y. No Irishman of honor would remain ignorant of
his native language (what he could learn in a year)
and a man without honor is not worthy of trust.
The most effective Temperance lecture which
could be delivered is that of the case of Dr.
Blakely of this city, who, through intemperance
had been charged with burglary and felonious
assault the other day. Dr. Blakely is a young man
educated in Trinity College Dublin, and promised
to be one of the most eminent physicians in the
city were it not for his inordinate love for intoxi¬
cants.
THE GAELIC ALPHABET.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
Irish.
Roman.
Sound.
a
a
aw
m
m
mm
b
b
bay
n
n
enn
c
c
kay
o
o
oh
d
d
dhay
p
p
pay
e
e
ay
r
r
arr
f
f
eff
s
s
ess
g
g
gay
t
t
thay
i
i
ee
u
u
oo
l
l
ell
Ḃ and ṁ sound like w when followed
or preceded by a, o, u, as, a ḃárd, his
bard, pronounced a wardh; a ṁart,
his beef or ox, pronounced, a warth;
and like v when preceded by e, i, as,
a ḃean, his wife, pronounced, a van, a
ṁian his desire, pronounced, a vee-un
Ḋ and ġ sound like y at the beginning
of a word; they are almost silent in
the middle, and perfectly so at the end
of words. Ċ sounds like ch; ṗ, like f;
ṡ and ṫ, like h; and ḟ is silent.
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