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AN GAOḊAL.
ith the langauge of their surroundings. Why could
not the Irish do the same? Because the Lion's tac¬
tics to annihilate them has been as successful as it
had been to weaken the power of the Three Bulls
and make them his prey !
We challenge a contradiction of the accuracy of
the above figures, and we challenge a contradiction
of our assertion, that a jury of twelve men from any
twelve different nations would render a verdict that
the cause of the non-union of the twenty-five million
of the Irish element in this country arises from their
denationalization, compassed by the loss of their
language.
In our last issue we showed up what the pretend¬
ers to a right to rule the world are, and above we
give their numerical strength in this country. As
said in this article, they have a powerful press main¬
tained by the fruits of their rascality. We emphasize
rascality, for none but a rascal would seek to des¬
troy the reputation of a people, which one of them
has sought to do in a late issue of one of their pa¬
pers in connection with the pending national nom¬
inations, thus. —
“If these members of the community are satisfi¬
ed to have Mr Hogan and Mr Carroll and Mr Sul¬
livan and Mr MacGuinness in charge of the White
House, of the United States treasury, of the navy
and other large departments of the government,
rather than speak and act now, their silence and
lassitude are explained."
And this moral assassin is of the “Great Anglo-
Saxon Race,” of the Wards and Fields, the bank
wreckers, who could be trusted “to have charge of
the United States treasury," etc. And so called
Irishmen sit in company with this assassin of their
character without a murmur or a word of protest.
We changed the Irish names grouped together
above to kindred ones so as to avoid party politics,
but they can be seen in the Eagle of Feb. 26.]
In the whole English-Irish press we have not
seen one word of rebuke to the above diabolical
charge against their nationality ; in none of them
have we seen a word of comment on our expose of
the Anglo-Saxon myth in last issue. Why? Are
they afraid that they would give offence by striking
back at their enemies? Who are they afraid to off¬
end? Is it the descendants of the 841,800 Tories of
the Revolution, their enemies, the enemies of Ame¬
rica, and the enemies of human freedom ? Gentle¬
men, the volume of the numerical strength of your
element in the country and the meagreness of the
number adhering to your cause should cause you to
take the bull by the horns before it has gored the
Irish Nation to death.
The fact that our element forms more than one-
third of the population of this great country would,
under ordinary circumstances, be a matter for joy
and congratulation, but, as it is, it is a matter for
sorrow and regret. Had the Irish arrived here
versed in their language, and corresponded with
their kinded at home in it, as other peoples do in
theirs, how different would have been their senti¬
ments to-day? Is it too late now to make amends
for past errors? No. In one-half of Ireland the
language (and with it, Irish nationality) can yet be
saved if the leaders of the people will it. If not,
let the responsibility of the condition to which we
have hinted rest on their shoulders. — They are to-
day responsible for the sad fact that of the twenty-
five millions in this land not more than one-half of
them entertain Irish sentiments.
We take great pleasure in introducing Professor
MacGeoghegan to our Gaelic friends through his first
effort to convey his thoughts in the language of his
sires. The Prof. makes a noble effort, and if the next
twelve months yield the same results as the last six
have, Prof. MacGeoghegan will be able to take his
seat in the councils of Irish scholars. Should not all
English-educated Irishmen follow the example set
them by our Oxford graduate? Did the Professor
himself spend happier moments during his life than
those which occupy his mind while he reads the fol¬
lowing lines in which he unconsciously (the Prof. did
not expect to see his efforts in print) finds himself in
converse with his kindred in their native speech ? Will
not the fact suggest itself to him that he is no long¬
er a dependent slave — that he is a sovereign man!
The dawn has dawned.
We do not change a letter or point in the letter. —
East Sound, Wash., San Juan co.,
23 3, 1892.
An Saoi M. J. Ua Lóċáin,
a mbrúiċlinn.
A Ḟir Ġráḋṁar.
Ġlacas do litir, ba sarṁaiṫ a sgeul,
agus fós dá "Ġaoḋal" gcárr ó ṡoin, &
cuirim buiḋeaċas róṁór leat air a son
Is aoiḃinn liom do ṁolaḋ air mo láiṁ-
sgribhinn, aċt ḃeiḋeaḋ feárr liom go
deiṁin dá mbéiḋinn ionann an teanga
ċo maiṫ leatsa do sgríoḃaḋ!
Is í seo an ċéad litir a sgríoḃas go
lán ann san nGaoiḋilig a riaṁ, agus
uime sin iarruim ort mo leiṫsgeul a
ġáḃail a dtaoiḃ na mearḃal iomḋa ann
san iarraċt so.
Táim ag fóġluim an Ḃeurla na Féin¬
ne sé ṁíosa aṁáin am' aonar, aċt is
míle mian liom eólas d'ḟáġail go tap¬
aiḋ uirri, óir is gráin & oil róṁór ag¬
am ormsa nár ṫig liom teanga ionṁuin
ionnṁusaċ mo ṡinsear a ṫuigsin.
Ba sársoċraċ an sóġ orm gurab ḟéi¬
dir liom do litir a léiġeaḋ go léir; óir
níor ċreideas gur ṫiocfaiḋ liom litir
sgríoḃṫa ann san nGaoiḋilig go lán a
ṫuigsin.
Cuirim ċugat le an litir seo aon dol¬
lar & sé "cents" deug, agus iarraim ort
"An Gaoḋal" do ċuir ċugam air feaḋ
na bliaḋna so (1892), agus fós b'ait
liom dá gcuirfea ċugam na coda de 'n
leaḃar de 1891 bl. má ṫig leat go só-
ḋéunta é seo.
Gur go buan béiḋeaḋ d' irisleaḃar
móirṁeasaṁail a dtreis 'sa gcéim!
Do ċara biṫḋílis,
Ríostard Mac Eoċagáin
