AN GAODHAL.
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Thugan laigheas do dhall 's balbh, thugan
cloiseacht do'n bhoghar,
Ceangluighean suas an cneadh flanna,
's neartuighean an loghar,
Taca chum a clann ann uireasba, do
dheasga geurgorta cruaigh,
Buaidhrean an ghrinneas de na ghrinn, ag¬
us thaisbeánan a comhacht go luaith,
Deimhnighthin chum a clann ann aindeise go
bh-fuil sí ag seasamh a ghireacht —
A laimh arduighthe chum cosnamh, aig éist¬
eacht agus aig faireacht, —
'S cad é'n t-súil d' fhiatach amharc air
an taisge 'ta faoi cheo,
'Nuair a m-béidh na liacht bliadhanta do¬
chair imighthe gan teacht níos mó?
Trath m-beidh ar ndóchusa go léir buan¬
uighthe, eitileoig uainn mianachus,
Ní féidir lé'n la a bheith aon fhaid uainn,
ta 'n t-sollus aig brise 'nnis, —
Ta folacha na h-oidhche aig meatha, an oidh¬
che sin, amhra, fada, fros,
Ta gealladh an lae aig foillsiughadh, le
thuile mór de shollus.
Cuirfidh na deora geur' 's searbha seo,
gur thaomuigh ar chuan 's aibhéis,
Glóire air Aision Éire ; — le talmhan
saor 's sógh go deogh airís.
An Chríoch.
Catholic Immigration to Kansas.
We have received a circular, through the Visit¬
or announcing the formation of an Immigration so¬
ciety in the Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas. Sec¬
tion first says — “The society shall be known as the
Catholic Immigration Society of the Diocese of
Leavenworth. Sect. 2nd The object is to further
Catholic immigration to Kansas. The officers are
Hon. Prest. Rt. Rev. Bishop Fink, Prest. Vicar
Gen. Cunningham, Vice Prest. M. A. Walfrom,
Treas. John Hannon, Secs. Father Pickler and F.
T. Lynch. The above officers with Fathers Seaem¬
bergh and O'Reilly and Hon. E. Carroll compose
the executive committee.
The national convention at Philadelphia recom¬
mends the Irish people to buy no English made
merchandise. Why, this is constructive treason.
Though it is an old saying that "a cat may look at
a king" we have read of Irishmen being thrown in¬
to prison in their native land for "looking" at an
English satrap. See English transaction of the
Curfew law.
We have many orders for books waiting, we ex¬
pect a supply in a few days when all will be served.
READ THIS.
Comparative tables showing the morality of the
Four provinces of Ireland as published by the
Government. Number of drunks and disorderly for
the year 1882. — Ulster, 28,219; Munster, 24,432;
Leinster, 24,183; Connaught, 10,663.
Illegitimacy — Ulster, 4 per cent: Munster and
Leinster (Dublin and Cork included, less than 2
per cent: Connaught, Irish-speaking Connaught,
less than 1 per cent.
Now, we take it that if the plantation element
were eliminated from the province of Ulster that
the result would be as creditable to the natives as
it is to their Connaught brethren.
What say you, canting, hypocritical ranters,
who cannot see the beam in your own eye while
you pretend to take the mote from our neigh¬
bors.
Ought not these facts teach a lesson to the pro¬
moters of morality? The matter in a nut shell
is this — When a people lose their National iden¬
tity they become demoralized.
The maiden who keeps strange company and
says I don't care to the remonstrance of her
guardians is in very great danger of falling. So
it is with the nation that ignores its own respect
and says what good is it to the remonstrance of
those who would urge the preservation of that
which is the foundation of nationhood — its lan¬
guage and literature.
The possession of the characteristics of an en¬
lightened nationhood by a man or woman inspires
that laudable pride which is a barrier to miscon¬
duct and without which man is no better than the
brute.
We would respectfully impress this truism on
the minds of the Irish Catholic clergy, who are pe¬
culiarly fitted and equal to the necessary labors in¬
volved in the preservation and cultivation of the
language and literature of their country, and we
submit the above tables as a proof of our conclu¬
sions.
We hope all our subscribers will make some lit¬
tle exertion to extend the circulation of the GAEL.
Let each subscriber who has not already done so
try to get another; this is the way to extend its
usefulness. The First Irish Book which is given
in this and the last number cost in New York 25
cents, so that it and the two numbers of the GAEL
cost only 10 cents.
Parnell cannot please the English no matter what
he does or what he does not do. His latest and
most serious offence is that in his telegram
to the Philadelphia Convention he did not condemn
dynamite.
Send sixty cents for the GAEL it will
teach you to speak, and write Irish.
