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SENTIMENTS of our SURSCRIBERS,
Ala. — Mr. McCosker expresses the sentiments
of Messrs. McGrath, Caesar, McGuinness, Dela¬
hunty, McClarin, Young, McDonnell, Rosetta, Ri¬
ley, Bressingham, and Doody.
Conn. — [Per Major Maher] Messrs. Leahey,
Peckham, Russell, and Murphy.
Col. — Rev. M. C. O'Brennan, and Mr. P. J.
Hughes.
Ill. — D. P. Cahill, J. D. Hagerty, and E. J.
Brennan.
Ind. — T. Shay, P. D. Neidigh.
lowa — J. Sheedy, J. Hagerty.
Ks. — T. J. Fitzgerald, M. Lewis, per H. King,
J. O'Sullivan.
Ky. — Rev. E. J. Lynch, and Rev. C. L. O'Brien.
Mass. — P. Kinnen, T. Keohone, J. J. O'Sullivan.
P. Flynn, D. S. Hart, T. Griffin.
Me. — J. Heanny.
Mich. — J. E. McCauley.
Minn. — J. Nagle, J. Sullivan, T. McGuire, T.
Donohoe.
Mo. — Rev. T. Cleary J. Sullivan T. E. Burns,
and J. Joyce.
Mon. Ter. — D. Horgan.
N. Y. Per E. O'Keefe. T. McFarland, M. E.
Ryan, J. Quinn, J. Carley, M. Keefe; J. Kelly, P.
A. Dougher D. Leahey P. Sullivan D. O'Learey
C M Smith, T Browne, J Bourke, D Malone, W.
Flynn, Prof. T. L. O. Roehrig, Cornell University,
writes "Your periodical is always very welcome
and affords me a great deal of satisfaction."
N. H. — P. J. Murphy, Miss N. McVeigh per P.
Treacey.
Nev. — Per M. A. Feeney, M. Crowley.
N, Mex — J. Ferris.
Ohio — Rev. M A Horrigan J. McMahon, M. Me¬
lia, T. Donovan, P O'Donnell.
Oregon  J. O'Neill, per United Irishman.
Pa. — J. Godwin J. Spillane J. Byrne A. P. Ward
H. J. McCloskey, Our friend Mr. T. McEniry of
the N.Y.S.P.I.L. now residing in Phila. is mak¬
ing a good showing there. He has conveyed to
us the substantial sentiments of self, P J Murphy,
Miss L. McSorley, Miss E. O'Leary, and M. M.
Nairy.
There is now in Phila, as good a nucleus of a
Gaolic society as there is in any other city in the
Union. We shall name four gentlemen — and four
energetic workers in any city will leave their mark
after them, namely, our friend McEniry, Wall
P. McFadden, and A. P. Ward. If we don't mis-
these gentlemen Boston, New York and Brook¬
lyn will have to look sharp or they will be left in
the shade:
Perseverance, gentlemen, aggressive energy, and
a conception of the nobleness of the cause will
surmount all difficulties:
Tenn. M Ginley:
Texas M Donohoe, P Noonan:
Wis. M McCarthy, A J Hogan, D Moran and J
C Pollard.
N. B. Subscribers sending sums of money less
than five dollars can get a postal order for three
cents under the new postal system. All offices are
supposed to furnish them.
Owing to sneers and taunts levelled at those en¬
gaged in the movement for the preservation of the
Irish language which came under our notice some
time ago we wrote strongly on the introducers of
the English language in Ireland in our last issue.
What can any intelligent man or woman think of
the Irishman who tries to reflect on those who are
endeavoring at considerable personal inconvenience
to preserve the evidence of the civilization and en¬
lightenment of his forefathers? Must not the Ir¬
ishman who does it be dead to all sense of selfres¬
pect, and engulphed in the mazes of imperturbable
ignorance, and deserving the scorn and contempt
of his countrymen?
Well there are such Irishmen in our midst, and
political leaders (?) at that!
If these men had a drop of blood in their veins
should they not bow their heads in shame (if they
know what shame is, or are susceptible to its in¬
fluence) for the scandal they give their country in
proclaiming themselves Irishmen and at the same
time trying to thwart any movement to elevate its
social condition ?
Notwithstanding that the Irish Language move¬
ment is in its infancy it has done more to elevate
the status of the Irish race than any other move¬
ment ever undertaken. It has demonstrated to the
civilized world that the Irish people, instead of
being an ignorant semi-barbarous race as their en¬
mies would fain characterise them, were lettered
and highly civilized when their calumniators were
wallowing in the mark of ignorance and supersti¬
tion. It has shown that portion of the Irish peo¬
ple whom English tyranny and spoliation kept in
a continuous state of mental degradation, that
their forefathers did possess learned institutions,
Many men who could not believe of the existence
of a cultivated Irish literature, when they never
saw or heard of it, were and are agreeably surpris¬
ed when convinced of its reality. Nay, being nat¬
urally patriotic, and intelligent enough to know
that an unlettered people cannot be civilized, they
embraced the opportunity, and set to work to learn
the language. We have received communications
from men over sixty years of age who express their
determination to accomplish it.
The Cathedral of Leon, in the province of Nic¬
aragua, Central America, was 37 years in building
and cost five million dollars.
