The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1844-05-02
NO.22.
APPEAL TO THE IRIsH.-An Irish


APPEAL TO THE IRISH.-An Irish
voter addressed a noble, manly end sensible
appeal, in a late Hartford journal, TO the
Irish voters of Hartford and Connecticut
1t is too good to be lost 10 our own adopted
fellow citizens. The following is an ex-
tact:
"Be not then misled by the false and boil
low p%retensions of men who have too often
promisedbut as often denied. If the prin-
ciples advanced and the doctrines advocated
by the Locofoco party triumph, how many
thousand of you now employed in the man.
ufacturing villages will be obliged to leave
your employment altogether, or come down
to the level of the English operatives? Work
and toll for a mere p%ittance, barely sufficient
to maintain life, or seek an asylum ora mar
ket for your labor elsewhere? II, on the
contrary, the Wing policy succeeds, your
employment will be permanent, wages good,
and a proper protection given to you against
the inroads of English pauper labor. Per
nit me to call your attention to a few i'm
portant facts that should not be overlooked.
"What has driven SO many of you from
the land of your birth? Want of protection
to Irish manufactures. What has causedthe
almost total annihilation of Irish manufac-
lures, and made the people of Ireland de-
pendent on Great Britain for them? Want
of protection. Among the reasons urged by
Treland's Liberator for Repeal of the Union,
what is that one which he most repeatedly
urges? Protection to home industry. One
of the first acts ofan Irish Parliament would
be to protect Irish manufactures. Look TO
the short-liyed era of Irish independence,
fsom 1852 TO 1898, and see how manufac-
lures fourished; the people were employed,
and the wages were good. And why? Be-
cause protection Das girea to the Irish me-
chanic. But when that independence was
wrested from them, protection went with it,
and look at the fearful consequences. What
cause these fearful consequences? Want
ofprotection, and the competition of British
pauper labor. Remember that the falsely
styled democratic party are pursuing the
same policy towards American manufactures
that a base English faction pursued towards
those of your native land. They are en-
deavoring TO deprive you of protection from
|pauper labor, and reduce you to the same
state you were in before you emigrated.-
Will you submit TO it? VIII you support a
party advocating such principles as these?-
Recollect that Martin Van Buren, sayshe is
OPPOSED to the present Tariff in PRINCIPLE
and in DETAIL and that the Van Buren,
press have echoed his sentiments, and are
determined TO support Ethem. The Wing
party, on the contrary, are in favor OF, and
are c~ontending for, Protection against Brit
ish pauper labor, and the preservation ofthe
mechanic and manufacturer from the condi-
ton that the Irish have been reduced to-
The principles of protection advocated by
Mr.. O'Connell, are the same as those sup
ported by the Wing party, and the only ones
that can benefit alike the employer and the
employed.
"Irishmen, contemplate the facts before
voting; understand them, and let them have
their influence on your minds; and then go
fearlessly to the polls, do your duty, and
vote for those men who are determined 10
save the country from the influence of Brit
ish pauper labor, and preserve you from a
British pauper's fate"