The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-29
The irish Vote.

Ihe AflSn VOICE.
In all former Presidential elections great efforts
have been made to obtain the Irish vote, and all
sorts Of ingenious devices have been resr.ed to for
that purpose. But never has 50 much trickery and
fraud been put in requisition during the present
campaign, which Is now fast drawing to its close.
Among naturahzed citizens the Irish constitute
by far the largest and most important element of
strength. They number more than double all other
citizens Of foreign birth and just in proportion to
the power and influence they possess in inciining
the scale of victory to side the other, have
their votes been greedy sought by both parties but
chiefly by the wing leaders. They have been cajoed
and fattered in every shape and form. Their very
defects, whether Of education or otherwise, have
been praised virtues and even 'the brogue'' on
their tongue General Scott himself has not disdain-
ed to eulogize as ''rich' and delightful-the very
quntescence of music itself. The Irish, who are
not very easily gued in politics, laugh at all this
transparent humbug; and we are confident it has
not succeeded in winning, throughout the length
and breadth of the land, half dozen votes. It
is well known that the Irish are, for the
most part, Catholics, and that they are deeply
attached to their religion. This was deemed
good string to harp upon-a chord that
might be touched with advantage, vibrating as it
does in the deepest recesscs of the Irish heart.
Accordingly, a story invented that Gen. Pierce
was hostile to Catholics, and all the accumulated
bgoty Of the Liberal of New Hampshire was visited
upon his devoted head, though it was demonstrated
that her most enlightened son did oil that lay in
bis power to have the odous clause in the consttu.
ton repealed
Who does the best his circumstance allows
hoes wall nfcn noble al
But this story was no. enough they trumped up
another, bearing the same point, in reference to
the other candidate. They circulated among the
Irish Catholics the falsehood that Gen. Scott vas
Catholic. His minister, an Episcopalian clergy
man, refuted it in letter, which was published in
this journal. To such lengths will interruptions
partisans 60 to accomplish their objects.
But with all these desperate efforts, the Irish.
almost to a man, will vote for Gen. Pierce, and not
for Gen. Scott, who has placed record his opin-
ion that the Irish arc unfit to have vote till they
are twenty one years in the country, or in other
words, till the great majority Of them are num-
bered with the dead and he had his doubts if even
after such lapse of time at ALL they should have
any share in making the laws by which they
were governed, or in elsctng the officers and raag,.
trates ordained By the constitution to carry out
these laws. All the Irish leaders-all the Irish
exiles banished from their home by prosecuting
government-have either come out in favor of
Pierce, remain silent from delcacy not being as
yet, citizens, while their sympathies and wishes are
entirely in favor Of the democratic candidate. The
only Irish orator on the other side, is party hack
named Robinson, who has been brought up in an
abolition school from his youth, in New England,
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class Of the Irish by Slievegammonism, which has
been all completely usedup. Although Protestant,
he affects wonderful zeal for the Catholic religion;
but wherever he goes Michael Doheny follows in
his track, and shows up the base coin that it can
not pass current Conscious that they we're without
the support influence Of any of the exiles, they
hit upon the expedient Of sending out to stump
a man named OGorman, from Providence; and they
passed off this counterfeit as Richard O'Gorman,
the distinguished Irish exile But the cheat has
been found out, and has been nailed to the counter,
as a rap. We happen TO know, upon good authori
ty that an enormous sum Of money (so largo thatit
seems almost Incredibly offered to at leset one
Of those high. minded Irish exes who have made
this country the home Of their adoption il he would
only pursue certain course; but he Indignantly
srurned the base proposition The fact is, the wings
canrot get the Irish vote. What is the causel
The Irish race in this country, in common with
the Germans and other oppressed natonalities, are
democrats, ready made to hand as soon as they land
upon cur shores From the cruel prosecutions they
have suffered from their own govcrnmen.s-from the
expressions they have endured at the hands Of land
lord aristocracy-t is as natural for them to hate
Capitalization and arstocracy in every form, and to
esp6use the principles Of democracy, as it is for
sparks to fly upward, or water, kept down by arti-
fetal causes, to RISE when set free, to the level
Of its source. The democratic party are the
party of progress; and the party at homo
who have always resisted the rights and
liberties Of the Irish race are the conservative,
stand still party, opposed to all progress and all re-
form. The democratic party are the movement
party Of the country, who are fired with ambi-
ion TO extend its and its influence by force of
arms; and this exactly suits the military spirit Of
the Irish race, who, being deprived by tyranny Of
the use Of arms at home, indulge their passion here
almost TO excess. They long for the opportunity of
carrying out tho Monroe doctrine in The case of tho
Bdtish possessions on this continent aud it5 adj,
cent islands. They burn for the day wb,n England
shall be BUNDLED 70 tho dust in thi,d war Nth
:fsg cc--..--y, SI1 aL5taef JaSKson oi their raso