The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1854-09-14

Advice 10 the irish, BY an Fri sh nan.
70 IRIsH-AMERICAN NATURALIZED cITlZEHs, IN
NEW YORK AID ELSEWHERE IN THE IEDEa-
AL REPUBLIC. 4
Fellow oUNTRYmAx AND FRIENDS -
lesre to point your special and emphatic /
attention TO the approaching elections.
You have present opposed to you I
,ou q bitterly inimical and powerful secret
society called the Know. Nothings-opposed
20 you-to US Irishmen particularly-on the
grounds that we are imprudent and yoracious
Of petty places under Govern.
ment-that we are -ignorant, turbulent anu
brutal-that we are lead by the nose and en-
,irely controlled by our clergy-that we are
willing subjects OF a"foreign prinee"Tthe
we are only lip republlcans-that
we are not worthy OF the franchise
that by the largeness of our vote and the
of our habits and dispositions
we rule or aspire TO rule in America-that
we are drunkards and criminals-that we fill
the warehouses; and prisons-thas we heap
up taxes on Industrious, and sober, and
thrifty citizens--and that for these and other
reasons we should be deposed from our cit-
izenship, and, in fact, rooted out OF this
American nation as body, by every fair
and foul means And can tell you that
outside the secret organizations of The Know
Nothings, outside and beyond its influence
and power, an anti.Irish an anti-Cathohc
sep';----s prevails
IL 10 as idle az it would be criminal to de-
ny this fact. There it remains, pa psble and
tangible before us; and If we have one par.
ticle OF common sense lett, we must look a.
il straight in the face
shall not 60 over the charges and accuse
tons iE this letter. My present object hal
q different direction. shall confine my re
marks to the Elections and your voting OF
the present occasion. Next week or hi
week after shall review and discuss thu
schedule Of accusations and ordinations d.
rected against you, and see il there be any
and what groundwork for them. Be assured
while am prepared to blister the calum-
niator, and expose and hold up to scorn the
professional or political liar and schemer,
shall be at the same time, equally ready TO
expose, denounce, and condemn our own i'm
proprieties, backslid,ngs, and crimes.
Now, fellow-countrymen, from my seven
years experience in this country, and es-
pecialy in this city, am called OF TO say
that some misguided parties among you do
act improperly, by making parties, factions.
knots, cabals and coteries about the polling
and ballot boxes. And tell you that il
must go to the heart OF a sober, quiet, re.
spectacle American, or German, or French.
man, or Irishman, TO find parcel Of clamor-
Gus, riotous, noisy, intoxicated rowdies &C.
iually blocking up the way and preventing
the free and honest and quiet use of tn. no.
best earthly gift Of man-lhe Elective Fran.
chse. repeat have seen these things
and as far as could Judge, was obliged to
admit and conclude that those turbulent party
and faction men were, in many instances,
lrishmen born.
and respectable, and educated Americans
scenes of this kind must be very disgusting
must plant in the minds of men, otherwise
friendly and sympathetic, feeling Of aver.
sion to our name and race not easily eradi
Gated. am aware that American and lrisy
politicians form an unhoy compact to wins
party battle and carry particular point; ar
that. taking into account the money thN
advance, the promises OF employ ment ac
situations they hold out, the liquor "ords"l
they shower about, it is hard for poor I'D
hard-worked and jaded laborers to resist re
temptations thrown in their way. And IN
free to admit that between the protested pl-
itician and his dupe the prohigale baIare
inclnes heavily against the former. Bt,
feilow-countrymen--m poorest md humbd
fellow-countrymen-yo will always sufh
you will invariably stop the bullet or Id /
the stab of the inturiated ind disappoint
enemy. The really guilty party will be sr
to be at a safe distance from riot and bloc
shed, smoking his cigar and slipping
brandy and water; while you will be sDilly
your own and others blood for a wretch ,
bribe, and without the shadow ola virtus
or noble cause to engage our attention d
support. III
Believe me the crisis has come. Belle
me the Know No,hings will leave no ste
unturned to destroy your c.annish inHuee i,
at the ballot box. No matter what volt
or outrageous course their passions may To-,
there is an excuse for it 10 your turbulent ! v
riotous demeanor on election day. Lookt
the riot aud loss of life in ST. Louis d
that case the editor of a German pape n
The Avenger-an able but highly intern. n
ate man, was the cause Of the Native IL
erican or Know Nothing excitement ID !.
yet, with the feeling and aniinus Of a.
Catholic Irishmen ranking in their bres, 1
the Know Nothings made descent one A
"Irish Quarter" in st. Louis, demolisd
{, rty houses, and caused ten or fifteen de s
by the bullet and the bowie knife. Rem r
Der, my friends, the Germans are, genery =
speaking, reputed to be Infdels, and
know or ought to know that the Know J. p
things would sooner go TO perditton with +
inidel, than, was about to say wthou. n
reverence, to Heaven with an Irish Ron ;,
Catholic. The feeling or sentiment, ORE
JUDGE is humanity, ungenerous. un- Amer II
and unrePubiicau, but there il is, gang "
Gus spot on the otherwise noble Amern
character.
With these predatory remarks I arriat s.
the point from which am anxious i'd r
dress you on the course you should pursat
the approaching election.
Vote for the man your conscience apes u
and for the principles your judgment &C. p
tons and endorses. Go to the polls guy, v