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

thoussr,d men assembled did so abstain; pre-.
scnting to the astonished British Govern
ment and public the sublime spectacle not
only of the po,cey of the magician ugi,ator-
OConnell-brt the resolution and sell con.
troll ofthe masses. Do you, fellow country
men, abstain likewise from maddening liquor
on election dsy.-Join no ciiqres, parties OF
crowds5- deposit your voting papers in an
orderly maHner;-and the evil disposed fight.
ing men of the Know-NOthing party cannot
get 9 chance Of using their ,eyoNers and
bowie-knives upon your persons. = g
perceive by The daily and weekly Press
that the politicians are calculating already
Gu the Catholic Vote. This erbel and GRIM
ina; perversion OF. the franchise into what
the party gamblers term the Catholic" and
Irish" vote is about the foremost aud most
pregnant cause of the enmity and dread
entertained against you by the Native Amer
cans.
Catholic Irish vote Why, you have no
more right to vote as Catholic or Irishman
n the choice of American law makers,
whether federal, state, municipal or judicial,
han you have to plumber your neigh boris
property. American interests should guide
rou. The honor, and glory, and prosperity
pf the federal Republic, the interests Of the
State, the purity and health of the social re-
atoms with which you are associated and
lndenu6ed, should guide you in the exercise
I'f your franchise. The Constitution knows
10 State religion, ackr owledges no sectarian
Interference in government affairs, cuts off
clearly and totally all and every connection
between any and every Church, and leaves
conscience FREQ and untrameled in the exer.
else of social rights. By and through the
Constitution, the voting privilege is ex.
tended to YOU and by perverting that priv
iiege to any personal or religious purpose,
you not only violate your oath of citizenship,
but you give valid excuse 10 your persecu-
tors to advocate the re-enactment OF the alien
and sedition laws, and thus deprive you of
the privilege, advantage and honor OF form.
ing a component part Of the great American
Union. And let me add, that those who
appeal TO and traffic on your religious SYM
pathies and convictions, and who constantly
refer in their writings and speeches TO your
position and influence as Catholics" and
solicit youto take your "Catholic" interests
into account in exercising your right to ap-
Proach the ballot-box, are your bitterest and
IN ostmalignant enemies and before God, they
have serious responsibility for thus mis-
leading you, which they, in the latter end,
will find il difficult to satisfy and discharge.
And now, fel'ow-countrymen l implore
you to read and think over these plain and
simple observations. Never mind the want
of influence or the humble position of The
writer. IL what have written be true and
'ational. and have any common sense in it,
'ou are bound to attend to it and digest it,
nd be guided by III just as well as If it came
rom higher, a more elevated, and a more
Iignified aud eminent source.
In addition to my present remarks touch
hgyour voting at the approaching elections.
have others to offer in a subsequent letter.
i p. LYNCH,
u Editor Of the Irish American.