The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-11-08


Of the Union and the triumph Of that party and tA Princi
Piles is merely question Of time"
To propiiate Sam the American republican party
Is TO be conducted close-eommunion principles Ac-
cordngIy the Times has issued the following pronunca-
miento against the Germans and Irish
In the first place. the whole foreign votelrsh and Ger
man-has been cast for Buchanan, There may have been
here and there scattering German votes given for Ere
mont In this city and in or two OF the western states
this has probably been easel but the whole, we Dc
believe s part Of the German vote has been given
the republican ticket. As for the Tish they bave gone
in drove they always do for the regular democratic
ticket They will probably do thing else as long as
they remain rish and il least TO
them into Americans They seem TO lack the aeu
" ofndvdual action of exercising personal Judgment
on public affairs They vote in herds, and are, OF course
managed like other herds, under the oonol Oh su anu
experienced drivers.
Besides this there nothing that rishman loves like
the opportunity to tyrannze somebody and nothing
hates like negro Having been the victim OF oppres
son he suppose all his life at home, his only notion Of
liberty here that he somebody else in the same
STYLE The Irish been told all through the late can
vas the leaders of the Buchanan party that Colonel Fro
mont elected would Immediately set all the slaves Tree
bring them North to take the bread out oil the mouths Oh
the laborng Irish They believed It, Of course Their g
and oreduy make them the ready dupes OF every
cock and bull story that jumps with their incnaons lhey
for the principles OF freedom or Tor any oher
principle than they do for anything else OF which they
they rather in favor of 1t for egroes and are
utey opposed to anyth:g that looks like making negroes
Free and thus .er equals They look aheads both
at hone and here prevention Of future evils OF
kndseems to be beyond their capacity They look
only for themselves and that only for day. Everything
else take of ITSELF In political contests they
neither read think If they attend political meetings it
hurrah ordernot to listen learn They follow
throughout their Instincts their preudices their hatreds,
| and their leaders,"
To show that the Times speaks auhoritavey that its
sentiments the sentiments of every member of the qun
tupe alliance General James Watson Webb Thursday
astater he fully persuaded that his appeals to the
foreign had proved neectuaissued the following
characteristic bulletin
"Thus the e,drving and Irish democracy boast of the
result in this city, and at the apparent want OF nfu
of the press. We claimed to have much political
influence the Five Points, Corlearss Hook and similar
localities Irsbmen who neither read write not
to be reached by the press and their against the
mayer has, their ignorance led them voting in favor
of bringing negro labor into competition with them The in
gent yeomanry of the Northhose who have felt in their
youth the influence Of the church and
sponded nobly to the appeals of the press"
We take leave for the present of the quinupe ALI
and its american republican party. In spite Of the
contemplated marriage and the name suspect that
its republican color and its krepubcan odor
will be quickly identified by sharp-sighted and keen.
scented people.