The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-03-15
An IyishMan'> Reasons for Quitting the De.
mOCsACy.

From. the Milwaukee Sentinel.
just after the el, ctlon, the editor of
the Nenah Democrot wiote to the .Nrs,
giving Il c vote of Nenah and Menasha,
with the following for the uusa isract, ry
result in the latter town:
vot;rs 's wsf shf oXn qf Msnasha ;s the Irish
certain prominent lri>hman, sold olt to
the Republicans. We cxprcsscd,at the
time, our doubts about the story. and
looked to see its contradiction The last
number OF the Mcnasha Cnharrator
brings the "Npected contradiction, in the
shape of a spicy letter from Michael Ho,
gan, one of the ")romlncnt lrishmcn'
referred to- addressed to his accuScr, in
dignantly denying the charge, and de-
Tending at length his own political posi-,
.ion. We make some extracts from the
letter:
MY POLITICAL POSITION
havcfor some time felt it my duty to
abandon that party whose professions and
practices are SO much at variance. |, in
common with most Of my countrymen,
attached myself to the so-called Demo.
cratic party, for the reason that that par
ty protessed to be the friend Of the Ia
boring man, and particularly those of for
eisn birth have been long enough
il that party to know that their profess.
ions are fals>, and made only to dcludc the
ignorant in order to secure their votes,
and when secured, their rights and in
tcrcsts arc ignored, and the power thus
created is used to opprcss aud degrade
large majority of those whose sutfrages
created it.
THE TARIFF MEASURE.
The lahorng and mechanical interests
of our latitude require Il protective tariff
Our country is depressed, times are hard,
laborcrs are thrown out of employment,
or are compelled 70 work for appliance
hardly sufficient to support life, from the
fact that there are no restrictions upon
forei On importations. Our country is
flooded with the labor of the old world in
exchange for the gold and silver required
at home. This is the result of Demo
cratic rule, and all the hardships and
degradation the laborlng Democrats of
:
direct result of their votes.
RIVER AND HARBoR IMPROVEMENTS.
Our commercial interests are suffering,
and millions of dollars and hundreds Of
valuable lives are annually sacrificed, for
the want of an appropriation which De-
mocracy, in its wisdom, deems proper to
withhold from Us. and bestow upon a
more Southern and Democratic latitude
THE HOMESTEAD BILL.
The millions Of landless poor, from
ireland, England, Germany, &C., by whose
sutirayes the Democratic party have
maintained the ascendency, had a ri ght
to expect that the Homestead Bill would
receive hearty support from their
hands, But we were doomed to dlsap
pointmcnt, and our only hope in this as
we'll as other measures enumerated was
in the triumph ofthose whom we had la
bored to defeat
THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF TIE LABoRER.
Labor is the poor man S capital. In a
Republican Government it should be re-
spcctcd 1t is honorable even in the
monarchial government ofthe Old World,
bu: in this country We see persistent
effort to degrade labor. Democratic Sen
ators and Representatives in Congress
declare, and the sentiment is echoed by
the press and sanctioned by the party,
that labor is the legitimate sphere Of
slaves That slavery is the natural con
Gition of the laborer &c. That labor
should be owned and not hired, thus
strikiu. a blow at the very liberties Of
nine.tenths of the Democratic voters Of
the North, and no voice of commentator
or opposition is raised to protect US, but
By those whom We have been taught to
regard as ctr political enemies.
KNOW SoTHINGIsM.
Once a year the dead and defunct
carcass Of Know Nothlngism is brought
out, and dressed up in fantastic robes tc
frighten Irishmen and Germans with -
But when the smoke and dust of the bat.
tie have cleared away we survey the
ground aud ind that Massachusetts, Re.
publican, and South Carolina, Democrat
ic States, have tramp|ed upon the rights
of foreign born citizens alike. also see
that this step on the part Of those two
States conden ned by the Republican
State Con.cntons of every other State
while the Democratic Conventions have
no word of ccnsure for South Carolina
see under the Administration Of Jas
Buchanan the ights of na:uralizcd citi
zens shamcfully ,rampled upon. The po
sition of Mr. Cass, in his letter to Mr.
Clcrc, called down the unqualified rep
rotation Of the Republican press, but NJ
word of censure from the Democracy.
see that many Democratic States
, make property, and not manhood the ba
sis of suffrage, ard some exclude ever,
man from Office who is not the owner o
ten slaves. If this is Democracy, coun
me out.
CONCLUSION,
| wish to dictate to no man. l woul
, buy no man And God knows | woul
, not disgrace my countrymen by "scllin
thcm," if | could alwavs supposed
{ man had righ. to exercise his ow
, judgment and follow the dictates Of hi
own oonscier &C, in the disposition Of hi
, vote. If it is ''treachery' to exercise III
: right Of free man, then amend the Cor
. stituton of our country to conform
D this Democratic Code II tho Democrs