, 1864-07-15
M0BBlNG NEGROES,
How 1rlslmen Oppose Their Own Iuterests-
What ''Dtgradts'' Labor-How to E,e.
Yale 1t-Who Ought to be Abo.
1ltIenistss

day or two ago mob Of four OF five hundred
Irish shoremen made an assault on party Of 8
dozen negro laborers working on lumber dock,
compelled them to fee Tor theirlives. The blacks
had committed no oaenee whatever, except want
Ing to support themselves by honest labor. For
] etates the case thus.
we're employed "a ths inmbtr doef % Of G. Iessss ss
They, Of course. TOOK ihs places q Witt iaSorsss
WIG re- ded emplcymsnt: 4 numbeI. Of he thosemen
shs nee ae1nk 'es
II xss ssa.iy Yh = ses T. sss 5
their brothers were out Of employment.
+ ls little eingulaE that no class of people in
blacks herr, except the Irish. The Germans neyer
mop en.oted men for working for whoever NAV
employ them: The English. the Scotch. tho Ffeoc6,
people. Americans never think OF doing such 4
| Thing. No other nationality consider Themselves
,"sdeEaded" by seeing blacks earning their own
With lnshn,en to labor, and thereby "deerades 5'
ne afttr We zee no wsy to help It except to keep
ne blacks IN tdeness by taxing the balance Of the
Justification Of the assan!t-that sthe brothers OF
the mobocrata were thrown ont OF employment by
ecarce IN Chicago, and tie few blacks hers are not
deprivlpg the 1rssh Of employment. There is fnr
note work than wnrkmen. There is abundance
here. II all the black people in the city ehould
leave Chicago tomorrow it would not beoedt The
condition OF the Irish single dime. Their hos
prejudice lie ss ought to seaaa BE- asssned 70
But there is another view Of this 1matter. Al
most eVer5 lrtshnan. we arc forry to say, ts liter
apv pro-siayesy. They want the blacks to be
slaves, and arc opposed to theiremanclpation IRON
SUPPOSE that the blacks were all seized bv the
Mayor and sold into slavery to the more wealthy
cop!xeshsads, re- and their purchasers we're to hire
aNfa
ae dock la6orcrs, or 70 builders and e1ca5ators:
Eonid The Irish fecl themselves disniaed and en-.
nohled bS The eery1tudc OF the blackss Would they
consider themselves elevated In the social scale
y, y ,Worsing n competition With slsvess II they
ta the ety would they feel elevated by presence
think It woud improve und dignity their condition
II Fa'e5y were introduced into Chicagos How
Honld they seiish having thirty or forty thonsand
they vote for. II itheis pro:saTery principles were
adeptsd Chicago and Illinois would soon be ful of
Whether the black man is free or slave, he mast
live and work. Wfll he compete leas with the
lHsh Irish when slave than nee. viii bis presence as
popr es
q called poor white trush''f Is II not In tue
ssnshe s,ge1 Is It not the presence and Of
ss s la. tS aasrG as;dss Nhe labor The
ear'h. o. all nationaliHes they should be the
strongest a6olsttonists Possessing but little prop
N'l< W LAt4 u3uNe LOT fuOpOff hAYtNV
but few eklled warkmen among them. most Of
them -, being raw laborers." they above all men
should be the shareholders and those Who defend
the degrading system. II they must quarrel viii
Ne neEroes. II shonld be with the slare negroes.
refase, :, e. TO .. xork for nothing er to submit
they ought to eseh the slave blacks to assert hei
rights to "etike' for wages, and they ought to
help them make good their etrike." By 10 do
ing. tae M i1ish 19bo1cr you'd e'evate himself and
grazing competition Of unpaid labor, and open to
himself vast fields Of employment now shut oat
from him by slavery. O'Connell saw ali this and
understood T. and tried to teach It to Els country.
men. ent hiled to Get them to perceive the truth
nr to comprehend their owl. tfue interests. Is
foolish!y they stand in their own light? How thew
aye hitinR Of their own noses for tie benefit Of
Coppethead demagosues aud rebel slave mongers!
VACATION OF THE SUPERIOR Counr.-The ju1y
in the Superior Court has been discharged. There
will be no c,l Of the trial docket uut the second
Mondsy in September The frat week Of the Sem
tember term win be devoted to sittinss IN bonc
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