New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-24
The lri.h Vote.

To hr Editor IF Them y. Tribrso
SIR: In an editorial OF the 10Th inst, headed
"Thc Irsh Vote. the following language is used.
1--WE cannot lorh, that Il is public misfortune that
there should he one Hundred ihpu-1r ece e-co's 30
our State with five times thTt lumber IN THE Union
whose votes may ~ each election. with perfect con
idcnce Doe inferred from their speech We heartily
wish that IrisA born Aaieql' rere Gi-',d LIE of'ss
rOaR ,sffh this HGf party gP a. rr tydirsGaa!
coRuicfions and nor Tim ciaHnth HHentH'iy
The words which have italicized are calculated "a
do great Injustice 70 large class Of most lya AeTi
can oitlens natives Of Ireland bot whose worry exist
cnce in tbs country Ia by implication denied In tho
above extract, aud ignored throughout tae whOe
article
You must be aware tha The porulnion n Ireland IL
divided roligiousy iuto Protestant ana Loman Catholic.
IN the proportion Of about 70 tive: and georTr pic
ally tie former class prepondeTaing IN the Norin the
latter in the south anu Wet The MASSES OF The North
are rTcsbytorian.
The ,IeecA from Which you Infer the roie) is r.
distinct and ~ easily recognizable between tie NORTH
and the "rch hroguo Of other parts ~ TIC speech
81 tho native Now-Yorker from both. Now. sr. 4 ~
the recent election you lad carefully distinguished be
tween tho voter with the "rch Irsh bTogue 0nd the
one with the nondcscript tone. apparently cross be
tween Scotchmaus "gHid sroid iala,,' AID IN lfish
bull and then syly obtained peep ~ their ballots you
would have discovered that lrsh.bDrH Americans
wcre divided like o'lers voting with THE or that p1riy
according their individual convictions and not VIII
ciannish unRnimiiyi" At least you would have seen
among them two distinct snG wen dofucd class
Iui vet more LIST Of t.e votes of Irish BON
Americans 10 found 10 thoir religious attachments.
While vast uurobers 81 native American, are recroant
10 the great truths Of social ustcr and equality o. oil
men before TIE h~. - taught by our b'ssied Master
rnaiuainod by Lis holy Apostle and proclaimed by h"
ustrious founders OF our Government. IrsA Protest
ants-p.rhaps not much NOR. carefully or'ysemnti.
clly than many If the former. but vastly more than
ttoir Roman Cstholic eountry Wer-ladDc. mated II
Christianity at tue bible it, iou tin head have almost
unnnmously discovered the coincidence u iese doc
iues with the grand prncp. az toe foundation q the
American Government ana Cor which the hapuD.ican
party have bern snd are coniendng.
have titus eldeayored o. show you tie reason. as
vel as the iaot. "ilst Irsh.lorn Americans were
divided Ike othcrs voting" &c. ] now kh<lrd the
ASSERT lon that IN Pennsylvania and Ohio ;e Protestant
Irish.iorn American Union voter oufnutubsr tire Pro-
slavery Roman Catholic irshboru voters aid that Ia
The state OF Nes-York there not sufficient !oyn
non votes to osrTy the state Electoral tickets with
out The votes Of Protestant IrisI-born t0'rrs. We
could not tamey submit t. tie 0diVm Of having voted
for slch political mOustroses a. the Chicago Platform
Pcud.eion or Seymour and thorchrc by inserting This
YOU val confer lasting obligation on one tei thou
sand IrshbOrn American ct zers ~ tie State o New
York. WIN liO.oul0 respect J.
E,u. York. Eoc. a. ls6i.