Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-19
Irishism. I'm America.

most casual reader of the Geographic dis
patches which chronicle the proceedings of
the council of hat order now in session at
Philadelphia would recognize the Daleys
and Delaneys, the Maloneys and the Nc
Dermotts, the Finnitys and the OBriens,
who constitute the officers and orators of
that gathering, as sons of the Emerald Isle.
And eyen if the names of the gentlemen
were not sufficient proof of their Irish ex-
traction, their u%tterances certainly would
be. Who but an Irishman, for instance,
would have argued the necessity Of al i'm
mediate revolution in Ireland because in
twenty-five years, at the present rate of
emigration, all the sons of Erin would
have abandoned her shores for America ?
| Who but an Irishman would have indulg-
ed in so delightful a bull as that of Mr..
Delaney, who in a bust of enthused elo-
quence, talks about swords pavingthe way
to liberty We ~retract, however, for
the Cleveland Herald, which, we believe,
does not claim Irish paternity, very re-
Gently INDUCED in a fine metaphor in re-
gard to a "t~wo-edged sword" making
ship-wreck" of the Union party. What
with Mr.. DeIaney's demand for swords for
pavements, and the HeraLds dread of two
edged swords as the cause of ship-wreck,
it strikes US that a heavy draft is being
made upon that ancient and popular arti-
Gle of cutlery,
Hon. j. NJ. Ashley and In President.
Hon. j. NJ. Ashley of Toledo addressed
a large audience in San Francisco, on the
evening of September 18th, on the
reconstruction question. In the course
of his remarks he alluded to the
unfriendly comments made by various
journals on a speech which he delivered
at Toledo before leaving his home for the
West. After explaining that he had not
intended his remarks for publication, he
said:
"Part of what 1 have seen quoted is
substantially correct. L said that the an
lt-nluNCIN ul6ll VI LHt OIlltu bldlGS udu
destroyed the old Wing and Democratic
parties that all along the political coast
the wrecks of Northern statesmen were
lying thicker than the blockade runners
from England; that, true to the princi-
Piles of freedom and philanthropy thor
Oughly implanted in their characters,
they would remember the terrible ordeal
through which they had passed for more
thar thirty years, and be ever faithful to
their convictions; that as they had, during
many long, weary years of discourage
ments and apparent defeats, labored with
a diligence that never tired, and a perse-
verance which never faltered, to impress
their anti-slavery ideas upon the mind
and heart of the nation, so, for the next
third of a century, or longer, if necessary,
they would consecrate themselves to the
great work of securing the complete en-
reimbursement of the men whom their la
bors had liberated from the thraldom of
GApplause. that if statesmen
and parties stood in the way of success, |
such statesmen would be destroyed and
such parties go into common graves, as
the pro-slavery statesmen of the North
and the old Wing and Democratic parties
had gone before them, because false to
freedom" [Applause.l
1 did not say this in a violent or threat
manner, as l am reported to have
done, but with sadness and apprehension,
L believed that by the adoption of the
policy which 1 have indicated, a division
such as then appeared and now
seems inevitable, might be avoided, and
Tho Doi+v offba nation oDd |
The oneness in principle and purpose of the
Union party, be secured. [Applause.
knew that the adoption of this policy
would make, as the emancipation policy
mad made, the Union party a unit; and 1
believed, if it wa not adopted, that the
I'D war-worn veterans of the anti-slavery
Irmy would blow a blast upon their bu-
,les which would call around them a mil
ion of men, who never followed Presi-
tents or sspartiessfor position or plumber;
hat they would camp on the battlefield,
Is they did during their thirty years of
lnti-slavery warfare, and with the banner
If universal suffrage to loyal men, flying
,ver their heads, that they woul
II later, vanquish all opposition, by de-
troying mensand parties, and come of, as
hey had in their conflict with the rebels,
.,onquerors and more than c~onquerers.
Applause.]
l believed then, and believe now, that
divisions among men would being certain
lefeat, and l am sure the loyal men of
his nation cannot be defeated without my
,oing down with them. In my anxiety
o avoid this, l pointed to the disasters of
he past, and warned as a friend, rather
han as an enemy. The Good Book says:
Faithful are the reproofs of a friend, but
he kisses of an enemy are deceitful." 1
10 not disguise the fact that l am anxious
the future of the Union party Ihave
lbored too long and earnestlyto secure its
to be Indifferent to its future now.
t is only the ca~mp-followers and plum
.erers who are Indifferent to political rev.
buttons. Auy change is better for such
ham stability Divisions and sudden po-
changes may throw such men to the
urface-without these, they remain mere
amp-followers and blind p%artizans of
over. Z
1t would not be necessary, if the per-
repetition of a falsehood did not
ometimes cause it to be accepted as true,
uncontradicted, for me to refer to a
emark reported to nave been made by
he President in reply to what L said,
5hen urging him to adopt in his reco=s
truction policy, universal loyal sufE-
age;" or, in other words, negro suffrage.
t is said that he babe me, or those with
ne, "good morning." with an intimation
hat he did not desire to have anything
nore from us on the question of negro
uffrage. I do not know how the story
btained currency, nor do 1 care, for that
Certainly neither to me, nor to
ny gentleman with Inc, did the Pres
dent, either by word or act, ever x
lress displeasure at anything said during
NY Of my interviews with him on the ne
TO suffrage question. My relations with
he President are of the most friendly
haracter, and 1 expect them to remain of
hat character while he continues to repre-
aut the loyal menof the nation. 1 know
i'm and his Cabinet well. His Cabinet is
lade up of able, tried and true men. APP
lause. A majority of them have held
esponsible public positions during the
four years, and all have rendered
Important services in aiding to carry