, 1865-08-17
An Answer-so shamel mcGulre.

Etttors Chiesgo Tribune
Yon ansxe1ed Shamel Mcclure, on the
question Of negro u. 1rishmen 90 cdectuAlly,
that II he has any capacity Tor reason, or
any eerse Of Justice about him, he must
feel sebamed Of himself by this time for
writing such letter. But his production
VIE 30 Enthusiastically Irish, that with
Jour permission. wonld like to advert
to ore or two Of his other statements. He
conplains much Of his race being slandered
by the Tines reply, served them right.
for they, and they almost alone, have ena.
bled the 1ines to slander all other PORTIONS
Of The people. I cannot t sympathIze with
any man who cannot rebuke wickedness
until be becomes the victim. much less 50
when Ee has BEEN mainly the cause of tho
iu:qutty: So say sstysd. them right, Il a
n,an Will eerse ths devil, he is fool not to
knoT. 5 that IN dn: time he will get pay in
But Shnnel tells us that the Irish are the
flower Of our population" Is this 50, Tor-
toolh ?-the 1sleh tie aoWer Of out popula-
tlnni Alter this, expect that eome geod
Celtic college ELL eltct friend sbamel 10 lie
professcrshsp Of the sobl.me art Of impu-
dsncc, barmg been found worthy. "T6ey
have 6cer the making OF America" SAYS The
bold Mcclure, " becAns. they have dug her
canals, built he- railroads, lun1 ele," &c. I
reply. they have done much In the digging
wAy, but Ame:iea had to psy them for il.
" na, gul" leafs the I-lshman, for he has BEEN
digging just such things, ana BITTER, for the
last three hundred years, .otthoa pay. There
fcre, even McGnlre must see, If b. reflects
little. that in this rGkpect the neglo-td3w-
er,d ;" much longer ard more bluliant1y than
Tut the Issh "hayc fled from the oppress.
ors Of the Old World. All blssterfng shame
on the bread rame o. humanity, that they
who thus fed from the power Of tyranny,
should 20 torgrt the lessun OF their 9orroW
by b: coming in this land the plant and m ,st
ready tools Of the yilest tyranny the age has
ever seen: How true, that they who kneel
know what freedom means. Liberty is Lie;
despotism kills It. Ne PITY the victimB.
Again saya tie daring Shamel. We have de-
velopcd Rosec' aus. Jackson, Sherman, Stott.
Mcclellan. Yes, I 1h!nt they d:d develop
AeClellap. md few else will claim thc hon
or thesco'--st lcas: not |, butss for develop
Inc tie Others, 1t must be that peculiar kind
Of development which makes them Irish,
although "by thc accident Of BIRTH they
wple not born in the Green Isle but becsuse
"every motherr' son OF them has true Irish
heart IN hts h;sorn.' BIZ the powers isa't
Irish own all the great men Of the World,
and would be perfectly jnsti1ed in claiming
Washington, Lntaer ana Ga.leald! as BROTH
ers. Indeed believe they claim Gariba!Ii--
spelling the q st syllable of his name Gar
r."
Democrat, he said twc allow no stsagglers
ffop the ranks" I see now how 1t is. When
a brother, grouping for 8 little light, seeks to
break away from party trammele, he u
treeted to 3 little "hee speech, and If that
don't make him right, then he gets little
Of "free Eight" ...
Allow no st1aEg'ers: All! no. no despot
cyer did. He who rules IN Poland SLOWS no
strsgslcre,. This 10 the spirit Of the language,
evc1 eAurcIated by every tyrant. Wc allow
20 stzaealers. The. true spirit Of perfeet
liberty says, "let each man be persuaded In
to ltatn!
Away With this impudent cant that the
a1a a.t1 =, ate nc uoblest, thc best, DC. In mod
esly let Them rt1cct tLat If they do more
than Their full share IN making our canals,
they DO more .han their share n d.l!ng our