The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-09-05
The True Friends of the T,;s,,.
o THE EDITOR OF TIE PRESS:

10 THE EDITOR OF TIE PRESS:
SR,-Once more permit me to intrude on
the columns of your paper for small space to
reply to the TRADE of the Irishman of the Argus
who is out again vilifying any degenerate son
OF Erin in Portland, who has the hardihood to
question this sage's dictation to Irishmen. I
suppose this grave orator thought as he told
us, that Roberts and Co. sold the Irish votes in
washington ian erroneous statement), and he
might try his hand in Portland and turn over
their votes to the followers of "My Policy" not
thinking of course that any Irshman would
have impudence enough to gainsay his doctrine,
and for that purpose he made his debut in that
sanctimonious and iberty-loving organ, the
Portland Argus.
find this gentlemen's former effort disturb
ed his intellect so much as to make it necessa-
~ for his friends to come to his assistance and
"call his attention to the article in the Press.
Once more aroused from his slumber he chances
with rolling eyes on the production of one who
is not q disciple of the modern 'Moses" who
rules at the White House, and then enters the
ring crying treason! treason!" his heart
overlooking with indignation, and foaming like
Howell Cobb himself, when during the memo
rable Seven Days Fight before Richmond the
Irish Brigade repeatedly checked the Rebel
tide of battle, and the Traitors foaming with
rage cried, There goes the damned Green
Flag again" Yes, there were Irishmen pour
ing out their hearts blood on the altar of their
country's liberty, and once more they will be
found checking the flank movement of the
Cobbs and Orrs the Parsonses and the Mon
roes of New Orleans notoriety led by the John
sons and the Stewards, the Blairs and the
Doolittles, and last but not least the late con-
vert, Mr. Raymond of the New York Times,
the great champion of Reciprocity treaties and
neutrality laws
Here is spectacle for Irishmen to behold!
Here are the men without whom the raving
demagogue of the Argus says the Union can
never be restored! would advise this political
dictator to keep close to his friends He will
need them before long; for it seems he has tax
en- such dose of these johnson pills that am
afraid his present nervous state of mind will
ruin his health, unless some practical physi-
clan will take charge of him and clear his
stomach OF that nauseous compound.
The galvanized orator of the Argus has found
out mares nest-that the Irishman of the
Press is Roberts Fenian, which accounts for
the milk in the cocoanut. All! these are dan
gerous fellows! So says the Queens Own
and they know geography, for they never
make war in neutral territory. They march
right on to face their enemies and revenge the
wrongs of centuries, and would be sure to con-
quer were it not for her Msjesty's Minister,
who instructed the powers that be in Washing
ton and reminded them of that old statute
which, interpreted as it was, saved for that
widows son a prospect of throne at Ottawa
But time will tell all. Once more repeat
that the brainless toady of the Argus is no
friend to ireland or its cause, and the more he
says OF 1T the more he convicts himself; for
any body that reads Irish news knows that the
newspaper which he says has large circulation
among the enemies of the /. r. B, has been
suppressed in Ireland by the very men who he
says, would not modest Roberts Fenian,
Irishmen, behold this fippant orator display-
ing his brilliant vagaries about saving the Re-
public from the hands of the Radicals! Look
where the danger is coming from! Look down
towards New Orleans, and read Of the mas
sacre concocted and plotted by the friends of
countryman (but no politician) Major General
Sheridan, and then you can judge which was
the guilty party. I say the Republic will be
saved, and then hope the God of Justice will
enable all Irishmen, true to their nationality,
as one man to unite and break the chains
which bind their native land, and then, and
not till then, will this creature of Billingsgate
notoriety and his motley crew Faugh an Bal
leagh. A TRUE 1RIsHMAM