Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-09-17

- + 49, = -
lhSvId vote until BE- he'd bsea tweoty>ene
Rekso In ths country. Laless vhea y 49,
- thas The negro was : mege tru0saele
lvtiGle 70 make pnlitical espisol out q, ~
lriahm.en we're put b~lo~ 80 oegso 10 Tho
u,cjal scale. The virus Of - black man
ves~ exalted until ~ uId OILY zee angel
purity sad G.dlike virtue IN him the
wees Of the lrishsmsn We exagSesa'ed and
oSknifled until. seeing throug their m's
scr,e .. .. he vas monster Vi deso nifty.
Bu, once more and very suddenly he's
ceOs another change. Il Is nov found out
that the ls.sh Americans - Aclaes, no The
balance of oses that their aggregated vote
10 worth Waking great en'ntA t. obta'" :
Accordingly. 4 hes Aeer rdcrt8. in secret
eoun, i. q these changing ch,.f-. o. make
silnult IN. ous , 6vst I" secure ne vote II
bryan in Congress; Use mnasedi~t y take"
w by the R.dicai prc-s. and has been i'l-
loved up at ,.ol,t. al meuiing-. N ~h'c''
Radical eadess, foe &c sis 8 the . stsn', the
nm, ov,,k~d ou,rsgr~, the b'tt.r AID c'n
,,,np, ,,ou l.ngu.S~ usesi by them towards
ehr iush An ,irau- as y class, have thought.
nv the use o, counterfeit and = uil~ss bar
n.v-for there Is . s,~l ssd jov,al bls' ncy
IN 4 b.. . lite aud spirit In ito ccj 10 thle
c,s.s of voa,s ovsr u thsir .ide.
Thank yoo for nothing. Mess's. "huck-
.seriuv ,o,i.icipna'' We devoted 10 th-
cause II the Irish iace AMI nation We. whs
aye Identified With II both in Llood and lin
cage, In birth and iai,h, In lose VT The land
and u br.the,ly fesl,sg TOT ~ thst s6so,s
the honor and tie vmtus Of the Irish cher
se,er we, who stand up for old lrel nd,
come wsal Or euDe W0e Who have moi
c. sscA u ,ahss ~ ,l,sse twsosy five yssss
sce IN 81, vasiSo VI our peevls, aed 10 then
defense assinst the brutal assaults which
prejudice has leve.led sgainst them ",
who sthout boas,ing can Claim that ~
speak in the nome Of one hundred thousand
Irish An~ ioos voseS--poel.in 10 toee'
men dat their efforts are all IN vain.
Il msy b. o. vsii for Oh psrties. 70 max.
il .nswn, here, once for Oh, that tbs Irisf
Americans. like ths citissns a any othe'
class. even the most favored, vote sccord
ing 10 their own independent will, intel
lisss liz excrc,sed. As . class, tisey ars
neither " he bought nor sUld in The ex
ercise u their elective franchise. W.
freely admit that there are SOM
among u, a. there are some among Othe'
classes of voters, Who c accessible 70 un
worthy influences. but these exception
prove the rule that they stand upon a,
equality with the voters Who claim to ssant
highest. And Why should they not ?
Their in.eres, in the country ito institu
tons; its proapcrit end peace Is ~ gres
a. any CT zen can teel. THE 10 their home
III, birthplace Of many Of them The HON
Of their children. None have higher !"
tcrest IN the welfare Of the country. II, II
looking over the politics II the country an
the divisions Of parties, the lsish America
elsmene hrs naturally, - il werc. fallen mt
the ranks OF the Democracy. II 10 because
saw 10 Democratic principles, a Hxsdnsas,
stability, . declsred snd we'll d.ised doc
trine, : capacity to carry on the Govern
nsoe proapesously, end purpose to carr
il on within the limits and restrictions q
the Cosa.itusion, while on The other s'd
thsy saw ooshing but instability. onsestls
puvpcaea, o0d changing measures opi'i
Of intolerance, and the supss macy Of prrju
dicss asd Il sspedisscy over reason 40
psiueip)eo.
lsi,h America' . remember 1T the rad
cal lssd-rs have lSsevAeen-the many bis,s
lssol0e ehse hsss been hcaped upon then b
,hose Wh0 n0A lead the radical torces. The
are % bitns ."wssd us to day % they hav
svss been. There II msh'ng IN eom1pu
between -. Tue cid rur,tanic leavea .
hate to~ srd every thing that 10 called Iris
has injected and ul-s the whole party.
woow " h,e 10 b. tray snd bsCk0n ~ I
,ir AIDE tue to Outrage u. We GO" put q
Faith in such leaders. unfortunately &
them. wc kn,w them too well.
u cha, actcr II the feelings Of the rad
icaI leaders toward Irish American
u best learned by the manner !
Which they bring heir bIa,n.y
twss. Il shows the mcst con emf
uous e>tin.,e Il us. Tax. G"vc,n'
y, lesby and Speaker Colfsx ut a Fc,ia, p,
nc neld recently near ChicaY,. Gov.r"'
ugle>by said 10 his Fcnian trends: Il "a
ID 10 see that, nj last. n glass VI ~h,sk.
sll not buy your votes" Agam-'l ind,
Use u love The black mar. very much /;
found HIM ~ the S,u,h during the ~
paying Tor liberty I then Tel. ".stcr nb Il
The black m.sn. We'll. now. because thu
souI. III * NJ thr bi~ck man. am 10 lie,
} with h,in OF to allow him 10 marry Il
daughter 7"
II Governor Os,lesby r ais this article,
vii also read that We say TO him, we're
ten tsn,cs u Governor. he has been <, lily
gratuitous ,nsul 81 his Irish audisnre
That il wss unbccoming and j aessceful
. high public officer 10 tell Irish. American
% class. that the old cry against them III
they could be buugh, and solt for glasses
D whssksy; had beer rue oil d n, bus IN
!. now. -. is>t," il tad ceased I, be true.
: There is no lsishman ~ dull a. not 10 .
i. The old venOmoue spirit cropping cut he,
although It was manifested in . whsedli
: tone. And whco to sh,s insult the oths
90 offensive to Irish Americans, of admi,ti
J. that . ren,an may. possibly, b
n good ~ . negro, he simply showed I
the hrastlcss and insicere apir,t in which
= politicians his clsas would claim end IN
u IRISH American political friendship and .
= lance.
d We know the race ofpolitc clans that &C
= crnor Oslesby and Mr.. Speaker Colfax b
ong "a. Our people know them, and
J. say 10 them. you are wasting your breat
I you ere undcrst, cd. II the cause Of Il
> and has no other friends in America III
i. such as you, God help i and her
In connection with THE suhject, 70 {
;. attention TO tho address Of General Swee
: to the Fc,,an Brotherh cd, printed in .
/, 9th column. disslaam.ng for tbs Broshs
= hood. in explicit srsns, oil c0nnscti.n VI
=" politics " political parties. and claiming
each and every member Q, lhe Bsothssllo,
J. he tight to exercise the franchise accordi
!. 10 HE Judgment and Conscience.