Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-17

know as well as any ole. .BdtqtK9totAihl9
they See an 0pportuulty t6 pandeTt f0Itbel
feelings Of some ejdisappointmentAn and some,
anger which they hope to fan into decided
animosity and antagonisln, which feelings
they propose to take, advantage, of foSI
themselves. sat sthe polls, The daring to
make such an atteml lt is, IN our judgment,
the best evidence that .cotfld be- addueed To
the low and c6ntehptuodsOpinion they ems
terrain of the1rishiGharaete u To SUPPOSE
that they could successfully, eajple the,
Irish AIherican voters, is to suppose that
the voters Of that class. Ike fneah ctirs 8tld
whipped spaniels, can bemIade, to- Eliclo the
hand, that Smites them, and to faYn upon,
the wretch whose disposition, Is 70 degrade
and outrage them it's to suppose that, a
long series Of offenses and iehhities againet
IiouripeOple, as a mass, caniheatonedfo fonand
IiYiped outibya eondescending smile whlGh
is bestowed, upon them for q selfish, II not
Unreasonable. purpose. Such men as have
,disgraeed themselves by eonaeses sending TO
l,tufna little na6ural ffeelinGloI diaappoint-
,msntiiH q tune of eXcitemept, against the
Administration, for, the ,igao oble pllrpose5 y OF
caJQling votes by false pfetenses, must
surely suppose that The irish AmeFi'l
chns1lareJ all Wfools to forgetso soon the
seandalous, utterancesj of Radical neEs-
papers against them--not once only, but
constantly and through months and
years It Is not so that we repay 1he
ibsulting comparisons of the, NeR ll0rk
Tribune, the defamatory. speeches Of such
men as Boutwell,, the undisgnised sheers Of
the whole pack of smaller papers and
smaller men, who take their cue from SUCH
EenNenomed leaders. We do not disguise
| from ourselves that there was q, moment
when considerable numbers felt and eX-
pressed an opposition to the Administration
for what It had done. But thesobar second
thought has come, aud that telling hsSSub-
sided. The truth is, theIEishmen who have
come here to plant their Homes here, who
have been iiatufiized1 here are true to- tile
country ofitheir adoption; its Constitution,
and its laws. They have fought for the
Union, tbeylpye it, and they, will, defend
1t and its defenders against all comers.t =
The attempt TO lfnahufactuTel political capt.
tai outof Temporary and not widespread
alienation from President, johnson and and the
I1pTinciples he represents, is worthy only OF
the partv that made the attempt No other
llwotfld have had the dnbldshitig impudenee
to do so.gfThe Irish -Ameriean&ote for the
| Radical traduceTs OF lreland, And Irish
Americans, would be like throwing ones
self bodily into otBeD jaws g. a byena, AZ
would be q sacrifice the most infatuated
that safe men ever were guilty of.n7Tne
Radicals and the principles theycrepreSent
are the natural enemies of ofeyergthing that
is called Irish, They hold up the negro gs
our superior. They put us against him In
lcOniparisbh, that they may justify their
course of fhigh1audatiOn of the negro, and
they have heretofore omitted 1np opportu-
nifty to load us with opprobrium aud ,scorn.
We know where our true interests lay; we
hold dear, and we recognize Andrew john
son;as theexponent Of those pginGiples, and
| so long, as he is true to himselfand his en-
lphatic declarations, so long VIII the great
body Of ,.frishl Americans abide by and sus-
! tain him. js9i9b % .ITTIoo sti 10 sfslil