Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-08-25

Der laws. I have reason TO believe our gov
eminent ~ demanded paymApt fog taese.
damages. and that demand will be sn1Sfced.
Nov Ii, pending these neGptiaions, us had
ourselves permiited, or even winked ct an
aloeous Violations Of similar Laws, how could
VIC enforce our caitnss And this invasion
was therefore i'll advised and iuopportune.
and for this reason the President must for
bid II Iic dare not at that period allow the
advantages possessed oy Us 10 be wrested
from Us by any body OF men. And ! am
free 70 saw tia, il looks little as If koue II
the prime movers III this IA tier OILY ia
b rcd to ihwaEt the.purpose ofihe President,
and bring han into a dilemma for bis own
injury.
Ii ae failed 10 enforce the "nou,relty
laws. and tnus lost the vantage ground We
pos essed in our negotiations With and de-
n,ands upon the English Government then
his opponents would accuse bin 81 great 81
~ and weakness. nth aI1ictSoA - duty,
malfeasance in Office, and failure to enfos y
the laws, and then they could and woeld
"impeach" him, and remove him from ofi)ce.
On the other hand, If the Fenian leaders
would be induced to go on, and on one pre-
test q anothsR, get up fnose snDh@ the
IRISH people, ardent. repuisive, sSthet are
known to lie, and the President then.
as soon as possible, when the overt act is
performed, shall forbid the consummation
and stop invasion. Then they will raisa
cry against him, bscsuse he bias dHuthis,
denouncc him as having no friendship Ses
the Irish, who in the main are his support
crs; and il this large element can be drawn
/ ~ L. rf 81.
they have heretofore been found, and trans
fcrred by fiattcry or otherwise n the rapidly
depicting columns Of the Radicals, it may sa>
cure the continued ascendancy Of this party
and assure them Of one more victory.
This looks very mush to ma - If it was
the animus Of the movement, in the minds
of some Of the chief operators or wire pull
ers, and this idea is greatly strengthened hy
the later commingling of some Of the chiefs
Of the apparently discordant elements.
But there was another motive which
doubtless actuateti the President and induc
Cd the issue Of his proclamation THAT Is,
humanity He knew well tho ihlrcpidity
and valor which characterized Tho Irish
trosps in cur late struggle Well read in
history, he was conyersant With this charac-
teristic Of our race on every battlefield,
either ct home or abroad.
lie knew that, under existing circumstan
ces aud laws, the men from this eide d
gagged must fight under great disadvantage q
that consequently multiiudes must unnsces
sarily suffer or be slain; families would thur
be made 10 mourn our country, after hsv-
ing lost so many, would be still further de-
pleted Of its men. AMI little, II any, good
- a.
Tho President, therefore, for this cause
also interposed 10 prevent the effusi0h Of
blood. aud, instead Of blame, should, in my
opinion, receive the thanks Of every dispss-
sionate lrishman in oil the lAnd. If Eng
land make no PREPARATION for the damage d00s
us-maks not 10 Us ample justice for her to
cent action or want Of action-possibly An
drew Johnsod may sos,e day iofosm her, n
once Andrew jackson informed France
"Our claims are iust--we will no longer pr
!ey,E,sp.'saon = o'fe, q Ssar-yoa
lie may then issue another proclamation
aud not Canada only. but Omld Ireland It.
self may cheer the hope Of, Erin's SONS, and
be tho bat,la cry Of llbefeyto Lclahd and
the Irish. But oil this would have been
| frustrated had he not opportuncly interpos-
cd. We have done TO preserve our neutral,
ity laws what England should have done ia
| ouI recent struggle. We have all the van,
tagc ground. We can now enforce our
claims, and lrishmen should rejoice that
for temporary purpose, our Government
did not allow the loss Of such great advan-
tages.
Now, my countrymen. from an examine
ton of all these considerations, ! ask YOU,
WAS not the President right in issuing his
proclamation of neu,rality." | anu sure
you all think with inc he was But YOU
have recently found new apparent support
crs You have been eulog,xed BY Radicals,
aud learned that some Of your partially
trusted leaders have been seeking to bring
you into an alliance as strange ~ it Is un-
natural. But some Of you say that you
were by some oss encouraged 10 bslisvssha,
this proclamalion, even il issued, would not
be rigidly cnf6scci. whereas, the strongest
possible efforts for conviction have beer
made by all the officers Of the law.
My countrymen, let mc assure you thu
President had No wish " 0poress. Tho or
dcrs ne gave would have lSAto prosecutions
in the courts, Of course, against those Of
whom the laws would operate; but there
was no harsh treatment, no unnecessary SO
verify contemplated. and II there was mani
tested anything else, it was to carry out III,
general plan Of the opponents Of 'ths l1rsi'
dent, many OF whom are in receipt OF sala'
ries and positions oil trust under the Admin
istration, aud still are covertly at work, ir
combination with the avowed enemies of tn,
President, to bring him into disrspntc with
the Fcnisns, and through them with til,
Irish element in the land.
| Count.ymcn, can you have forgottsn hil
kindness to our people; do you not Secollect
how promptly, at the request Of the organi
zsiion, when it was unit, he released Johr
Mitchell and permitted him to go Oh youi
account to France? Can you forget how
peomtly he caused transportation to thei
homes 70 Be furnished from the frontier Il
all the men engaged in the late ''invnsien?'
| The President is your friend and thu
friend Of your race. but he is SO situated a,
| to be unable to speak in behalf Of his actiol
and vindicatc the proprety ot his views ant
the purity Of his motives; yet his opponent,
without stint can in all the land dcnounc,
his acts 40 wrong, while they know be could
not do less than he has done and be blame
less. But be not deceived, my fellow citi
zens and couatsymen, BY the apparent sym
pathy for you, now 90 artfmlly, 20 artlently
professed BY the Radical element N thii
country. 1t is all for effect They wan
your votes at the next election, and Is hav,
before aaid, Il looks to me % IL they wer,
the moving cause Of this Canadian invasion
with tho hope something Of it might inur,
to their benefit and place Shs Prssidsnt il
= dilemma. But the trap Was spruog toe
soon. The scheme won'swes Th0e vii
surely bs reaction. Il 10 a1rss1y working
The Irish see the holownessUf tie profess
ed friendship. And what else could hav.
been expected : The Irish sre not stupid
Tiny can u:ravsl the pretense as quickly !,
any other people.
They know that there Is not now. thm,
never was, asy MndneoS = NE mind Of
heart q the paaoan f. The 4sish. From
the tine that Oliver Cromwell, At the head
q IL knatiCnl ''nuondhsad" Puritans. in
vsded Ireland, and abused, malreatsd
robbed. end destroyed. while neithee age o,
sex ~ dafe WhstS ke md ~ Nutt, whes
bis sole response to every appeal for pitt
vss, 10 hell 2. Oonnseoh vitA ~ :
FROM that time till now, the same spirit q
antagonism to the Irish has manifested 4,
self wherever Puritanism gained even I
Temporary ascende6cy. SCI nov The PM
tans Of Massachusetts, love the Irish. and
what, IN general, he loves almost As his life
his religious opinions and faith. How
does Pnrtanism love them, See this fond
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