The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-08-04
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L. 81. OConnor, District Head Center of
Chicago, has written very strong letter in
regard to the political policy Of the Fenian
brotherhood He sayss sssx fs s5
As to the line Of policy adopted BY
the +. b., is there anything wrong m This,
the nineteenth century, for the only Irish
national Organization in existence TO declare
that henceforth they and the Irish people
whom they have right to speak fey are in
favor Of universal liberty; that they are
willing to give to others what they claim for
their own people Why, sir, this has been the
doctrine Of every martyr to Irish liberty; the
doctrine OF Burke, Grattan, Shiel, Sheridan,
O'Conneil and every Irish statesman, from
the days of Stronsbow down to the present
time; the doctrine of Carrolan, Moore,
Davis and the gentle Griffin, and every poet
whose name has been identified with the
songs and poetry Of the Green Isle; the
doctrine of the people of every age IN
Ireland; the doctrine of the emigrant when
he bids farwell to all that is dear to him on
earth and steps aboard of the emigrant ship
that brings him to the land of his adoption.
There is not a people on this earth that loves
liberty and hates tyranny with such intensity
as the Irish people. And yet we are accused
of selling our "frish American friends,
because we have the honesty, in this age of
enlightenment, to adopt for our our people
platform of equal rights TO all mankind; be-
cause we have the honesty to give to others
what we claim for ourselves because we
have cut ourselves loose from all party ties,
so that, in the future, we can vote for the
men who will befriend US.
HOW THE copPERHEaps HAVE GuLLED THE IRISH.
To show how the Irish people lave been
guled by the defunct Democratic party, l win
again refer TO the emigrant who lands upon
our shores with an eternal hatred to tyranny
and oppression in every shape and form. He
is told by the sef-constituted political hacks
Of his race that he must stihe his lore of fber.
ty aud shake hands with the friends OF slaves
ocracy that here great party rules the ma
tion--a party that loves the smiling faces of
the sous and daughters of Erin ; and that in
order to be a freeman, he must ally himself
with this party. And, in his simplicity, he
believes it, and forthwith his application for
citizenship is recorded He settles down
among his friends: attends the political
gatherings of the party to which he attaches
eimself He enters a spacious hell and hears
a bloated Office seeker haranguing the, faiths
full. The policy OF the Republicans, and all
the isms OF the dav are denounced as mon
strous. The Irish are lauded for their fdei-
~ TO the party. The emlgraut is pleased and
swears to he true to the party. He goes home
to his wife and little ones, and tells them
what good man that was, and what he
would do for the Irish, &c. All this the poor
dures swallow. The day of nomination
comes. Three or four of the pillars meet in
a back room and make up the ticket for
the coming election. One timid individual
suggests prominent place on the ticket for
the Irish. He is,met with a scornful look
from pillar No. l. mo gays he, 'To hell
with the Irish they win vote the ticket any
way. We will give this Office to German =
this to n Know Nothing; this to wayerng
Republican this 10 another German this to
another Know Nothing and so on till they
get to the tail end, when some hungry Irish
man is presented with an office that costs him
fortune to acquire. The honest Irish voter
cannot see why the Irish are not better re-
presented on the ticket, but he is told it is
impairment in him to make sueh inquiries
Thus the farce is played year after year.
Thus the Irish people are insulted by their
professed friends. But there is an end to all
this, notwithstanding the efforts Of the Chica
go Times aud its correspondents. Indeed,
the Times goes so far as to say that those who
will not vote the ticket are traitors TO their
country, their race, their religion and them
selves. | deny that the Times is an impartial
Judge upon the three FIRST counts of these
charges Tor II Is wei known mat the res
ponsible editor Of that sheet has spent the
greater part Of his life in denonncing his coun-
try, his race and the religious opinious of
other men, As for the last count in the in
dicimeut, will admit he is true to himself,
for it is currently reported he looks cut for
No. |.
Now, in order that the public may know
who the real enemies of the Fenian Bro
therhood and the Irish people are | will here
state that such sheets MS the Chicago Times,
and the parties who endorse their teachings,
are. and have been the bi;terest enemies of
the Fenian Brotherhood