, 1866-11-04
THE lRISu AND THE CHICAGO
TIMESs TICKET.

terribly fascinated With the claims Of Irish
society. Language tatls to describe its sdmi-
ration Of Fcnian patriotism and tho ",intclH.
gcncc which Is a distinguishing feature Of the
irish chasucter." The Democratic party was
equally cnrzptured with the Irish in 1868
and 1864, when It wanted somebody 10 do
the fighting in resisting the draft. Fernando
Wood and the other New York Democratic
leaders were eloquent in insisting that the
Democracy should resist the draft,
and voted unanimously that the brave
Irish should have exclusively the post Of
honor in resisting the Government By force.
There is an election now about coming of
mud the pasdoned rebel concern OF this city
has resumed its dulcet toncs upon the Irish.
1t has remodclled Its police reports, and In
stead Of pasadlug every morning column
Of filthy stuff about some unfortunate irish
woman tried at the Armory, 1t does violence
to Its accustomed habits To the extent of
suspeadlng reports Of that line Of cases until
after the election. During the last year 1t
has employed regularly one man to search
The highways and alleys Of degradation In
this city for no other purpose than: to find
out such poor, unfortunate and ahject cases
Of women Of Irish nativity rho have mar
rfed or are living as married with negroes.
Readers OF the 1imes will we'll remember
the evident delight with which that paper
has spread these cases, with all tho details
that beastly Imagination could supply, be-
fore the public. No other paper In .tho city
has ever tonched upon that kind Of stalls
tics, The only object in publishing Which is
to throw odiun and shame upon the Ixish
generally, and Irish women particularly.
The moment the election Is over Demo-
cratic regard for tho Irish will cease to be nc
tive, and the Tines will resume, with vigor
increased by the temporary suspension, Its
daily publications Of Irish peccadiltpcs, c1-
aggcrated to suit the depraved appetite Of
blue.bcllIed writer's. In 1864, coming On tue
election when the Democracy wanted tho
Irish vote, tho 1inlts WAS cxtravagant In It's
pralsc Of their superiority In all things, and
particularly In their Intelligence. Bat the
momcnt the election was over, and It had
no further special use for them, It opened its
columns upon them with uneluallcd obsccn.
ity. In 1e;5, 1t published the article which
We ask the Irish Of Chicago II they arc VIII
ling any longer to justify tho degraded opin-
Ion which the Democracy p1ac4s upon their
intelligence when 1t assumes that few COM
mandatory stercotyped phrases uttered and
published just before election, are all that Is
needed to make them forget the Insult aud
contunely which asc heaped upon them all
the rest Of the year!
Thus, when tho election is pending, the
Iimes bcfouls bis own nest by declaring that
+ the country will 20 to perditIon unless the
"intelligcut Irish " take It out of the hauds
Of the ignorant Yankees; and as soou "a c}cc.
lion Is over It sdycrtiscs to the country That
stWclIs street In Chicago, and like streets in
other cities, do not contain all the
vrctchedncss. poverty and crime ~ that
there "arc other placcs,n and those other
nrc the lowly cottages and shautles of the
Sons Of the Emerald Isle.r In the 1oca1itfe,
where the Irish poor .ase to be found. It de-
cls.cs that "citilization has had mn min,
euce.n The people who vera Commended
and encouraged because of their ho.t3l,tv N
the draft. werc 7,rocla,rncd a. ont1,v. ~ ,,,.
man society. living In indtscr;rofnat. ,sa,c},.
lion With theIr domeatIc an}mal. and affnrr,.
intr safe retreats for fucittvc c,1m;r,l, W.
cannot dc.rr,ba ho 77n,,,, n,rtnre ortho socI,, ;,
degradation Of tha 1ri.h Of ch,ca an hair a.
we'll as lbs article deserihe. itsc1f ~ the h.
1,,sh re,d n ,,rrr 1at then, wstoh how
closclv the 9,m,. kerns IN its tart that 3he
| c.h,ns IF Tho hnmt,e noor chars ,.,th ws1t.
strret in vrrtchsdnrss nn5 r,;moi Wh.t :.
Ve1,a strrct rcmarlah,c for, fts fam. r..ts
nro,, the r,rcnm,t that -. NOV, 80 -rt 3
| aans 1h.t Its hou,cs afford rctrcst. for c,,r,
3n.,a and that nv ,non,v IT, ~
| at.covs- +h,t .rh,1. +ho r,n.. .,,n,,.
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