The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1868-10-14
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RADICAL ESTIMATE or'fHE IRISH PEOPLE AND
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u.lINays formerly principal eQitori OF the
Chicago Tribune, and recognized as one of
the chief leaders of the party in Illinois,
He was o member of the late Chicago
Convention, and was potential in the coun-
ellis of the Illinois delegation thereat.
commend the editorial of the Post to
the particular attention Of tho i"Irish Re-
publicats,'' and would especially remind
the "eminent Irish orator. (so-called,l
John Pope Hodnett, to not fail in direct
ing to it the attention Of the iIrishmen Of
the State, whose votes he is paid to Sc
cure, if possible, by his blarney, as an esti-
mate of the regard in which the IRISH peo-
pie and Catholic Church are held by one
OF his outspoken Radical employers.
NIcGER,, KIeoER, MIG! =
| From the Chicago Post, Sept. Q. 3
"Do you want your daughter to marry a
niger 2" was the question formerly asked
of the electors Of Illinois by every Demo.
cratic candidate on the stump.
"Nigger equality at the polls is the sign
of niger equality in the iamily,' say all
the Democratic orators of the day.
"Ail. ~ the niger to vote, and you have
both political and social equality every
where" cry ali the copperheads of the
North, -.,,- III
s. What a lie these assertions are, one and
all!
Political equality is one Ting; social
equality is another thing, Political equal
ity is of the law; social equality is of The
woman. The laws says, come up; nlada.n
says, stand back! s--- 9
Teddy O'Flaherty votes He has been
ia the country six mouths; hut he has
been through Dan O'EIara's court & lie is
naturalized. Terrence O'Manus swore for
him that he had been five years in the
United States that he was a .jiiatle,nan Of
good moral character, and Dan iU'Hara
knew that he was q Democrat. And so
he was naturalized, of course. @
He has hair on his teeth. He never
knew an hour in civilized society. He
never stepped on anything more solid than
dirt floor all his life, until he stood on
the deck OF an emigrant ship. Ho is born
savage-as brutal ruf1ian as on untamed
Indian Of the North American tribes. Of
course, he can't read he can't write. All
books to him are sealed. He only believes
in the priest, and the priest is little less q
barbarian than he. s'Be Jasus, I'm Dim
ocrat r. is his shibboleth. Braking heads
for opinions sake il his practice. Tie
born criminal and pauper of the civiiiz d
world, and withaf the innocent victim of
the statescraft of England, and of the
priestcrah Of Rome IA wronged, abused,
and pitiful spectacle of o man capable of
better things pushed straight to hell by
that ab0mination against common sense
called the Catholic religion, and that out
rage upon political decency falsely known
as American Democracy-what else does
he know To compare him with an in
telligent freedman would be an insult to
DO American women run after Teddy
O'Flaherty? Are they in haste to marry
him q Oh, father of beautiful daughter,
are you afraid that she will break away
from your love and kindness, and make
Teddy o companion !? Yet, how much less
danger OF her marrying niggerl The
black man, If he has been at all favored by
the chances that slavery afforded, is the
superior OF Teddy in the things which wo-
men value but his color. is against him,
and so Cufse and Paddy are .equal--tbe
trst having the most civilization, the lat.
ter being the whitest.
Now, marriage is not q thing of the law.
save and except as the law directs how il
shall be celebrated. If decent woman
wants to marry Teddy O'Flaherty, the law
takes no cognizance Of her low desire. I'll
she wants to marry q niger, the law is
equally dumb. When, then, you can point
out to Us that the peace of Americans ia
in danger of destruction by the admixture
Of the OFiaherty blood, We shall be ready
to believe that it is in danger Of deteriora-
tion by the admixture Of Niger blood
Putting color aside, what is there to choose
between Teddy and Cuffee? ftslf
The country has survived the Irish emf
grstion-the worst with which any other
country was ever afflicted. The Irish fiji
our prisons, our poor houses, our reform
schools, our hospitals, our eleemosynary
and reformatory institutions Of all sorts.--t
Scratch q convict or a pauper, and the
chances are that you tickle the skin Of ON
Irish Catholic at the same time-an IRISH
Catholic made criminal or a pauper by |
the priest and politician, who have deceiv.
ed him and kept him in ignorance in |
word, a savage, AZ he was,born. He has
not, thus far, deteriorated the American
blood. Why, then, fear that, with these
obstacles Of race and color in the way, the
niegerwiil accomplish that ir which the
Irish have failed 80 iee9
Bah This appeal to the fear Of the pop
ulace, that we must have a care lest this |
country, 'slike MEXICO be ruined by |
mixed race, is only the gable of rascals
who wont to. perpetrate injustice, under
cover of popular prejudice Mexico was |
not 80 ruined either. The priests, bishops.
monks, nuns, operating upon the Catholic
iaity, did the Job for that unhappy Repub- |
lie. Just as Catholicism, which is despot-
ism, goes out, Mexico rises
The danger Of miscegnation, white With
black, is, then. as remote as that Teddy
will succeed in making his way
by marriage into the American families by
whom he is abhorred We have been ac-
quainted with Teddya long time. He has
dug numberless canals, made MANY railroads
fought many q fight, voted the DINNER
cratic ticket. been in many Jail and pau
per-hoGse. aud he has ali the While Seen
priest ridden. The fat, sleek, rosy eilled
liars and scoundrels consciously sucK| who
have beer about him have kept him in II.
norance. robbed him Of his peace aid given
him, after many sprinklings Of holy water.
what they call passports to Heaven; but he
is Teddy O'Flaherty yet; and ifhe we're
to marry, there's Bridget ridg-
ct only. Miscegnation ia not for him.
There Is not Democrat who would nc.
boil over with rage If We should tell him
that Cuff,aa oouIJ n Al "A = xxr-..,