Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-10-01

I uleH-1ei llt NeOnlSE OF the country nav
light, have truth, have facts, and tn
end OF our struggles will be peace. Wor
I friends, in scattering light and truth.
Irfshmen Aroused--The Old Irish Spiri
Rerived--The Old Celts Revolt agains
Hoffman and Blair.
The Irish People, one of the mos
prominent of the Celtic-American news
papers, and hitherto strongly Democra
tic, this week declares for Grant an,
Colfax. From brilliant article, defend
ing this change of front, we except
portion of the conclusive summary O
the reasons why Irishmen should no
vote the Democratic ticket:
AS great many of us vote for this o.
that party for very slight reasons, or fol
no reasons at all, venture to offer some
cogent reasons for not voting the Demo
cratic ticket. If one of all these argu.
ments has weight with any undecided oil
unprejudiced Irishman, the effect will
be the salutary division of the Irish vote
l forbear to offer any reasons adverse to
the Radicals, because there are enough
and too many of our people opposed to
them.
First: The Democratic party is allied
to the Anglo-Confederate party in the
South, which carried on the war for the
destruction ofthe Union. Had England
and the Confederates been successful.
this Republic would have been ruined :
and with its disintegration the hopes of
of all succor for the Irish exile, and all
aid for his cause, would have been lost
forever. The success of the Secession
would have been great calamity to
Ireland, and as such the Irish citizens
of America resisted it; and in resisting
1t they resisted the policy and manifest
handiwork of England. Therefore it is
unreasonable for them now to ally them
selves with England and England's
devoted friends, for this is what thew
would do if they connect themselves
with the Southern Democracy.
Fourth The Democratic party are
now obstructionists, conservatives. tories
reactionists, while the Republicans are
liberal, and aggressive. It
is with the party which moves forward
and that loves liberty for liberty's sake
that the Irish should advance; for it is
only from these that we can hone for
any help.
Fifth: The Radicals passed the bill
for the protection of naturalized Irish
men, as we asked them to do; and be it
remembered that only one Democrat
voted for the Teprisdt olGuse in the orig
inal bill, while seven republican votes
were given to sustain it.
Sirth We hold the Democratic party
mainly responsible for the eanti-Irish and
pro-Fnglish policy ofPresident johnson.
He has shown himself Indifferent to the
fate of our comrades, and we should
visit his sins upon his political support
ers.
Seventh: Partly through devotion to
England, and partly in accordance with
the old policy of the Southern aristocra-
cy, the Democratic party are opposed to
the annexation of Canada and in favor of
the absorption of Mexico As republi-
cans, anti-monarchists, and anti-English
citizens ofthe United States, the Fenians
should oppose party whose policy is
exactly the reverse of that which favors
their interests and wishes.
Eighth: Here is a speech going the
rounds of the papers which has not been
nor refuted so far as I am
aware, and, therefore, l consider it per-
fectly authentic. It was delivered by
Frank Blair, at st. Louis, in response to
4 Fenian sereEade:
"GENTLEMEN: am with you heart
and soul, and heartily say, God bless
the Finnegans. A voice 'Fenians.
General know what I am talking
about. and | say Finnege ms, Laughter
and confusion. And [ say that 1 hope
% see the cause flourish and prosper, and
shall bless the day when Ireland is gov
erned by Irishmen. In accomplishing
this laudable undertaking I will do all /
,au to assist you. will place myself, if
needs be, at your head, march with you
to Staten Island, oversee your embar-
Sation, will stand on the mcst elevated
bluff on the coast, and if you raise the
green emblem over the Stars and Stripes,
while your steamers, under full headway,
are turning their prows to the East,
will say goodbye, God bless you, and
may you be successful in your under
taking. May you lift the British lion
)ut of his boots, and wrest from his
grasp the emerald gem of the sea but
or not you shall succeed in this
endeavor, you may each and all remain
IN Ireland or else,chere, and neoer again
set foot upon these shores! You are
there, and zoe can get along
without you!"
The man that spoke thus is unworthy
Of a single Irish vote. But we are neither
nor implacable, and Gen.
Blair would do we'll to set himself right
with us on the matter, if he can.
Ninth: August Belmont, the Head
Center of the New York Democracy and
the Chief Engineer of the Tammany
Hall Convention, has been openly charg
ed in the public press with swindling
the Fenian Brotherhood, and making
him an accomplice of England, in a.
most treacherous manner, in a purely
and confidential transaction.
Are Irishmen made of such sorry st uffI
as to support party which is guided by
their meaneSt foe?
Grant on the True Foundation of Gov
ernment.
The following letter was written by
Gen. Grant five years ago, in response