The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-09-18

moral character, and Dan O'Hsra knew
that he was democrat And 30 he was
naturalzed, Of course.
He has hair on his teeth. He never knew
an hour in civilized society. lie never
stepped on anything more solid than dirt
fOor all his life until he stood on the deck
on the emigrant ship. He Is a born savage
As brutal a rutiian as an untamed Indian
of the North American tribes. OF course
he can't read. He can't write. All books
to him are sealed. lie only believes in the
priest; and the priest is only little less
barbarian than he. abe Jasus, Im dim.
mecrat ~ is his shibboleth. Breaking heads
Tor opinions sake is his practice. The born
criminal and pauper Of the civilized world,
and withal the innocent victim of the state,
craft Of England, and Of the priestcrsit OF
Rome-a wronged, abused, and pitfu spec
taele of q man capable Of better things,
pushed straight 70 hell by that abOmnati9n
against common sense called the catholic
religion, and that outrage upon political
deCency falsely known as American democ'
racy-what else does he know To com.
pare him with an intelligent freedman would
be an insult 10 the latter.
Do American women run after Teddy "
! Flaherty? Are they in haste TO marry hlmI
Oh father Of beautiful daughter, are you
! afraid that she will break away from your
| love and kindness and make Teddy com
| panion? Yet, how much less danger OF
her marrying niger The black man, II
he has been at ali favored by the chances
that slavery afforded, is the superior OF led
dy IN the things which women value, but ms
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Paddy are equal--the first having the most
civilization the latter, being the whltest'
Now, marriage is no: thing Of tho law,
save and except as the law directs how 1t
shall be celebrated. If decent woman
wants to marry Teddy O'Flaherty, the law
lakes no cognizance Of her low desire. II
| she wants to marry Niger, the law IS
equally dumb. When, then, you can point
out that the race OF Americans is in danger
Of destruction by the admXture Of the u.
! Flaherty blood we shall be ready to believe
that it is in danger Of deterioration by the
admixture Of niger blood. Putting color
aside, what Is there to choose between Teddy
and Cutlee?
The country has survived the Irish emf.
| grafton the worst with which any other
country was ever afflicted. The Irish ill
our prisons, our poor houses, our reform
schools, our hospitals, our eeemosynary
and relOrnatOry institutions OF all sorts
Scratch convict or pauper, anu the
chances are that you tickle the skin OF an
Irish catholic at the same time-an irish
catholic made criminal or pauper by the
priest and politician who has deceived him
aud kept him IN ignorance, in word, a
savage, as be was born. lie has not, thus
far, deteriorated the American blood. why
then fear that with those obstacles OF race
and color in the way, the niger will accom-.
plish that in which the Irish have failed?
Bah This appeal to the fear of the
popglece that we must have a care lest this
country, "Ike Mexico" be ruined by a
mixed race, IS only the gable of rascais
who want to perpetrate injustice under cover
Of a prejudice Mexico was not so ruined
either. The priests bishops, monks, nuns,
operating upon the catholic laity, did the
lob for that unhappy republic. Just as
catholicism, which is despousm, goes out,
Mexico rises.
The danger of miscegcnaton, white with
black, is, then, as remote as that Teddy "
Flaherty will succeed in making his way by
marriage into the American families by
whom he is abhortd. We have been &C
quainted with Teddy long time. He has
dug numberess canals, made many rail
roads, fought many fight, voted the dim,
mecratic ticket, been in many jail aud
pauperhouse, and he has all the while been
priestridden. The fat, sleek, rosy giled liar:
and scouudrels consciously SUCH who
have been about him, have kept him in ig
norauce, robbed him of his pence. and given
him, after many sprinklings Of holy water
what they call passports to heaven; but he
is Teddy O'Flaherty yet; and he II were
disposed to marry there's Bridget-Brdge
only. Miscegenaton is not for him.
There is not democrat who would no
boil over with rage if we should tell hin
that Cuffee could accomplish that in which
Teddy failed. Let US dismiss. then, this
question of the degeneration Of the blood a
one that is unworthy of our notice-as on
Of those side issues that the copperheads anC
the man sellers have raised to obscure tn,
merits Of the issue before the people.
! When, after both Teddy and Cufee ar
civilized, they want to marry white women
and the white women are willing, we shouIt
like to see the law that would prevent them
But the truth is that with civilization vii
come that dislike to mixture Of blood whicI
white and black alike maintain. They ar
barbariaus like the old niger drivers Of thu
south or the democracy Of Five Points, VIII
commingle the two streams, white an
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