The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1868-09-11
An Irishman on BIaif .

EIOui Nle OlcfHidnQ l1edtA.L.
"But Finnegans, Whethsr or npt you shall
succeed in your endsavOr, msy you each and
all remain in Ireland or elsewhere and never
again set foot upon these shoresl You are
wanted there and we can get along without
ou,"-[ Extract from a speech by F. P.
Blair at St. Louis two years ago.
10 the Editor Of The Cleveland Leader:
The above is a specimen of what We Irish
men are to expect from that respectable in
dividual who has the assurance to ask our
votes for self and confree at the coming cleo
tion. Two. years.sg Ireada full report Of
that insulting speech, and my only wonder
then was that One-of nay indignant country
men did not give the fellow a good, sound
Democratic kicking, just in homer of the
old sod. PrOverbially the 1fishman IS SEN
sitive and is keenly alive to injury or insult,
and ever prompt to resent the same. Edu-
Gated or not, he sees at a glance whether you
are humbugging him and quickly tells you
so, and if moral suasiOn will not avail in his
favor he is not averse to physical arguments,
which rather inciines me to believe our
would-be Vice is in the wrong box this time.
Really, gentlemen, he must havefhad apoor
opinion Of the native shrewdness and intelli-
gence of my cOuntrymen when he dared to
use such cruelty sarcastic language in refer
ence to an organization which was and still
is the sheet anchor of their national hopes.
In previous letter which appeared in
your columns j said that stoo long had we
allowed ourselves to be treated as little
children" and evidently Mr.. Frank looked
upon the organized Irishmen Of ST. Louis
in that light, else he would have used Ian
guage more, becoming great cause and a
great historic people. But perhaps be had
an eye to the British mission and was only
qualifying himself for that great event in
order that he could the more cordially "hob
and mob" with the aristocratic lordlings at
the other side of the water, as ReVerdy
johnson is doing just now, and crack a joke
with my lord so and SO over the trick he
played on the Finnegans Of ST. Louis.
Probably his friends will endesvor to ex :
plain away the whole thing by saying that
he had been enjoying himself that evening
and had taken few "hOOkers" over the reg
ular quantity, but think there Is an old
Latin prOverb which sayeth, "Quid est in
cOrcle SObrlc, est6E ore ebru,9 (What temper
ance ponoealeth, drunkenness revealeth),
But drunk or sober, Joking or in earnest,
Mr.. Frank Blair will find out TO his cost
that the st. Louis ''Finneganp speech will
prove the sOrest thorn in his side when the
final returns come TO be footed up.
As an Irishman here declare would as
soon vote for that arch traitor jeff Davis, OF
Benjamin Disraeli of England, as for man
who could so heartlessly trife with the most
cherished feelings of our race; and, GENTLE
men, | will gO;still further, and say that the
4rishnian who can taTpelY swallow down
such an insult TO his country and her heroic
efforts to be freeo without resenting it at the
ballOt-box next November, is destitute Of all
public spirit, dead to the claims and suffer-
ings Of his mother land, and is anything but
an honor TO that proud, defiant, sensitive old
race whence he sprung.
l remain, gentlemen, yours resn"c ctfully,
DAVID BARRY.
OLEYErA,S7D, September 9, 1868.