The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-11

looks as though Yankee, with the blood of three
generations ofeedom throbbing through his heart is the
advertiser Fudge has had his revenge he has cried
mad dog to the Irish, and thrown the onus on the
Yankee Our race is insulted and America is disgraced
for it would be disgrace for an American man or
woman to insult whole people and injure vrtuous
and industrious class of girls such Irish girls are
When we say that not afraid to champion our
Irish girls for virtue honesty, industry and ial aec-
ton against the girls of any other nation EARTH we
do not wish to hurt the feelings of others Heaven
knows look upon the working girls of all nations with
the greatest respect and would insult the humbest
cheek that blooms with honest labor in the kitchens and
workshops of the land. How heartless and brutal
scoundrels outrage the common feelings of human
ity by insulting whole race-for all insulted
when the humblest girl who tolls to live vrtuous life
is insuted with such nexcusable and Intentionally
vicious bigotry lacking to their advertisements
" no Irish need apply" battles our comprehension
Last week correspondent drew attention to few of
these advertisements from the Chicago Tribune of the
18th December:
WANTED-A good girl to do general housework in afamily
of three Apply with references 298 Calumet No Irish
need apply
WANrED-A good girl to do general homework. German
West Monroe st.
WANTED-A good cook, washer and roner, one who can
give good references may apply at 2l9 West Adams ST. No
Irish need apply.
children and assist in the upstairs work One with good
references may apply PIG West Adams No Irish
need apply
We have gone to some bother to find out who these
advertisers We have the pleasure of assuring
Irish readers that as we before surmised those no
Irish need apply" style of people not Americans
The Calumet" establishment we have not visited as
yet but the other two peoped follows: 1872 West
Monroe street is kept by G. e. Lowell book-keeper
219 West Adams street, by one Liverius DeGraf who
keepsa clothing store at the of Randolph and State
streets Liverius DeGraf Esq, believe, English
man, and SO is the book-keeper AS DeGraf does not
keep the sign of no Irish need apply over his cloth
ing house we trust our Irish friends will look on it as
though it was there. We going to open column
in our paper where we will publish the name, business
and nationality of every thing" who insults coun-
try with such advertisements We are sorry that news
papers of responsibility such the Tribune will sully
their pages with such advertisements. They become
party to the insult unintentionaly, of course. We
know the gentlemen who connected with the Tribune
too we'll to impute any antiIrsh feeling to them Their
advocacy of Ireands during the last year two
is proof enough of their berality We trust they will
prohibit any further of their columns to insult and
traduce Irish girls.
We shall pursue this question by all means in our
power until silence those venemous vpers who would
poison the American mind against poor country girls
by such advertisements as we aude to.
Is it not enough for those requiring help to say who
can apply, without winding up with this British fling
"no Irish need apply" Everybody has perfect
right to hire whom they please but they cannot insult
our race with impunity any longer, and we give
them timely notice to that effect