Weekly Trinity journal. [volume] (Weaverville, Calif.) 1857-1972, 1868-06-20

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It would require history of the rise and pro-
1ress and decay of American political parties for
the last seventy years to answer the above query
satisfactorily.
That the Democratic party in it, youth and
manhood represented the most advanced ideas of
this Republic cannot be denied, even though in
Its present seniliy, it goes hobblng about, spit
ting Its venom on the young giant that has taken
its place, and gathering the ignorance and crime
of the nation beneath its folds, to regain its old
position in the land.
When Jefferson and Jackson were the repre-
sentatives of Democracy it was party worthy OF
this republic. But when "B Brick" Pomeroy es-
says the role of jefferson, and Johnson, with his
treacherous stubbornness, imagines himself act
ing the role of jackson, Democracy is but a
comedy put GU the boards to please the vicious
by appealing TO the baser passions and prejudces
of the ignorant and the false. 1t is but dragging
the mantle of the golden gods through the pur-
liens of crime, and drinking hob-nob with pot
house politicians, for the purpose Of overthrow
ing intelligent justice and well-regulated liberty
and setting up crime and license and satu.nalia
in their stead.
When the "Little Giant" of the West breatbed
his last couaseling bis children to be true to the
nation, then Democracy should have died. What
was left was but the body filed with tho worst
passions, the soul having departed. Then the
mantle of the great leaders of Democracy should
have folded the Giant of the West in his grave,
instead of having been torn into shreds by hun
cry hucksters to be Haunted over the planks of
the old platform, broken up by the conflicting
elements into dozen RATS, one raft steering
South with treason for its banner another steer
ing North with riot and murder for its ensign !;
another, the smallest, but one that had the live
oak timbers and the hickory flagstaff of the old
craft, from which few the " War Democracy"
During all these years, from the cradle to the
grave of Democracy, the Irish people have stood
by the party.
1t was for its early virtues they joined it, and
themselves being changeless, they have failed to
understand how the principles of one generation
become efete and will not suit for the next, es-
pecially in progressive age like this, and
progressive people like the American Cnfor-
tunately for Ireland and her people, we are al
ways content with things our fathers have
LETT them. We associate all old things with sa-
credness, and look upon men who not con-
tent with constitution framed in another age
and by another generation surrounded by old in
etitutions, as fanatics. lconoclasts, who 60
ing around smashing the brazen images of the
past, we look upon with awe and hatred, even
though those idols are pressing down the world
and we ourselves are grooming beneath their
weight, while protecting their sacred uglness
1t is thus with the Irish and Democracy. They
WOISuip IL lOl Wudt IL Was uuu III uOL lOOh Oh
its present hideousness. When other parties
prescribed and jbed them for their ignorance,
and made light of their misery the Democratic
party became their refuge. 1t protected them
for they saved it from ruin
GAS it was, so it is, with our people. They
cannot see that the Republican party is the first
born of the old Democracy, iuheriting all its pa
rents virtues, and laying in plentiful stock of
its own to suit the advanced days in which we
live Convince tho Trieh Of this cf and
make them Republicans. Until SO convinced
they will be the honest sold guard of Democ-
racy, around which teason and corruption will
rally, to use our honest countrymen to destroy
the republic and ride into power.
We ask the members of the Republican party
and the editors of Republican journals, whether
they have taken the proper means to reach the
Irish people?
1t is useless for men to say they can "do moth
ing with the Irish" We say they can. Let the
Republican press throughout the country but
initiate the New York Tribune in dealing with
the Irish and English, always taking the part Of
the oppressed, instead of publishing petty insults
on poor Pats ignorance or poverty, as some of
them do. Let our public speakers treat our poor
countrymen with that consideration which, TAX
ing their surroundings into view, they SO well
deserve. Let the Republican party, as the party
of liberty and intelligence, carry conviction to
the Irish people, they can do, and as they
should do, and in year they will bring one-half
the Irish people into their ranks.
1t is all fine for men who have been born to
the heritage of liberty, and who have been
blessed with that intelligence which enables
them to catch at at single glance the affairs of
nations and the effects of principles as applied to
mankind, to look down the mistakes and
faults of our countymen but where is the peo-
pie so circumstance as the Irish people, who
have passed through the gauntlet of seven hun
dred years of oppression, who can show such q
record as they can to-day?
The principles of the - Republican party" are
for no sect, but for all men. 1t becomes the
duty of every member o. the party to invite all
men to share in its councils and avail themselves
Of its privileges. On the other hand, the man
who stands upon its universal platform and
boists his banner of prescription, should be
hurled from it unceremoniously. By what right
will some narrow bigot stand under the protect
ing agis of RePublicanism and cry, We want no
Irish here? We want Catholics here? etc.
These men-few they are, and growing less,
thank heaven-should know at once that all
men who believe in human freedom belong to the
Republican party Of right.
The majority of Irish people of America are
Democrats because they believe that party is
right. They are led and used by knaves, but
the people honest. Convince them of their
error. Act up to the professions of Republican
ism. Show them that you believe in the rights
of men. That you are of no creed. That the
Catholic and the Protestant and all others are
equally dear to you men. Kindness and SYM
pathy will reach the hearts Of our people. But
revile and abuse them, and your enemies catch
up your words and whisper them into every
Irish ear in the land
Let not men fatter themselves that Catholicity
in its true Interpretation is opposed to Repub-
licanism and universal suffrage. The bishops
and priests to large extent may be opposed to
those things. This is not owing to the church
SO much as to the fact that they are Irish and
share the prejudices and feelings common to our
race.
TIE Nevada Transcript says: &c every
hand, among the old stagers, and the loyal
masses of the party, there is but one word and
one look which is that of satisfaction over the
result of the late Convention at Chicago The
heart of the nation is delighted. There is, and
can be no mistake about it. The people are re.
ioiced at the nomination of Grant and Collar.
Nor is it any moderate JOY they feel. The Re-
publicans are full of delight 1t breaks out
spontaneously on all occasions. 1t can be seen