New-York tribune., 1868-10-31
HOW IRISHMEN WILL VOTE.

81 was an officer of the army throughout the war;"
writes to us a wel-known General. "and served in
various commands, and | don't recollect single
Irslnan who was Rebel. a guerrilla, or a spy"
OF course there were men who proved exceptions TO
this honorable character of their race; but we are
receiving evidence every day that the Irish citizens
mean to display, next Tuesday, the same hostility TO
the party of treason which they showed during the
war They fought gallantly under Grant in the held
and they mean to vote fog him, too. The following
address has been issued by the Irish Republican
Club of Chicago:
An ADDRESS To THE rRIsH.AMERIcAN CITIZENS OF TIE
UNITED STATES, BN THE iilsliREfUBLICN GRANT
AND COLFAN CLUB or CHICAGO 81,
within the next seven days the American people VIII
exercise great constitutional right or choice Ol
govcrnus Tor the next four years In that choice you
have to bear conspicuous part You are American CIT
Z,is or yOu have no legal voice In the election AS
American citizens. have yon as men OF lrish Drt any
interests. hopes rights or privileges which demand tha
you hold yourselves separate from the great BODY or
the American people, and remain aliens forever IA te
land Of which You arc czensf In Tue giant Prqgess oi
this great Republic toward continental aud imperial
power: In the great advance OF personal ahu poIcai
liberty. IL there anything 80 repnsve 10 you' as neh ot
Ir.h birth that YOU must needs separate yourselves
fro great multitude OF all other Americans OF lot
eign birth. aud OF the native popnaon anu ~ noS tS %
partesi Leaving out al those VINO are nlNes vi tho
Southern States, white aud black tns Two pTSan par
Ties nj the North may thus be- yided RepuDlcan party
Americans by birth, twO.thirds naturalzed citizens
other than Irish. one-third Democratic party; iriSl,
o,h.r than Irish sixth. Parties 10 be properly named
shonld take their designation from the proment iaeto
OF which they made up Ihe Dehlocrauo Paty, ot t
The North Is longer national party t ls III polnt OF
neu,bershp, Irish party, and the lrlsh-Amereans
who compose II are manipulated by the compatauEsey
few Americans who use them 10 get into
Oce with dsner , that sa,cs Is not because sae iSs ns
latter fail the uses made OF theil lhIs
ar,y of rho North had for twelve years policy
Of It's It has been mere eher W .n 10, Sonth M gu"
when any Northern Democrat has dared 10 lt ns voice
% assert n fyht freedom or an independence OF the
has been bounded ana driven rom phce,
emd rs his grave. Let the fate OF sllas wright martin
Van Buren and Stephen Douglas tell the story OF tue
which has withered every senti'
mept of manly Independence IN the party, mas urNon
ron II nil the great lights which have adorned every
hn 10 the Irish population. whose devotion to their mas
tcrs boasted OF In the precise language III "hch tno
" faithful slaves" complimened by their owners
beforo that nqaity bOtted out There has not been
Dcmocratic PLATFORM with one exception, made during
90 yenrs not dictated by the slaYeOwner lha
exception WAS when stephen A. Douglas met the CON,
bined traitors Of the North and South, hnd dened ana
dared them 10 write word IN favor OF human
For that defiance hc was murdered ny theso men Vt
ns boldly nor directly ~ Lincoln WAS murdered pus
not the less certainly by The same spirit oi lhtoel"hoe Vi
freedom. o., ...a l.,
Wc wife you Irishmcn, turn back few pages IN
the history Of your native land and 10 give y0nr ael-
tiun few peculiar circumstances la rehu' ior zoV
years n .- t. =,
. Ability 10 read write or speak any other language
than the Irish uoasunabe' ana punlShaold Win
death. ,,,,. I'll, IN.
any priest u hold amy mcctng public or private, for re-
ligous pulpn,rs. s,.t., ,t,, -
with onr f the superior race; such marriages were void,
and me rhiltrn became the property of th" rulus lOid
No Iishmen were allowed to lease or own land. VI ~