The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-10-02
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pen of Chas. FL Ray, late editor of
the Chicago Tribune, a delegate to
the convention that nominated Grant
& Coliax, and present editor Of the
Chicago Post, a leading republican
paper of that city and state. Grant
has no opinions, but Colfax has, land
this article expresses the views he
cntcrtains as Know Nothing Of
1854 and 5. Read it, "Irish Re-
publicans" and learn the estimation
the leaders of the republican party
hold you in.
Niger, Niger, Mig!
From the Chicago Post, September 2.
ssDo you want your daughter to
marry nigger?" Was the question
formerly asked of the electors Of H.
inois by every Democratic candidate
on the stump.
"Niggcr equality at the polls is
the aign of niger equality in the
family say all the Democratic or
ators CT the day.
''Allow the niger to vote, and
you have both political and social
equality everywhere" cry all the
copperhcads Of the North.
What lie these assertions are,
one and all!
Political equality is one thing;
social equality is another thing. Po-
litical equality is ofthc law; social
equality is of the woman. The law
says, come up; madam says, stand
back!
Teddy O'Flahorty votes. He has
not been in the country six months;
but he has been through Dan O.
Hara's court: he is raturslized.-.
Terrence O'Manus swore for him
that he had been five years in the
United States; that he was a jintle-
man of good moral character and
Dan O'Hara knew that he was a
Democrat. And so he was natural
lied, of course.
He has hair on his teeth. He
never knew an hour in civilized So
ciety. He never stepped ON anything
more solid than dirt floor in all his
life, until he stood on the deck of
an emigrant ship. He is born saw
age-as brutal rafian as an untam-
ed Indian Of the North American
tribes. Of course, he can't read;
he can't write. All books to him
arc sealed. He only believes in the
priest, and the priest is only little
less barbarian than he. "Be
Jasus, Im a Dimocrat!"i is his shib-
boleth. Breaking heads for opin-
IONS sake is his practice. The born
criminal ard pauper Of the civilized
world, and withal the innocent
victim OF the statecraft Of England,
and the priestcraft of Romo;a wrong
cd, abused, and pitiful spectacle Of
a man capable Of better things push
ed straight to hell by that abomin-
alton against common sense called
the Catholic religion, and that out
rage upon political deccncy falsely
known us American Democracy -
what else does he know? To COM
pare him with an Intelligent freed
man would be an insult to the latter.
The country has survived the Irish
cmigra tion-the worst with which
any country was ever afflicted. The
Irish fill our prisons, our poor houses
our reform schools. our hospitals,
cleemosynary and reformatory in
stitutions of all sorts Scratch a
convict o. pauper. and the chanc-
cs are that you tickle the skin of an
Irish Catholic at the same time
an Irish Catholic made a criminal
or paupcr by the priest and poll
tician, who have deceived and kept
him in ignorance; iu a word, a saw
age, as he was born. He has not.
thus far, deteriorated the American
blood. Why, then, fear that, with
these obstacles Of race and color in
the way. the niger will accomplish
that in which the Irish have failed :?
Bah! This appeal to the fear of the
populace, that We must have care
lest this country. sslike Mexico"
he ruined by mixed race, is only
the gable Of rascals who want to
porpctratc injustice under cover of
popular prejudice. Mexico was not
SO ruined either. The priests, bish-
cps, monks, nuns, operating upon
the Catholic laity. did the job for
that unhappy Republic. Just as
Catholicism, which is despotism,
goes out, Mexico rises.
The Chicago Tribune contains a
communication with reference to the
above, from an Irish Presbyterian,
who says:
Such articles as that which ap-
peared in the Post will do more to
convert honest Republicans and to
place them in the ranks of the De-
inocracy than ali the speeches that
could be delivered. l for one, in
tended to. support the Republican
ticket at the coming election. As
an Irishman, l cannot allow my
countrymen to be slandered and hold
myself aloof. Henceforth ! shall
be found in the Conservative ranks,
an advocate of federation, which my
religion teaches, and and support
er Of Irish manhood abroad, and of
Irich r;ohf r. national ;adonnndannn