The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-04

thought of his couny welfare entered his head that
he had one aspiration while looking into the far future
to people the prairie and the with myriads of free
men, with Streets institutions statues, and temples and
like mighty magician, to them formed from his
breahngs filling living with strong Words and pulsng
wavering hearts with living principles which speak graft
tude to him in and history, do to the
magicans mind whose thoughts and actions have left
legacy progress and creative improvement Men like the
latter make politics the study of lifetime it is the life
pulsatons of people nation and there is something of
awe-insprng grandeur in the of mortal whose
aspirations and inspirations enable him to guide the
popular will with its myriad impulses into harmonious
channel for the general good.
In the far back past where time has chroncled the ruins
empires the years emerging from the mystic obscurtes
of traditional history into the visible presence of grand
fathers days. find every kingdom, and people, and
nation happy and prosperous until their politics became
corrupt How little have left to tell of Egyp
tan greatness Of Roman honor and pride of principle,
which made worthy the approval of the god Of Greece
and her Athens Since Con of Miltiades" bought his
popularity by bribng the peope thus corrupng the we'll
spring of their greatness leaving them divided factions
for every specializing orator to make capital out of who
finding atery profitable than TRUTH and knaves
fit for their purpose than honest men, used boh until the
fate of Athens sealed and Greece is to-day what all
other specimens of human greatness to to- whose
governing agencies politically corrupt
He who would dare draw faithful picture of political
life in New Orleans exposing the living in the pan
orama their actions and agents. their assumed virtues
contrased with their private vices, their cutanddry
ming live by the public treasury grown habit strong
cable made up of mpuden preensons and meshes of
meannes in which there is strand of principle and
give the people impartial view of the things they worship
and the sacrifices exaced might be to him dangerous oper
aon the wrongdoers have longer tongues and fouer
pouths brass in their faces and money in their
pockets in general than those who might be honest enough
to reprove them.
1t is enough show the inconsistency of certain political
parties calling themselves Democrats who with very few
ceptions opposed Fenianism which, if upheld the
intelligent members of that party would have it, is the only
specimen of true Democracy in existence.
The naturazed citizen has of late learned the painful
lesson, that of official first second papers,
oahs against this that foreign manker proteatons
ofcannish loyalty to old Whgnew Democrat
Confederate Radical patchwork that makes up the
position of this eee Government give him any security
projections and the citizens of Irish birth should be
careful when exercising the little privilege which this mob
made Government has given him, what party
the manifest part to him and his race, and what public
journal gives the best instructions how become self
reliant and segoyerning people for one, shall prefer
THE IRISH REPUBLIC to Bible Koran to the Ten Com
much its Irish ocmgs and long we have no gov
home and protection abroad is the duty
us Ishmen to let its lessons sink into hearts, that
may profit by them until government that
will insure us protection in natural home.
IRELAND
The King mentioned above is proprietor of the Times.