Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1870-03-26
the IRISH DEMOCRATS.


n large ana earnest meeting ol lTlSn-
no was bold a, tho Criminal court room
~" 10" 20, ~, " ~ 1874 ~, H.
last night MI "ar'inp resiueu anu W.T.
John League was Secretary. The Chair
man explained that the meeting was
oalIod 30 ra,;fv Tho late Democratic nom.
- ~ ''''''' - - 80 80 ! ri + 81 4
inations, t.s. 49,,
The hrst speaker was Mr.. r. Il. NH
chelle We were not present, but learn
,ho,,tbare was more INDIGNATION than rat
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ihca'on eNPresSeu -, :,
The Sun says that Professor Mitchell
denounced the action OF the lndepen-
dents who were running against Boyle
and Reilly as eowardly, because their
friends did not allow their names 10 go
before the Convention. All the opposl-
ton advanced agalnsteither oil mem vas
that they were lrishmen lie alluded 70
a certain newspaper whose editor closing
a leading article when asked by the
LEDGER to support the ticket, Does our
contemporary want us to abuse the
ticketYN The language was. nothing
but there was an lmputation against the
lrishmen who were upon Il, without nav
ing the courage to say II. MUST the
Irish do all the work, and all the Young,
and hold none OF the oilicesl we
may not have the education OF some
men, but we do claim that we nave
the capacity OF filling any. once
that an American can hoid. ne
had not come across the Atlantic 10 es-
cape the oppression OF the Enghsh land
lord Tor the purpose OF having an
American to tell me that am unht ior
office because happened TO be porn on
Irish soil, When 1T comes to an issue OF
this kind then we Will hgnt the enemy
with their own weapons. has any one
found anything in the record OF reilly
or Boyle to prevent an honest, thinking
man from voting for eitherT Inc Appear
says there is no principle IN tins can
vass, and two weeks ago would not say
then what ! snall say now am geou
, ~ tV nrgon No Of The nartv's principle
we can vote for what man we please, and
we will do it. We are under no obligaa,
tons TO the pemocra.lc parry, anu n" uo
o on1 oTord 70 stav ot home We defy any
to call us boilers, too, for the Demo.
cratic party spurned us hrst. lie
was sorry Inat .ne .ssae nay Jeem 49, h.
sar one would NOT finch from il. The
contest was not over The Irish could
not be thrown aside like a broken toy
Although not citl2ei OF .nis county
; w. m,s &c b;s countrvmen Iet,,s stand
IN belligerent position or that of a fight.
ing man. Let us say to this party, II you
treat us wen we VIII vo.e Ml,n t lou' , ano
,r;.h na ~ narty who ,r;H do ne fair on ali
occasions. The speaker said he was nc
politician, but an lrishman,s and when
they were ill-treated ms voice w "';or
a MN sisr os rot;red am;d lord annIamse
Mr. Jobn Loague was called for, but
H. ;.a;a,od on hearing from General
Wallace He resnonded. and said some
-. a. hloodv robols
II uonson wos noxt called
'' =, -.
upon ne uid NOT come az par'iSa"
nor as one prepared to speak. After the
war there was no Democratic party il
Nh Tho Ir;sh hooomo ;mmedi
"eiiipni'' w
ately organized; helped the people wher
they could not help themselves. lie was
in favor of sacrificing the best men upor
~ 49,. 80 ouonnoa on ;,sult which ba,
'"c 'ioAe' ~ "'e"s ~,
been offered to the race mere was III
political significance to this meeting as
ba understood il. but simply to assert
- III onnoolod N tbo Irish
their rien's, ie "ppe" w -.
to unite. lie thought IL shame tha'
there was no organ here to represent
them He wanted the Irish to be united
like the Germans, and not to be tools in
the hands of politicians. loud APP
plause.l
Mr. Mulyihill made a speech of some
length. not reported.
M. Uoneop offared the following.