White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-03-03
Blsatrx ana Intolera.ce.

The siitor Of the TX sasas Valley" at
Wamsgo. doe, not unders; sui wat We
mo ant by appointing to or remarks on
plank OF its platform: "IHoral-Tns cd
itor's ANA is is o Flanagan" he srath-
sr conclu les that i. is ssiisncs OF another
Kuow-Nothing war about to be in
augurated agsinst foreigosrs.
We will enissvor to explain what we
meant, 10 pl.io langu.g'; bat c.n assure
him that we have no desire to sec sno,b-
er Know Nothing crusade. and trust the
foreigners will not pnrsus 8 course to
provoke such thing. But when We saw
his suffrage plank, and then observed that
his paper Was Oiled with articles OF con-
lrsry sentiment. the nsms OF the editor
a, once Suggested an explanation Of the
Inconsistency.
The Irish population Of Americs. en-
brace. many msu Of liberal sentiments
and enlightened views. who eodeavor to
carry ont in this country the principles
they conteuded fer at at home. But these
are but an insignificant proportion ofthcir
country men in the Uuited States. the
great mass Of whom sre governed BY the
most intense selishnesa. bigo,ry. and in
tolerance. IreIsnd has been trsmoled
down sHd tyrsnnizad over for centuries,
and has had the sympathies of the most
enlightened nations Of the globe. An
Irishman grows eloquent in rccounting
bis wrongs, and there is no man Of any
other race on the earth who can equal
him in dem anding bis fullest liberty and
rights. When they come to America.
so anxious are they to enjoy all the priv
ileges OF freemen. that they cannot wait IN.
til the term Of prebabation Fixed BY law ex
pires, but commence the exercise Of Ger.
tain privileges in violation Of the law
1t would naturally be supposed that men
who bad been trsmplsd upon BY tyrants.
and who pra,sd 20 loudly Of libsrty and
their rizhts. would be foremo ost in assist.
ing the enslavvd ana oppressed. wherever
found, and in securing equal rights 10
them. But Dot so. No sooner do they
land upou these shor es, end begin to en-.
Joy their liberty. than they sst tbeunselve'
to keeping somebody else under foot. and
depriving him Of his righis. The Irish.
IN an who is msde citizen BY our liberia
laws, at once lends his aid to cOnstrue
the laws so as TO dsprits men who wer.
born here of the same rights. becsus,
here happsna to be slight difference il
their race. He crawls from bepea;h tht
foot OF the opprsssor in his own country
and lends hi. strength to aid the oppresr
or 10 this. The most bitter. unressonine
opponents Of negro ssffrsge arc Irishmen
and If the question were submitted to th.
Irish vote to-day, they would declare ia
favor Of returning the negroes to slavery,
by m ore than four fif,hs majority. YeI
these are the men who sre 90 tsnacicu.
of their own rights, and who have Sc
londly bswsiied their own oppression
which. compared with that endursi BY
the negroes, was The very essence Of lib
erty.
Added to this bigo.ry and intolerance
is their intense sslishness If negro o
Cbinaman undertakes t, m.ks an homes
living by his labor. the cry is raised ths
they are endeavoring to compete will
and starve ont Iri.hmen. lfa plan i
suggested to procure domestic help tha
can be d'pended npon. end at prices ths
people can sffori to Pay. it is at one
construed into 9 war sgsinst the lrisl
girls. In short, God hss created vsriou
races Of men. and decreed that they .boul'
live by the labor Of their own hsnd-; ye
when they attempt to fulfill the decree o
God, and obtain q livelihood BY homes
and peaceful labor. they are mobbed. AM
beaten, and msimed, and driven away
because. forssoth. they sre competing
with Irisbmen! Irishmen have the frs
right to make living. and receive tn
highest weges. and enjoy all rights an
privileges-sll Others are tyrsnis, op
pressors. and interlepers.
We trust that the Wamego editor nov