Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-21
GRANT IRIsHMEN.
A Searching Review Of the Bogus Missouri
Pronunciamento.

From che Springfield, Ills, Register.
The Journal has printed in full an ad-
dress from a few Irishmen of St. Louis to
the Irish citizens of Missouri, the object of
which is palpsble enough. / have not time
or patience to refer to al the assertions
made in that document, only to say that in
St. Louis, as here and other cities, there can
always be found little knot of disappoint.
ed ofice-seekers who are ready, if not salts
fed with regular nominations, to bolt, sacri
fee principles, and do as much mischief as
possible to the Democratic party; the party
of all the parties that has been for seventy
years the only friend Of IrishmeD, political
| ly, in the United States, and which has pro-
tected them during all that time from nativ
ism, know nottingham, and every species OF
| bigotry, prescription and intolerance. The
design of the signers of the Missouri ad
dress shows itself plain enough when they
state that Horace Greeley has been a know
nothing. They knew, if they know any
thing about him, that they deliberately lied
when asserting that Greeley was ever q
know nothing. On the contrary be has
been the most active opponent Of all men
and parties every where, who proAcribs men
on account of their religion. But how
comes it if Greeley was q know nothing,
and for that reason they call on lrishmen TO
oppose him, and at the same time ask them
to vote for Henry Wilson, a man whoee
knov-nothing proclivitiss there can be no
doubt about? bow is it those men can af-
fliate with Henry Wilson, the editors of
Hsrper's Weekly, and ell the Radical editors
of the state of New York, who would pro-
scribe, and are now bounding Francis ker
nan, the Democratic candidate for Governor
Of that State, because he is Catholic
No, sir; it is not because these St. Louis
fellows have been disappointed in seeking
places on the Missouri State ticket, but
there is plain evidence of a bargain and
sale with intent to injure the party, tha
will be happily rid Of such fellows in the fu
, ture.
The Irish people have belonged to tht
old Democratic party since the advent o
Thomas Adds Emmett in the United States
He gave them reasons Why they should
Those reasons arose from the enactment o
. the alien xnd seditiou laws, the prejudice
of the federalists at that time, and sinc
then, from the exhibitions and violence 0
nstivism, knownothingism, and lately, from
the animus Of Radical Legislation every
\, where. Irishmen have heretofore been foun
: in the ranks Of the Democratic party be
}. cause that party and its principles have pre-
n tectsd them from proscri ption and violene
n in times gone by, and there they will rem 81
notwiths standing the detection and corruI
ton of few disappointed Office hunter
among them. All the editors Of Irish
American newspapers in the country, wit
one or two corrupt exceptions, all good an
1 true Irishmen belong to that party, and
J will take more respectable and responsible
signstures and arguments to convince theI
he that Democratic principles are wrong, ths
H. the document emanAting from few CORFU
100 ST. Louis politicians. If they are ready
90 sell or have sold themselves, they are mist
90 ken if they think to carry Irishmen into Il
OU ranks of their enemies We have had sou
mi experience of Jenny O'Briens and Padc
100 McCues before. Those Find of Poop
00 o cant transfer the Irish vote for any man
500 party, especially to the RodicAl party.
500 FRESHMAN.