New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-05-09
Address of the Irish-American Reform


Address of the Irish-American Reform
League.
. CINCINNATI, May 3.-The national COM
mittee of the Irish-American Reform League
has issued the following address to the
Irish-American voters of the United States:
FellOW-citizens. a popular convention of
American citizens assembled in this city has
to-day placed before the country declaTa-
ton of principles intended to be corrective
of the extraordinary condition of affairs
now existing under the administration of
President Grant. Despite the untiring eff
forts of interested representatives of British
aristOcracy and British precedence in
America to fOist upon the convention and
force upon the people a candidate, whose
personal and political antecedents give
strong reasons for the belief that our gov
eminent would, under his management, be
transferred wholly, as it is now partially,
into a British foreign agency; despite
the atrociOus attempt of politicians to
ALLEVIATE and divide the votes of the
American citizens into classes or nativities,
and to create jealous and dangerous rival
ries between American citizens of German
birth and American citizens of Irish birth
by cajoling and tattering the one, and by
insulting and denOuncing the other. The
convention, with a unanimity unpreee-
dented in popular spontaneous uprising,
curbed the aspirations of British sycO-
phancy-declared the equality of all men
before the law, and united native and natu-
rallied citizens, whether of German, Irish,
French, Italian, or Chinese extraction, by
the nomination of Horace Greedy for Presi-
dent as the choice of the American people,
North, South, East and West, and of every
nativity, creed and state. Even as we adj
dress these words to you, the glad tidings
have taken lightning wings, and have
found a sympathetic response in every
mittee of the Irish American Reform
League have been in session here from the
organization of the convention to its close,
vigilantly watching the movements of men
and parties, earnestly hoping for the fail
ure of the Vaccinations of our ancient foe
and for the full and free expression by the
convention of the popular will. This hope
has been gratifed and we most earnestly
congratulate the country on the cordial re-
ciprOcity of feeling exhibited between the
delegates and those whom they represent.
This body, therefore, in behalf of the Irish
American Reform League, at once adopted
a resolution indOrsing the nomination of
Horace Greeley of New York for Presi-
dent, and of Gratz Brown of Missouri for
Vice President. 1t is unnecessary to- in
form any portion of the American people who
Mr. Greeley is. All know his career, and
every one of Irish birth and descent has pc
culiar reasons for knowing it. Ingratitude
is not characteristic of the Irish people.
Our duty is as plain as it is pleasant. This
committee will not presume to dictate or
demand any particular line of action in be
half of any portion of the Irish people. We
feel assured that we do not misrepresent
the Irish sentiment of the United States
when we say that we have the utmost con-
fidence in the strong love of the Irish people
for Horace Greeley. To such as possess this
great personal regard for our candidate for
the presidency we take the liberty Ofsuggest-
ing the immediate organization of Greeley
clubs and leagues in every town and ham
let III every ward, city and county and
that efficient State committees be formed
for the more general direction of and CO.
operation in the good work. Then organize,
and our watchword be Greeley and Vic
tory"
Signed in behalf of the committee.
JAMES j. ROGERS, Chairman.
JOHN MCCAFFERTY, Secretary.
A resolution indorsing Mr.. Greeley for
the Presidency was passed at meeting OF
the national committee of the Irish Reform
League, held in this city to-day. The fol-
lowing resolution was read and adopted:
WHEREAS, This committee has heard
with feelings of great joy the intelligence
of the nomination, by the Liberal Repub-
lican National Convention, of Horace Gree
lev, of New York, for President of the
United States, and Mr.. Gratz Brown, of
Missouri, for Vice President; therefore, be it
ResOlUed, That we, the national COM
nittee of the Irish American Reform League,
in behalf of the organization which We re-
present Throughout the United States, do
hereby most cordially indOrse and ratify
said nomination, and pledge our entire
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