, 1873-09-07
THE POLITICAL CONFEDERATION,

Sunday Morning, September 7. 1873.
THE POLITICAL CONFEDERATION.
The roAders Of The TRIBUNE cannot lavc
failed to notice tho riso, progress, and final col
lapse Of tho so-callod Hosing-G -Gormanco- -Hlber-
nihn movement to take tho government of the
City of Chicago out Of tho hands Of tho people,
and commit 1t to now organization OF which
Mt. Hesing lis tho Dictator. This movement hns
beon progressing for several months. and With
out any. opposition. After a long and stormy
struggle 1t WAS supposed TINT Insufficient number
'of aermans had been whipped into the business
to Justify them Offering to recoivo alliances.
The first oyerturos wore made to what
are termed the "Irish;" and last Sunday
1t WAS assumcd thht tho porsona who
attended the secret meeting had sold and deliv-
cred the Irish :" to the original German organ
ization. Having done this, they have now seut
out runners to invite the Polos, tho Bohcmians,
Danes, Norwegians, negroeH, swodcs, Frcnch,
and 1taliAnh to enter into tho arrangement, and,
being thus prepared to present solid front OF
foreign-boyn citizons. offer to receive recruits
from tho puritanioal Yankees. The whole moyo-
mont haR been conducted on the Indian plan OF
laVyiug war. Tle Sioux, having grievance
against tho whites, send out their runners to Ill
the other tribes, asking them to unite in COM
mon warfare upontho insidous Yankees who aro
extending their settlements upon tho old Indian
hunting.grounds. Mr. Hesing, having talked up
al In
has invited al the other tribea to join him. But
the other tribes rofusa to do so, and refuBo to
be considered ns tribeB. The Irish, as d body,
utterly refuse to DO sold by any person to take
position antagonistical to the Sunday lawe, OF in
hostility to their American fellow-citizenB. No
committee Of men, however Influential In paRt
politics. can transfer tho votes Of tho Irish oiti
zens Of Chicago to any party Of which Mr.. Hos
ing Is the chief, or to any alliance with Germans
or other persons Of foreign birth, to oppose tho
portion Of the people known as Americans. AS
opposed to the ticket Of tho 0ornan alliance,
1t is probable that what aro callod tho
"Irish" wards will give solid vote for tue Law
and-Order party. Nor aro tho dermaus OF Chi
cago by any moana unit. Thousands Of them
hold in adherence TINT policy which nooks to
array them as nationality against tho rest Of
tho community. They claim whatoyor rights
thoy possess as American citizens. and not ~
Germans, and they distinctly ropudiate any class
iicat,on which separates thon as oitizen8 be-
oauso Of their brill from tho mass Of the Amer
ican people. These persons. though they may
bo undemonstratiye, will in no way support q
party consisting Of union OF foraign-born
citizcns against all others. Nor can tho
BcandinayianB nor the Hol]anlers bo coaxed or
driven into Know-Nothing party composed
exclusively of foreign-born citizens. Tint party
hnving roached the point Of organizing under =
parti.colored flag. representing all nations OK
cept tho Unitod States, finally discovors that it
has no followers, and OF onco eollapBeB. 1t has
not failed because of my opposition. but falIs
as it should do. becauHo Of its Own lack OF
vitality.
At tho aame time that this arrangement has
been going on, rival organization has also been
at work, aud with about as much SUCCESS. It has
gathered into 1t the extremes OF the other sido.
manner of questions. The City Of Chicago is
not to bo governed in this way. Tho people WHO
are to be governed and taxed arc taking no part
III any of those proceedings. These people arc
attending to their own business, hard ut work,
and are not troubling themselves about tho
chances Of anybody to be elected to Office. Tie
election ityelf doos not come of for two months.
somo six or seven weeks hence, tho people Of
Chicago, who care nothing for tho politics or re-
ugion OF their public officers, but who want hon
est, aud responsible, and competent men, will
have no difficulty in finding just such men to
tako tho offices, and these men the people will
elect. The public will not ask WHO nominated
The candidates; they will, in their own way, find
the right men for the right place, and will elect
them.
The Gernanico- -Hibernian Confederation may
as we'll adjourn. Any candidate for IN Office
to have hope for IN election. must wash his
hands OF any combination to force govern
mont upon the city which the people will not
hive.
TLoro has never boon time when Chicago
has refused to elect nny man to Office because Of
the accident Of hia birth, and there ia no protext
or justification for this attempt to organize tho
foreign-born population into distinct party TO
control tho election of tho City Government.
and to exclude any native-born citizen who does
not subscriho to their doctriueB or peculiar NO.
tions. It ia an impulence that will bo promptly
resented ut tho polls. There has novcr been
= time whom the people Of Chicago hayo shown
With the social, POLITICAL or religious froedom Of
any portion Of tho community. This IL largo
city, having population coming originally from
all parts Of the world, aud wo arc certain that q
moro tolerant people neyer existed. Tho utmost
Freedom consistent with public order has inyart-