, 1873-12-05
WHY rs TIT

cuB.Qn Ut tho subjects ebFlCEG, uulcHa tue bocltty
Blan otherwise order.
WHY IS TIT
Tho Attacks OF the Chicago Tirnos
upon tiao irish.
To tAe Editor Of 1Me Chicago Tribune:
SIR: Why Is it thai ths Chicago Times ever
lots m occasion to slip, aud often goes fur out
Of It's way, to Invent opportunities for dopro-
oiating and sla1lderins ireland nad tho 1rlsh2 1t
cannot possibly bo no ignorant OF geography as
not to know that IrelAnd il not all "bog !" nor
40 ignorant OF history ns not to know that Irish
men aro not all "bog-troIters." And yot, by
direct assertion, by inslnuallo1 by innuenlo, by
every brazon aud cowardly way ita n,altguity can
doyisc it il continually representing tho
"Emcrald 1slc" to bo q land entirely unit to !
l;vo In, md the natives OF that country to DO
peoplo altogether unfit to live nnywAorc outside |
OF Bridgeport.
The yainous demagogism TINT strves to ar-
ray the different nntiona}itics in our midst
ag ainsl each other III always sure to iild plant
aud congcuial' TOOL in tho Times. and tue
bluu dcrng blocklcad tho malicious ignol anus,
tho shallow prctonder, tho ,pruricnt scoundroil,
tic drlvciiug inbeclo, tho shameless potty cal
| unuiator, aad lho Infamous Wholesale Abeler,
have long made il their specinl organ Being
Among journals what noxio'ls ycriniu are among
il, porlapa entirely proatlcss to inaulro why, il
says aayng On ay sab}Set wy wx d1os aana tue
Sa fsss as an T aGaSs % oss @ ne
| revel amd uaati'leas? Why does the MOSQUITO
buzz ana stingF Why do "aoss delight t9
ha:s aud tto" and bears ana liona G. Gso"i .i,, nnu
naturo to- And the only ans *er that can bo
giyon to tho quostions Why IL tho Times n,alig..
uaut 2--whY IL it villainous?-why IL 1t llboious?
Why III it a disgrace to American Journalism!
| hat IL ia nnt1irn t1H In what 1t il,
lts course towards Certain Irisillnon Of this
city, WHO aro Of would bo prominent in our local
politics, would 10 q sations blundor If thoy
should really happon to bo tho ignorant asd cor
s.wwiito them down" And, ,io mattcs
what they arc, its course towards them Is = 2
is tlloir utienscs thut should 10 denounced, aud
themselves, not lhcr nationality, t!lat sAould bo
pursued a1!l - whipped by JUSTICE" Iloro IL no
reason why IN lnalYltuaa ifishMan shontd hos
ha trcatou In ihis country as M individual OF
auy othor nationality Ii treated. True. Tor
some hundreds of yours. the gleat majority OF
: tho Irish people havo boon subjected to oScop,-
tioual treatment ~ tholr own country na5 i'l'
er''e er can sA'S osiat, Ioto. There Is pos, por
; las the1o over been. American law
ti4oir tho acquiring knowledge Or educating tlloir
O | children. Tho poverty unl ignorance ut most
> othor mon may goueraly DO fairly traced to their
t own or their parents' neglect, mlacshaucI' OF
: ,nisforeuuo; but the Irs.mlan'a poverty and lg-
no,uuco (wacu ho is found to bo poor aaa tgno,,
rant, which, unfortunately, III too otten the caael
are tho direct cIfoctB uf centuries ot tho most
people in tlelr own country enee tho world bo-
ian. Tho Times knows this, aud hence the utter
6asancss OF its cowarlly sconndrciisn IN atT'sinG
pooplo 70 long hsa down. S"Sa pnd0tSa pn tao a 10
!. gct fairly on their feet And it eau.
: lot not bo Iilnd TO tho sieo and the danger Of
u whipping particular nationality over tho
t. Bhoude,a Of al Individual OF that nationality.
e 1t must know ti.at muny Of the nationality 80
It gratuitously insutca, who do not deserve whip
- ppiug at Nil, will certainly feel lltrt and may
IL iorl,aps entertain tho doa TINT tho noat aeri'
Gus ofonse Of tic accused is that Of being thoi1
u oountrylnas,. Such courAo ts exact'y wha'
1t suits ! culprit, as it onablos liu, to eyado
~ direct charge uganst himself individually a. a.
ri caat 30 fur us his imnlodiale "couatituenlB OF
IF i'publlc" aro couccrnod. Imagine that not i'm,
IL 1naculate individual whoao prenonen tn = Nike
IL Ut moetlng in q cornot-groeesy, o., o.
dozen IL aaouaou 4o.sa,nss
T. some one inqulring why ho did not etahd ~
ID trial like man, nsloaa Of rosgling like gnea's
Tho course Of ho Times suggests plausible Z
L. couruo hu atlswor would be, that Il was -
70 trutnpod-up churgo,", " pnt-up 1obi" m anu tha
d. he could not have fair trial hoca,,ao h.a NAM
+ waB Nike IN fact al hs trouble %as , casou
in ! Of M1ltol.'s Asohangels. II Ala namo had nee
or "Eimor." or even Jako,' ho never could hay a;
ty Iaye been accused Of doing It. No charges woul
bsea gaust @ .nd @
o. sicn;nri BIul al !" auswor" would be regnrue
as sufficient for al potlssl and Polife R@stpDse
. not o. alnglo "biIlle" tiHaolting. Why, 1t a eve
said that such is tho vow tslen Of tho matter BY
foilow-countryman OF Mikes; man ct mar
who waB named after ono Of The evangeiistB.
And then, think OF tho injustice TO !solan'
ho and Tie Irish people, gonorall5. Of holding U
n certain Irish policemen and certain Irish Atie
=. - men Of tho Times selection, as roprosentati'
o. lrIsh1nen. 1t would 10 just as fair for any Q!
he Wilbur r. Storey, shack;;Nas jim. and 9th
lug natives OF lIko naturos, education, and habits
's o"' sentative Amoricana. Aud yet, eyory man
IL III Amorloa wonld regard III Inflammation to II,
~ sInuatiouB agais,ht lrolaNd and tho lr!sh MO
o. loBs Infamous, and, therefore, hoy will probab
a.a .n.1 bo continued by tho 49H'es 1ERNE.
~, ..'s Tlarce Oool l1Oys.