, 1873-06-14


must my, na I nm personally acquainted
with many Of them, to zoo thoso political
notoriotios iostlo ono another In tholr
earnost efforts to become Preeidonts, Cor
responding and Recording Beorotnrics,
of Irish Temperance Societies, without mo.
mons'e dolay. Certainly this must bo q source
Of vast consolation to their wives, children. and
friends; md lot us, with truo spirit Of Chris
tian lovo mud law-nnd-ordor principles, haBten to
offer our congratulations, and try to ovollo uni-
versal Joy, for tho astonishing conversion OF
those outlhndish inobratos. Another grand fea-
turo noticeable In theso jealous. wido-nwalo
converts to Temperance iH TINT thoy arc not only
willing to become tho leaders Of old Irish toni
porance organizations and Of tho membors en-
rolled in them, but they are rapidly forming now
onea. with tho most fascinating. nttraotive, and
Mackoy's Pride Of Erin" and SO on. Tho for
NOR society," "Erin's Hope" proposos tho I'D
vantngos OF mutual lifo-insuranco ut tho ratio Of
81 por capita for tho first member dying;" roo
tawdry parophornalia and nonsenstcal parados Of
old Irish Temperance Societies and earnestly
onjoina tho membora to perfect simplicity n al
their Ways, but especially 80 III two points: First,
widc-awake leaders want thotn to believe; and,
second, to bo tory simple in willingly doing oil
the political wide-awake leaders require Of them
to do, for no characteristic is 90 pleasing to our
American politicians ne simplicity IN irish pooPlo.
suppoao you haye long Dlnco asked, What is
tho writor Of this aiming nt ? Well, my allswor
Ia Hunrl tho religious and united spirit and
character Of your glorious Irish Temperance 30
ciotics, which haze nevor yet boon known to stain
their aacrod banners with the corruption Of poll
tics and talo warning in tluo that whoever in
troduceB politics within the hall0wod walls OF
your assomblioB ia. introducing anarchy, dis
union, aud contention among the menhora, aud,
as q consequence, personal dislike and fancor,
.1.su H., ISrt In oh $4
schemeEs aro wolves ln sheop's clothing.
socioties, you havo. your own political wide
awnkes among you. Dowaro OF heml They
hayo thoir woll-arrnnBod speculative designs in
and, however candid, ardent, or honost thotr ar
gumonta to tho contrary may seem, they purpose
to so1l you when tho stno comes to the highest
bidder, no matter whothor his principles aro
Catholic, nti5ish or both bothttoo % many t LOT Of
peoples advancement in Chicago. Look
iared Sus' ly IyN' enthusiasts wiho II hollow out
for lnw-end~qrdes candidates: There
did tho rlnrfsoo for virtan md religion, whilnt,
nt heart ho was In full fellowship with tucifor,
and talked raigion whilst cruoifying God. Only
Look back over D space Of seycnty-two yonrs OF
tmo to that sad period Of Irelands history, and
triguing IriHhmon againBt ono another, to ao-
complsh the final, fatal stroke to Irish freedom,
the destruction Of Ireland's National parlia-
mont. And tlis WAS all perfected with great
show Of protenHe to principle mud virtuo.
Take care, thon, That thcso suddenly mado
noophytcs Of Temperance hayo no sinister, eol-
fish motives at heart in calling up these Irish
Temperance conventions and meetings. Some
examine and survey the fold before them. and
then, BY q tact peculiar to adroit politicians,
adopt tho proper scheuaea and arrangements to
bring tho wholo aaHooiations into tho voting
market noxt fall diehonor, trust, that % shall
look any soemingly harsh remarks. Thoy arc
not intended but arc dictated by love.
CHICAGO, Juno u, 1873. an In1snMAN.
Tho Irish temperance Meeting on
tho Stll 1nst.--A Reply to what WINS
slid on Fhnt Occasion.
10 khe Editor qf The Chicago Tribune:
s1n The TRIBUNE has quito fully and worry
fairly represented, or rathor furnished a meaus
OF publicity to, tho good Bonso aud tho nonsonse
seeking expression on the Temperance" alias
tho " Beer" question.
The report OF IA meeting OF Irish citizons
favoring tho cause OF Temperance" hold "yes-
terday afternoon at Wallis Hail." published in
to-day's TRIBUNE deserves passing notice for,
while tho object OF tho meeting was
not only proper, but laudable, somo
OF tho speakers 0f thoy arc correctly reported)
were certainly worry intemperate-in their speech,
and decidedly nonsonsical
Who, for instance, needs the ASSURANCE Of one
gentleman, TINT the honest, "hard-working
| Irishmen" Of Chicago cannot "sympathize with
my movement which gives the ruul-aollor per-
Bonal liborty to 'ioal out death and destruction
on tho sabbatl-day"7 Docs this ganNeman
know of any honoBt man Of any nationality that
| does Bympathizo with any auch movement? Docs
| he know that any man Of any nationality in CHI
cago proposes or contemplatos guch move
ment?
| And what does ho moan when he says (aa TO-
ported) "Any blow aimed at tho sanotity OF tho
Sabbath WAS blow at tho religion Of tho irish ~
| Surely. tho spealor, whatoycr LIE may bo him.
solf roligiously, will not pretend that the ro-
ligion Of the 1riBh," is Puritanical; and yet, he
uaes that storeotyped Puritanical catch-l'hrasc,
msanotity Of tho Sabbath as il ho really be-
lieved "the religion Of tho Irish was inherited
| from Cromwell's "Roundhcads."
But his closing sentence (as reported) is good
dcal worBo than nonsenBical Ho said (aH re-
| portod): "1ho Irish would never 10 found fra
tornizing, with tho Gormnns in such an unholy
| wArfaro."
Hero lie indnlgos III two assumptions TINT arc
monstrous ovory way. He assumes, first, that
| :" suc4 oil ,1nholy warfare il now rifo, or con-
templatel by somebody and, second, that "tho
"unlloly side. or course, hia right to an
| nounco to tho world that .'tho Irish would never
bo found fratorniziug," &c., iB not to DO qucs-
toned, But could ho not, with at least equal
truth and proprioty Let tho world know that
neither j" tho Germans u nor any other civilized
people were engaged, or aro ut oil likely to bo
engaged, III " such IN unloly warfare " as ho
assumes to exist or to bo approaelling7
| And this gentleman sRys tho report, "assail-
cd loor from sanitary standpoint, and claimed
that thoro waB moro nonriHhnlont IN loat OF
bread than in q hogahead Of tho best Dayarian
beor." Doubtless this speaker thought lie know
what llo waa talking about; but it is quite oyi-
don't iii llo is correctly roportoD that ho did not
Why did lo not toll hia hearers how a small
| loaf OF bread contains "moro nourish-
ment" than the whole contonta Of
Lake Michiganf Docs this gentleman
drink water? II llo does, how much must ho
swallow III order to DO "nonrislled" thereby as
| much aB IT ho lnd eaten TIA loaf of broad ?'t
Has ho oyor heard Of that "nourisling" article