, 1874-04-19
who ca:ns from an island in the Atlantic which
has total area Of SO 900 square milesI

0 OF the absurd disease Was that the Irish people,
= the days whereof this article chiefly trcafs. wei
{ at home, as much strangers to each other-cou
, ties and prorInces-as though they we're so ma!
! isolated settlements Of barbarians in the wilds
Asn. They Travelled very little, we're, as befo
: remarked. Kept in profound ignorance, had
. national policy since l793, until O'Connell arc
. and allowed his revolutionary opportunity.
: 1913, to pass blood1css]y away; and, to croN
all. confused tradition placed county again
county, as, in other days, the savage ambition
: the chiefs placed clan against clan.
1t ls impossible for any person who sees Il
Irish people At homo aud in America, as they VI
pear to-day,-aftor single generation Of decor
treatment and comparative education,-t reall
the aad scenes in which many OF them figure
dve~and-twent5 years ago,
TO-DAY,
faction is quelled iu ireland, it is dead in til
United States. The Irish people, their eyes opon
ed wide by experience and enlightenment, hay
caught the broad national principle, md loo
upon the factions OF the past, for the most part
with horror and disgust. Two agencies hay
been at work in bringing about this reAult,-th
Roman Catholic Church, for tho sake OF religion
and the Fcnian brotherhood, for tho geke OF tht
Irish name and the salvation Of the Irish nation
Those
DESp1sEp FES1Ass,
| with all their errors Gnl failures, and oven fac
tions, taught the Irish people how fatal the oil
system OF clanship was. Tho Fenians Tough
| among themselves, it is true, but they differed
on policy. not on counties OF on parishea-a yer:
material difference indeed. It Is fact that
since tho establishment Of Fenianism in Ireland
| and in tho United States, faction fights between
| Iishmen from different sections Of the old
country hare been almost unknown. For this
| muc}l-if for nothing more-1et the Fonians be
awarded thanks.
| TIE WORST EVIL
| that was to befal the Irish people OF Chicago
WAS when the politicians began to move amongst
| thon. Tho5e were s'rod-hot" i" Democratic days
tho Wings wore then acting as precursors to
the Iree-Soifers and the Abolitonsts, while tho
Republican party Was being sucked at the ma
| tion's breast. Tho principles cnuncinted by
Andrew jackson were used to capture the Irish,
WHO, as n other parts OF America, were led into
diametrical opposition to tho party that was
ever IN favor OF curbing or exterminating slav-
cry. Here WIS
ANOTHER IRISH 1DIosYNcRAsY
taken advantage Of. Nathless the Abolitionism
Of O'Couael1, the Democratic politicians made
" the nager" au object of herce detestation in
the eyes OF the Irish. The white slaves
OF Europe lent theinselrea-more, to do
them justice, from an error Of the head than OF
the hcart--to fasten the fetterB upon the black
6laves OF America. This ia the worst record the
Irish ever made. Only for tho gallant Irish
blood that flowed 60 freely at Missionary Ridge,
at Antietam, aud at Fredericksburg, for t1e old
flag and the freedom OF the slave, every decent
Irish -Amcrican would blush to-day for the polit-
icaf errors OF the past.
IAe Irish OF Chicago grew very
POWERFUL At THE POLLS
about the year 1877, when james Curtiss was
elected Mayor Of the city. They had signaized
themselves on former occasions By taking DOS
session OF the polling places and knocking down
voters who happened to represent the Whiggiah
interest; but, on tho occasion Of Mr.. CurtBs'
election, they we're in high clover. and, besides
the Mayor, elected IS out Of l8 Aldermen on the
straight Democratic ticket.
The wards, at that time were nine in number,
and ran somewhat as follows:
SOUTH SIDE.
First Ward-FTorn the middle Of State street
to the rlyor and lake and to the southern city
Limits.
Second Ward-Fron State to Clark streets
and southwark to the limits.
Third Ward-From river TO limits, bounded
east and west by Clark and Wells streets.
Fourth WArd-The balance OF the South Side,
lying between tho main river, the south branch
and the city limits.
WEST SIDE
Fifth Ward-E1tending from Randolph street
to the pumping works.
Sixth Ward-Comprehen1i everything north
OF Randolph street to the city limits.
NORTH EIDE.
Seventh Wart1-From the river to the CITY
limits, bounded on tho east by North Wells
street.
Eighth Ward-This ran eastward from North
Wells to North State street.
Ninth Nard-Comprising the balance OF the |
~. Tho ht savcntt was ~@'~ '''N~% ~ LILO 1"Ae
nv nnp.r ,n,ez, .,.r L
1own In tha vear 1s.7 ,x,nI' inaa4 ~" "H..n Gn
fo mako tf,air nrason,a -n.r;tnzt ~ ans @ oosan
known no tha hion1r saxat,e;, ,, ~ S aSeo 70 oe
foiad ~ ro,,,ro ttoooR ~" oeson:n' ana never
.a,d;,ataa ~ 1o1u 49, 'a1 no:ratc candloate or
Damnsoy n s}oan Gonrt1a anno tr,aa no4ors E vonn
H. ~ ~ n.9s; plnus, ERA taylor,
;ant ~ H., 1 ~ .nat A useq TO repre-
.as .ous ~ 80 IL ooue1l' LIZ Auuclpat contests
Fe5e generally very severe, and it used to DO up
Ha1non.ota ena a sets In9 "n1ss ana the
ats tha lei, 10 III 10 too'. III tnese con
49,; 9 i11.; - - lststoas 1ouHus lno |
VI I'll t.1u H., h"1 eandtuatGa nost bt-et1y,
,auda a,.,;, rnI ~ @ ~ tn'ca power IN their
n,,,a tou 1rla s 80 ~ ~ HHtanic INVASION,
o,roe 80" , seats uosule 1he WIZ. sometimes.
~ ~, Ia t1 nsns "oulu ne ueue 10 tue seventh
no ~ artn;. n,ls no'n connaueat "Rs a.
~ ~ eGI 4r;a1, sa,a ~ ~ '1isoas. ha.s
o,ra rno t1. n4en a1su oesa,l " 9to" powerful IN
w, s,soa. ~, sney conlo MAKO
,tor, ~ To,,.n,';a tuen pecutaf Ter
ro,,'d and o,a; euron1 .eSlons occupied thelr
aou .11aal, nAnos oecaine frequent
Iu',Hi T., H. eAo .saae A1qo5 4e51 HULL
- sA' you, nut: toss yxou-xoru,,.o zr,.rn
o<r. - ,soag,x.s. n,9m. =. ~: fE:En
esAn a W 111aae 4eau"ay IN tne Hosthwest In
se slt ielac -. nllnken en- was elected Mayor on
10 s', rtee oou tlcAei anu tug democrats were re-
aTaa M W 'u9elape H31nor1ty IN the council.
1no sGaA Aolao"!H6. ILL. LOW ~. boOne WAS