, 1876-12-01

Gsvcrnnent @ t can b. % more cuultably derived from,
other suMrets
ABOUT TIE IRISH.
Why They Support Tho Democratic Tlciset.
10 she Etfftdr n The Tribune. |
BAnAnoo, Wis, Nov. AL have read your |
article Ia your Issue of Sov. "a under tho head
of "'rhc Irish Claim on Tldsn," together with |
tho extract quoted from tic London 1fntcs. Is
It not singular tIsnt respectable AnElo-AmcTi- |
can journal like TIE CHICAGO TRIBUNE cannot
publish MI 1rlsll.Amcrcan ordinary subject
without taking It's text iron, nn organ Of british
op1uon. d ,,apcr that twcnty-ninc or thirty years
aEo gloated over the Irish exodus, and cxutt-
Ingly said, s'Tlle Irish were going with vcn-
gcu,lrcr' Arc you not aware that this pandcr-
ing to everything British, aud after hundred
years of Independence still styling lIcr the
mother country, has tended moro To swell the
ranks Of Democracy than any yagarsoils freak III
o,,r American party pollilrsi
[Wc prcsutns It is true that the London Times
twrnty.alle or thirty years ago lid SAY lncan
and bitter things against thr Irish. 1t has sail
dtsayrceabe tlltngs about them since then. but
fur the last two three years It's tona is greatly
changed Tor the better. It now speaks Of them
quite respectfully. and often warmly praises
them. It strongly supported tho measures Of
bright and Gladstone to improve tic Lantl
laws, to secure tenants compensation for I'M
provcmcnts ,,la,lc, and better tenurvs Of their
holdings. Il ais" advocated very p9"cstnlIy
ircand I tno aetion M lon of % tihs a taxes
for lie ts'" support , of Thai. Church, hcsiles
other ''s measure: u ris:''s Arc Ard iHstise
f., 1e. The fs ,,o sepgfi ;g.i ,, The snst s!Hss
the Irish thirty years ago ars nlt dead mud etc
| paper Is In different .atnla. Some Of tho best
writer's HOW employed IN It's columns arc Irish.
s ny tst wt snsa. ave no capcela Is io rev.
sn. iur betn. fond Of the London ?1Mts. II they
choose to nurse rcsgnt1nents and Keep Y mind
the remembrance "f past injuries, During ,l!e
Rebellion tl,at lourna! was intensely Ero-souts-
eri,, aul oppasei the Nortl. aud the War for t'Ic
Union with III mich bitterness rs 1t ever as
sAllcd the irish nftcr the famine. And We itrc
lAc Irish, Turing ts'at struggle volcd md asted
with tho Copperhcad party, orposcl the e!natl.
cll,atlou and cnflnnr!ltscIi,cnt of thu coiorc1
pSopc, anl ,fymnathzsa ~. %it'' 'an tn s4ti. %:.:
in lfs hostility to the Unton cuisc. but since
the War tlu Times lias bueolne more friendly to
tie North as we'll as tn thc Irish: aud 'yu quote
FROM its columns ireq',tntIy because 1t Is Is the
llcrts the opinions and sehtilnents ~ vast
dental contest it was {n.!llly) ot the side of
hopes Tilt Tii.!en inay bc csrnted In, Is We oh.
serve by It's roun,ns. The London 19,acs and
the Irish are therefore on tho satnc side o.
American politics, and }layc hcen fur twenty
years The article from which Sc male tlu cx.
tract argued strongly That IN consideration Of
the powerful and united support the Irisls garc
sp te s"o, ~ par iha a ws
ugrccd With that opinion: -
| Tic snger leyclcl ut Mcssrs. Kelly, Morrtsont
md U Brcn is certainly richly ucsprged- is4
iron, MI American eta'idpo!nt,-but ho'v many d
| f,tL ~ ffn
thrust, while those ra!lous wirc-pulers aro i'm
pcrvious to all sach taunts simply BECAUSE they
don't class themselves as Irish. Thy arc Amer,
lean citizens, so.nu to the manner born and
others by adoption, and whatever disgrace Is
connected with thcfr natncs politically, Amer
I'm must futller tile greatest portion Of tho
od[utn.
Americans often nsk, Why arc the Irish
adopted Citizens, will lew exceptions, Dclno.
cs.1tsa EYon journalists arc often puzzled at
the unaccountable anun.aly. Tho rcnsous aro
obvious to my ordinary observer: TIC older
political arena cn,nc to the Unftct! States bcforc
1supubcanism was organized, tho greatost In
lux occurring utter the so-c:!cl famine In Ire
land et ~, ana ~, i I. natural TO s,lpp.ose
! they loulted aro,lnl und beG,sno adopted clti.
zerls AMI, along With thcso constitutional
privileges, It Is a,,pposu they also affiliated
xh to s0s is p9!tsn ys.ts p pa;M5y 81 a and l''?G, 81
Which can bc remembered as t1,c Know Sotl!ist
years. Tho WlIg party bcrane disorganizet
after '5?, Gen. Scott, the most popIlus mill
by 4 hitherto obscure nnnt--l'ra,ilslfn Pierce
Therefore 1t WIS natural tint tho newly tcslgei
:. citizen wunltl prefer Joining lsc. prosrcssir.
! party, then at. tic znnlsh Of It's glory, tita,
= with a party dfsoyEattzcl, split, and on tllt
: wa.lr, and having tho damaging record. too, tt
! have for It's founders the authors OF tho alict
and scdft0n laws, Which wpro especially trAHlct
,ss eis fE:nax Es. Z srs, !s aai #.
= Previous to tllcsc dates, we Ind hut few jour
i mails published in tile interests Ut our element
3 tbs huston i'ita, believe, was the pionccE
& Sometime aftcr t!,c 1r;sh-.lnstrcaa was starte
/; in New York. Had ti11s Journal to Ivy on III
4 subscriptions oE It's contributors alotae It wou!
:, :, not extst twelve nontlls. Ta1nmul!y lourlshc
III these tlays, an, having Ut, sye to basiirs: 4 !,
I, u such organs llad to be Subsidized, ali.l y
] from thu crib of the City Government. a dil
- t,ao Of thu. ccat which the party tFnnsn''tte
8 8 hung round tho brow Of Tan'many; mud, 4
x tolgt, tho lustrc hnd somewhat fu.!rt!, and til
q party hui often tn ne pToppcl BY intrigue ut.
q irttice, 30, into these new Irish ilAulcrfcun pu
d d lcptlo.is were weekly poured tic poiitlct
q catcchlvms u democracy, It was reaA Nth ayia
~ ty, YOU ay be sure, aS s!tle by stlc III the sa
u columns werc other astir>es syulrathetlc III,
y rary Of thu soil, and the exile Of Erin that rc
II gulpe,l Auwn the TAnllnaliy pulttlc tlocsrii
Ii ,lot,g with It, aiu thus va Dragged along du
4. Il lny tho two a'lniuistratlona oi P!escc mud "
X X clE'san I'll l6Go when the War eama tnnplt
Nj III our du,rE. l'nrtinl aud impartial writer's
- that doucstle strife give us credit for dung u
n sIare at tile lighting, to- redeem q
I'D names from why lsoIntcl OF Individual sysnpatl
r. Wur rev rle,ne,lt, altogether different to Il
- workingnian ut vi aud .fs, cln1e to onr sorc
70 and hero ALLOW INC tu dtgrc4s litt!c From u
n. to 1917 threc colleges Mer9 built IN Ireland,
ea one III Belfast, ur III Cur!s, and onc III da!wa
H., Intu fitrsc rtllituto1nt establishments were