The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-03-30
The -Anti-AGonoPoliSt,

liz @AAA O4.A4
all these appeal to the senses and in this
light Cromwell, were he alive, might
express his love for Ireland with just as
much sincerity as Mr.. James Laird.
But Ireland as q nation; this beautiful
mother taking her place among the ma
tons Of earth, free as the eagle that
swoops down from her lofty cliffs, how
does your loving heart feel about that,
Mr. Laird? "A dead issue;" you an
swer, "place it in the same category
with the Molly Maguires and Orange
| ISM
| A slaves answer. But no, we beg
| pardon OF the slave. A man may be a
slave and still man if but one spark OF
| freedoms fire yet lives in his heart. 1t
is the answer OF an Irish English toady,
who knows not the meaning OF the word
freedom, who sees Ireland through Eng
lish spectacles, who is perfectly content
with English rule, nay loves it better
'swith all his heart than Irish indepen
dence and whose intellectual and patri-
otto judgment OF the condition OF his
fellow countrymen is guaged by the
amount OF fat on their ribs. Mr.. Laird
| undertakes an unnecessary task when he
advises US on the improved material
condition Of the Irish people, we are per
fectly acquainted with it, and its causes.
The English policy OF DISCRIMINATING the
Irish resulted in lessening the population
several millions, and those who remain
are, from increased rates OF wages, well
fed and clothed. We rejoice at this for
when you ill mans stomach with good
food you fill his veins with good
| blood that will not brook bondage; we
rejoice at it especially because the mil
! lions that English policy eNterminated,
thinking she was getting rid OF them for
ever, are, for the most part, alive and
kicking here, multiplying into tens OF
millions OF free American citizens-and
will so sure as Gods justice lives, kick.
Mr.. Laird's model English rulers out OF
Ireland. Mr. Laird informs us that the
Irish are as free as the people in this
country, and vet not one OF this tree peo-
pie dare keep as much as an old rusty
gun in his house without permission O..
the English government Likely Mr..
Laird would make answer, THAT is their
own fault, the government can't trust
Them" Why not Mr.. Laird? Are they
not, by your own showing. happy, pros
porous and free? Surely this happy
prosperous, free people ought to be
trusted with little powder to brighten
away the crows from their tillage fields
Or ha. tue paternal English government
undertaken this duty too, Tor its free
Irish subjects? And is it against the
crows that the suspension oil the A1beas
corpus and the existence OF q hall dozen
coercion acts are leveled at the present
time in Ireland.
And the English rulers. in Ireland
.'are not thieves as most OF ours are.
| WHY man thieves is too insiantic4nl a
term to apply to those English fellows,
ii does not convey an idea of their capa,
biities tor plumber. They are superb.
magnificent robbers. having stolen q
whole nation.
| And do you not perceive the absurdl-
" of attempting 20 draw any compari-
son between = people who govern them
selves, whether we'll or i'll. and n people
| governed BY n foreign nation.
1t we have corrupt men here. they be-
long to us. they are our own rogues.
aud the same power that raised them up.
can pull hem down. The storekeepcr
can deal very quickly and effectively
with bis dishonest clerk, but il his rival
s,orekeeper mex. door can send his clerk
into his neighbor's store. and the latter
with his hands tied behind HE back. dare
not say as much as bow TO 70 the clerk
As he deliberately rides the money
drawer we opine the robbed ssorekeeper
will very quickly go into bankruptcy and
would scarcely believe Mr. Laird should
he come along aud tell him that he is
. prosperous. happy and free. Mr.. Laird's
sheer at 1.-THE rotten meal sent BY the lit
eral Americans would come indeed
with very bad grace from ..esnuins
Irishman" reminding one of the fellow
| who. when his application for food was
answered by presenting him with some
| bread, inquired "isnt it buuered.n COM
ing from an Irishman who upholds Eng
| lish rule in Ireland. it it in character,
We never knew an Irishman yet. - no
chamu;oned England, that did not sDaak