, 1876-05-08

being Plestdont. II there Hcfs ever thrsa men
country will thoir lary dsnunci.tions ot
dent John 8aiea; @ Adams, Ss "'I i. Ffss'- vis.-
President. John q. Calhoun, and h!s Secretary
forget Con. Jackson! 1t would hare seemed
and yet quito pertinent, on the part
Of the Chicago memhor OF ConRreso to hare
asked either Of ttsse gentlemen whether Il mas
President tho peopla Of Chicago unsntmoualy
voted with tho foe:I Stnlnn Edwards for Gov
ernor. Samuel II. Thompson for Lieutonant-
Administration candidates. each received th,rty-
i've votes, being all thera were. Tho much
cotup!aued-of military power Of tho present
day hss neves secured 20 great unansuaity in the
eoored vote Of tho South. But,
FouR rEARs LATER, IN 1880,
when And1ow jackson WAS pte1ldent, thero waa
material change IN the politics Of tho ptsoo.
John heYnolds. the JAcaaon candidate for Gov
votes cast. OF the nlx who voted IT. both
electiohe. and who voted for tho Adams
candidate In 1926. five voted for tho Iack-
ton 10 ss IN i
more properly with the fort. Billy Caldwell.
the s.ugannsh, the nophow Of Tecumsoh. voted
the Jackson ticket while Joseph Lafraaboiso,
= noted Indian chief, stood out and votod agatuat
It. Perhaps Gen. J.ckson. IN some Of tho carly
Indian mars, had caused tho death Of some Of
Laframbolso'a relatives or friends: Up to 1873,
ne had the vivA yoce systom Of voting In tho
Slate Of. Illinois. Each tn.n want up to tho
polls, With or without ticket ia bis bands. and
told whom lie wanted to yoto for. and tho Judges
10 recorded 1t. But in those Gays tho mnases
do new, Tor. ths judgea often read on The
names Of candidates from tho tickets, and tho
voter would nod bis head. There Was no clIanco,
however, for stufang tha baot-pox under tho
falling on of tho voto between 1926 and 1880,
that some peFSQns would not yoto tho Jackson
ticket, and yoE>. dislfked to vote against
tho fort. There vera four Of tho LafrAmbolso
The nnmss of votors ID 1a3G indtate that full
thFee-fourths Of thom were French and Ela!f-
btcod1. The jujFea IN 1896 were Father JoEa
K!nzio. the late Gen. John D. Dcaubion. and
bald Clybourne aud hs half-brothar, John K.
Clark. The election was hold ut the AgGucy
IIouso In Chicago Precinct. Peoria oounty.
Tno Agency monas was on & The = So1th sde I'd
Kiuzie'a being The hrnt. Tho Indian Agent vas
| Dr.. Alexander Wolcost who died in 1880, son~in-
| lAw Of alE. Kinzie.
! Ianca kinzse. Chicago Precinct, Peoria County.
t This house wss on tho West Side. nesr tho forks
Of the RIVER. Tho Routh Sidn had 40 atatus at
that slme, there being nothing shen OF that aldo
except tho tort and l,gtt-houss building. and tlo
| log houses Of tho two Beaubien brotheIB.-ono
residing At tho lake Bhore. and ono netF tho forka
| Of tho river, With such marsh between. that.
much Of the time. theiz znost conseaicnt "sJ of
| waiting each other was IN boats.
! Tho Judges at tho election Of 1880 wero nas-
soli +. neacoct, the frat la"yer who ever cAsns
| to Chicago. Gon. John u. Eenahieu, ono OF tho
| Judges III la9G. aud James Rnzie. Tho clerks
wers Mel,rd Il. Boa,b.en, veil known in this
| city, nav princlpai agent OF tho potEawetotnlo
trino Of Jntiiana At Silver Like Sawnco County.
| Kan. md jesse WnlHer. Inc names of yotcra
| in 1880 indicate large influx Of TIM AnElp-
Saxon RAGS but among them NAB ono 1rishuan,
| probably
TIE FIRST 1RIsnHAN
who ever trod the Chicago soil. The first thought
that occurred 10 mo waA, What could bring An
lr,ahmAp out here alt elone1 Who waa to help
! MIN celebrate 1T. Patrick's Day? Vito MAS to
attend bis wAlto3 His name Was Michael Welcl,.
What haSc our many Irish Aldermen heeu think
Of thets first Bett.er, = Welch ayenuc. n Wulch
styco., 9 WEIGH Bchoo-llolse, OF y WolcA iiFe-
eng!ne The ueSt thought THAT occurred TO ne
was, What could ho bo doips ons hsre all by
| himself? Nov, what would nn 1riahnlan pa-
turajlY do when he found hmHelf l,ero all alono,
hundreds of miles distant from any othor Irish
msn? He Was buglcr. lie blew Ills horn.
lie wns discharged soldier, and, having fa,th-
fully eesyod Ont Lila time. he stopped long
enough 10 yoto the straight Jackaon ticket, and
thon joinod Capt. Jeaso Browns Rsngcfs End
sbeu marched On to clear tho Indians out OF the
way Of his coming countrymeu. who we're a.
ready aroused by hls ougie blast, ~ hls patron
Is. patrick. centurlen belore, had cleared tho
anakea out Of lbs way in tho land OF his nativity.
Capt. Jesse Drowm was u esothet OF tho lata
Judge Thomas c. brown, OF onr Hnprame Court,
and was authorized by President JACKSON to
rptse a company Of men, xho Te1o called
: '.Drown'n Rangers" and wes orderel to report
10 Gen. Stephen ". Kenrnoy. on tho Wessern
frontier.
There Ia prevailing Impression that Irish
mon never 20 any~he1e exoept in squads. But
tho hiatory Of tho An1orican Continent will prove
; that Iriahtnen have yonturea As far alone upon
hazardous explorations Is any other men. But
he dlsllkos to s.sy afono. Lixo tue honoy-bee.
. when ho finds good thing ho wants Bomd
otbers to como nnd help him eu1oY It. Sly orig
tnss Congregational d!atrct e1tendod i north 70
the WISCONSIN liue, west 10 the llock River VAL
ley, south 30 AZ to embrace Princeton, LnSalc.
bloomington, Urbans, aud Dhnvllle. had ia
travel all over this dlatEict with horse sud
found an Irishman cusssating tho soil alone'
| but when | mad1 6econd rlsit. found sona
rnoro freshmen there. OF else tho original oue
had gone. Gov. Winthrop, OF boHton ~ hls
lotlrna under d9to Of 1912. tolla ua OF one Darby
Field, an IrIshman. who could not Fcst contsntod
after hia landing nAmerica untllhs bad climbed
to tho top of tho Whiss Mounte.ns., ue was sue
first man to ascend Mount Warrington. aud
when asked why lie went, replied, " Mofely tc
tako q look at the couutsyf'
Tno Official dlspatches ct one Of tbs batt!es OF
the Mo1lcan War commended the conduct OF
, PRIVATE suLiIvAN. ..
, | Of one OF our Chicago regiments. In tho bat
t1e, he had advanced be!uro A1a company. ea'
, gagged ia Ainglo combat With Mextcau olflcor.
, aud killed INN. called President Polk 9 Attsn-
tiuu TO tho report, and abaoa fof enllaYans pro
: motion, lilo rototred tho matter 70 tho Adlutnnt
, ueneral. Time ra.Hed alonH, and 10 appoint
] ment uss sent 10 tho 6enato. called upon tht
Adiutant-0 0oueral, aud ils read me 1et.or fron
Sui!iyan's superior officer, commenting hi
4 courage and genera! good conducs. ous strongl;
psosoatiug sga!unthlH appolntmons % Lieutenant
In tho tegulaT army OIL account OF h'a doncienel
iu West Point education. l appealed 10 tbs
presde,,t, and IL did nos take long to satisfy
| lin, thhk coDd ftEhkiuC III WAr-ttm
Nuuid counse1painnce all deficiencies II
education, and Sullivan Was promoted
Soma ti,ie after the cloao OF tho wax, ht'
fa.har called upon tno, saia no had not heart
FROM his sou for long timo. and wanted MIC Il
lind him. Many Of you Will romenlbor tue father
jeremiah Sullivan ut one time Justice OF tn
Peace,-A tall aud well-proport.oned Eontlatnsn
with u preposseaeng goacral appoaranos y
any guntloman who wa!aod our streets. ! wtot'
TO Washington, and reca!ved for susuer tha
sullivan resigned hiB Lle.,teusncy It tho oiose q
tho war. Inside the ollclal lottes wa not!
marked u private and uuohlcial." ''Iell sullt
I ~. -. frrFy hFir