, 1876-12-01

irucc an.. apostaey as to uclrpt Tie Republican
Congressional nomination III Twccl's faynritr
district. null tits With shame ! must ntk,inWl.
clge that Twrcd WIS cleetel ly n,ths, or ',tsN
majority, while cygry y'trr in that district was
morally rertn!t he had swIIllctl The Cttvt3uvcrn
ment ont Vt at,nlc Si.NM,aNl Anglia American
journalists anil speakers sometimes ipphnly
remark that mr. element II this country arc
ignurant annf Annsluratctl. This may hc true, rs
largo portion of those who cmtgraie!l to cs..
cape starvation or roor-ho1ec grave belonged
to the 'itn,s'lcr or Working classes. T!c c,n'l.
arrival oil tlts side were principally rn!lroRtllns
md ktn.lrcl 1abor!ois services. llostfs',ls Tint
certainly didn't require lnl,tl ael'alntaee WITH
Innate acquaintance viii, Ills class more than
W per cent were able to read md write. l.env-
iny all this asi!ic, and looking slunrcly at tho
situation politically, 1t ls a very grayc
III p9, ssISs aopsa a.sn sif.sn, fas 50 to t%s ss
rltlc.or.rutn party. Some sestaran Journals Try,
to sns'.'lc this anomaly ~ Tue prttsts, al,A ehat
It i scyrst 1ndcrstanll'g between ts,s JssMts MI
tngt as The 'eatsr. of Democracy arc mt e'asse't
as Catholic. They may he nOn'inaliy cll,ircil.
goers and It Is fact WORTHY ol note ltiat Slip
ikry nts' Connolly a,al Sweeney I%set!s " ; ns
lie church for years, while Irish Catholics pronl
,snt ''nme ars s!'s pyss"s ca.appiss. res.s an
Identify themselves with politics: never sawa
ITlGkL I'LL tHG clAHlP bAl Ol1HE ANlhs- +HN AAhA.
palgh IT 'ls, and lie stslmpc!l In the Interests Of
the Republican party. ThEs was III Worcester
anil Mhl.llcsex Counties. Mass;
There y at present very sohl wall OF prcla-
ltrau purity. Are the individual members of
t1Its marty prepared to meet ollr element half
way and help TO butter dhwn this larriesf IL
10 you nlust bcgln by crastng from the columns
cig}n } yo,e," airlsit yots," "Gathoiic vute," cte
'Fhc allg., when natnratzel ceases tn be a fnr.
clg,es; ho Is no l6nger Irish III a political sr1lsc,
anil thu word Catholic should ueyer he inct,-
Is sl1npty an dnttrican ctffsfn. u otherwise, hc
uxerg'scs Ills sut1ragc frau.lnicntly, : st,o,tll
be punished tor It. X m ndapicd citizen and
an lrlsnma't BY bl:th, he certainly ltd not bring
to British monarchy he certainly dill Import.
This ought nut to be ininilea! to our Republican
Institutions, slnco uur Republic a hundred years
| aEu wus principally cstabtlstcd through thls
refnlt,,l you tat Totn N.tst's prlc a,1d thu mn
llgtn1lt pen Of Eugene Lawrence arc better allies
| OF 1asnmany than any dozen Democratic publ
catioms specially Subsidized ~ tlie party inter
est. The Irish ure very sensitive race, and carl
catt1rcs vii! nevcr win them ores 10 the
purity Of which inret's tIee.ay Is q recognized
organ. Be more tolerant, therefore, to the
1risl, element They nre constituent porti9',,,,
re1nnfn for weal or for woe. There ~ nolhin!s
til their past history to unit them or their rli9l-
lrcl from lneing stas,cll supporters OF nur r.
publican Institutions AMI hero no doubt Their
descendants will figure, In forum, bench, md
Senate Chamber, long after siaeaulay's New
Xculnntlcr will havu skctchcl tic ruins of St
Fanl's. I ain the only r!sl.A!Merfean in this
town that voted for Huycs and Wheeler.
| AN INIs1 REPUBLICAN,.
III rs per cent Of the Catholic Irish had mol
always hccn stanc', and ardent supporters, i, o. >
1rr'z Hlek|y might not have alulgcd their pen:
aud pencils 50 snrply;, They evidently l.ye ~, 10
hops that tho lr!sl, will ever separate from tl,s
cartoon or Lawrence wrnte mn article thu 1rlsf
! wete almost solid for the Democratic party
Before tl!e Know-Sothing party had mn exist
c,leu the Irish were as unanimously Dc,nocratt
rs they aro nov. They presented q solid iron
aga1nst their warm friend and sympathlzer, tn
gatlant ueu. Seutt, and defeated him, bccal1s
llo was nut n Democrat 'rhat was before TIL
KIN. party was thought Of, aud w'lcu Mast AMI
Lawrence wcrp children. Our correspondent
docs not explain thu rcal reason wly that Cl,urS
party solid support. 70 us It is q. mystery "
lave never been able to fathom.-Ep.