, 1876-12-06
md that result wa, mado possible by tho fact

h,s prclu1lccs all alien to tho term Whfg, IA ap
pIt.i to i"litlrs. That pnT.y by such nsno
was inimicai ii to lila infcrcsts were iact. ii la
existence, md led him to 1ot,k with Jealous ego
on party O{ like nsine, III his newly Raoptcd
home. Democratic oa!tlcians werc not allow 70
efforts to foster tI.cac prcjnlfvcs. and to sow
Democratic seed Upon prolific soil already pre-
larctl for tic planting, aud tue retultinY har.
vest lsas shown the astuteness VI thcr political
Hftlotn.
Tasnn,nny politicians wsrc wiser In their day
aud generation tllsn wcra The Wings. They
were IN the minority In the State OF New York:
They saw In this new material already formed
On our Shores tho ar!lngcr If political succcss
md prefcrncht to place and power. They went
to work to secure It with will, a purpose, anil
an energy heretofore unknown In our political
threshold of tho country; they extended 70 HIN
the right land Of fellowshtpi they placed in his
hnnds Als papers Of cItIzcnship; they taught
him to pron6unce tho ehtl,olcth Of party ian
md frcfcrn'cnt. and fulfilled them; tiey nat
tered lIls religious beliefs, and out Of both pub
liz md private funds contributed literally to tho
support uf lis dclIo0le md cllurchesi they DO
fetdcd him when ho traNsgressca tho Law, and.
wien In prison, they wcro ttreless In their efforts
for hts release: anl wl.cM IN fN0, rioters IN the
Cities Of BOSTON, New YorSs aud philadclplia
puEutN LuClE CIluftuEA &lNl eClltulHt Lucy "CEE
prompt to condemn tho outrage. aud to oiEcr aid
and sytnpnthy 70 thu sufferers; and when out Of
these same difficulties The Know Nothing party
waa born, they were thu frat to tnke UP the
ctldgc's In dtiunse of The 1rish.Anerican clti-
zen.
In New York City other parties have been
born and lived out tielr brief existcnce, but for
over {orty years the fatnmany organization has
diftKing the po'lcy Of tho great State, and for
tWelvo yeare H,oldig the policy Of the party
lhs been the tntryVt for Immigration to thls
citizens Of to-day hayc graduated under the
hte1agc Of Tu1nmany politicians. Is It any
snnder that THY arc Delnocsatsl
Now, Mr. Editor, In your foot-nuto you say
real reason why that Church of ali others gives
alwaya 10 tho Democratic party solid aup-
port.n | doubt very much II uIls Charge against
the Catholic Church can be sustained. except
given, aud / have read every article that Eugene
LAWRENCE has written OH the subject for years
In this county (Kankakcc) Tic per cont Of CATH
Ollie yots ie probably as large aa any county In
!hS 1, un.sd ltd sEt;tss Ets t9is Giy sy bS ssa I
tsen Ill same soss s'e The an st tn' tks 5's
and the French Largely The Republican: II
HourbonnaIs Township oyer 20 pcr rent q the
10 nun the Republican ticket. In this same
township the Cutho,ie Church las large eduea-
ttuDal enterprise, md 1t may be considered head
quarters for that Church for nil this section OF
country. Surely II Democracy was pulley uf
| that Church IL would be carried CIT here IT.
stead Of that however, this county Inns been unc
Of the t'unner Republican counties Ut the State
| ever Rlnce the county Tns organized. These
circumstances lead nc to tllfnk TINT the lrish
citizen Is not a Democrat because he Is Cntfl-
Ole, but the rather necause lie Is an 1rishman ;
or, IN Other words, by reason Of hls birth and
preudiecs, on hta arrival III this country. l!e was
lnurc susceptible TO Democratic thnh to Whlg
Influences. Tamany politicians were too able
and Too sprcwd not 10 profit BY these favorable
| CIRCUMSTANCES. CTam1nany did not have
| the udlnm in TINT day that II
hns In this.l Tho Sarrows WAS tho
gateway through which nearly all Of tho vust
Immigration reached our shores, and thus they
1ttieal engine thut this country has ever pos.
sesscl. is 1t any wonder thnt tho impress ul
Democracy was stamped upon every ulotlcr's
! son OF them!
Susrs lively pencil Is too humorous to leave
anything more than q present effect, bit Law
rot,ce's caustic pcn will engrnvc more lasttugIy
On tic lcarta Of the PC sple: anu II would be well
II his vision were bounded BY u less contr.ctct
horizon, apl cultivated by more liberal philoso
ply. liz writes from vicw Of his present Sur
roundugs, without seeing tho causcs that lie b.
politicians wherein Hes the chief danger to Uui
republican Institutions. No Church will evel
dlrtate the policy OF tho natiou; tho genius d
the Anglc-Saxun race ia God-givcn NJ, no, Mr
| Lawrence, "the keflys and Tildens Of New
York " are not "the pcrhaps unconscious scr
wants Of the" .,-thry rather tho consrlou;
mnstcrs Of that potency. II.