The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1878-01-10
WHOLE NO. l8

scribed: the lives of our people have
been consumed in paying rent to nom
resident landlords, or swept away by
the million Fin horrible famines. the
result OF misgovernment; other mil
hons OF us have been driven into
exile; and wherever we 20 we find the
preJudlces which England has scatter
ed broadcast over the world as bar
rlers In our path. No race excels us
III religion, morality, private virtue.
generosity. industry, or enterprise;
and yet we are Knocked at as a worth
less class. In this county we are
three-fourthS Of the Democratic mar
/ y. whole townships being exclusively
Irish: and yet if we elect our own
people, us we have Il right to do, as
delegates to Democratic convention.
the convention is denounced as an
Irish mob. They would have us. I
suppose, being an inferior race, elect
Yankees or Englishmen to represent
u.s.! We are fit to vote and buy drv-
goods, but, being Irish, we have no
right to aspire to the honors which
our own votes are able to confer. In
fact this bigotry is carried so far that
II an American has Irish blood in his
VEINS That alone is sufficient reason
why ne should be put down. The
SINS OF the fathers are to be visited on
the children even to the third and
fourth generations. 1t is against this
we protest.
Here Johnny Newton rose, and said.
Does tne gentleman mean to say that
all Englishmen share in such feel
ings -
Not at all, > replied the Manitoban.
many of them are liberals. lust
minded men. who would not willingly
Cypress a fellow man. 1t is these
fellows who are aspiring tn
Office who make these appeals and stir
up trouble, to increase their own
chances of success; when they should
let the bigotries of the old world die
out on the soil of the new. An Irish.
man never proScrlbes any man ON
account of his race.
"Well, gentlemen" said the Com
missioner of Agriculture, 81 prop0se
that you settle this question in a
manly fashion, in square atand.nn
fight.not in rough and tumble suuab-
pie. Let the Irish pick out their
champion and the English theirs, and
the rest of us will see fair play, and
the man who wins shall be appointed
one OF the national commissioners to
the Paris Exposition"
The last proposition created great
excitement. ALI hands wanted a
chance to fight and numerous were
|. the offers OF Americans and Germans
to act as champions for the Irish and
: English. But LIE Due decided that
the champions must be Of the nation.
atty they represented. Finally the
English selected "our Dan" and the
; Irish agreed upon O'Leary. A ropt
: was provided and "a ring formed
Norrish acted rs second for Dan. and
the Manitoban as second to O'Ieary.
while LIE Due presided AZ umpire.
> Sponges and basons of water and bot
: ties or WhiSkey were provided. ane
+. the champions stripped to 81. Q waist
their carr was cut short and Their
mouths swabbed out. O'I.eary's color,
! weresgreen, ornamented with the har,
and sunburnt while over 0nr Da,
S floated the Union Jack of old Enc
: land.
5 1t was "A beautiful sight az the tw,
y worthless advanced into the ring: the,
), were well-natched in size and build
but both displayed rather more IA
!. than muscle.
= NOW remember, gentlemen" sal,
. lie Duo, "you must fight according d
= the rules OF the ring:-no strikin,
e below the belt
y This presented new difficulty
They didn't wear belts and it wa
e impossible TO tell, on the person 4
= either or the combatants. precisel,
y where the pulmonary organs termi
} mated and the digestive organs began
y John Kennedy, who was intensel
le excited, through mere love OF fight
u =, proposed that the line Of the pants b
u regarded as de fdcto the line of tn
= waist; but both the CONTESTANTS Oh
jected to this as they found ther
q. was a strong tendency on the mart !
.d their neither garments to slide dowr
x. "Send for Doctor Finch" shonte
"a lie Due. and Sambo rushed acrcss IN
a. street ana the Doctor was brought.
Is doctor, said lie Due, 1--WE wa,
): you 20 ascertain the precise locatio
Il OF the diaphragm on esch q the,
ne gentlemen '1s'
7. The Doctor looked astoundei. I'm
ne realizing the situation, he laid car
= OF the champions on an opposite con,
nc ter, where they reposed. wit
y folded arms. like corpulent mon,
vi ments on knightly tonbs, while II
y Doctor thumped and pounded a,
ne explored with his fingers, until
y. naa' after some time, and with ere
81 81 nlmcuity. ascertained the line
lls 1emarkation. lie Duo Immediate
=. gre" a circle around each man.
a. lne point indicated, with . piece
u cnarcoai, and remarked.
~ NOV, gentlemen. go at It: =,
vi remember that all blows below ~
:. :. nns. in the language Of Richa1
y bIlns!ey Sheridan. don't count ~
e may God defend the riehti"