The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1878-08-08

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abomination Of earth, and hanging the tat
tiers of a political picty upon the cross of an
insulted Saviour
But, my friends of Chicago. the history of
all the past centuries Of oppression toward
the Irish people, is as familiar to you
as to myself. No honest man in our
day will attempt justification of any por-
ton Of it, No honest man but must burn
with just indignation as he goes over the
record Of Ireland's grievances. Out Of the
sad history, however, there has come
SOME GOOD
to our country. One of the great aims of
the English people has been to compel the
Irish people to cmigratc, to force upon
them a voluntary expatriation, and thus
leave the country to the undisturbed en-
joyment Of its English posscssors. In
this aim they have wcl.nigh succeeded,
and to this fact the United States owes the
possession Of many Of its valuable citizens,
Through the mistaken policy OF the British
government in this respect the people of
this country have received the services Of
men who nobly stood by them in their first
struggle for independence men who have
thrown their labor into the development Of
our material resources; men who have
worked our fields; worked in our mines :;
worked upon our streets; worked upon our
buildings, and men who, in our late strug-
gle for the maintenance of our national
unity, marched in our armies, and, under
such gallant leaders as Sheridan Shield,
Mulligan, Meaghcr, Corcoran and host of
others, lett the stain Of their crimson blood
upon every battlefield Of the war.
My fellow citizens, in the face Of all this
misrule upon the part Of the English gov
eminent, ii is no uncommon thing to hear
men in our own country prating Of the
EVILS OF OUR GOVERNMENT,
and signing for form Of government like
that Of Great Britain. 1--WE have too much
liberty says one man, with his millions Of
accumulated wealth. 1--WE are oppressed
to death by the capitalist-have no rights"
says theman upon whom the lesson ofoppres-
sion in Ireland has been lost. The English
government is better government for the
privileged classes than il is
for the poor man. The English
people, in many respects, are
a great people. They have pro-
noted the arts, science, literature, and com
merce for centuries. There is no one more
willing than myself to acknowledge the full
measure of excellence attained by our Eng
fish parent, and the part they have taken in
the progress Of the world in many respects.
But let me say to you that these men that
are continually croaking about our own
government, and signing for some other
form, are either men who have more leisure
than they know how to dispose of, are men
who do not know the history OF other nations,
or are men who have dishonest purposes Of
getting rich without working to become so.
What is the late cry heard in our large CT
ties about the despo.ism practiced upon our
LABoRING CLASSES!
Who are the men who are making it, |
should like to take them to the oppressed
land Of your ancestors, and show them a
system, by which the laborer is compelled to
work every moment of his waking hours for
the barest means Of support where he has
practically no voice in making the laws
which govern him. where he enjoys no ed.
ucational privileges for his children, and
where he breathes continually the air of a
dependent without hopo of rising 10 the
fullest height of merit and ability. | should
like to take them to other country also,
where the line ofpriviIege and rank follows
the line of birth, and where the hard in
heritance of the labor runs through the
laicst generation. Then | should like to
show them our own blessed country, where
every man. however humble or however
poor, enjoys the same political privileges as
the president Of the United States; where
every man has voice in making the laws
which are to govern him; where every man
enjoys equal social and civil rights; where
every man is entitled TO the products of his
own labor, So that the poor laDorer or me.
chanic of this year may live off the income
of his money in the next five years; where
every child has good education given to II
at the municipal expense, and, in short
where honesty and good behavior are the
only passports to the highest responsibility
do not believe this showing would do any
particular good, because the men who rails,
this outcry know all these things just a,
well as you do. They are in the situation
of the man who was up for trial, and wher
his lawyer assured him that he should have
Justice done him, cried out, in great agita
ton; Justice justice Why, that is wha
don't want These men don't want tn,
opportunity to get rich by honest work
they are looking for a short cut,
A ROYAL ROAD TO WEALTH.
They want division OF property. They
want you who have worked for years, unit
by prudence and economy you got your owr
homes, and perhaps competence for YOU
old age-they want you, say. TO divid,
with them; and, when they have got tho
half Of what you have, they will emuat,
the example of the English landlord towarC
the Irish tenant, and take the other half
II seems almost incredible that there
should have arisen in this country class Of
men advocating such views, who are sutli
GENTLY numerous to talk about, or pay 6
moments attention to. Why, it is pretty
well demonstrated fact, in our country, that
inherited wealth AS a rule does not 90 be-
yond the second generation;a ll Of our grea
fortunes have been
BUILT UP FROM NOTHING.
Look at John Jacob Astor, who began
| life on 80 worth of coon skins, and dec
worth millions of dollars. Look at Pea
body, the philanthropist; look at A. 7
Stewart who began by peddling pins, anG
ending by willing millions of dollar. Look
at the men of our own city-with how
much capital did Field Il Letter start, and