, 1880-03-09
TILE IRISH PUZZLE,
Which Sf0rrx Could Not SH1vc-NFnrlt.
Int. .A-,lllxt Their Own Interests nl.t
stnltfiylnG; Themselves.


stnlsfiylNG:: Themselves.
L,lbhYf,s i1mts
Mr.. Emery 4. Stnrrs, IF Chicago, de-
1ivcui Il feature tho other evening Iii Tint
city hrforo tho 1risl,-Auurlcan Republican
Club on tho question: "Wl,y on Earth Are
1rEslin,rn Democrats ~ We nre sorry to say
Tint fills puzzltnE eonnn'lrum WIS not solycd
by MI. Storrs. 1t WIS merely presented tn
different sllnpcs, but 1t was not solved. Mr..
Storrs referred to that cnrtn,t3 phenomenon
In onr politics, "t'e solid Irlsl, vote" aud
10 tho singular fact TINT 1t has always lccn
given 10 tho Democratic party. We agreo
with Mr.. Storrs, tint without TINT vote tho
Democratic party would long since l,nyc
crnscd to "cuinher the gronnd."
II gnvc 10 tllut party tho vote
of tho City anl State Of New York; It
gave 1t tho control af several other cilics and
Solid South, enabled tho Democratic lN.rty
10 colltrol the country. Without the Irish vote
the Democratic purity 1nust have disbnNed
long ngo.
Mr.. Storrs merely stntes tic case, but does
hot explain 1t when he presents tGfs paradox:
" Our Irish fplluw-cItixens coming 10 these
shores from a land blIghtel by Oppression,
they have snlltly nctcl with tho party Of Op-
1,rcss!u,,." looming here fired with TIC idea
Of Liberty, they hAye at Dnce allied thc,u-
selves Will thu. party nf Slnvery." All tlts
sssssy r S'Ssfs sSsfsx ts%s riss'f isxpts +: 5 e H.
not bt exrlAf Afnctl. Tic astonishing fact rr-
mnlns Tint tho Democratic tmrty, III MI Its
wicked assaults upon Human Liberty ntu
Mpon The riEllts: {, a'Itl dignity Of Labor h'is
hut tic Nfloiaaly which a1itazcs Mr.. Storrs
continues yet; even Mt this very moment,
Notwithstanding tl'e LESSONS 3f the EAst, nnd
while the irlsi, nation is seekt,E relief from
laiM system, our Irish fclluw.cltixens WILL
yO.e ssilid with the Democratic purity III It's
ntteinIt to compel tho fn1ill-'abnrets Of tho
tem; De,o9neInH tIlo unjust Ind l2w wI!icl!
IL Ireland gives the work to tho laborer anil
tho crop to the lord, they Will vote solid to
establish tho saile intI,sticn y tho Southern
caltnrai ,peol,ic, ,and they eInIErnte'l 70 tl!is
country by hundreds OF thousands nfter thu
Famine year, seeking for Independence III tho
ownership OF latnl. At thut li,ne the Re
3SS csnt snS'f Sxs ta, 0~rs'I ow A. tss Es'rsR. R
and iansas. giving y EACH ono of them 100
acrcs for nothing. Tlo Dc!ancratle purity or.
tho Republicans obtalllcd power tl!u Home
Rtcatt law WIS passed, a'ltl under lts opera
tl0n wrof9er to every .nlMigrant fr0m Ireland
dg mfres nrt o. Eooa s a, lree W u y te t c
Homestead !aw to-!inrr9w, 1t would liaye tho
support Of tlle "soiId Irish vote"
slr. StorIs asks this question: "Can It ho
s'pose 'an a Us,se3a U 3 ";y t;it af,s,pan a
Etnillet, md Plnlkett, mud ,Sicl, anil Burke
risen fruM tletr graves, tlill cnnlt! they linyu
beci. lcre, nslnptctl cftl1r',s nf this country
per!o,cratie party, every lns!inctofwhIel' IL i WIIs
WIZ Was to % rerpette saysr T. we II 's M
answer;, WI don't know; taore never WIS tn
tium jain Mitchell. nini yet DO scarcely set
fn0t upon the shores ut New Ynrl1 when l,u
declared himself an ndyoente uf Slavery.
Surely no tW9 men ever !ta.t grelter lll'ls.;,
md a' rathar siatlaw. ';iis Iiey Wsro mth Xhe.
lttlnltsts, md they sent II. written appcal to
their fcI!ow-cnunlry.nen In America mt 10
support tho .pnrty Of Slavery. Their nppenl
S"fs 5 Went ss Ss sS fSr Es;sS s%Sery M 'as taf c
ol,s al!a,naly y thls: ln Ireland tho people
were nll Ahnl[tloMtsts. but us soon ~ they
eIns:r.l tha Atlantic they voted With tho par
ii there 9uy explanation to a,.cl1 lncor'sst;;
nny, hut thero must be IN explanation son!c-
where: rho two striklnf IT., feHtnrS;s, ;, 9f tho
meter of iiia irisl, vote. .. Tint it shou'!! l,a
always cast fur tho nennocrntEc party. Tho
explanation Ut tho Irish vt'n IL Et1 eful.yns-
crifMt ta thu elnnnlshlless Ut the people; hut
mil 10 ilnd it we must rofer buck to tic eir.
cualstAnces of tho Irish people ut ll1mc. For
centuries they l'nyo hcer coinpellpd to band
together for mutual protection asalhst 0p-
religious ,as well ~ ,ppftical. 1t. fact
Cd togrtlier.. ,rhe Catholics were. on
ae ,S Ss; Ss; te t"ycren RIM H. ts.a ts laws
were on tIie other: It hsea',e 4 hablt to
band together, ad tllia habit continues cyG,l
here i, Anerica. II Is not ut nll strnl.Eo TINT
% ta 1fs fr ayn "dli'sy nt yet 1eG5s t to SrS t.
the Irish pcopla here thnt tlle l,enl1crnttc
rarty IL rlOre frlendlyt0 tho Catholic ChlIrcl,
than Is tho Republican, purity. Fnlse this
Sis,o is rn'sfy,i ay H. t 1 l. wts i ssti s1 nS ft tf "
hnlnlIng together ia tie old ct,l,,try Is con
sisitred, ,slelr practical umnHiinIty. H. this
country u Hccn,lllttt for. For III Irish Dcnl-
oerat to turn Republican III this c0u,lsry IL
ireland, 80 closely 10 tho Irisl! still blcItl TO-
gsttler t}'olr Ideas OF their religion mud their
Secondly, tho Irtsl. remember tho "Know-
N0tlli!ig" aln, wheH great lniitlcal party
was formed fur tho pnru0sU nf excluding
from the rights Ut AiaeriraM citizenship MI
ltaMun Catholics anh NIL relxnlls Ut fnlvign
birth: nya neIe aeciet IT,, ii the Dc,.oeralic n
becnino ttg opponent IT, "K!low- -Nothing-
tn iss t1sif f n, Er'HHslpr t n!sv 7
It l!;,,. l';ower hut thelr own. Thnt t!la Know,
ag1llmst tho irish is tllidnuGte.l. ltia lti!u 10
Elaw TIC Irish that h.o principles Of TN
Hpo1, tho AineitcaR pcople; that they
!aso been utterly extinct for II quar-
element of tho pnrty Mt its dissolution Wilt
tntn tho ranks OF the ljelu0rr,ltlc purity. Tltuy
aniy remember tint tho DenlDNrtllte 1mrty
was the urgnntzatinh oppose.l IL kn0w-Snlii-
ttnsisnt, at.a they. dpitt c,,re 70 reason any
s!iHnse thnt tl!o Irish l.!yc s,,ppnrttSt s!ayery
erAlte purity because they Mre enemies uf
ti!MT'ty: .'y l!nvn; trusted ihensclyes IN, = the
pnrly, they have followed TINT party wllcr-
eyer it cl!oso 70 lca'l them. Believing tllenl-
selves safe only it, tho success nf tho Drntl-
crnttc party, they have f0lInwett It with M
lIre'is0Nilig devotion through all It's fortunes
tts S0llteA, ulld Its crimes.
FatMless Publication.
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