Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-28
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN, TICKET.
 FOR PRESIDENT, JAMES A. GARFIELD, of Ohio.
 FOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHESTER A. ARTHUR, of N. York.

1 The leaders of the Democratic party have
 found the Irish vote very useful, and they
 seem to regard their right to it so firmly es-
 tablished as to be in no danger of serious
 dispute. There is some ground for this feel | ing of absolute ownership, for the majority
 of the Irish voters have hitherto allowed | themselves to be used by those leaders with out protest. Some prominent Irishmen have,
 however at last discovered that their eean- l trymen have made great mistake, that the Republican party has stronger claims upon | them than it's rival, and that 1t is time those
 claims were recognized. These gentlemen,
 including representatives of all the States, | have addressed call to the Irish-Americans l of the United States for a convention to be held in Indianapolis to promote by every means in their power the election of Garfield and Arthur, and to take measures for form ing Irish American Republican clubs through
 out the country. They urge in their address
 that the Republican party has never advanced a principle or enacted statute in any way at variance.with single doctrine of that patri- l otic faith which has upheld the people of ] Ireland in their long struggle for national au- oOOA1oAASo --e-N~o -~ l men equal before the law, protected American 1 industry from the avarice of British capital ists, and compelled the universal recognition of the American doctrine of naturalization so that native and foreign born citizens find equal protection when beyond the limits of l the United States.
 It is urged that the Democratic party, on the contrary, has done the reverse of all these | things. It has been the party of aristocratic l ideas, sympathizing with foreign oppressors, whether monarchs or capitalists. While | claiming the allegiance of the Irish-Amer- ] jeans and having the benefit of their votes, it has never admitted them to their share of the honors and advantages of office. For ex- ample, in New York, the great stronghold of Irish Democracy, no citizen of Irish birth
 has ever been permitted to hold the office of Governor, Mayor, collector of the port or postmaster, and when Francis Herman was 8 candidate for Governor his name was scratch ed by sixty thousand Democratic know -noth- ings simply because he was of Irish descent. The Democratic treatment of Irishmen is contrasted with that of the Republican party, greatly to the advantage of the latter. Sher- idan, appointed lieutenant general by Presi-
 dent Grant, Murphy and Arthur, both Irish
 Americans, appointed collectors by Grant,
 James Kelly appointed postmaster by Lincoln,
 Patrick H. Jones by Grant, Richard Crowley,
 appointed district attorney, James McLeer,
 postmaster Of Brooklyn, by President Hayes, and James B. Carr elected Secretary of State, are witnesses that the Republicans are | kI, Democrats. The signers of the call express
 their confidence in General Garfield, and of
 General Arthur they say:
 The fact that he is an Irish-American gives another proof of the impartial iberality of the Republican party which the Democracy
 will surely fail to initiate. With such posi-
 tive evidence of the greatness and hberality
 of this glorious party of the Union, we can
 not help deploring the apparent infatuation
 of so many of our countrymen for the cor rupt, soulless and bigoted combination mis-
 named Democracy. Trusting, however, in their love of freedom and their unfaltering
 devotion to every cause which they have be-
 heved right, we look forward with a cheerful
 hope to the time when, having discovered
 the true character of these false guides of the Democratic party, they will boldly espouse
 the banner of the Republican party, under
 which, as a hberty-loving people, they have always rightfully belonged.
 There will probably be- no immediate
 widespread revolt of Irishmen from the Democratic party, but if by any means they
 can be brought to make fair comparison of
 the claims of the two parties upon their sup port the Democratic party will lose many votes. The Republican party is the natural
 home of all who hate oppression and love
 freedom, be they of Irish, German or Amer
 ican percentage. The question of distribu
 ton of offices is not so important, but the
 Republican party has not been and is not
 likely to be unjust in that matter.