The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-11-27
AN lKlsHMAN's POLITICAL VIEWS

We commend the good sense and truth
of the following letter to every lrishman
in Cecil county:
To N,c Elitor Of tie .latcricdn:
The late Presidential election appears
TO have furnished great many Demo
Gratis with entirely lew IDEAS and to have
started issues which may some day &C
uuIre u national Importance. 1t is set
Tied III their minds that John Kelly Is
responsible for the defeat Of Gen. Han
cock. and that the nomination of Mir
trace for the Mayaraltv OF New FORK
was, in view OF tuat gentleman : reh
ginuS proc!ivities. Il challenge t. Protest
ants which they promptly accepted, and
that the consequence was such Il falling
of i'll the Democratic vote of New urk
city as secured the election Of Mr. Gar
field. 1t might be we'll for those who
ceuSure Mr.. Kelly tn remember that the
same wave that swept ever New York
on the 2nd of November. was felt in
Ohio, Indiana. Iowa. and III almost every
Northern and Western State as sensibly
as i'll New York. and it might occur to
them that the particular class of people
that Mr.. Kelly is supposed to control
were As much alive to the Importance OF
the issues involved in the late contest as
any other portion Of the trading, manu-
featuring. or laboring people of the coun-
try. Besides. as the subject of relig ion
has been unhappily brought into the dis
cussion. | will say that all students OF
| history know that the grand old church
to which SO many New York Democrats
adhere, and which is referred tn III this
matter. was. i'll every az" since It's found
in-, the persistent. intlcNibe enemy of
slavery. vil,ainage, serldun, and every
species of bondage thar tyrants found
means of fastening on their teilow-men.
! Why not. then, take a reasonable view
oi the affair. and attribute the change
i'll the vote of New York to what | be-
| lieve to nave been the real cauSe-awak-
| ening to Il sense OI what was the mate
| rial interest of the voters, not to mention
\ perception of the anomalous position
| which an lriShman occupies when he
sides with the oppreSsors against the OPP
! pressed
| Again, Mr.. Blaine in letter lately
| addressed to some Irish correspondent.
/ pointed ont very tnrc;l,lv the ahshrdlty
! Il She Irish complaining SO bitterly al
| English orpreS>lbn and then voting III
| this country for ii low tariff. the conSe-
| Guence of which would be untold wealth
| To their iuvetcrate enemies and misery
| and povertV to themselves and to their
.rcat beneiactors-the American people.
| do not believe that Mr.. Kelly oi Mr..
| trace contemplated any assault "n the
| institutions of tne nted States or %!
! the State of New York. and Ito not be-
| lieVe that the fear Ui their SO doing lnf!ll-
| enced to any great degree the votes of
| Protestants in New York city. but do
| believe that the Democratic parry is los.
| ING hold on the Irish. and that the latter
| begin to realize what | wish they had
| realized long ago-that their sentimental
| devotion to a party name makes for them
bitter enemies Of half Of the American
people: while. as has been made plain
enough within the last week, they get
but Scant thanks for their persistent sup
| port of the other half. | desire to be
| iust to the Democratic party. and. there
lore. | must confess that there was a
! time when it had all the attributes of a
grand national organization, and when
| It expressed the aspirations of humanity
| struggling for the freedom which God
intended torall. 1t fought and conquered
| Know othlngisin and for this. | admit,
it Is entitled to all respect and to tie
gratitude of the world: bnt once it allied
| itself with the cause Of slavery and of a
disruption OF this government, 1t forfeit
ed all claims on those who had fled from
. oppression III the old world. and who had
sworn fea!:y t. the American States.
The countrymen Of Emmett and Sars-
Held should ever be true to the cause tol
which the one died on the scaifold ano
the other amid the carnage Of Lauden
rhey are true t" it: although. like Other
people, they sometimes err III judgment
| and prophesy that, erelonG, a ma, jority
of them will be with the great freedom
loving. progressive Republican party,
with which parry more Irishmen voted
on the End OF November than Democrats
will admit, or than Republicans can al
present realize. FRESHMAN.