, 1880-05-02
THF TARIFF IN THE WORLD,

(! The New York Tablets leading Catholic
| Democratic paper-is not pleased with the as-
saults Of the New York Uor1Lthe chief Demo-
cratic organ of th:lt cty-upon Mr.. Parnel. the
leader Of the Irish and-Reformers. 1t says:
''Wifi the Irish people in this country ever r?so
| to the dignity of seif-respect and pouncal III.
! dependence? Will they ever be capable o.
honesty and fraud, Patriotism and ss@.
or between the tvs great parties who Mi1 Gen1
tend for supremacy in this eoantr e IN ~.
sulE offered them rs the :epresenn nsi'ah tatlsds
of d nation which for 100 years, through
every boody ordeal has clung tenac,ous :ng svsr ~
tho aspiration for liberty? Shall they esss ever
bljndy attach themselves to party xno , ass5 81
but distiains them, and Gusts upon them ano a1
their national cause, on every occaAon s ~ ~ ~
porttinity ,.oblouuy and contempt, as kas! ~
the mere slaves OF party, who can pe RMbpS,. b.p,.
into obedience whenever their voice eaesars3 u
votes be necessary for their American massetett -
They profess to ambition tne T. .tGu .sn,,aands
their native land, and have 1illied in tnousand
for thirty years and more IN this cotnuE ahar
az the propasanslists of Irish llpsrt-a,sdiSIr a,aiaInr
Mitchell. O'Mahony. P.Vneu,-procila,aamaa'nt9 l,aaa y
govern their own land. 3,U00 miles away. buI
while they profess ali this. they give AmeIes esag
and the world uneluivocal evidence t1a. ~ ra
are only qualified To be slaves and INA. tesy ttysaJ I'd
the obsequtous tools Of q hollow anu U!fu.su sa
Democracy, who regard them not as men M ,tss;1ed
freedom, but as sconremptibies serfs 20 pG !e. ia
sor the S0r1!u Interests OF taoSe "uo e4tA'A~ ~
political ownership of them.
We arc forced to these reflections ny a. astf ~
Gle which appeared In the New YORK No,ka nsnn1 "
list week,-the organ Of the Democrats 70 WIFI WIFI
the Irish in this country have fanaticaliy Hoi ~
themselves We have never read anJtetns$ -
the hostile press Of England so oikossu, Pr ~
venomous, and Insulting as the af1icse .,,I vi
refer to. It Ii Il whole tissue OF slanaeI;5 ;i;ov
diatribes taQn Iarnell. his party, anu nls thss
r. u.!dacidhsly and mendIciously assekts. ad. snJ
his mission to this country WAS 'mistans orer
4 fatlure,... and chIcklcS with eHulttus0n ~,
the ruiiianfy Insult tO0eredto him in Ennls.nns.v
although tho noble people Of Wexfofe ahs.us ..te
nruse and triump pllantly repl,dated tne oa131 1ca
offered to themselves and ireland os T 80 ~
wretchcd rt,wslies, the miserable mercenaf'sS "
Chcvalicr O'C1cry. .rar
%~Thc so-caled Democratic Uorld was e'etf
Systematically Insulting to the Irish peopG ~
America, but of late it has assumed saat a:f,t
bitterness and intensity ct hostility tnat 5n eIss
submission to wot1t imply our utter nest'.s ~
ton. 1t is said that its controlling edtt1t. ~
certain citizen who few years agv ca]oled
g.1lible Irish with st. Patrick's Day nccknss aes
and e1ncr,ll costumes. because their votes Me'
Indispensable to secure him oIncfal pos,,aea s,aea
Now that be more attain to cisiG E,e;a md
ton. he gratitie5 his natural procH Ira
venus hts venom upon the Irish tnrouHut H',tg ~ r.
columns OF the lFortd. We say 1t Is fne outy
our people, II tIcv have any sense OF 1Ha,!S ~ r..
or nutiOnal respect, to indignantly repe! .u1 san
suit offered fo their native land IN the Ptih ,ha
'of Mr. ParneH- so'trueulenrly denounced IL ~
following diat1ibc."