Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-07-24
Irish american Republicans.
TIE ADDRESS Issued AT IsprASAroLIs.

The Irish American Republican Conven-
ton adopted an address to their countrymen.
in indianapolis on Thursday, which We re-
print below The address sets forth very
effectively the claims which the republican
party has upon Irish-Americans. as being
the party of freedom. the party which has
asserted and defended the rights of adopted
citizens, and the party which has thrown
open the public domain TO settlers. and has
extended its fostering care to manu-
features and industry. Irishmen who do not
believe that the democratic party has mort
gage on their countrvmen, and who see no
reason why the same independence and lndl-
viduality of action should not exist among
them as among other elements of our popu-
lation. will read the address with sympathy
and interest, and should lend the movement
in behalf of which it is issued, their hearty
cooperation The address is as follows:
Fellow Countrvmen With high sense
of the necessity of placing before the world
in their true light the motives which actuate
US in avowing our support of. and co-opera-
,'ar,,, hv d;s,inct organiza,ion under the title
ps Lar, tme-;car RenubIicans we feel called
~, 70 s,a,e h,iaNv the reasons which nrompt
us thereto.
For many years in this country the support
of the Irish for any cause or party was sought
through the channels of prejudice or affec-
ton. Instruction was out of the question,
and thus an unreasoning adherence was given
- Numbered xitb the mast with the advent
and rise of the renublican Marty in American
nol;,;cs , rev era was reached Intelligence
I'D a c,;,icalexamination into the ARGUMENTS
,rh,, ono or ,be o,bar n.rtv sbopld receive q
n.,,,, sr,nort bacame the gnides for noliti.
cal ac,ion and the freshman alike with his
f.Ilou c;tizens of other national;,ies M
io,aer cave in his adberepce to marty action
because of the leadership of those whom
,bev had nrevionslv trusted and followed
Tb;s convention therefore has far its obiec,
the ;nitiatorv action which with firmness and
anorn,, fo,lowad hv nrop,n,ness and industry
in sustaining the cause principles and policy
of the republican par,v. shall show 70 the
world that the Irish of to-day are capable OF
something more than being treated as mere
politicaI slaves. that they are capable of indie
nendent and intelligent Thought and action.
and that they are the friends of that party
which most trulv represents that liberty.
eon.l;,v and canal r;qbts which they have
only fonnd in the land of their adoption. The
claim of the democratic party that il is the
only true friend of the foreiGn-born citizen is
NOT susceptible of proof. as all students OF
American history are well aware that during
the entire administration of the democratic
marty it utterly ia led to compel the acknowl-
edgment of those rights which the constitu-
tion guarantees to all who swear TO support
and maintain il The Infamous and desDotic
British doctrine. ..once a subject ALWAYS a
subject was permtted to exist as a principle
of international law until the accession to
mower of the republican party. when, and not
until then. England was compelled to recede
from that insulting assumptiop. and thus the
adopted citizen. for the first time. was clothed
with all the rights and guaranteed the same
protection (outside the United States) as the
citizen born on Americon sod.
So also to the republican marty do we owe
the enactment of that most beneficial law
which has thrown omen the public domain 70
actnaI settlers Tins furnishing free and han.
nv homes tn thousands of orr oppressed conn
trvmpn who are fleeing from the horrors n,
British oppression.
You are aware. fellow countrvmen. of the
snccessful ingenuity with which the ENGLISH
government labored to DESTROY the manufac.
tur;ny interest of our country -Jreland-
,rh;cb had growppn in tho midst of our dos.
nerate and nersistent STRUGGLES for freedom
Won capno. have forootten the heroic effor,s
made far tbair nraservat;on hv tho orea, and
natr;ot;c statesmen of the last Irish ParI;a.
mont under whose fostering care tbesa indus.
tries rose tn sucb n state of nerfect;on as n
rival the hest efforts If the most kiltuI arti.
cans of Furone. nor can vou over forgot tbat
,bo 90, of tho JTpion contains omonr it, otbor
nof,r;ons nr;pc;nIes ono clause ysb;cb on
ta;Iod moro m;serv onJ dos,;,ut;or On onr
ormntr, th.r OH ,ha orma,t;os nf EI;,obo,h ~
Cromwcll Tho, cI,rse rrov;dos Gov ahsoI,ta
froe.,rad. batween IreIand anJ NJ, on,s;do
countries Nothing more was needed 70
comnlete the fell work Under that bliabt,
inc Ieg;sIat;op all our industries cove and
oxcent the linen trade alone norisbed nov.
er 70 anna.r AGAIN redrc;na ne 70 Tho cond;-
t;on of more asr;cnI,nraI Iohoro-s ana Iaor-
nc % Ia ,ha belnloss ,;n,;n,s nfpr;,;sh ronao
-, and ;nsot;.hio rroad C,u,noliad b., Im,I,
rcaro;Ioss Iows 20 ahanJor ,la ~ of o,,r
s.thors NO oo.;n oron,,n.o- h,ra =, ,r,ar;aa
,he som. foo in Tho damnora,;o nar.,, 1hnsa
ceasaIess and nar.;stnn, .,,omrts 70 .rarof,
on our frea institutions tho san,o Eral;sh frao
trade doctr;ne which wroncb, sncb Jisos,rons
ras,,I,s 20 o,r own oo,r,r' lid No.,
,ba ;nd;rr.,;on Of ovor,, nons;. ,ont Ir;Ihr,a,
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