Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1880-08-04
FRESHMEN FOR GARFIELD.
New York Tribune. july 27.

| The headquarters of the Irish-American
| Republican Association, at No 121 Mas
sau street, were crowded last night on the
occasion of the regulur weekly meeting
of the Association. The chair was occu-
pied by John G. Hennessy, and repre-
sentative Irishmen from all parts of the
city were present. Gen. Denis F. Burke
spoke of the political situation. Nine
teen years ago, he said the democrats Or
ganized the Rebellion, and it was my
privilege to participate in it's suppression.
[ had the honor to be in command of the
famous Irish Brigade under Gen. Han
cock when Lee SURRENDERED at the Apo
mattox. j know Gen. Hancock to be
generous soldier, but lore the princi-
pies ofthe Republican party better than
my old commander. I, my father, and
my grandfather believed in the freedom
of our country, and we suffered for it;
and should not Irishmen who hold the
same sentiments in Ireland on their ar
rival in this country join the party which
believes in universal freedom? The first
man in the British Isles who argued that
negro slavery should not exist was Daniel
O'Connell. Hancock did great deal
to reduce the democratic majority when
for four years he killed all the rebels he
could in Virginia. There necer ,cdS rebel
trh0 1cds not Democrat 1t won't do
for the democrats to try and cover up
their sins Their miserable record of
20 years is known. The democracy is
marked with corruption, treason, and
everything that is foul in politics. The
election Of the democratic ticket would
mean the opening of all the old War is
sues, the disturbance of the financial
system Of the country, and the conse-
quent, disruption Of business interests.
| believe that the American Nation is
possessed with common sense, and that
the people will show that they do not de-
sire change in the Administration by
electing the Republican candidates in
next November.
Col. Micheal Kerwin thought the pros
pect of victory was good. The further
the Hancock ''boom' rolled the weaker
it grew, 1t was natural that it should
have been at first received favorably, es-
pecially by the soldier element, for he
was an able General Now, however,
he was retracing his steps, and was going
back the old apple-tree at Appomattox
to deliver up to the rebels the fruits of
the great victory which had been pur-
chased with the blood ofloyal Americans.
While they might be inclined to trust
the man, they must doubt the friends
who surrounded him. He had been put
into the Army OF the Lord to serve the
Devil, and the speaker thought the Amer
lean people would think twice before
voting once for Hancock.
Thomas R. Bannerman said he had
found that Irishmen who had for years
acted with the democratic party were at
last aroused to its iniquities, and he be-
lieved that at the coming election many
would for the first time vote for the Re
publicans. He moved that committee
be appointed to draft call for a State
Convention of Irish Republicans, to be
held in September, for the purpose of Or
ganizing the Irishmen of the State.
The resolution was adopted, and the
Chair named as the committee r. Ban
herman, John Nolan, Isaac G. McCabe,
Michael Kerwin, and B. F. Mullen. Ad-
dresses were afterward made by Isaac
McCabe, A. I'll Matthews John Nolan,
and the meeting adjourned until next
Monday evening.