, 1880-09-26

| tno democrats. II Germans OF scandinavian
were mostly Democrats. it might perhaps phzzl
! us to account for it. but 1t could hardly fill Il
with wonder. Germans and dScandiuavians lear
no ''skeleton in the closet" behind them whe1
they come to Amtrica; they look forward to n
possible time when they may have to cali ol
American sympathy Or help for the oppresses
| kindred they leave behind them in the old land
With the Irish it is quite different: they ar
| seeking political allies everywhere: their cor
try IS fn ruins; her woes and her wrongs hav'
been heard Of to the very ends OF the EARTH ant
! she knows that unalded she can never Enin he
rights, or even mitigation of her sutferings
John hfitchel said again and again that Heiant
out. Cannot any moderately sane persof
see that, Of all nations on earth, the one
future TEX IS Xmercs2 @ The % men e f
America have estimated the irish elements in 4
at not less than from 1a000,000 to l80O, ,000. q
| to interest herself about ireland ia the future
| Us that one in which at least one-fourth Of it
inhabitants are Irish either BY birth or blood
And it is this Nation which, by our sheer insan-
| tty, we are turning into an enemy! Heaven
help usl We have ouly to choose between being
the feps 0S earth q
don't care three cents for 1relandl
The Democratic party
ARE FRIENDS OF TORY ENGLAND,
and TIL prove il This indeed is an easy task,
Who nre tho Democrats They are the men
who sought to destroy this Nation some nineteen
years ago; whose very first move was to seek
9e Wiz sstg al to
hands Of England: and for whom England
that she would have the satisfaction Of seeing
America destroyed more cheaply- The men
who sought English aid were Democrats to a
mani The men who would hnye hailed with
delight. the landing Of an English army on
their coasts to help them to tear down the grand
fabric Of Freedom that Washington had built up
t{rgfyn FIR frtx
man! The men whose victories over the Union
troops were hailed with such delight in England
that vi when ' they haPpened double issues Of the
Democrats to man! I defy any Democrat on
earth, Irish or American. to deny this Aye,
but they may say, Northern Democrats are not
the same as Southern Democrats There is an
old saying, Show me your company, and I'll tell
you what you are. II the Northern Democrats
they keep company with them now; and why did
so many OF them
sYMpA1n1zE WITH AND AID THE REBELS DURING
THE WAR?
Even in the matter Of trade and finance, the
friend1iness OF Democrats to England is quite
plain; they would admit English manufactures
free or nearly free Of duty, and leave American
II haven't proved in the last paragraph that
the Democratic party has been, and Is. the friend
Of Tory England, there has never been any
need not give authority for the statements 1t
contains; they are known to the whole world: as
well might be asked for proof that the sun is
over the horizon every day at noon. There Is.
however, one word in that paragraph which 1
must apologize for applying to the South: It is
a holy word, and love It; It Is the word rebel |
world. Inm rebel against the Nation that
misrules. strnnges. STILES. starves. and torturcs
word that sanctifes the names OF Tone, feeling,
Emmet, and Fitzgerald to men who sought the
alliance Of tyranny to odestrny liberty. and whose
great object vas TO make the lash. the fetter.
and the brAnding-iron insignia on the banner Of
their new nationality.
The Know-Nothing party are thought by
most OF my couutrymen to have been one and
the same with the Republicans would like to
hnye some Democrat prove this He could never
undertake
AMoRE DIFFICULT TASK.
I was In this country during the time Of the
Know-Nothing party. II they were Republicans
they had curious power Of showing themselves
in places where there are few Republicans now.
" years aEo:~ St. Louis, Baltimore, and Louis
Vile made themselves conspicuous by the out
SSFs tas 5 The aard
ones o91sss 6ood run % coa Saoofn no % aes othes
NJ on cahoc
the inhabitants don't deny that there were
Republicans, or men who have since become Re-
do deny-utteriy: deny-that the Republican
party grew out Of Know Nnthingism, nny more
than that the Democratic party grew out Of it.
publican dealings with the Irish: cannot point
out them oil. for SPACE would not permit The
Irish inhabitants OF Chicago must have all
held here in 1854 or '65,-I forget which. At that
time many things had to be taxed which are not
thtass IS the enan FAR 4 4s reeolecs lie rehty
tho tax on the receipts Of the fair was between
S31OM and $4,000,
EVERY CENT OF WHICH WAS RENTED
on application being made to tho late Mr. Sew
ri u n a mi
ical dodge to cutch Irish votes: so Demoornt
will undoubtedly, say. don't know whethar
1t make any difference It is an acknowledged
axiom that we are not to question the motives
Of good act. It WIS solely By the intercesson Of
the then Republican Administration that an Irish
priest aud several prisoners taken il, the raid on
Canada in 1865 were not hanged Coming down
to modern times, did any Democratic Admins
cord such reccption, to any Irish patriot. AZ
the present Administration did to Parnell2 Did
any Democrat since the formation Of the party,
Or did all Of them put together, ever do SO much
to Gull public attention to tho tyranny. Of the
English land system: In Ireland as has been done
BY BIZ: Hedpath, OF the. New York Trffst,.<7 II !
there is man on earth whom the English Goy- !
their supporters in Irelane. hate |
more than any man else. that man Is Itcdpnth.
Never in the whole history Of irish wrongs has (
Which be has given: yet the very men who weep /
With grief Or gnash their teeth with rn9e on !
;dnE hs nEe'ss ana I'd. sftmEes !. oa
political insanity, vote aeainst' the party that !
fedpath represents which is the National
'arty OF Americas and tho only one that can
.yer benefit Irela11d.
Yes, bur, gay the Irish Democrats, tho Rcpnb-;
icansdfs1tke the Catholic Church Perhaps they
to:-but, II they do, they have go.
VERY CURIOUS WAY or .prsPnATIEG THEIR
- AVERSION. .,.~- =. r: /
have shown above that the Know-Nothtng
'arty was MT the, Republican party: and the
ct1on Of the Republicans since they came into
'O1Trr ororcs with lpEfcai Gle1fues9 that I was |
izht:. II ttla Know-Nothfng party and the Re-
|ublican party are or were one and the same,
heir actions and principles must be the sanle-
he Know Nothing party was founded on hatred
t ali foreigners. but particularly OF Irish
utholtcs. Have the Republicans, who have run |