, 1880-09-19

uE1O16 81 ulEllEEL&}3 A04AAAOA HUI Au0 NlS-
cussed in America, and as the inquiry and dis
cussion went on the kind and generous sympa-
thies Of the American people were actively
doundons The Congress Of the Nation dis
patched vessel to carry to Ireland the noble
contrtbutions Of a generous h and and sympathetio
the country, and while in Our own State active
efforts OF relief were being pushed forth with
the utmost v1go it W. 9S,ea deeded by the Irish
position Building grand mass meeting Of
Anerican cItizens to show the universal Interest
felt in the cause which had become the common
eaTse %he SoVernor q the State the Hon. Shelby
M. Cullom, was invited to preside over this
meeting, and he cheerfully and p nooly responded
was also decided BY that Committee to publish
as snd ops pamsa nas n ee9pg
prominent and distinguished in local. State. and
National life. Their list included men Of all
parties end eTsn z nnG Pef af fai
entire number 80 invited Lyman TrumDull was
the only prominent man who Kayo an abrupt
name in connection with such movement. He
was not asked for money or Tor any active par
ttcpatlon in the demonstraqon, but simply for
ment to a grand effort Of noble and deserving
cha1tty. His epologlsts say 1t was modesty.
They. know better. 4 was the act Of selfish,
-b1ouded man. This same man OF dtgnitied
modesty less than a month ago in order to catch
lrish votes went to q strictly Irish National
demonstration at 09dens Grove, and. among
themselves with green badges for the occasion,
hobnobbed with Irish ward politicians and
poured out sentiments Of affection and undying
iofT unfortunnteIy FOR % he Irish people in the past
have been misled by similar political devices,
and being contidlng ana t people,
genuine when they are simply schemes OF dis
Emulation and treachery; Some OF the DEM
Of his refusal alleged that bis reason was the
Of bis English clients; while others coniectured
that as he bad failed - In as no whe 10
nomination, ho now aspIred to the position Of
Minister Plenipotentiary to the 2 Court Ct St;
nection @ with the Parneil demonstration would
affect the acceptance Of hts credentials:
gentleman True, he had perfect right to re-
fuse the use of his name, even when requested
as he was By former chaiEnan ,t % Of the Deme
fas Voe nm
the State Of Illinois on the grounds of friend
ship, it is also perfectly right aud proper to in
nition.
His case is ouly single one Of thousands that
illustrate how the Irish vote has been sought M
aes and how hi a5s nPon eg
poiitical ends It is high time, and self-respect
and common sense demand It, that we shall not 40
vote for man simply because H3 he drinks I;6 TIE
badges at Irish national demonstrations. and in
extravagant speeches lavishes fulsotne praises
on the Irish race set-fespect snoua" PrE %nna
right In voting as they have,Cwith the party
that oppressed and enslayed their tellow-men?
0Connel tie great s4t Emaneipatonr at r and q the the
Of Ireland's dircst necessity, refused to accept
gift Of 5000 from the Shareholders OF Louisiana,
s 1t ofd appRa1ae Ills Of
truly noble man. Listen to his grand utterauces,
that will 80 down to future generations classcd
and that viii endure as long as time endures. He
port in Parliament if he would torsake the cause
saddest people the sun secs; but may my right
to 10th the roof roof Of ny mouth, If to save ireland
hnnr." Aid anain; II send my voice across
the Atlantic. career1ne lige the thunder storm
against the breeze to tell the STAKEHOLDER OF the
CArolinas that Gods thuuderbolts are hot, and
to remind the bondmau that the dawn OF his re-
demption Is already breaking, Had he lived IN
the days when the agitation Of the slavery cues
ton IN this country divided political parties MS
words of eloquence and his potent influence
over the Irish people at home and abroad would
have prevented the unnatural alliance o1 the
Irish with the Southern Shareholders.
It is strange that people who have suuereo
such grievous wrongs, whose lands were Gonhs-
Gated, and against whom barbafous Penal nws sx
had been enacted and enforced, and who snf-
fered every species OF wrong, tyranny, and op-
preston, should, when they come to this coun-
try to enjoy freedom dentednt home, act with
the party that sustained human slavery.
This has been due rather to m1sapprenension
than wrong intent. Before the War the pro-
slavery politician We orked pon 5ae
abolished the negroes from the South would
rush to the North and offer their labor at such
low rates TINT the Irish laborer would be reduced
1,frf ocndft{nn nf degrading Slavery,
This del,lsion was foolishly believed, and did
much to keep the Irish in the Democratic party.
Now slavery has been abolished, and with 1t that
Chinese wall which the Mason and Dtxon's line
erected against the introduction anywhere IN
the South Ut free labor.
! We're Irishmen to have known that the abolt-
tion Of slavery would have elevated and cunoblcd
| labor. and that that institution had degraded
! and brutalized 1t, their votes would have beer
| cast on the side Of justice and freedom.
Iriahmen in this country owe little to the
South, while the North has offered them an
asylum from oppression, and has given them
| the grand opportunities to better their every
condition In fife, and surely IL is not fair or just
that we should have placed ourselves In the pas1
in political antagonlsm to ne people q among nn}1
| here as sojourners, intending some day to re-
turn to live in our native land but to stay per-
/ manently and to become american cittzens T. rs
best interests OF the intel&ent pcople among
whom we live. Their interests nre our interests
| In the entire Southern States, according to the
census lust taken, there are not one-6alf the
nutuber Of 1rishmen that there are In the single
State Of Massachusetts, and less than in our owt
City of Chicago. Our interests are surely Ii tue
North and NOT in the South. .....
Al the polls next November mighty strug'
gle OF political parties will take pace, and as tne
consequences Of the result are Of serious I'M
portance, it IS the plain duty OF every man K
| carefuliy investigate the claims put forth b3
each side and examine intelligently their merits
and decide how bis vote shall be cast, and II thi
| result involves general benefit. or possible gen
| eral disaster to the interests OF the country, i
| becomes Qll the more necessary and imperative
| that our votes shall be cast In the right direc
! don.
The coming contest Is not to decide the merit
] of the two candidates, each OF whom was gal
| liant General In the late Civil War, and elthe
| one OF whom would make an excellent Presi
| don't: but ii ia rather question aR to which 20
| Etfcal party shall be allowed the supremacy
| and as to the principles upon which the Govern
ment shall BE- conducted. Among
| MULTITUDE OF GOOD REASONS
| why change Of party in the management 0
| :be Government Is not desirable, three yer.
| important ones stand out in particular prom
| incnce: The danger Of Southern supremacy. TIL
| periI to the best business interests Of the coun
| try. and the calamity Ut free trade to our bonn
| Misunderstanding industries are seriously threat
| ened by such q change .
The Rebel Brigadiers have marshaled thef
forces and now, as in 1861, are again unite
South attempting to capture Washington t
| pofn possession Of the National Government
| Defeated fE the Civil War, into which withou
| any justit1nble cause they plunged the country
| they are with rebellious spirit still unbroke'
| pnw reanrtfnu to the plans and StTntlHem9 o