The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-04-19

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dren 10 throw brix OF the suspended body
NV the mizsble reich. One child Nv ten.
der yeers wich hit the hung Niger square
in the head with brick was patted on the
head by Micky, who promptly borrowed
Eve cents Nv me to give to the child.
"We must enCurridge the children" he
sed. 1--WE Bhel pass away, and we must
hev others to succeed Us and kerry on the
good work."
Mickey is now organizin Land Leagues
to BsslSt suffrin and opprest ireland to
make head agin Their tyranikle oppressors,
the English. His speeches In favor Nv
liberty and ekal rites for oil are really
techin,
Comm further down, gaSsd with in.
terest on the 1ribOOn buildin, wiCh stands
where the old one did witch we tried to
mob In '63. / wuz standin shoulder to
shoulder with Patsy 0'Brien, and we
shood hev succeeded, only we did not like
10 face the prepsrashuna that he'd been
made 10 reserve us. Patsy Is a deyotid
lover Nv freedom and ekality now e. be
ever wuz, and Is dom double dooty. He
is colleCIin money for two objCks-for the
skirmiGhin Fund to llberate Ireland by
the way OF Canady, and 10 drive the fur.
rim Chinese out Nv Californy.
NextI saw the City Hall steps, on which
stood that troo patriot now, Ben Butler.
He wus mlsgidid then, for wich we hev
forgiven him In view Nv his recent ser.
vices ID the coz Nv freedom In conjunk.
shen with the Southern DimoCrisy. II wuz
Dinnis M'Grath that threw the apple at
him wiCh the feend then, and patriot now,
pared OF while maxim a speech to the
popu!is. Dlnnis Is skool Commishner
now, and isvery PROMINENT raisin funds
to free Ireland by harassin England In
Canady. He hez gorgus headquarters, and
as he sod, the coZ was gittin on swim.
mingly The ColleCkshuns wuS enuf to
pay the expenses Nv his headquarters, with
dinners, and lunches, and wines for the
managers. $50 long as we kin liv ez we
want to, " says he, "ihere's no question eE
10 the ultimit liberashun Nv Ireland. Wat
we want" he continued, "is freedom for
ali, exCeptin, Nv course, the dom'd magyar
and the Turin Chinsyse. The naygur
must be tawt bis place In the Republic,
and the turin Chinayse must CO."
Dinns Is gittin on well. He wuz In offs
in Moo York afore he had been in the ken.
try six weeks, and he has KEEP In offs ever
since. He wears dimundez big ez a
hickry.nnt, and he2 more sympathy for
Ireland than any man know Nv. He In.
sists that II ls the dooty Nv the Amerikin
people to rally to the support OF their
brethren In the parent kentry, Ireland,
and declare war sgln England TO wunst
Dinnis 10 very severe upon Congress, that
It Is diatory In its dooty In this matter.
met Teddy MGrath, another hero Nv
the War period. Teddy made several
thousand dollars In the bounty jumpin'
biznia, and on the strength nv that opened
A Rrosery Ia the Sixth ward aud went into
pollytix. He BEGUN Charenlan Nv his
ward CommiLty, and got on the Gineral
Committy nv Tammany Hall, and went on
from one thing to another until he aCCoo.
molated million. He is now Skool Com.
mishner, and Alderman, and on the Fleece
Board, and don't know what all. Teddy
Is not al all got up, beCoz, az he SEE, his is
not an indlvijile case, and his good for.
Ohoon cant be ReCTibed to any espeshel
merit Nv bis own. Moo York is the place
for Iriehmen. There Is a vacant place for
EN- here, for the Dlmocrisy want EN-, and
eye,y man Nv enl which hez power enutf
to ut into the front rank hez no trouble In
gittingon. He signs Tor the liberashun
Nv Ireland, but, ef lie oil the same, he
won't 10 back there. He kin do better
here. lie never wood hev bin able 10
drink Shampane with bis lunch Of he had
stayed In 1reland-neyer.
And 90 II wsz all around. Tweed, I'M.
der whom / hourisheu for a time, hez
gone, but Kelly remains, and things
heyen't changed very much, nor will they
changes go long ez there Is 1rishmat with
vote, and offs to I'll. II don't matter
who ID at the head, the Irish voter will
alluz 10 at his tail, picking up the crumbs
he throws 10 EN-.
There is one trouble about my staying
here, | amt an 1rishmSn, and conse'
kenlIy am not eligible 10 any Nv the offises
which am capable NV fillin. Were l a
Rinooibe 1fishman l ahood never think Nv
Ieayin Moo York, but shood go In and be
Alderman or Skool Commishner, or q
Street Inspector, and live quietly all my
DAYS. But Amt and can't make myself
i into one. 1 hev called myself 0fNas.
by, but despite the name there is
too tmuch Ainerkin about me TO make
me eligible TO anything In Moo York. l
show my Amerkin birth every way. l
Amt vuih nothin 10 riots, and at The polls
I can't crowd out people, and kivsr the
Way Tor a repeater, with a 800 markee,
and then haven't got the rekisit Cheak In
askin for what want. Moo York is no
place for me, FL l Good only 60 10 Ire.
land, and be born agin, and emigtint, and
vote al the fifst eleCshuh, and do that sort
Nv a thing, II wod do; but can't The
misiotChoOn Nv my lie wus In bein born
on lhIS side Nv the water. II makes me
linelllVible to offs In the city in wich l
wood prefer 10 live 10 any spot on earth.
when 20 abroad shel not visit Ire.
land. Their Amt no manner Nv yOoae Nv
liz Ell want 10 study the Irish character
I Kin do II TO better advantage In Moo
York, for Their is more Nv EN- here than In
| Dublin, and, in addlshun TO this most
e0pslant reason, thef isn't q dollar to be
coiIpCIed thef for the lbefashun Nv the
green lie. The landlord gets one.hSlt Nv
What they hev, and the chutCh the other
half, wiCh leeves nifty poor plCkin Tor
s6eI either 20 TO Paris and organise a
lskitmishih Fund, drofin my supplies from
Ametiky, where the Irish do gil on, or
elSe NAV In Mo York and organize my
buFow here. There Ia less competition In
collecting for Irish liberashun In Paris
lhNf In Moo Yetk, for there iB mote lead.
ets here but then 10 Offset that Their Amt
no Tlmocrisy in Paris which needs the
yoles and services nv IFishmen. In Palla
shOl hev to depend entirely on wat the
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