The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-11-21
ANNEXING IRELAND.
A New Issue for the Democracy-A Celtic
President and Cabinet.

President and Cabinet.
Cleveland Leader.
Congressman Robinson was elected to Con-
gress by the Democrats of BROOKLYN his
claim being that he was an Irishman, the
claim that all professional Irish ce-seekers
offer when they demand place. The princi-
pal business of this Irish crank, when in the
House, was to rise up enthusiastically and
amuse the members by giving the British
lions tail a tremendous twist. Recently he
delivered a speech in Brooklyn, in which he
claimed that Ireland was once part of the
United States, Just as much so as is Massa-
chusetts and that he favors a scheme to have
the President of the United States negotiate
with the British government for the purchase
of that island and its remuneration to the
United Statesl We quote from his speech.
[Robinson's speech was published in the
Journal of last Thursday
For the sake of little amusement we will
imagine that theBritsh government tired
of the eternal Irish question: becomes will
ing to sell Ireland to the United States for
the fun OF 81 600, 000,O00l The Democratic
party-the same party which annexed Texas
in 1915, for the purpose of strengthening it
self politicaliy-should, at the demand of
the Irish element of that party, insert new
issue in its national platform in the shape of
plank favoring the purchase of Ireland.
The Republicans should oppose it. The
Democrats should argue among themselves
that the annexation of Ireland would give
them perpetual Democratic State, two per
petual Democratic Irish senators, thirty
eight perpetual Democratic representatives,
about forty perpetual Democratic presden-
tial electors-Ireland has a larger population
than New York-and thus with the solid
South the national government would be
perpetually in the hands OF the Democracy
What an alluring picture that would present
to the half million OF Democratic expeetants
for Office and to the Southern Bourbons,
anxious to have some great element to off
set the negroes And, suppose that such a
scheme should be voted on, and enough fool
ish Republicans should vote with the Demo
Gratis to carry the scheme through, resulting
in 81, 600, 900, 600 being added to our national
debt, which will be used by the British gov
eminent to reduce its own debt, and the
Green Isle becomes a member of "a once
glorious union" What would be the result?
The national government would become as
completely Irish as the city government of
Cleveland is to-day. The President would
be John ODonoughey, of Cork, Ire
land; the vice-president John Kelly,
of New York - the constitution
forbids that the President and Vice-president
should come from the same State. The mem
bers of the cabinet would read something as
follows: Secretary of State, Michael Nc
Smooth, of Dublin, Ireland; Secretary of the
Treasury, Alex Sullivan, OF Chicago, but
formerly of Canada Secretary of War,
ODonovan Rosa, OF New York, but for
merly of Ireland; Secretary of the Navy,
Michael 0'Connough, of Tipperary, Ireland;
Secretary of the Interior Thomas O. Rourk
of Cincinnati, but formerly OF Ireland; At
torney-general, the Hon. Martin A. Foran,
of Cleveland an Irishborn citizen; Post
master-general, Sam Randall, of Philadel-
phia. There is no probability that the Brit
sh government would ever consent to sell
Ireland but, should such a contingency oc-
cur, there is no doubt hut the Democracy, in
obedience to the demand of its Irish masters,
would favor the scheme and carry presiden-
tial election on that issue, and in that case the
President and cabinet would be composed of
Irish, with one or two seats given as crumbs
to natiV YES