The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-03

MT. CleVeiand. You Know and a good many OF
our fellow -countrymen know, that | have never
before taken any interest in American politics
and have never before uttered or written word
for or against any candidate for the presidency
would not do so now if did not see plainly
that outside influence is at work which has for
its object first. the impoverishment and, sec
ondly, the ruin of this Republic. An American
might possibly be excused for voting for Cleve-
land, but no 1rishman could | voted the
straight Democratic ticket four years ago. be-
cause, looking at the matter from an
American and an Irish standpoint /
saw nothing whatever to choose between
either party. Things are entirely different now
-Four years ago no effort had been made to
ADMIT English manufactured goods free, or almost
free. OF duty; four years ago Harper's Weekly.
the New York Times the New York Herald.
Puck, and other publications that have ever
been the deadliest enemies of everything Irish
the secret friends of England, and consequently
traitors to the American government had not
shown themselves in their true colors those
journals hayenow thrown off their disguise; they
have thrown down the gauntlet, and it behooves
every lrlshman and every American who is not
snob and a traitor, to take up the challenge
and meet the declared enemies of America and
the declared friends of England at fight of the
ballot-box first and at another sort of fight
afterwards, II need be.
For my part don't care cent FOR either Re-
publlcans or Democrats; if l thought the party
headed by Mr.. Cleveland was the national party
l would vote for it, if thought that Blaine and
Logan were snobs, and were influenced more by
England than by America, would oppose them
IN every way in my power if | saw those publi-
cations which have been known as England's
organs ever since the day they made their first
appearance, taking the part of Blaine and Logan,
Cleveland and Hendricks should have my vote
This is not party question at all: it is one
fraught with more interest to America and to
free institutions than any other that has ever
been brought into the political arena.
Democracy, as understood heretofore exists
horo
been almost completely broken down; Demo-
Gratis have become Republicans, and Republicans
have become Democrats; everything is muddled
but one thing, and that one thing which stands
out so clearly is, an attempt is being made by
English enemies, backed by American traitors,
to destroy not only the prosperity but the i'll
stitutions Of this Republic; for anything that
tends to destroy the manufacturing prosperity
OF country-anything that tends to make the
workingman pauper first and slave after
saps the very foundation of the political nstttl-
tions of this country and makes its continuance
as Republic an impossibilitv
/ am glad to find that vast majority of my
countrynen have seen clearly the tremendous
issues of the elections and have unhestatingly
ranged themselves on the side of the land Of
their adoption. Every Irish journal of any note
or influence on this continent-with one excep-
tion-opposes the election of Mr.. Cleveland; that
one journal is the Boston Pilot edited by Boyle
OReilly. Now openly admit that no political
event that has occurred since the Franeo-Prus-
sian war mas given me SO much real trouble as
this. | have known Mr.. O'Reilly for nearly
twenty years, and during that period counted
him my most particularly and peculiarly
esteemed friend He rebel against English
domination in the land of his birth, and
thought he would be just as stanch rebel
against English domination in the land of his
adoption. 1t may be that he has not full con-
troll over the journal he edits: if he has not. he
should come out openly and say that he is not to
blame for the side taken by the Pilot This
might be hard course for him to take, but any
thing would be better for him to do than remain
forever under the stigma that he repented of
having been rebel against England and that
he took sides with her and the emasculated snobs
who nominated observation-disclosures organs are
Puck, Harper, the Herald the Times and with
out single exception, every other journal
printed in America and in England that
has been most blackguard and most bitter
against Mr.. O'Reillys race, countrymen and
creed! In the name of Heaven is John Boyle
OReilly mean enough or mad enough to follow
the leadership of England and to fight with those
against whom he has all his life pretended to be
battlingl
This is not written in a party spirit Both
parties all parties may go to the devil for all
care; but can find no word bad enough or
horrible enough in the English vocabulary TO ex-
press my contempt for the men who at crisis
like the present cannot raise above party little
ness and do what they know to be right. I still
believe that Boyle OReilly will come out against
the snob-nominee for President, and openly de-
clare that if he cannot swallow Blaine he finds il
still more difficult to gulp down Cleveland"