Daily Republican., 1884-05-09
FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1854.
.ome,n,rg strange Tn Politics.

FRIDAY, MAY 0, 1854.
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Aometbipg strange in Politics.
One of the strangest anomalies we see
in politics is that nine out of ten Irish
men are Democrats. Nobody who be-
Iieyes in free government disputes their
RIGHT to be Democrats if they wish to,
lint how they ian consistently be such
is somethin. that puzzles every reason
able sensible man of whatever parry he
NAV be- There was time when the
Democratic party, in general sense,
took a stand against know-nothingism,
hut it was never sincere in doing so, as
Irishmen who lived through that ex-
citing time well know that the native
born wing of the Democratic party held
lust as strong opinions, and if anything,
a little stronger than the know-nothing
party did, and they know, too, that
many of the leaders of the Democratic
marty became know-nothings, and held
Offices under the latter. They know, or
Mt least ought to know, that it was only
because the adopted vote in a great
measure belonged to the Democratic
party, that that party never fully re.
pudiated it. That the Democratic party
never was sincerely the friend of the
adopted citizen, especially of a certain
religious faith, has been as fully proven
In the past as it is proved at the presei t
time The Democratic party had the
adopted citizens vote of the country,
and it could not afford to part with it.
For this reason and this alone, that party
seemingly favors that vote, and syco-
phan'ly fawns and smiles upon it to
get the support of the adopted citizens
to elect as general thing "none but
Americans to the important offices Of
the nation.
We would appeal to the Irishmen Of
Wilmington if this is not true in local
sense. Where, or in what instance has
an adopted citizen of tne Catholic faith
ever been advanced beyond the office Of
City Councilman That office is the
dead-line of the party. If any adopted
citizen of the Catholic faith gets beyond
it, it is only because he is not known
and slips past IN the crowd. Blasted
political hopes and ambition lie strewn
all along the course Of Democratic sue
cesses, and the cOrpses were not those OF
American born Democrats. We might
particulari2r and name a number OF
the political slain, but it is not material,
nor more to the point that we should do
80.
There are quite number Of adop ed
citizens Of the religious faith already
mentioned who know that what we say
is true for they have passed the trying
ordeal. Still, with fidelity that, to say
the least is remarkable, these defeated,
spurned, despised, trampled-upon
Democrats stick to their party through
adversely as well as through prosperity
But in another sense it is surprisingly
strange that lriSEmen cling with such
devoted tenacity to the Democratic
party, even when that party has become
the free trade party of the nation. The
evidence is new and fresh that the
Democratic party would if it coult
break down the protection throw1
around American industries anC
American labor, and put this country
into active competition with the pau
per-paid labor of Europe. Look at thu
degradation of labor IN Ireland, in Eng
land in Scotland, in Germany, in Ital.
and every other nation where there il
an aristocracy of the people. Labor ha
beeL degraded because aristocracy
spurns it, and yet lives and fattens upol
its proceeds.
Degraded and trampled into tn
earth, millions Of the laborers of Europ
have braved suffering and the danger
of the ocean to find better home, wher
labor is better paid, in land wher
American industries are fo#tered ant
protected by the strong arm of the GOV
ErnmeMt. Were a roll to be prepared
and every Irishman in America answe {
~ his name, it would be found tina
half of the population of the Green Isl
had ilnmigrated over to America. VIII
do they come here ? Because labor a
home was not remunerative enough t
preserve them from starvation. BritiS
manufacturers had to compete with til
protected industries and labor Of til
United States, and the only way to d
that was to cut down the prices of ID
Dor.
The result of this state of affairs wa
that labor immigrated to the Unite
States, where it was better paid. LII
borers cameby the tn 'usands and ten
OF thousands. They came, leavin
their families behind them until sue
time as they could earn enough to sen
and bring them over. They found Ell
ployment here, employment that Tai'
They gathered their families aroun
them and became owners OF pleasan
comfortable homes, and many of the
have hrcOme the leading manufacture
IL he large manufacturing marts oI II
r'Un,ry What made this chang
Why "ere these people starving
h"'"r, and why wrrrthey prosperous
1hir country? These questions II
rhAiiS dINNfT'u, anu INC answer 10 bi
III thls country labor is protected
"'hrr countries il is degraded.
l. tins view Of the cast not u CORE
oNr2 Is there an Irishman Ill Wi
ming On who can conscientious ly 81
>hai his is not true? This aduIlltC
bI NJ 80 q step farlL'r What polite
parry j. Il Mat affords this molcrllt
%hI,t protects American industries. Al
It, r"LHcVnuncc protects labor A
aw'r noaeslly, " lrishnen ofN llnnn
Ton who 'hrpug our busy W rkSI"p",
It not IN" great ltnpnhIicAn party
th' natiuu' What political parry "
II ma On Tursda} las' was defeated
hs a''NInW 10 tear away 'hiS prutectl'
ao0 degrade American labor to a le,
N'N rhc enforced low labor wages
EWlud" AuS~"r honestly, y" Iris
M n ri WtlminpI'n, was it Not t
b"n"rratic party?
Then, We ask agtin, how can his
nrI consistently belong IT, the p e {
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