Daily Republican., 1884-07-26

ingmen that make up the party TO the
Democracy. Were it not for Mr.. Ford I
there would be no inducement what
ever for this class of voters to further .
continue giving their support to the
cans of Wilmington are not radically
different from their brethren of other
cities and the same cadses which in $
New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Philadel-
phia, Chicago and all other cities are
carrying this people over TO the Repub-
lican party are moving them in Will
mington TO the support of Blaine and
Logan. Though there has been no
popular outburst amongst the Irish
Americans of our city in favor of the
two men who stand as the representa-
tives of true American thought and
American manhood, il is well known
and conceded by leading Democrats
that hundreds of Irish Americans in
our city will vote straight-out for
Blaine and Logan, and in such man
ner as there will be no conjecture as to
how they voted.
IL must not be supposed, either, that
these men who have the manhood to
7reak away from the shackles of party
tyranny which have SO long bound
them, will vote for Blaine and Logan
merely because they advocate posi-
tive and distinctive American policy in
regard to the rights of citizenship. Will |
mington is emphatically manufactu- |
ring city. Her large iron works, ship |
yards, car-shops, morocco manufacto-
ries, coach manufactures, canning es-
Establishments and wooden and cotton
mills are her pride. They give employ
ment to thousands of workineu. With
out them she might still have been an
unpretentious borough. The men EN-
ployed in these manufactures have
built themselves comfortable homes,
where they live in tue midst of comfort
and plenty.
These thousands OF worlSmen are at
last awakening u the fact that these
manufactures are only kept in opera
ton by the protection afforded to and
thrown around them by the present
system OF protection 10 American in
dustries and thai through this protec-
ton American labor is protected. They
see now as they never saw before that
the Democratic party is the party OF
free trade, and free trade means re-
duction in the wages i'll Wilmington &c
a level with the wages paid in Europe
that grinds la Dor into The very dust OIL
the earth.
These Irish Americ IN laborers are
watching the course of events They
have been watching for two or tire,
years past how things were going
H1.axr h.,- .. - q
agitation increased work became scarce
and wages less. They have noticed, roo
that it was not the Republican party
that wanted TO reduce the tariff, They
have noticed that the lower the tarit
was made the more British manut;ic.
tured goods We're admitted TO III,
United States. They have currectl y
concluded that the more manufactured
goods were admitted into this country
under a low tariff, the less goods wer.
required TO be manufactured here, AN,
The less demand there would be tui
their labor.
They have concluded correctly tina
10 compete with the British manut.tc
tured goods wages in this country mu>
he reduced as low as wages III tia
brought Viewing everything III tin
correct light these Irish America
workmen, and native American work
men as we'll see that by longer castiu
their votes for the Democratic part
they are emphatically voting in favo
of less work and lower wages
They are beginning to see that the
are voting more to favor British work
men than American workmen. The
see that they are voting more in fave
of the British manufacturer, and seein
this they are determined to do so Il
longer. They have also heard wit
surprise the laudations of the DEM
cratic candidates for President au
Vice President by the BriLisu free-trad
papers, and they have heard the abu
heaped upon the Republican candidate
by the same papers. Seeing and kno,
ing all this, it is not surprising tn
there ID a general movement all ov
the country amongst Irish Americ ca
workingmen, and all naUionalities
support Blaine and Logan, not becau
they are Republicans specially, but b
cause they represent more fully the tr
American character and are in II
sympathy Win projection 10 Aiherici
Industries and American labor.
For long time past the EEPUBI
CAN has kept telling Irish A meric;
laborers that they were making a gre
mistake by supporting almost in IA bo
the Democratic party. 1t kept tell
them that all that party wanted WI
them was their votes. 1t told tn,
that they were only permitted TO he
and possess few minor offices !
higher than the City Council, in &C
sideration of making UP about tS
thirds OF the vote Of the Deinocra
party. 1t kept telling them That
Republican party that struck
shackles of slavery from the limbs
four millions of human beings Il
made men of them, was the true frit
OF labor.
To all our entreaties and argumei
the Democratic plea, "Stick to y
party was more potent, and for ye
these mistaken Irish Americans h
beeu voting against their own intere
But there is a break at last. We XII
1T would have TO come. We knew I
it was only question of time w
these people would get their e
opened. We knew that tine Democr
party, presuming that it had the Il
vote anyhow, would disclose its
purposes some time.