Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-08-02

Since my former communication was l mailed the CITIZEN, the wires have told ] ls that no less than five leading lTIsh- 1 American journals, heretofore Demo- ! cratic, have announced themselves for tue white plumei chiettain of Maine. ! this IS cheering news, and as it was ex- pectei 1t would be by your cores yondent. Ihelr names are, The lrish World. "a host In itselfl: the Irish NatIon, tine Tablet, ia leading Catholic GeeRls J; the Freemau's Journal, Me dastry, e0itOrl: all of New York; the American C lt of St Louis aud the Ceit Uf Denver. Col.
 As a floating straw indicates the coIrse of the current so does the dis affection of the-e SIX journals, in no -mali way, indicate tEe way their Ameri- cau Celtic readers and supporters will vote next November. CIeveiaGd Was too great an incubus for them to carry. aud they very wisely and patrIOtlcally transferred the,r support Co an aoler and by far less ooje jectionahie mau, one whom themselves and their hundreds
 f thousands of intelligent readers Can c'ustIentiOusiy support, one possessing no prO-Britisl sympathIes and unac- NAHCA bA tlN HOGAnl AAAtsH -NtA
 70 ms oPonent. By and by as the can vass progresses, we will have announced fresh journalistic withdrawals ir.m sup p,Tt of the yetuIag governor of New
 York, and who, uuul made governor ot
 that great State was comparatively
 lnknoNn to any considerable extent outside ui it. \ politician of mushroom
 growth, he Is without a political record
 by which to gauge hlm other than what
 Iis pohticai betrayal uI the laborlng
 masses ui hIS State has nA Ade for hlIn,
 and tGat beyond dOubt will cOnSIgn
 lim to everlasting political oblivion
 after the lits oi neXt November. To
 them be has proved a political Judas,
 and the man who Uefrdys m iittle things
 AlIl moi hesitate about betraying in bIg
 hing, when the opportunity IS given
 nm. As PTesId.nt of the Republic this
 h4ncr he wonld have. and It Is nOt 10
 toe expected that he would, as such. pos
 ,es more concern foi tine interests of the
 a8or.nL masses of the nation than hl-
 record na- suuWn be has for tae we'll
 fare of the same class H. New lD-a. ts
 ,t :o be supposed that the mere change
 # position would work so radical a
 cha Igc of heart ani purpose IT. Mir.
 Cleveland aS would sustain hIm ln
 ppOsi8g his party $ policy and prln-
 r,.le,: The sUPpusit.On Is lar too
 logical to be seriously entertained. and
 Is unsupported hy the president la
 Am-rlcau politics. He has been put
 ioith as the living exponent of Demo
 cratic principles. and as among them IS
 2 rIn-lpie of free trade in favor of a
 nation at war with our system of govern
 mrut there K nobody ioOilsa enough "a
 believe that he would, If elected re
 lOgLce that or indeed guy other oi tLo prncIpies which have distinguished his party for tae last half century.
 But among the most pernlCIuuS oi the
 teacl.uEs uf Democratic politicians lS
 their free trade doctrine. which lyaUrcs
 thai just and necessary protection to
 Amerl -au lab q. industry uud c;- ,i!ial ll-
 vested as would, and as it ,. uolu- ..ow,
 Sl-ialn ali three aEams. free, or partly
 free. in .urtatlDus from without ouT borders. aud particularly a-alLS; such mportlilou- from Great BTitzIu.
 ihr Democrats i.gUr H is-.i for rry- -ute only, or a~ the Chicago convent .u pUt IT, ly wgy ui NmplIng the dtyil around a post, ~exclusIyely,' and to that -XteMt favor El-llSh Interests, as uI- posed to the industrial welfare oi tEsII own country. For the lr.sn born c.'l- zens og iie republic tuIs question ui tauif at this tune ought tu posses u0 1 irltnC interest. No irishmaR that B emitted to suffrage lu this country can -ous-Ieniiausly. fl true tD the land oi l~ birth, support the Democratic party, i walch. according to its declarations on O .a s.HNH fHH 1 O.. policy and government, Is tGe Bag Us party, while the Republican party ls 1 tue Amerlcan party pure and unadUlier- ated, not. however. Iu the sense Cf past Know nothinSiE but m a broader and .ofIier aLd more patriotic sense. lae 1 latter Is tue protector Of American ia- DOT. American happiness aud prosperity, American maullnrSs and independence, whilc the former. like the deadly upas tree, would, li allowed, destroy them all. HeToStratGS. that he Illrht Wln Iil- mortality. burned down the world .1m- nus Ephc-ian temple of DlanE. but the Democrats would do more If allowcl | full SWAY; they woald. in the interests
 uf power and nation whose ha''cI If ih.s country iS moi of to-day nor yes- 1 terIav, but ot a century's growth, de. stroy forever the glorious punthe .u "i American freedom, erected by a Ns-h. ngiou. to perpetu"te tGa end uf tLclI mlsand raie on ibis continent
 kmpEiug these historical truths, tud seeing, or rather noting. the acts of the Democratic party. and the desperate ef. ! forts a has made at intervals during the ! last tWeuty-four years m behalf of the ubroEatiuu of all protection Co AMeH' rsu labor and industry, l- i' any wOaGeI i that thoughtful men express surprise al ihe emugly blind alleEiaIce whicl l lEe lrlsh citizens, as cnntraulstHgmslcu 1 from other ciliz-us of foreign birth. g.yt It. r. hey profess themselves, and justly, Eugiand'S av"wyd enemies, auu | vet. for al teat, they give and and com l fort to England aui help English Ihtcr | ,st- by every vote they give the Demo cratic yarty. Why give sucn hlm1. -ul cidal allegiance to thIS party, winch tol more than half century has been pro ! British m its poiitic5l pobcy. and wh'cl | Is Its pClicy even tO-daN? lrishuen ow' ! he Democratic party nothing. noi cyei ,he homage of their respect. lis lead els favor free trade with LuEla.d, and they are iu-t to tha; extent England ! friends recau-e 4 has been for man! wears tue strongest desire of Britlsl | Iutcr<. poliucIanS and manufacturers i' ,ucraft the Eugllsh colonial system with rc.aId to imports, upon the paba' | policy of this country. Ought not thu | suiT @ to open the eyes of lEish-Ameri
 cans. and point out 60 them the path e
 duty ia ihs approaching campaign Bnt apart from this one issue. ther' | C ,uid b. many reasons urged why l'isi | Amorlcats should mot support C.cvc | land: but as tt might oe charge | tna- appeal to their pr.Ju eices instead of c thel7 reason ant
 lutellir.nce, as desire to dc, shai
 moi here euumera.s th-m but leave tni
 reader tu draw hIs own IufcTeuces a~ t' ! the nature of the reasons that might u' 1 given. Irishmen tO be consistaut mus wager a, bitter Uarelentlng warfET'
 araiust England on this Continent ia they favor wsr.ng ID Ireland and Lon ,ion against her. aad know of no mor' | forc,h.r way to do go than Tor them i' sternlv refuse to support the part! | whose whole history is reple;e with pro Bltl~h sympathies, and whose r7esen ,oncv aims at GS great distraction C