The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-23
THE BOi.TinG PIRATE.
Its Denim citation Of lrish.Am trlcnns-
Muuthp,cce OF q Suulicss Tribe.

Its Denim citation Of Irish M rIcnnB-
| sinuthp,cce OF Suulless Tribe.
Chicago Cur ent (Iud.)
Harpeps lleeky is, by the grace OF ita
owners' dictum, Il ''jsurnal Of civilization"
God save the mark
II has grown formidable on the acquisi.
tions Of piracy- 1t is controlled by com.
bination OF Captain Kidds, Turyeydrops,
Know Nothings and Paarisees. It's torch
not only eliminates, but destroys. 1t is at
once buccsneer and bigos. 1t is Yam kee
peddler, with wares to sell, q brigand with
ransom to claim, a smooth-tongued mis-
si,Egry with IN olive branch in one hand
and athletic III the other. Vociferously
crying lis ci,ilizjng erraud, it DIS polls,
hounds, menaCes and attempts to crush ali
who declinet to BIZ measured for the cloth 1t
cuts. 1t processes the true American
tone and spirit, and yet for years
il has r.d.cn!ed, threatened aud DETAINED
those of The Irish people who, having III
good faith accepted the invitation 10 come
10 these shores and assist in the upbuiIdina
Of the Republic, have come with axe and
spade, with strong arms to hold plow,
With broad shoulders to bear musket, and
who have refused 10 ait down in idleness,
but have been content with any opportu.
nifty for honest work, however hard or
humble They come to work, but have not
been slow to fight, aud on the fisld of bat.
tie, asking only sabre room, they have
given to the country OF their adoption the
| clenchtd hands0f Logan, a kearney and
Sheridan. For this Harper's Weekly has
made them Tor years the subject of tn.
mcss malicious carricature. And yet il
benrs the legend: "a journal Of Civilizs-
,t!on WS = az ;5S5;:sissl..
1t ia not to DO wondered at, therefore,
that Republicans do not regret lts bolt. IT.
ailiauco encourages the foe. Some lanes
are long in turning, but the turn is iueyi-
taoe. Retrioutive justics is. sometime
DELAYED, but it comes surely, and Harper's
Weekly is on the eve OF learning this gr.a,
lesson. As a journal it has had literary
and artistic merit to commend it, but from
tho beginning 1t has been a trimmer in
opinion. Upon lis .iriends it has never
been slow TO turn Tor the sake OF profit. Ii
vili6ed tho South when time for viiiticatiou
had passed and the time for help had come,
1t fossakea the party that supported it on
the very eva Of battle, upon the cant PIE.
text OF devotion to a higher ideal, but in
the hope that it's business may be bettereo
by temporary desertion for the sake Of in.
aincero principles. Z. Is 5.,.lI,
The concern Of which it is the voice has
grown fat on the brains OF authors VIII
have starved under its piratical policy, and
yet it processes itself the authors friend, Il
is, therefore, high time that its mou.hpiec.
OF ehilty, thrifty, eoulless tribe should bt
brought to bar. 1t has invited censur,
by i's abuse Of privilege, scorn by is as
sauits upon the poor and humble, denun.
citation by i!s Justification Of party and
patriotic opinion, and will deserve th,
withdrawal Of that support lis false pre-,
fences have heretofore won. Having set
itself up deliberately Gs the apostle Of liz
own shnmirable conceits, with it's RECORD
by which 1t may be judged, all honest men,
OF wnstsver party or creed, will welcom,
tho collapse OF this organ Of selfish and
mercenary impulses-impnlses which hay,
80 long acted through channels Of hypo
critic pretenston. j,.s; 81. =. - I-' =