St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-08-07
The Case Well Stated.

Hon. Patrick Collins, of Boston, the first pres
ident of the National League in this country and
at present chairman of the Democratic committee
of Massachusetts, spoke last week, and the St.
Louis Republican thus epitomized his speech
WORDS FIFTY SPOKEN
There is a vast amount of demagogism being
spoken and printed at this time to influence the
votes of foreign born citizens, much of which is
utterly discreditable to those who utter it, and
that must be extremely distasteful to those to
whom and of whom it is uttered. From this
sort of partisan rubbish it is genuine pleasure
to turn to the sentiments proclaimed by Hon.
Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts, i'll speech
delivered at Albany, N Y, at the recent ratif
cation meeting. The distinguished speaker on
that occasion said:
"Those of who were born in Ireland, or
spring from the Irish race, are here to stay.
Whatever Irish affiliations, ties or affections
may be-and / hope they are many-In Amer
can politics we are Americans, pure and simple
We ask nothing on account of our race or creed
and we submit to no slight or injury account
of either. We and our children and our children's
children are here merged in this great, free,
composite nationality, true and loyal citizens of
the state and federal systems, sharing in the
burdens and the blessings of the freest people
of the earth. All ask Is
man who takes less or demands more is no true
American Those who seek to make Us clam
oring class in the community, seeking to
American political means to other than Ameri
can ends, are merely invertng Know-Nothing-
ism, and playing upon the impulses of men for
their own selfish purposes. 1t is no compliment
to that schemers fancy we can be thus
played upon, We are taking part in an
American election contest, in which the ques-
ton to be decided is this: Which of the par
ties will give the best administraton-the
safest. purest, most economical? Under
which will the country be most likely to be
prosperous at home and respected abroad:"
The dignity and manhood of these utterances
appeal at once to the heart and the judgment of
every citizen. Every true American whether he
be of native foreign birth, will approve this
the right view of a much talked of feature of our
politics. 1t is certain that the nationality to
whom Mr.. Collins spoke will not only endorse
every word he said, but will thank him for ex-
pressing their sentiments in language so forcible
and impossible to be misinterpreted and misun-
derstood. In the course of his remarks the sBme
speaker gave the reasons which influence him
and those who believe with him to support the
Democratic ticket. He said
1--WE prefer to take this trip at least with the
party that never trailed the American flag in the
dust at home or abroad; that made the declara-
ton, Il am an American citizen the key to open
the prison door abroad to the court room or to
liberty; that acquired the mighty western do
main; that fostered our plantations and our in
dustries till the land bossomed in prosperity
and gladness; the party that stood by the
farmer and workingman against monopoly and
greed the party that stood in all its days by the
foreigner against every form of prescription and
tyranny. 1t is the party of the people, of local
self-government, individual liberty, pure and
economical administration.
These are reasons which ought to have equal
force with all Americans. They are of the very
essence of the contest now going on. All citizens
of all classes are affected alike by them.