The Irish standard., 1886-10-02

litical power because of their disposition
to vote together. A constant struggle, =
he asserts, ISIS going on in nearly all the
northern cities between American tax
PAYERS and the Irish 'tax-raters, as they
are called, and it is the struggle for ex-
istence ON the part of the American elt-
ment.
Irishmen may well laugh at the knavery
of the Times limiting their strength IN
the United States to the members OF
their race in this country, born out OF it,
while it forgets, or endeavors to forget.
that nine-tenths Of the descendants OF
the Irish exiies to this land OF the free
for the last century love the country OF
their ancestors and hate the tyranny OF
England just as much as their fathers.
The New York Sun takes the other
''snake in the grass, - who spat his venom
against the Irish-Americans, over the
signature Of sAn American, in hand as
follows
s:I1 substance. this American asks the
English people to believe that the chief
evils of our political life, and more espe-
cially the corruption OF municipal ad-
ministration, are due to the Irish and
their innate wickedness. The case, ac-
cording to him, is the more deplorable
because these bad Irish1nen are nearly
all Roman Catholics, and so rnle their
Church, that almost the entire Catholic
sect vote the Democratic ticket.
'sIt is true that the Irish make them
selves felt in our politics more than the
Germans, but that is because they are
keener politicians and take more interest
in politics. The Germans are only occa-
siona|]y aroused to great political ac-
tivity, but the Irish love politics always.
The Irish, too, are earnest partisans,
while the Germans are apt to dissipate
their strength by kicking the party
traces, after the manner Of Mr.. Carl
Schurz.
"Therefore the Irish make themselves
felt politically to all extent greater than
their proportionate numbers and this
political power they get because their po-
litical ability and their attention to poll
tics entitle them to it. They are as
sidious in performing the highest duties
OF citizenship and they get their reward.
stIt used to be the fashion for many
people, perhaps for most people not of
irish blood, to talk after the manner of
this American correspondent of the Lon
don Times. Everything bad in our po-
litics and our society they laid at the
doors Of the Irish. But how is it now?
Whom did the people Of New York elect
as q reform Mayor? William r. Grace,
an Irisman and Roman Catholic. Who
has done more than any previous Mayor
for the reform Of the municipal admins
tration OF Boston, so that he commands
the respect aud praise Of all parties /?
Hugh O'Brien, an Irishmau and Ro-
man Catholic.
1.-THE old prejudice against the Irish
expressed by the correspondent OF the
Times is ceasing to exist among intelli-
gent Americans. In the Legislature, on
The bench, and i'll every department OF
public activity men of Irish blood are
conspicuous for ability and usefulness.
IF I1ishmcn are generally disposed
to vote the Democratic ticket, so much
che better for them. In that way they
can best serve the interests of the re-
public, whose strength and perpetuity
depend upon the maintenance OF Demo-
cratic principles.