The Irish standard., 1888-11-03

alien and sedltlCn laws, 1t must De re
membered, were then in force.
| Emmett received from cur Minister &
letter, from which the following choice
passage mag be culled:
"Aug. 2s, l7s9-.SIR: l ought to in
form you that really have no author
itY' to give OK refuss permission to You
or any other foreigner to 90 to the
United States, The admission and resi-
dence Of strangers In that country
being a. matter that, by a late law the
alien law. exclusively belongs to the
President It is true that the Govern
:nent OF this country (GTsat Britain y
in the course OF the last year, iii corse:
Quenc;: of my interference, gave me
assurances that a particular description
Of persons IN ireland, who, it was M
dsrstood, were going to the Uuited
States, should not be allowed to go
wit&eut our consent. This restraint
would doubtless be withdrawn in favor
OF individuals against whose emigration
should not object, and ( conclude ti:at
It is npor this suppOsition that you
have taken the trouble to communicate
to me your desire To ges!ueln The United
States. I ana sorry to make the re-
mark, and shall stand in need Of your
can!ior in doing 80, that large proper
ton OF the emjgrants from Ireland,
have ranged themselves upon the side
Of the mal,eontents ii. e., Democrats
and sylnpathiZers with France}, etc. %
If any student wants TO pursue this
correspondence further let him look at
any memoir of Thomas Adds Emmett.
After wandering OH the continent
aWhile the release came. The death
blow to Federalism was dealt in the
election TO the Presidency OF Thomas
j tfrerson. Emmett and AlacNevin
came to the United States, and made a
part OF it's history.
The Democrat. George Clinton. was
Governor Of the State, OF New York |
and his nephew, Dewitt Clinton,> WAS
Mayor OF the city. They were both OF
Irish blood ThsY took the exiles to !
their arms.
MacNevin found no difficulty in |
pracGicing his profession OF medicine at
once. A law OF ruls prevented the
lawyer Emuass from praeticing Law fo. |
six years. "A special act or rule WAS
made in his case; he was admitted to
the bar at oDce, and inside Of eight !
years the Democratic party made him
General OF the great State Of
New York
Vaguely comes to every man an idea
Of tbs roar OF London Isutpowhere
On this earth is equalled the noise at |
midway OF New York at Broadway and
Vesey Street On the one western cor. |
ner il the Astor House on the other
Saint Paul's Churchyard. Three mon
ument5 in thai city OF the dead are
prominent. One stands to the ever |
lasting memory Of Richard Montgon,
cry; the other two rest over the remains
Of Emmett and McNevin. !
Is it any wonder that .Emmet and his
kind voted for their friends? Is it any
wonder that "his people, after he was
gone, voted against the successors in
principle Of his assailants? For the
Wings struck the note Of the Federal
lists. Is it any wonder that men in
after times of his kin and Cace fought
he craze--to dignity it bY no better
lame--of 'KnownolhiDgism," the faint
:cho Of the Federaljst policy Of exc},1.-
sion ? Is it any special wonder that
;hey aud all like them go where they
IRE welcome and not where they are re-
>elled ?
The Republican party stands in the
shoes Of ali its predecessors, opponents
# the Democracy. 1t had one blessed
dea forced upon 1.-THE freedom Of the
lave. It was the idea that Jefferson.
sought to force upon Virginia more
han ninety years ago. When that idea
vas SET in the Constitution the allotted
work OF the Republican party was done,
t has ceased to os q party OF any idea
It ali.
AS for US, whom they call affection
te}y Irish Americans" once in
while, we do not want annual or quad
ennial friends.
The Democratic party stands in prin-
iple and in action where Jefferson left
t. 1t stands in the broadcast sense for
Individual liberty, the liberty Of the
amlly, the sovereignty (which means
he liberty Of each State within it's .
phere. and a union of the whole in a
Federal system for common national
reeds. Under the bene6cient sway of
his great Democratic idea this people
las grown from three to sixty milho1 8
q number, inviting freely good men
rom all the nations to become our citi I.
ems. TO meet their wants and the
wants Of their children under Demo- [
ratio Administrations we acquired by
purchase and by conquest, IN addition
o the old settlements. a domain great j,
r than that subject to the Romans.
his heritage is ours, whether born