The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-09-17

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people OF Ireland you have assisted
much in building up the strong publ
opinion which exists to-day in America
and which beyond doubt will in tn
near future, solve the question of tn
right OF the Irish people to seli.govern
ment, and for this you are to entitle'
and have our most grateful thanks
General Harrison, in response, said
"MK. BEGGs AND NY FRIENDS OF TIL
IRISH AMERICAN REPUBLICAN CLUB oI
Cook COUNTY, ILL.-You were Irish
men. You are Americans lcheersl i
Irish Americans continued cheeringl
and though you have given the conse
Grated loyalty OF your honest hearts t
the starry flag and your adopted coun
try, you have not, and you ought not +
forget to love and venerNtc the land o
your nativity. [Grcat applause. |
you could forget Ireland, II you coult
he unmoved by her minstrclsy, un
touched by the appeals o! her splcndit
Oratory, unsympathetic with her heroe!
and martyrs, ! should frcr that th,
bonds of your new citizenship woulC
have no power oyer hearts so cold ant
consciences so dead. Checrs.
"What il sprig Of. green were found
upon the bloody jacket OF Il Union sol
diCr who lay dead on Missionary Ridge
The flag he died for was his flag and the
green was only memory nndan inspIra
tioU.
I'VE, nutiye or Irish born, Join with
the Republican COnvontiOn'in the hope
that the cause of Irish home rule, pro.
crossing under the leadership OF Glad.
stone and Parnell [cheersl, upon peace.
ful aud lawful lines, may yet secure for
Ireland that which us Americans We so
much value-local home rule. LCon-
tinued checringl ] am sure that you,
who have. in your own persons or in
your worthy representatives, given such
convincing evidence OF your devotion TO
the American constitution and flag and
TO American institutions will not falter
in this great civil contest which your
spokesman has so tittingly described.
Who, ii not Irish-Americans, versed in
the sad story OF the commercial ruin OF
the island they love, should be instruc.
teaAih the beniiicent influence OF Il pro-
teCtive tariff? Loud and continuous
cheering.l Who, il not Irish-Amcri-
leans, should be able to appreciate the
friendly Influences OF the protective
system upon their individual and upon
their home life? Applause Which
OF you has not realized that not the lot
OF man only, but the lot OF woman, has
been made softer and easier under its
influence? [Applaase and Hear, hear,
and That's what's the natter. Con-
trast the American mother and wife,
burdencd only with the cares OF mother
hood and OF the household, with the
OF women in many OF the
OF the Old World, where she
is loaded also with the drudgery OF toll
in the field. [Applause.l
fRtsnNES F0R PROTECTION.
81 know that none more than 4risht
men, who are so characterized by their
Difference for women, and whose women
have SO titly illustrated that which is
pure IN female character, will value this
illustration Of the good effects of our
American system upon the home life.
Long continued applause.
"Therc are nations across the sea who
are hungry for the American market.
Cries OF You betthey are" and That's
right, and They won't get them. They
are waiting with eager expectation for
the adoption OF Free Trade policy by
the United States. Cries OF That will
never happen.'l The English manu-
ilCturer is persuaded that an increased
market Tor English goods in America is
good for him, but think il will be i'm
possible to persuade the American pro-
Queer and the American workman, that
it is good for them. Loud applause,
apd That is right | Ibelieve that social
order, that national prosperity, are
bound up in the preservation OF our eX-
isting policy. [Logd cheering, and cries
Of 'You are right.1 ] do not belieye
that Il Republican can live and prosper
whose wage-earners do not receive
enough to make life comfortable, who
do not have some upward avenues Of
hope open before them. When the
wage.earners OF the land lose hope,
when the star goes out, social order is
impossible, aud after that anarchy or the
Car. tChcGring and cries OF That's it.
81 gratefully acknowledge the compli-
ment OF your call and exceedingly regret
that the storm without made it impOssi-
BE for me to receive you at my house.
[ [ApiauGe md cries OF 'Thanks!1 l will
now be glad 10 take each member OF
your club by the hand" Loud and
long continued cheering.
Each one oi tho visitors was then pre-
sented to General Harrison, who also
shook hands with large number OF
veterans congregatedin the city en- route
home.