The Irish standard., 1888-10-20
BEN HARRISON'S ANCESTRY,
A Few Facts Taken From History
The Republican Presidential Mem
inee Comes of "Noble Blood"
CROMWElL's RIGHT HAND MAN.
1.-THE Traits That Endeared the Forefathere
to Their Oountrymen Will be Found
in tho Descendanta.'

in the Descendants"
a few quotations in history from such
men as Lingard, Macauley and Others
who are sufficiently anti-Catho|ic and
anti.Irish TO satisfy the most exactin2
bigot; and from Gen. Lew Wallace S
"Iife Of Gen. Harrison" which has
been adopted by the Republican Ma
tional Committee as the campaign biog
raphy Of their candidate, may not he
amiss at tins time:
The Democratic party gives no ad-
herence to the doctrine that g mans
ancestry should influence the people in
calling him to public Office. 1t abhors
an aristocracy in politics, whether Of
blood or wealth, whether crowned Or
uncrowned. II holds that "all men are
born free and equal The Republican
patty, on the other hand, has ALWAYS
been the supporter Of ''the classes
against the Masses" and in this CAM
paign they lay particular stress on the
The Republican press has been filled
with eulogies Of his forefathers, and
biographers have SO Landed thern as to
MAKE them more prominent than the
candidate himself Particularly no.
ticeable, in this respect. is the biogra-
ply by Con. Lew Wallace, to which we
refer Himself q personal friend Of
General Harrison, and noted as a bril-
liant writer of romance. General Wal
lace adrOitly managed Uarrisou's can
didacy for nomination. at Chicago, and
afterwards went to Indianapolis to
write the life of the Republican candi-
date under that candidates Immediate
supervision. Ths work, as is adyer
tised Ivy the Republican organs, was
largely compiled from notes furnished
by General Harrison himself, and is Of
fered to the public as ''the on!v author
lied life Of Benjamin Harrison" No
injustice will be done, therefore, III
treating this work AS an exposition of
what The Republican managers and
their candidates desire to have said OF
Benjamin Harrison in the present cam
paign.
AS to the merits Of this argument of
tnoble hlooG,' it IS submitted to the
candor ct the public that. it a mar in
s1st ou standing on the record OF his
ancestors, he must stand OF, their whole
record He cannot adopt tho good and
reject the bad, Still. General Harri-
sons sbiographers and supporters have
teen careful TO do this very thing.
They pick out d few actions which may
be considered co,nmendab]e and omit
actions which ought to bring the blush
of shame 10 the descendant Of such
men. TO supplement- their statements,
the records OF reliable historians, who
did not write for >'campaign purposes"
are now submitted, and in submitting
them full acceptance is made Of the
truth broad y laid down by Gen, Wal
lace IN these words: "The traits that
endeared the forcfathers to their coun.
trymen. will be found in the descend
anti
The first OF these ancestors mentioned
by Gems Wallaee is Thomas Harrison,
one of Oliver Cromwell's soldiers, whose
good actions, so far as recounted, con
sisted: in being one OF the judges who
condemned. King Charles the First to
death, and in subsequently being exc
cuted for the same. In reality this
Thomas Harrison was Cronwell's most
subservient tool. not only in executing
the King, but also in later znoyem ents
for thel ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of Cromwell.
The,eSis one country where Col Har-
rison will never be forgotten, and that
ia Ireland; for. he was Crornwe]l's right
hand man when the Iron Protector
''subjugated Ireland as ireland had
never been subiugated during the Ave
centuries of slaughter which bad
elapsedi since the landing Of the first
Norman settlers. - Macauley's Hist.
of England, Vol. l, 97.)
The world knows something of how
terrible this crusade against the Irish
people was carried on from Drogheda
t, Clonme(. During Eve days the
streets of Drogheda ran with blood; re-
Yenge and fanaticism stimulated the
passions Of the soldiers; from the garri
son they turned their swords against
the inhabitants, and one thousand I'M
resisting victims were inundated to.
gether within the walls of the great
churchIwbither they had flown for pro-
lection. From Drogheda the conqueror
led his men, flushed with slaughter. to
the siege. of Wexford. The timid coun-
sels,of the townsmen were suppressed
by the resolution of the Governor; but
traitor opened the castle to the enc
my. the adjacent wall was Immediately
scaled, and, after q stubborn but I'M
availing resistance in the market place,
Wexford was abandoned to the mercy
Of the assailants. The tragedy so re-
contlv acted at nr0ohe6a xraa rannwpd |