The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-06-30
AN RISHMAN'S VIEWS.
o'sullivan Discusses People
and Platform at Length.
WHY HE IS A REPUBLICAN
And Why All Irishmen Should be,
The Philosophy Of His Politics
and the Reason for the Faith
Within Him-Hls Speech.

lican National ticket and platform, SAT-
at Republican ratification meeting a
Braddock:
81 am glad to take my stand by til,
party which represents American pro
gress, and the true champion and de
fender Of American rights, and the guar
dian OF American honor. Yes, the party
that produced Lincoln, Grant, Blaine
aye Harrison, the future President o
this glorious Republic. regret it is moi
my happy lot to be u born citizen of this
Republic, but in the absence OF that ]
can claim rank among her adopted
citizens and / glory in that sacred banner
and constitution that | have sworn al.
Iegiance TO. As an Irishman. l could
not be true to the land OF my birth were
| other than a Republican, and certainly
II l proved unworthy OF the land OF my
birth, could never become proper
citizen OF the land of my adoption. l
could not be true to my principles, and
would be devoid of every spark OF man
hood and Irish patriotism had l given
my support to Grover Cleveland, the
man who only few weeks ago used his
influence to pass an extradition treaty
TO hand over unfortunate political refu-
gees to despotic government to die in
British dungeons. No, cannot believe
in the policy OF the man who wants to
hand over the rights Of the American
citizens, us he attempted to do in the
fishery question, TO government which
had TO be driven from this country by
your fathers and foreiathers.
A PEER OF EGAS.
81 am glad to take my stand with
Patrick Egan, who gave his vote and
voice for that grand Republican party at
the Chicago Convention. We hear Of
the bait thrown out to the workingmen
against 'monopolies' and trusts, but
what OF W. J.. Scott, Cleveland's mouth
piece? Is he not the monopOlist and
avowed enemy OF the workingmen? II
workingmen believe in organizations to
guard their interests just let them take
to heart what every organized labor as
sociatiOn has stated, and note with eau
ton the burning words OF condemnation
against the Mills Bill, and they will
soon learn where their best interests are
to be found. lrishmen come to this
country to better their condition, be.
cause they have been driven by an ini-
quitous system Of government from
their native land, yet they east their
vote for the nominee OF that very same
government"
HIS IDEAS OF PROTECTION.
Mr.. O'sullivan continuing, said:
"Irishmen ought to recollect how pros
porous their country was under the los-
tering care ola protective policy, enacted
by their own Parliament, and vet they
persist in bringing this country to the
same level as their own. | maintain
that the man who is possessed with such
ideas, is the veriest slave, and unfit to
breathe the unpolluted air Of freedom in
America. Personally ] could not advo-
cate protection in public platforms in
Ireland and come over here and advo.
cate free trade, to reduce the people here
to the position OF the paupers OF Europe.
| believe in the fullest protection for
everything America can produce, or
will produce in the iuture, and il reform
is to take place at all, let it be Mt the cost
and expense Of foreigners, and make
them pay for the privilege OF trading
with this country.
~ maintain that it is the duty ofevery
good mother to attend to the wants OF
her own children. If after having them
well provided for, she can afford to ex-
tend her charity to others, let her do so.
England is afraid to attack this country
by force OF arms, as she well knows how
disgracefully defeated she was before,
but now she attacks her industries to
find labor for those they have reduced
to starvation, by endeaVoring to main
tain their abominahle show OF royalty.
IRIsHMEN NATURALLY PRoTEcTIoNlsTs.
'It is quite bad enough for foreigners
to be driven as exiles from their own
lands and they should not vote fora poll
icywhich will ultimately drive them from
the land OF their adoption. l would say
that il | were anative American, would
lose the last drops Of my blood, us your
fathers have done, before surrendering
what they handed down to you, and
which cost them their lives. Bismarck
has advocated protection, Blaine has ad-
vocated protection, ParnGll has done
likewise, and Dayitt is q thorough pro-
tectionlst.
"The organized labor unions in this
country have advocated and demanded
protection, yet in the face OF all that,
wage workers vote, or say they will, for
free trade. ] say Ii they do, they will
yet kneel In their own blood crying to
heaven for vengeance against the man
or men who advocated it. What would
become OF Braddock, only for the Ed
gar Thompson Steel Works? Yes, the
streets would become pasture fields, and
l believe that to be the end, il the Mills
bill passes into a law,
What closed up all the corn mills in
Ireland? What brought on the land
agitation there? Isay 1t was free trade,
allowing flour, butter and cattle TO come
in without any duty! ! cannot see how
any Irishman can be anything but n
proteCtiOnist, and am confused to think
a workingman can be any other than
radical protectionist. believe
in the policy OF Abraham Lincoln! l
believe in the party who took the shack
les off 100000 slaves! | believe in the
party that has furnished such men rs
Lincoln, Grant, Blaine, Sherman, Sheri.