The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-10-18
IRISH-AMER1CANS
ADDRESSED BY GENERAL BENJAMIN
HARRISON.

A BsautIfui Tribute 70 che Memory Of the
Gallant Soldier, Philip H. Sheridan, at
Indianapolis, September 1S, 1sss-Their
Devotion to the Constitution and Flag.
The following IL the speech Of General
Benjamin Harrison to the Irlsh-Ameri-
can club, of Chicago, at indianapolis,
Sept. 10, 1888.
'Mr. Beggs and my friends of the
Irish American Republican club of Cook
county, Ill., You were Irishmen, you are
Americans (cheers); Irish Americans.
Continued cheerings.) And though you
have given tho consecrated loyalty Of
your honest hearts to the starry flag
and to your adopted country, you have
not, and you ought not, to forget to
love and venerate the land Of your
nativity. Great applause) II you
could forget Ireland, II you could be
unmoved by her minstrelsy, untouched
by the appeals Of her splendid oratory,
unsympathetic with her heroes and mar
tyrs, should fear that the bonds Of
your new citizenship would have no
power over hearts 30 cold and consciences
80 dead. (Cheering.) What II q sprig
Of green was found upon the bloody
Jacket of q Union soldier who lay dead
on Missionary Ridge' The flag he died
for was his flag, and the green was only
memory and an inspiration. We,
native or Irish born, Join with the
Republican convention in the hope that
the cause of Irish home rule, progress
ing under the leadership Of Gladstone
and Parnell (cheers) upon peaceful and
lawful lines, may yet secure for Ire
land that which, as Americans, we 80
much value-local home rule. (Con-
tinued cheering.) I am sure that you,
who have In your own persons or in your
worthy representatives given such con-
vincing 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 80 httingly described.
Who, II not Irish Americans, versed in
the sod story Of the commercial ruin Of
the island they love, should be instructed
In the benefcient influence Of protect
I've tariff Qoud and continued cheering);
who, II not Irish-Amerioens, should be
able to appreciate the friendly influences
Of the protective system upon their indi-
vidual and upon their home livesf
(Applause.)
(which Of you has not realised that not
the lot Of man only, but the lot Of
woman has been made softer and easier
under its influencs' Applause and
Hear, hear and That's what's the mat
terry Contrast the American mother
and wife, burdened only with the cares
Of motherhood and of the household,
with the condition Of women in many Of
The countries Of the old world, where
abe Is loaded also with the drudgsry Of
toll in the held. (Applause.) I know that
aons more than Irishmen, who are %
characterized BY their Difference foy
women, and whose women have 30 finely
illustrated that which Is pure In female
character-will value this illustration oi
the good effects Of our American system
upon the home life. Nong continued
applause.)
"Thers are nations across the sea who
are hungry for the American market.
(Cries Of You bet they are, and That's
right, and they won't get them.D They
are waiting with eager expectation for
the adoption Of q. free trade policy BY the
United States. (Cries Of That will
never happen.D
"The English manufacturer Is per
suaded that an increased market fol
English goods in America Is good for
him, but I think 1t will be impossible to
persuade the American producer, or the
American workman, that 1t is good fol
them. loud applause and cries Of That
q rightly
II believe that social order, that Nat.
lonal prosperity, are bound up in the
preservation or our existing policy
loud cheering and cries of You art
rightly do not believe that republic
:an live and prosper whose wagearners
do not receive enough to make life com
Portable; who do not have some upward
avenues Of hope before them. When thu
wage-earners Of the land lose hope, wher
the star goes out, social order is impos
sible-and after that anarchy or tn,
czar. (Cheers and cries Of That's it.D
II gratefully acknowledge the compli
ment Of your call. I exceedingly regret
that the storm without made 1t impos
sible for me to receive you at my home
, Applause and cries Of Thanks,
'thanks.D will be glad to take eacl
member Of your club by the hand
loud and long continued applause.)
Another scene attracts our solemn
and even fearful interest, for while yor
are transacting your business herr
to-day draped train is bearing from th'
place of his sojourn by the sea to tn,
place of his interment at Washington
the mortal remains of Philip H. Sheridan
From the convention at Chicago we sen
him our greetings and our earnes
prayers for his restoration. To-day We
) mourn our hero, dead. You called hin
then favorite child of victory, and sucl
t he was. He was one of those great com
manders who, upon the field of battle
/ lowered very god Of war. applause.
He was one Of those earnest fight
ers for his country who did not q