Wichita eagle., 1888-08-02

corrupt where she cannot caiole, who
Will bride where she cannot otherwise
conquer. Who destroyed Ireland's com
merce and manufactures that her OWL
might prosper, who is seeking to destroy
our manufactures that her own may fill
our markets: who is by the money oil
the Golden club seeking to buy us as
she bought the Irish borough lords; who
desires to see Grover Cleveland elected
president. and hopes TO see every Irish
man who has been driven to this coun-
try by her relentless tyranny and OPP
preston, vote for the Democratic party
and free trade. and thus again heat the
rod to burn his own fingers. The greed
of Shylock is indeed heavenly attribute
compared with the commercial policy
of England. Her laws and measures in
opposition to the attempts of the Ameri-
can colonies at manufacturing We're
among the grievances which led to our
Declaration of Independence. and the
same repressive legislation which she
tried upon this country she successfully
practiced upon Ireland from the day she
conquered it up to this time.
Instead of attempting to develop the
varied resources of the country by COM
MERGE and manufacture, the English
| people and government sought rather to
contine them to tilling the soil alone,
that she might possess the Irish markets
tor her manufactures, as she desires to
| throttle ours for the same purpose
through the deadly Democratic upas of
free trade. The Irish were forbidden to
export live cattle. and one of the great
est Industries of the country was broken
I'D in the interest of English farmers.
In like manner sheep farming and the
manufacture of wooden goods were
killed. Until 1916 the importation of
woolens, glass and other Irish manu-
features into England were prohibited in
the interest of England.
When England saw that wealth lay in
| manufactures and commerce she heavily
protected both in her own interests, and
sought In every way and succeeded in
breaking down ireland, as she has been
constantly trying to do in this country,
| and her ever faithful ally has been the
Democratic party.
viii Irishmen who have made this
country the home of their adoption to es-
cape the tyrrany of England, continue
by their votes to keep in power the
party that is the ally of the government
that has for centuries crushed and robbed
Irishmen of their birthright: VIII Irish
men by their votes assist England in es-
tablishing4in this fair and prosperous
country a system of industrial slavery
such as exists in Ireland today-a condi-
ton of serfdom, misery, poverty and
wretchedness unparalleled in the history
of the human race?
England ever SAYS to us as she said to
Ireland: Bring US food and we will man
ufacture for you: till the soil for us and
we will spin and forge and mine for you.
By combining Irishmen to the impover-
ished soil of their island, three-fourths of
which is kept in sod for their lords
pleasure, she hoped to get cheap food for
her own artisans. but succeeded only in
impoverishing the people and making
charnal house Of the green isle.
Could England close up our mills and
mines, silence our FORCES and drive all
our artizans to tiiling the soil, she would
do for us what she has done for Ireland,
but she would get cheaper wheat, corn
and meat
Why is it that Irishmen have so zeal
ously and persistently voted with the
party that has always given up our mar
kets to Sheffield and Manchester when
they had the power, and are now seeking
power that they may do it again? The
Democratic party has always claimed to
be the special friend of the poor man and
the laborer. How has 1t proved it: By
uphOlding slavery, which is the last
degradation of labor; and when it could
not force it into our new territory,
before the vi gin soil had ever been
pressed by the foot of a human slave.
When it could no longer WELD the
nations power liz protection of their
right to own human chastels and drive
them in the field as an OK is driven, they
rebelled and sought to destroy our stately
editice of government-the finest fabric
Of human hands and genius.
The Democratic party has thus far Sc
cured the allegiance of the Irish voters
by exciting their prejudices against the
negro. But was it the negros fault that
he was slave? Could not Irishmen see
that in Democrat Shareholders view
slavery meant labor and labor meant
slavery? Had the Democratic party sue
ceeded in making Kansas a slave state,
and an 1rishman and slave. as might
have been, had been put to work in the
same field-where would h We been the
difference between the two i'll the esti-
nation of the Democratic owner of the |
field? How much credit does the Dem
cratic party deserve for this state of af !
fairs not existing: The slave owner |
despised labor, white or black, and his |
descendants do to this day, because Ia /
Dor TO him was always slaves work. /
To own slave was a southern Demo !
Gratis patent of nobility, and where you /
meet a southern Democrat today he is |
constantly Boosting that he once owned /
slaves. There are at least dozen here
in Wichita who probably make that |
boast every day of their lives.
This is what Democracy has done for /
labor and would do again. and in its !
alliance with the Golden club in sup |
port of the English free trade policy, it |
would, if it could, close up our mills and !
factories, turn all our people to raising
corn as the Irish have been to potatoes. /
and make our fair country a second ire
land?
Will Irishmen continue to aid through
the Democratic party, the government
whose cruel laws have compelled them
to leave the land of their nativity, or
will they vote with the party that has
preserved a government, that when he
sets foot upon American soil that the
ground wherein he treads is consecrated
to universal liberty by the hand of the
party:
EMMETT CALLAHAN.
PANHANDLE PICKINGS.