Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-07-08
WE ARE ONE YEAR OLD.

Irish American enters upon It's
second year. We have endeavored
to give to our fellow Irish Amer
leans clean, interesting family
paper, and at the same time advo-
cate their best interests, defend
them from injustice and calumny,
and encourage fraternity and har-
mony among them. Perhaps we
have not fulfilled expectations-no
paper ever does the first year. Too
much is generally expected, and
there is no consideration of the diff
6culties to be overcome, the labor
and sacrifice in establishing news
paper, by the general reading pub
lie. We have, despite all this,
ignored partisanship, schemes and
side issues for monetary or other
gains, and adhered to our an
nounced policy of an Irish-Amer-
lean organ, devoted to their inter
ests and defense first of all, and
striven to give to them paper free
from vulgarity, vituperation and
everything offensive to the sense of
propriety. Whenever Irish Amer
leans have been assailed, ridiculed
or unjustly treated, no matter by
whom, we have resented it. In the
recent political contest in this city,
without espousing either side, we
defended Instantaneous from at
tacks and protested against unfair
ness to them by the press and polit-
ical leaders on both sides. In that
contest, not yet concluded, Irish
Americans were and are still di-
vided, as they have right to be,
and while, in common with all
other citizens, they will probably
fight it out to a finish, we propose
to defend them in that right and
to resent any imputation or act
against them because they are
Irish-a practice altogether too
common in this community in the
past fifty years. Irish Americans
are entitled to the same privileges
and respect as all other citizens,
and even though we may disagree
with some of them OH the issues
really involved, we shall insist that
the issues be fairly and decently
discussed and decided without slurs,
insults or unfairness to Irish
leans, no matter what political party |
or candidate they advocate or
oppose.
We detest that spirit which de-
cries and would deprive of the priv
ileges of our liberal government
and institutions any one on account
of race or religion, and those who
indulge in such toryism will GER
tainly be called down by the Ken
lucky Irish American. We believe
that is what we are here for, and
have done it on every occasion to
date, striking sometimes in one
direction and again in another;
sometimes this newspaper and then
that, or this political party or the
other-but always in behalf of
Irish American interests. We know
that in the excitement of politics
our real position and motive in crit
icising utterances and acts of poll
ticians may have been doubted or
questioned by those who sided with
the same politicians, but time re-
veals all clearly and in the right,
for we had occasion to criticise all
parties in the brief campaign and
for the same thing-ridiculing, SIAN
1ering or unfairly treating Irish {
What we did we are
ready to do again if the occasion
pliers, regardless of who may be
he guilty party.
To those who have shown their {
appreciation of the Kentucky Irish |
American by their aid and patron f
lge we are thankful, assuring them S
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