The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-10-26


the federal army. My brothers an
untlrs and others were fighting that
way Without any question of the
right OF wrong of his contention
wrote ka,k to him: 4 do not exactly
understand why that should appeal
to me- You are now coming to M
with the idea of Irish sclf-determina
ton. Mississippi wanted sclf-deter
minaticn, and Virginia wanted self
determination and you people chicfl!
prided yourselves that you did no
allow us elf-determination.
Never Whipped South
Il have met more than 100 of yot
since The Civil War who have told M
co fidently and d2mocratically tina
it was not the Yankees damne
Yankees, as they called them but thc
Irish that whirHcd these people dow
south.
$50 said, after receiving that com
munication, Your idea of self-detcr
animation did not always agree will
mine.
GAS matter of fact, Of course, the
irish never whipped the south at all
They could not whip the south in ON
country, or anywhere at any time
It is a part of the braggart nature
of the Irish. They are always con
| tending that they have done ever }
hing, everywhere, at every time
They never whipped the south; the.
never won the war of the American
revolution. Ten Irishmcn were in tbs
Britist army to every one in The
Ameriea1 Revolutionary army.
81 aQ tired of this business, o. this
vanity and nonsense. | do not care
how many Irishmcn vote the Demo
cratic ticket. / am we'll prepared to
support the senator from Massechu
sets (Mr. Lodge agaiost the sena
tor from Massachusetts (Mr. Walsh |
freshman in Massachusetts and at tho
proper time ! shall do it, because !
]
re- her prefer men who buldgeon us
to men who poison us. | am tired o.
this whole Irish pretense. They new
er won the war of the Revolution, as
they conterd. They never won tht
Civil War. II was the noble, magnifi
cent men of tie wertt of Iowa, Wis
cousin, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio anc
indiana that won the war against US
fighting with a spirit that no people
on this earth ever displayed before.
"What did the Irish have to de
with it? All the Irish in Mississippi
were fighting for Mississippi. All the
Irish in Virginia were fighting fol
Virginia. All the Irish down soutl
were fighting for the south. Some OF
the rollcst, best and bravest soldiers
ever knew Of were of their number
But they fought upon whichever sid
of the line they happened to be. an
tired of this pretence. ! am tired II
this eternal lie. ! am tired of this
Intimidation that | have received at
my office for three or four months
most Of the letters anonymous, many
signed with Mac or an 90
Threats of Assassination
IF they think am afraid of one or
a hundred or a thousand of them they
are mistaken. understand their game
It is that the Democratic party dares
not defy the Irish vote. Well as
understand this situation, the Demo
cratic party is not defying anybody
The Democratic party as party Is
not engaged in this controversy, anC
if | am to believe the senator's from
California and Massachusetts,, the
Republican party as such is not en-
gagged in it. But all the same they
write to me anonymously and with
an 90 and Mae now and then, sign
ed somewhere with an indistinct cit!
address, threaten me with all sorts
Of punishment.
Among other things l have re-
ccivcd several threats Of assassination.
Why, | do not mind assassination: II
is the easiest and cheapest way of go
iny off the earth that mar ever
measured up. l find this among the
contentious of these men opposed to-
the league and the treaty-that while
they arc constantly emphasizing wha'
they call Americanism they mean 10y
it pro-Germanism, Irish-Americanisnk
Magyar Americanism and Austrian
Amcricanism. We have reached the
point where TO man can be a real
American unless he is an Irish-Aneri
can or a German-Amcrican or some
other sort of hyphenated American
I do not think these gentlemen havl
measured Up the consequences. Sup
pose that once we English, Welsh an6
Scotch Americans who never have
hyphcnated ourselves, but have just
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