Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1884 — Irishmen in America. [ARTICLE]

Irishmen in America.

f [From the Cincinnati Celtic-American.] From the first day the Republic came into existence, Irish-Americans have, in a thousand different ways. proved their devotion to it. From Bunker Hill down to Appomattox there has not been an .American battle-field that has not been with Irish blood. Great as have been the services rendered iq the past by the Irish-Americans to the Republic, greater still are the services they are rendering to It at this moment by refusing to help the Democratic party and the independent Republicans in the work of reducing the United States to a state of industrial dependence on England. We feel confident that when the smoke of the present political battle will have rolled away, and when the American people will have examined with something of a judicial spirit the character of the issues that will” be settled at the coming election, there will be a general feeling of thankfulness to Irish-Americans for the position they have taken in opposing Cleveland and his freetrade supporters. Some letters have been addressed to the National Republican Committee in reference to Mr. Blaine’s views on the question of prohibition. The answer to those letters has beeu that in the event of Mr. Blaine’s election to the Presidency he would have nothing whatsoever to do with the question of prohibition. That would be a matter entirely for the different States. Even if the majority of American voters were in favor of prohibition, it would take about twenty-five years to embody their views in a constitutional amendment. Advices received at Washington and New York indicate that Erie County, in which is Buffalo, Cleveland’s home, will give a large majority against Cleveland in November. Two years ago Erie County gave a majority of 3,000 for Cleveland for Governor.