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AN GAOḊAL
Fort Trumbull, Conn., Aug. 23, 1884.
To the Editor of the Gael,
Dear Sir, —
Please find enclosed subscription for the Gael
for one year. Although I cannot read the Gaelic
part of it still, I think it incumbent on me, as an
Irishman, to contribute towards its support.
On the political questions of the day, I would
like to say a word, particularly the residential con¬
test. I entirely agree with you in your preference
for Mr. Blaine, and those who may differ from you
have also a right to express their sentiments. But
I, for one, am heartily in favor of our course, in
supporting the candidate who favors protection for
American industries, and the rights of American
Citizens at home and abroad, and who, by his pub¬
lic actions, has excited the entity of our avowed
enemies. No better recommendation could he re¬
ceive than the foul-mouthed abuse of the pro-Eng¬
lish journals of the country. Well may an Irish¬
man investigate the facts of the case, when such
journals as Harper's Weekly, New York Times, and
Puck, and all the rest of their ilk, are in the oppo¬
sition.
If some of those Irish democrats who have clung
so tenaciously to the tail of the Democratic kite, and
who think it almost a disgrace to vote any other
ticket, would fairly and impartially contrast the con¬
duct of both parties, considering the uncompro¬
mising opposition which the majority of us, have
offered to the Republican party, perhaps they might
see things in a different light. They might (with
benefit to themselves) contemplate the N. Y. elec-
tion when Mayor Grace ran for office. Or more re¬
cently, the treatment that Mr. J. Kelly and those
whom he was supposed to represent, received at
the Chicago convention. There are many others of
a similar nature, which our people would do well
to consider. Such reflections are always very ben¬
eficial.
I am very respectfully yours,
John Heavey.
New London, Ct.
New York, Aug. 30. '84.
Mr. Logan, Dear Sir —
I was very much inclined to take sides with Mr
Norris in the Gael's actions in the coming election
but, as things go now I cannot do so. I have vo¬
ted the Democratic ticket for the last 25 years, and
I would vote it now if there was a clean man at
its head. The Maria Halpin affair puts me from
voting for Cleveland. If he is innocent why did
he not take steps to punish those who circulated
it as Blaine prosecuted his libeller. No moral up¬
right men can vote for Cleveland under the cir¬
cumstances, but only those of the same stamp as
the English Trenches and Cornwalls of Dublin
Castle notoriety.
Yours truly
Thos. Lahey.
Pre-election canards. Are those journalists, and
others, who state that Mr. Blaine was a member of
the Know-Nothing party aware that the constituti¬
on and by laws of that party disqualified him
from being a member his mother being a Roman
Catholic ? If they get the constitution of that in¬
tolerant party they will know:
General Bragg bragged that it was a good thing
to be rid of the rabble Democracy of New York.
But this "rabble" have the consolation that they
had no hand in nominating an immoral man to the
chair of Washington. He was nominated by the
same class as that which produced the Dublin Cas¬
tle Sodomites.
A Singular Bed-fellow. We see that young
Consellor Bussing is a rabid Cleveland man. He
does not like Blaine because he is the choice of the
lower element. This is the Young Republican who
some two years ago declared on the stump that
whenever a gentleman entered a Democratic meet¬
ing he should have a bottle of "O-Dick-a-lone"
with him.
A Free-Trade Problem If there should be some
thousands of hats in a hatter as an over-produc¬
tion and the hands were laid off for a few weeks in
order to cut down the surplus stock. If our ports
were thrown open to free trade and that millions
of English made hats were added to this surplus
stock, when could the hands resume work ?
One of the most serious charges against Mr Blaine
is that when in office he was in a position to get a
lucrative situation for his nephew and did so.
If there is a man in the United States today who
says he would not do the same thing, he is either
a knave or a hypocrite.
Prest. Egan of the National League, being press¬
ed for his views on the Presidential candidates de¬
clares in favor of Blaine, because, he says, all the
anti-Irish elements both here and in England sup¬
port Mr Cleveland.
Owing to being limited in Gaelic
type considerable Gaelic matter lies o¬
ver and our contributors may rest as¬
sured that the fault is not ours.
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