Col. WiVi. Wriight inetX slpotke, fromll
the standpoillt of an Irish Repnutliecnn,
and devoted most of hlis timie to rltg
ing the coloretd people to educate
their Soung, cultivate habits of so
briety, templleratirce ad frlgahlity, to
be honest anid inulustlioins, (lserve God
faithfilly and vote the RIepubl)lican
ticket. He cited instrlance to iiprove
the capallcity of the black mali fil edll
cational cnllture and mentall elevaltion,
and referred to the cordial reception
gi ven to Frederick Dounglasi upon tihe
occasion of h'ii visit to Dublin. He
said the sy3mplllthies of the Iishma in aire
natnrally with time Republican party
and with tihe oppresse of all races,
bit acknowledged that a large mnia
joriy who e;rnic to this country votei
with Democracy, relating the follow
ing incident by way of Illustration :
A countryman of mine just froml Jrelas
happened to laud at Castle Gardlea, Ne'
p York, on election day, and was accosted b
an :celilnuted H ibernian who said "Arral
Pat, ye're jist over, I see: come and vote wit
us." Of course theglreenhorn wasnonplusee,
for in our country a man can not vote unt
ihe owns real estate or has a certain amoun
in bank. Understanding his astonishmeni
the New Yorker explained to his uusophist
I cared companion the beanties of universe
Ssuflrhage, whie gives to every male citize
I the privilege of the ballot, whereupon Pa
asked "Hey ye a government in this cont
try t" ",Faith, an' we have." was the it
sponse. " Thin." exclaimed Pat, "Be gob:
1'll vote agin' it."' At home he regarded go
ernieltut as at ssterm Uof o.ression, and h
supposed it was so everywhere.
Col. Wright referred to the days o
Know- Nothingism, when Democrat.
