Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1854-12-08
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following article:
AS the above article dealt rather much
in personalities towards me, thought. at
first, ! would treat il with that silence which
il SO richly deserved. But for the iDforma-
tion Of our respectable citizens on that
point, l will expose few of the falshoods
contained in said article l am accused of
having the weak imagination TO "presume"
that the fslsehoods charged against me and
the attack upon my house originated from
the Know Nothings. l again assert land
will prove my assertion) that had every
reason to make this presumption. For the
party themselves W no attacked my house
called themselves Know Notbing,, and 9th
ers heard them say so AS to the party
being all Minors it is incorrect, some OF
them were over twenty. and othersunder
it. This can be proved from the admission
Of at least one Of the party. So you see,
Mr.. FTsnk. though you may be Frank by
name. (which doubD you are not very
frank by nature.
The writer of the above article tries 10
make Washington contradict himself
Washington (says Trank) never dreamed,
much less ever thought, that aid could have
been expected from Catholics in struggle
for civil and religious liberty" Mr.. Frank.
did you not read in the. history Of the Unit
ed States. that Washington and hfs party
"did think upon" and ibid ask" and "did
receive" assistance from Catholic France in
their struggle for civil and religious free
dom, an assistance which Washington him
self called an important assistance"
You say that Washington knew that Ca
tholicism aud Despotism were and ever bad
been inseperable. Mr. Frank says So
But the history even Of our beautiful re-
public speaks differently. For while Eng
land was endeavoring to crush Washington
and bis party in the dust, a' Catholic gov
erDment sent over forces TO aid the free
men Of America to remain free, and for this
purpose, side BY side, with your fathers,
they fought. bled and died. and still Frank"
says Catholicism and despotIsm we're and
ever had been inseperable." You see them,
at least this time. on the side of civil and
religious liberty; and what happened once
can happen again-thus FRANKIE" asser-
ton falls to the ground. l hope you will
not call this "lame sophistry." Washing
ton," says Frank" always welcomed the
foreigner to the participation of all our rights
and privileges, but he never imagined what
we now see" What do you now see, Mr..
Frank? Do you see me or any other Cath
ollc 10 this place trying to overturn the laws
of the constitution The Catholic. now are
the same they were in the days of Wash
ington We came to this country to par
ticipate in the privileges Of free govern
ment and not TO change or pervert its con.
sttution. This we can prove better from
facts than anything else. From the for
bearsnce which we have shown, when for
the last six months, several of our churches
have been attacked and burnt down, we
have never yet made even an "attempt" to
burn down protestant church. Secret
societies have been organized to prevent
Catholics from becoming citizens, and still
we have not one single secret society to de.
fend ourselves against their attacks. And
yet "Frank" says we are come 10 change
and pervers the Constitution. If the Con-
s,Itu,ion were changed, (for one) would
seek home elsewhere. | was driven, like
many others. from the land of my forefath-
ers, for being Catholic, and if the Const;-
tuition OF the country were changed and
perverted | would go somewhere else. where
l could enjoy civil and religious freedom.
Mr.. Frank ascribes to us filth, beggary
and bigotry. hope shall never betray
my want of common politeness. by address,
ing any person, or any body or party in such
language. But Mr. Frank, was Comodore
Barry. the first Commodore OF the United
States, filthy. beggarly or bigoted man I
And yet he was Catholic and an Irishman
and was born few miles from the place o.
my nativity. Was Charles Carroll of Car.
rolton, the last survivor Of the Signers Of
the Declaration of Independence. a filthy
beggarly and bigoted man? And still be
was Catholic and foreigner. Is oul
present Chief Justice Of the United States
filthy man? Is our present Post Maste,
General a filthy man? And still they ars
all Catholics. Not only them but host o
others. Mr.. Frank. if some Irish are pool
and uneducated. i! is the effect of persecu
ton and oppression from an English govern
ment and not because they are Catholics :
and you. Frank. whoever you may be