M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1855-04-06

ed and saw lttai, the Gittite, and said
to him. "Wherefore goest thon also
with usl Return 10 thy place, ,and abide
with thy king for thou art a stranger
and also all exile. Whereas thou
comest but yesterday should | this day
make thee go up and down with us?
Seeing lgo whittier may, return thou,
and take back thy brethren; mercy and
truth be with thee" And Ittai, the
exile and stranger, who came but yes
terday, answered the king, and said,
"As thy lord lived, and as my lord the
King iivQh, surely in v hat place my
lord lheE King shall be-wheiher ia
death or life-.-even there, also, will
thy servant be.' And remember that
1.-THE case-oi Absalom ,audsIilai@ is but
the prototype OF an Arnold and La
layetie. [Applause. Who sent you
alliance? You tell the people that
Catholics never gave aid to civil liber-
ty---tlat they never yet struck a blow
for The freedom OF mankind. WHO
gave you the alliance against the crown
of England? Who but the Catholic
king, Louis XVI? He sent you from
the Court of Versailles, the boy OF
Washington's camp-a foreigner who
never was naturalized, but bled at the
redorbt Of Yorktown. (Applause.
And, not only did Lafayette bleed at
the redoubt Of Yorktown, when an Ar.
mold a native, like Absalom, proved
traitor; but when the German DeKaIb
fell at the field of Camden, on South
ern soil, with fourteen bayonet wounds
transiixing his body, and dying, praised
the Maryland militia-Gates the Yam.
kee native, ran seventy.iive miles with &.
out looking behind him. (Applause
and laughter.) And not only that: In
= that intense moment, when the Decla-
ration oil our Independence was brought
into Carpenters Hall By Rutledge,
Franklin and Jefferson, laid upon the
table-that holy paper, which not only
!, pledged life and honor, but fortune too
realize that moment of intense, oil
deep and profound interest, when the
independence OF this land hung upon
the acts OF men--when, one by one men
rose from their seats and went to the
tables TO pledge thei, lives and fortunes
and sacred honor; at length one spare,
pale-faced man rose, and went and
dipped the pen into the ink, and signed
"Charles Carroll" and when remind.
ed that i: might not be known what
Charles Carroll it was, that it might
: not be known that it was a Charlie:
Carroll who was pledging principal'
, ity of fortune, he added the words go
r Carroton.' (Cheers.) He was a
Cathol representative from a catho.
lie colony "a voice in the crowd
but he was native born American y
And, sir, before George Washington
was born, before Lafayette welded the
sword or Chas. Carroll the pen, for his
country, GAO years ago, on the 10th oI
June, 1914, there was another scene
enacted on the face of the globe, wher
the general character Of all characters
of freedom was gained, when one mar
"a man called Stephen Langton--swort
the barons OF England for the people
} against the orders Of the Pope anc
against the power of the king-sw ore
The barons on the high altar of thu
: Catholic church at St. Edmundsbury
that they would have magma charta o
die for it. That charter which secures
: to every one OF you to-day trial by ju
ry, freedom of the press, freedom o
the pen,the confronting of witness will
t the accused, and the opening of secre
: dungeons,.-the charter was obtained BY
S Stephen LanGton against the Pope anC
against the King Of England, and i
YOU Know Nothings don't know wht
, Stephen Langton was, you know moth
t ing sure enough. [ Laughter and cheers.
e He was a Catholic Archbishop of Can
S terbury. Renewed cheers. ] | COM
S here not to praise the Catholics, but
: come here to acknowledge historical
truths, and to ask Of ProtestantS wha
!, has heretofore been the pride and boas
;. of observation-disclosures Of opinion i
e religious faith. (Applause) } All W
e ask is tolerance. All we ask is, tha
n if you hale the Catholics because the,
have prescribed heretics, you won
c out prescribe prescription. II you hat
4 the Catholics because they have nun
4 neries and monasteries, and Jesuilica
e secret orders, don't out Jesuit the Jesu
p. its by going into dark-lantern chamber
$ to apply test oaths. Ii you hate tn
g Catholics because you say they en-
$ courage the Machiaveian expedienc,
D Of telling lies sometimes, don't swea
yourselves not 10 tell the truth
D (CheerS.)
: Here are your oaihs--ihe oaths tha
bind you under no circumstances to dis
. close who you are, or what you are, ant
p chat bind yoa not only to political bu
to social prescription. Here is you
+ book-your Bible-which requires yol
to stick up your notices between mid
right and day break. (Laughier.) | am
member of secret order, and | an
proud to be brother Mason: Nout
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