Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-12-21

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pcsnissi6a Ne void wish to reply . the
slander0us attack made on us on SUNDAY
the 10Th inst. by the Reverend pastor OF
st. Anthony,s Church before . large con-
rregatien. lie told his hearers that re
the Fenian Brotherhood were composed Of
losiess, rowdes ard drunkasds."
Permit US to say, such charges against
the Brotherhood are false and without foun
dstion. The Fenians, as body, will com
pare favorably. We think, with their fellow
citizsns. being honest, hard working men,
attending to their own BUSINESS and not in
teriering in any way with the Rev. gentle
man. The Fenian sisters also came in for
their share. Now what do you think Of
any man, much less . clergy man, who
would use such language towards respe~ta-
bic women, as low "bass and degraded
wretches." No man, having the instinct or
breeding Of gentleman, would use such
lang 1age. and especially in the house Of God.
All history declares il to be a Galsehood.
II there is one thing on this earth that Irish
women are praised for, il 10 for their
virtue
But this vas not sufficient to carry his
point against the Brotherhood. Col John
OMahony's character was next assaulted as
"drunkard living in fourth story gar
rett where he drinks his whiskey."
Now, sir, malice or hatred could no further
go against any body Of men, than this
any man who knows John u Mahony,
knows MIN to be strict temperance man,
~ho never drinks liquor, AMI urges temper
ance on the whoe organization. But this
was all done in the interest of religion
Does holy religion require that men and
womcn's characters should be slandered ?
No, sir, its only done to vent the hatred
which he has against the Irish people.
We do sot cons der 1t necessary ut this
time to enter into defence of the principles
of our organization, for the simple reason
that the PRINCIPLES advocated BY the Broth
erhood are well understood and apr owed by
the masses Of the l,ish people. The prin
cplcs Of our society are based on civil and
religious freedom for all without distinction
Of creed. The advocacy Of those principles
is the cause OF his displcasurc. II is true,
he docs not say so; he is afraid to openly
attack rcpublicanistn IN this country lie
thinks, probably. it would not be good pol
ICY, and consequently h. contents himself
by calling US hard names. lie attacks US
personally because he dare not attack Us DO
iticaIly.; he hates r"publicanlsm and all
that advocate such hcrcsy; he was born \
despot-he sucked it from the breast f: Il |
was rocked with him in the cradle: il Ia
grown with him to old age, and let US hope
that 1t will tie buried Wit. him in the grave.
We desire to be plain with the reverend
gentleman; We do not intend to allow him |
the pleasure Of riding rough shod any long
er over the Irish people Of this city. We
desire him to know that we are living under |
republican form Of government, and llv |
my ~ country blessed with free C0nsti-
tuition, and II he takes the trouble of read
ing this plain document. he will find that
the poorest freshman in Davenport has the
same rights rccurtd to MIN as the "acting''
french 'Btshop" But he accuse, Us Of
having public balls. Certainly we d. have
balls, and will have them again whenever il
suits us, whether he likes it or o.. Bot
he saws it is sinful" All, indeed. that's
it. Well, then, his Reverend Brother in
Rock Island has had several balls in rider
~ '"'sN HIouNy III Dutiu MS cuutcn. lie does
not consider 1t sinful to dance. neither
do We. The only difference between him
and US i, that he prefers to use h money
to bnlld churches. and wc prefer to use our
money to buy good rifles and dry powder
Can the Reverend gentleman see the d ifer
cncc9
But supposing the Fcnian Brotherhood
would ivocatc and assist his friend Napo-
leon IN Robin the Mexican people Of their
government and property, would he not en-
:. 'nragr and bless US? G. rtaliIy he would.
" Quiz he not pray for our success. OIL
course he would. ard VIII. not Are they
not Brothers politically and religiously, and
who would blame him? None. of course.
but the imfiicl aud Fenlans.
On behalf of tina Davenport Circle of the
! enian Brotherhood.
The Committfe