Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1871-09-23
TREvoRToN, SEPT. 10th, 1871.


EDITOR OF SUNBURY AMERICAN, DEAR
SIR.-I notice that the Democratic county
papers are all crying against the intolerance |
and bigotry of the Republican press, in
bringing religion into the issues, that bear
upon the campaign of this fall. And to
prove that Roman Catholics make good
officers, they refer to some solitary instances
among the past generations. Forgetting,
or else purposely neglecting, to state that
these men held Office at the time, when
there were but few Catholics in America,
and that the Pope still tyranized over the
Italians as their temporal ruler. Now the
life of American institutions is threatened
by the hordes of Irish Catholics, who are
focking TO our shores, and congregating
together in numbers large enough to obtain
and hold the offices in their possession, and
to work everything towards the downfall
of the Protestant usages of Free press,
free speech, and free Bibles.n In the cities
where they have obtained control, they
have excluded the Bible from the schools
and such is the case in the townships of
this county where they have control, and
none out Catholic teachers can get employ
ment; and such will be the case everywhere,
as they get the power. 1t is no wonder to
me that the Democratic press are striving
to draw the attention of the people from
these pcts in the present campaign. For
with the county ticket they have in nomi-
nation, it is best for them to make their
readers believe that the real issue is not
between Catholic and Protestant, but Re-
publican and Democratic candidates. Mr.
A. j. Gallagher, their candidate for Rep
resentative, was born in East Norwegian
township, Schuykill county. After obtain
ing common school education, he began
teaching in the schools of the townships,
which were controlled by Catholics. In
1867 we find him teaching in Mt. Carmel
township, and here he commenced his po-
litical career by Offering himself as candi
date for, and being elected to the office of
Justice of the Peace. Next we see him as
an Auditor of the county finances, and in
tho summer and autumn of 1870, we find
him on tour through the coal regions of
Pennsylvania, lccturing to the different
branches of the w. b. A., advising them
TO continue in their course of strikes and
suspensions, and on no consideration to
allow any men to work independant of the
w. B. A. and in private counselling the
Irish to re-clect Really and all of the old
members of the Grand Council of the w.
b. n. and to keep themselves organized and
to show to the Pennsylvania Dutch, and
the English capitalist, that the Irish could
Being well acquainted with him, and
having given you his history so far, l would
like to have the editor of the Northumber-
land County Democrat, or Chalfant Of
Montour county, to point out the qualiLica-
tinns, which they liud so ably fit him for
TIE office. l can see none. But | would OBJ
iect to him on the grounds of his being q
| Catholic, and an Irishman. Also, his be-
ing nominated by fraud for in Mt. Car
mel Borough where twenty Democratic
votes were polled last fall, one hundred and
! five were returned at the primary election,
and they had return of two hundred and
twenty-five votes to give in his favor if he
could not DO nominated otherwise; and ii
was the same in Mt Carmel township. Sc
intent were the Irish on his nomination
that small boys, slate pckers from the coal
! breakers, were allowed to vote. And | have
it from good authority, that boy of IA
years of age, who attended the primary
election in Shamokin, on being asked Oh
his return home, how the election was
going ? answered, that Mr.. Gallagher
seemed TO be loing.all of the voting himself,
for in the hour That he was at the polls hc
saw him vote five times.
Think of this you honest liberty loving
citizens of Northumberland county. Are
you willing to trust your liberty in the
hands of such a man? Do you think that
he would be proof against the bribes ofrings
and monopohcs viii he ? Can he repre-
sent you and your interests in the Legisla-
tive halls of the State ? And are you will
ling to choose Catholic for a Representa-
tive in preference to 4 Protestant : lfyou
arc SO welded to party, that you will dc
this, you are lacking in the intelligence at
tributed to you by
GAN OBSERVER