Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-10-16

that the Iiishman's fac is
made to bear a fcrocious and bcastlv
ook. Whether ii be a priest. n poll
'irian. or the pope. that beastly feroc-
ty of countenancr Is always prcsrrv-
I'd. Their typical Irishman is a
-ough. uncnuth specimen of humanity.
with huge bro@ans. a slonch hat. n
cnat that belonged to the last gcmer-
man in size. barely cOnrealing all
ugly looking revolver. n bundle by
side.th inevitable shiilalah in his
hand, the neck of whisky-bottle
r%rntruding from his pocket, with hi
clenchcd. and an expression of
savagerv on his face which our pen
cannot do justice to. gazing with I'M
hatred upon symbOlizcd
American education his priest be-
hind him. in the back ground, urging
him on to deeds of violence. We
give from the Sept. 18th number. an
extract taken from n long TRADE
against Irishmen aud their church:
ITO this practice of yielding TO the
growing demands OF n foreign church
on the part of aspiring aud scrvilr
politicians. much of the series of ills
that have fallen upon our city and
country may he traced. ltomi>h i'll
luence. exercised for a period OF
thirty years, has degraded and cor
ruptcd that great Democratic party
which. under jefferson. was the sym
Dol of equal progress. aud, under
Jackson. of honesty. PATRIOTISM. and
Union. Step by step the priest anne
to control the politician he tempted,
brihcd. and at last intimidatrd. He
demanded the exclusion OF the Bible
from the public schools. aud it was
removed from Il portion ofihe schools
of New York. lie assaulted the public
schools themselves. and was graiiilr,l
be- Il liberal donation for Jesuit col
Ic1rS aud Jesuit Summaries. lie i'll
sisted upon putting men in Office.
ignorant or infamous, whose only
merit was t at they would ,.rv
the Church, and the Democratic
party was soon graced by,a class of
lie tdlers whose mis,lceds have done
perpetual dishouor to the cause Of
freedom. have given JOY to the
oligarchs and drspots of Europe. aud
have seemed to prove that from uni
vrr~nl suffrage must spring Il rul" of
unbUuiIded license and corruption.
The RomiSh vote filled our city offices
with the shameless. the diSSolutc :tiir
Romish church still insists upon
Keeping iu power the men who hav.
robbed their fcllow-citiZcn>. n. i
whose enormous wealth was Wr.i".'
from III" ".rupt city and the STA"
ti"~ "nor." -
n e.
SO you see, Trishmcn. the highr>,
Radical authority in the land saw
That through your influence has he
come degraded and corrupted tha,
great Democratic party, which. under
Jefferson, was the symbol of equal
progress, and under Jackson of hom-
-,;,. patriotism and Union. ana yer.
vipcrs that You are, how anxious
they are to lake you TO their bosoms
for your votes. They must indeed
give You credit for ignorance, whcl,
they think they can revile and de-
nounce you in New York, and hug
and Embrace YOU in Missouri. The
Democratic party, thank God. never
thought that it was disgraccd by
Irish influence. From its formation
to this day. Irishmen have been its
hOnored members and many times its
h"morrd leaders. To-day. in the
greatest State in the Uui"n. tho
standard bearer of the Democratic
party for the chief magistracv is the
4 Hon. Francis kcrnan. an honUrrd
Democrat, the son Of an Iri>hman, N,
avuwcd Ro Il Catholic and none the
less trusted aud respected for that by
prutcstanis rs well rs catholics, ercepl
by Grants organs. The n. y. Times
and IIarpcr's Weekly have both
attacked him, on both scorcrs. They
want no lrishman, still less II Rnma,
catholic. Ii has beem supposed that
III this country there was liberty OF
conscience. That in political contests
it was not necessary ~ stop to inquire
into u mans religion. But there
! comes in the nineteenth century, the
su.c,lled journal of Civilization. res,
directing the puritanical notions q
It's forcfathers, aud grooming in spiri,
that it may not, as they did, burn and
scourge and drown, for Gods sake
rnising a howl against n candidate TO,
governor. because he has Irish blood
IN his veins. aud because he darrs tc
worship God as his tor-fathers did
Here is another little biz of Harper.
talk:
..lf the Romish priests persist in
driving their Ignorant voters to tho
polls, rs they have SD often done, ia
advance their WI power al the risk
of the destruction OF freedom, ii they
nlIy themselves with the disuniUnisI.
AT the south, and labor to revive Ill.
diving elements OF chivalrv aud OI
tvranny. they will bring upon their
! ClIlTCu y tBSC'S sVtS uisl
meet with q final overthrow. Let
them dread the vengeance Of the PEG
ple. A Tree aud united nation will
i:ever suffer the agents Of III Italian
ruler "a plot against it's institutions
They will remember that the Romisf
church has never consented to he
come, like its rival churches, Ameri.
can III its principles, aud that Its
existence among us must ever prove
dangerous to the nation, which has
so often felt it's iugratitude."
We have lived where Roman Cath.
olics abounded, aud must confess tina,
1t mover struck US that they were SO
Economically dangerous as the Messrs.
Harper make it appear.
Another of their pictures, and we
are done. In the foreground r two
Japanese ambassadors addressing .
parsonage made to look hypocritical-
iv senctimOnious, In the distance Ia n