The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-12-13
rgoM WASHINGTON
- Religious Asitafton-ES'
TIC Nc" 49, ,,,d tho President
a .n,t-,'asho'sc order.

Ysnt!Ct0Wh
Tao ,.er Rlatur aud enc kFeSa''sA'
- .rtt-,aiho'se of
TIC t.,,l, ,hc Baltimore Gazette.]
cro>. December lot is quite
D[%, 10 the close observer OF poINlcai
a2i'"a', hcy appear in the acton OF pnolc
siE"> ,hr centre Of agitation tnat there IS
men 4. -. ." harmony 10 the Republican party
NJ! e"'"' .s,ne Which the ce-holding
OF M - znal,usly labo.ing TO raise.
iae''o" n,rnI men must have remarked the
IHonS"-., n tx-Sperker Blsine'S letter to
.'-a,'" c' ,,;,n8 which wss made public only
81 V'm since. 1t was written just after
ai'", -, ,lrc,,on. aud with full knowledge
II, "'',a ucncc OF the religious agitation 10
IA, contest.
~ SPEAKER BLAISE's TACTICS.
IT. pl,,uc j. 100 snrewd and sagacious
".'.',.,n moi 10 kuoS that il il had not been
.kr ecmlsogical cty which bis party
'~ - maj Sta'e GA The common school
E"N 49,, :. would have been beaten by from
w., - twenty thousand votes. But Sir.
, I'' = sonnet hing more than 3 mere politi-
Irp j. a statesman, with broad and
N' ',sI y,rys. and, l believe, u sincere pa
. - q close and intelligent student OF
,,.,-r h, knows and realizes keenly the
s..,ar tina, attends upon the agitation of re-
T TH., nuestio,s, and especially when they
.i-n1-an Fed into the political arena aud made
:" .,.,Is~,ya the ambitions Of bold, designing
Ike General Grant. This ccuntry has
49,, ,s.,eG through contest which afouses
:" I'VE highest putch mems passions but that
$500 E. pale It's ihcfi ,ctual ire " when COM.
,',,,.i with the fierce antagonisn1s which
l.la attend Sectarian strife. To
.,,-t such dreadful calamity Mr..
zine proposes constitutional amend
,r.., lie does not believe that there is
,ry real cue TO appreheud the overthrow
~ .l.. comnou.school system; neither does
h. j.,},ryc that any considerable number of
Cs,ho! -. either oil the priesthood or lalty,
T..ir, . division OF the school fund. Ee,
hoU.yc-. secs the danger of am bilious deDa'
cones ike Grant tanning the smoulderng
mr., % religious biSotry into the fiiming
f-rs - ucrsecu,ion, setting family against
I.m;,y, al bringing unulteraole woe upon
,rr whole land and TO prevent this he pro-
ro.,. % ,ske awsy the title ground which
Cont and his Luscrupui2u> followers have
N sand upon. Like the true patriot ana The
iihe,l, >r.iir,mau that he demonstrated him.
>.lfto be last winter BY bis opposition TO the
,nrr4 TN and the Presidents Arkansas job,
he tc.,re, to inaugurate al era Of goodwill
and br,.bclly love which shall date from the
rsn,ennia, anniversary Of American lnde'
peDdeuce.
cTHER VIEWS.
This | believe TO be The real object ne mas
in view in framing The unoi9ectionaple
amendment which he proposes. Tnefe are'
however, other persons here woo. perhaps
y,,;, I iul v9-
claim that Mr.. Blaine had only his own In
tercsts Al heart when be wrote TO MS ONO
friend. They say that be bias "third term u
on the brain, and 10 proposing eonstitu-
tioaal amendment he simply meant to Knock
Grant IN the head bv settling the sectar'An
i..uc in advance of 1875. On the other hand,
| believe, in common with many offers wiser
and better informed than l am, that Hraht
was aiming rs much at Blame rs at the
Catholic Church when he by his Des MONIES
speech threw the religious trebrano into Tue
political arena. He knew that Blame was
one of his most tormid bic competitors LOT
the Republican nomination next year, auo
h, sought TO kill him off by stirring up
religious war--by .arrayiDg Protestant
bigolry against the Catholics. de knew
,hst Mr.. Blaine was reared by Catholic
notably the Ewing family Of Ohio, are pro.
Tossing Catholics and although Sane IS not
q member Of the Catholic Church, and not
withstanding the well-known TACT that MS
wife is PRESBYTERIAN and his family is being
reared in that faith, still Grant hoped that if
The sectarian issue was we'll defined the ex-
Seeker would suffer thereby. am inclined
10 think that Mr.. Blaine saw this little game
and this, probably, may have quickened bis
resolve 10 eliminate the church QUESTION
from the campaign Of 1876. This view is
strengthened by the publication yesterday in
Mr.. Yi.irc's home organ of the letter writ
leu TO nir1 Nv John Y. Foster, editor OF the
Newark IN. j. Courier. The following sig
piticant and remarkable statements which
Mr.. Eos er makes become all the more lm
po.tan. in view of What have just said. Mr.
Foster says:
"a po.ent factor in our EeXt convention
vii! be the sec:c anti Catholic order. Grant
j, q member, and it has good deal o.
strength in Congress. l think you ought tc
90 in. 1t eau be arranged so that you can bt
initiated any " here by one person. The order
is spreading widely. My obligations DO no
permit me to say more than this, except thai
GIaut no doubt relies upon it 10 promote hi:
aims"
Why is hi. letter printed now if not fol
the purpose of letting the country know o
the existence Of this anti, Catholic order anC
thai Grant is a member of il? This letter
OF course. Yves not printed without the con
san, OF Mr.. Blaine; and that admitted, the
ohjec. of the publication Is apparent-ht
meant TO explode the Grant Jjb by letting
the light o! day shine in upon these dark and
dangerous intrigues.