New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-06-03
THE DESCENDANTS OF TITUS OATES.

For nearly two centuries the name Of
Titus Oates, the contriver of the great
Popish plot Of 1878, has rested under
cloud of obloquy. 1t is yet synonym
for perjury, treachery and defamation.
In his day, however, he cut big figure.
He invented q narrative of Jesuit con-
spiracy to murder the King Charles H.
and subvert the Protestant religion.
Charles paid no attention to it, remark
ing to the Duke Of York, who was his
his brother and presumptive heir to the
throne NAY, never fear, James, that
ANYBODY wants to kill me to make thee
King" Nevertheless Oates enlarged the
story, until it comprehended q vast scheme
for the Selling Of the kingdom by the
Jesuits, and implicated oil the principal
Catholic gentlemen in England, and even
the Queen; and he swore to the truth Of
his inventions before Sir Edmondbury
Godfrey, with the same efrontery of
cheek now exhibited by his descendants,
who are now swearing to things before
the numerous congressional committees.
We have some twenty or thirty of these
petty tribunals, specially erected for the
accommodation of the numerous de-
scendants of the champion informer and
periurer of the seventeenth century.
While the great prototype set his word and
his oath against all the principal Catho-
lies Of England, his more polite descend
ants have made division of labor, and
each man has been assigned to the special
duty allotted to him by the central patri-
arch who stands at the head of the family
in modern times. Springer and his con-
federates of that traitorous band, the Sons
Of Liberty or Knights Of the Golden Circle,
were detailed to attack the record Of the
great war Governor Of Indiana, now
known as Senator Morton. They fell
hopelessly at the first fire, and have not
been able to hold up their heads since.
Sergeant George Prender, one Of Secre-
tary McCulloch's treasury clerks, filed in
the st. Louis Times narrative of thing
he dreamed of many years ago, and went
to Washington with some little eclat.
His story, however, did not attract much
attention. It is possible it opened up in
quiries into the character of prominent
Democratic leaders, and so he was
dropped like a rotten orange. Seelye
and Ferguson came forward with their
"reminiscences of the New Orleans Gus
tomhouse, and were promptly contra
dicted by large number of Democratic
merchants of this city, who are men of
standing. Harvey Oates, an eccentric
blunderer Of the family, has accused
Speaker Kerr of having accepted
bribe, which SO distresses old Hester
Clymer that he has telegraphed vigor-
ously for Mr.. Blackburn to hurry back to
Washington to his assistance. Mulligan
Oates, who has been promoted by merit
to the position of ex-treasurer of the
Globe Theatre, city not stated, has under
taken to make up case about Mr.. Blaine,
whom he accuses of having at one time
bought some stocks and sold out again at
eighty cents on the dollars Barrett Oats
has just been retained for general business
He will be expected to supply such testi-
mony as can not be obtained anywhere
else.
It will thus be seen that few of the
members of the illustrious family have
found congenial employment at the ex-
pense OF the United States treasury.
More than half the members of the House
have been specially detailed to listen to