The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1878-06-13
O. A. U.

by an earnest endeaVor TO
renew the old "know nothing dog
mas, and make war upon the Catho-
lie Church. A pretentious pamphlet
is sent literally through the mails,
opens its columns by the fol
extract from Daniel Webster's
celebrated grafton:
"This glorious liberty, these be-
nign institutions, the dear purchase
of our fathers, are ours; ours to en-
joy, urs to preserve, ours to trans
init. Generations past and genera
tions to come hold us responsible for
the sacred trust. Our fathers from
behind admonish US with their anx
ious paternal voices, posterity calls
out to us from the bosom of the fu-
ture, the world turns hither its solicit
tous eye-all, all conjure Us to act
wisely and faithfully in the relation
which we sustain."-DANIEL WEB
sTER.
Now this GLORIOUS liberty is con-
ceived to be the liberty of attacking
the religious faith of a great body, of
American citizens. Through six
teen double column pages, the writer
charges the Catholics with being the
enemies of free institutions, civil and
religious liberty. If the American
people were silly enough to attempt
what the spirit of that remarkable
pamphlet teaches, they would at once
turn their backs upon the funda-
mental principles which lie at the
foundation of all our liberties. 1t is
a very labored effort to introduce into
the coming political conflict a side
issue; to fight a sham battle and di-
vert attention from the issues which
the mal-administration of our gov
eminent for the past few years has
raised. 1t was a shrewd trick of
Capitalists and their tools in Con-
gress to nominally compromise the
Inevitable questions of finance. We
say nominally compromise them, for
they are no more settled by such
declarations, then the slavery ques-
ton was by the Missouri compromise.
That question was once declared set
tied and certain historical political
managers rubbed their hands with
a chuckle Of satisfaction only to Learn
they had been adding fresh fuel te
the smouldering flames.
Men who have denounced the
greenback as a printed lie, who have
insulted a nations plighted faith
trusted by soldier and sailor, in bat
tie and in storm, can not set the PEG
pie on a false trial, or deiude then
with a false issue. Have our people
no faith in the religion they profess
Must they, and it, tremble in thu
presence of such a moral monstrosity
as this pamphlet claims the Catho
lie faith to be? Do these ramphan
patriots in these times of peace, thei
tigers in peace and raving lions il
hours when only 1abors anvil choru
shakes the air, these sucking dove
and meek lambs in time Of war, fol-
get that when the blast of wars grea
organ shook the skies, that the oil
stars and stripes foated latest fror
the cross that lowered above tn
Catholic church and cathedral? Hav
) they SO soon forgotten that no bette
soldiers nor Drawer men, went on
to the carnival ofdeath in our lat
war than came from the bosom of tn
Catholic church? Do they thin
that the men of to-day will turn frol
the living issues of the hour to max
war upon church or sect and sham
5 their owl proud heritage of civil an
' religious freedom by a war upon th
rights of a portion of our populatio
according to the pamphlet itself
small minority. It is upon tn:
J minority of our population IL
pamphlet invites the people to NAL
war. We wonder if it has ever o
%curred to these valient soldiers
e the cross, these political expoundei
J. of the Golden Rule, that in evel
quarrel there are two sides. v
wonder if in the scope of their ma
niicent charity they ever thought
# worth while to examine both sides
s. the question. Why, this secret G
ganization like the old K. N. da'
lantern organization actually col
- plains because the Catholic chur'
dares have secret societies, and te
US that the American citizens are
danger of losing their liberties.
o. When the opening chapters of Q
IS colonial history show men feel
b. from Protestant intolerance of sol
of our colonies to enjoy the larg
religious freedom Of Catholic Lo
Baltimore's administration, this or,
90" "Order of American Union" shol
DO burn our histories lest the knowled
of the fact that Catholics are at lie
to human beings, should come to
t." knowledge of Protestant youth.
,ty We have yet to learn that freed
be anywhere ever gained any wants
%.Iground by such intolerance. 7
working people are thinking ofw
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