The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-05-15

political parties, sufficient TO compel one
or the other 10 adopt our platform. The
prospect Of being able 10 do 20 is greater
Tor the reason that as between the two
parties there Is scarcely an issue,-so lit.
lie, II any, that there Ia some likelihood
that one Of these parties may become dis.
integraled. The financial question will,
in all probability, be settled by that time;
the Southern question Ia practically set
tied; the tariff Is supported by both par
ties; and there L. absolutely no question
left for the two parties TO have contest
over and / firmly believe that by our
pushing the work OF the Order and hay.
Inc It established in every State Of the
USion, by 1880 we may be able to mum.
Der over a quarter Of \ million Of mem.
bers. Should we succeed in forcing one
or the other party 10 adopt our platform,
the result will be that the question Of the
danger Of Romiih aseendency will be dis.
cussed and agitated all over the Union,
and in that way the people will be edu.
Gated to y knowledge Of the subject, Civ
ing them information such as they never
had before; for instance, such Informa.
ton rs have given In this address. They
will become awakened TO sense Of the
gravity Of the situation, so much so that
the party adopting our platform will
sweep the whole country Just as the op.
position Of the Nebraska bill did in 1854
Let us create q public opinion that
shall demand that the five proposed
amendments TO the Constitution shall be,
adopted. By the adoption Of these
amendments our glorious school system
will remain undisturbed, and the labor Of
the irocked Jesuits and priests against
the same will be as futile as the dashlng
Of the waves Is against the granite rock.
bound coast. Let US remember that we
are working 10 save our country from a
fate that makes one shudder TO contem-
plate-to hand down TO our children the
priceless inheritance we have received
from our iorefathers, and, by so remem.
bering, be nerved for the work. Let US
feel the great responsibility now resting
on US to improve the opportunity we now
have, when Rome is still in the minority,
and when one Of the great parties will be
ripe to accept our platform and add these
proposed amendments to the fundamen-
tal laws Of the land.
To illustrate what our duty is in the
premises, my good wife once had cat
who showed some inclination 10 scratch
the little ones during the younger days OF
our marriage experience. Like a pru-
dent vile, as she was, she took the cat in
her lap, and, with her scissors, she cut of
the ends Of her claws, and in this way
our little ones were protected from being
scratched. Let us, BY getting the Ameri.
can people 10 amend the Constitution in
the manner proposed, cut off the claws Of
Rome, and thus protect our children and
our childrens children from her intoler-
ant scratch. 10
In conclusion, let US preserve, at any
cost, those principles which the Church
Of Rome for thousand years has com.
batted; principles that have struggled TO
light in enfranchised Italy under the lead
Of Victor Emmanuel; principles that
placed education In Austria in the hands
Of the State, led by Won Beust; principles
that have arrayed all thinking Germans
under the lead OF the iron-willed Biz.
marck in opposition TO Rome; principles
that in the hands Of Gambetta and Victor
Hugo will enfranchise France; principles
that in Spain, taught by CASTELAR, and
other Republicans, may yet redeem that
fated land from the blighting curse Rome
has fastened upon her; principles that
have made this nation the peer Of any,
and promised civil and religious free.
dom to all who desire ii; principles that
are the embodiment Of real Christianity,
and which, with the grace and help Of
Almighty God, we pledge ourselves to
maintain, as our foreiathers did their
declaration against tyranny less cruel
than that OF Rome, with our lives, our
fortunes, and our sacred honor.
have the honor to subscribe myself,
EDWIN CowLEs,
President Of the Senate.