The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-09-01


malignant and baleful spirit of intolerance
has sprang and wherever its unholy influence
has prevailed, there we find heartburning and
domestic feud and it should be our constant
prayer to God to avert from us, all the untold
evils which follow in its train. SANDER. false
hood, violence and corruption are its most ia
miliar weapons, and they are used in the most
unjustihable manner upon all who dare op-
pose the unholy schemes of our opponent. 1t is
but few years since the Democratic party
condemned whole race of men to perpetual
ignorance to aid in sustaining the institution of
slavery and the mob violence, the contempt of
law, the night riders, the red shirts, the Ku
Klux, the wholesale prostitution of the ballot
box, the issuing of tens of thousands of fraud
ulent naturalization papers, the recent at
tempts to abolish all the safeguards of free
and honest ballot, the disturbance of peaceful
meetings, the brutal and cowardly assaults on
torchlight professions are all specimens of the
fierce spirit of Democratic intolerance. But
if possible, worse than all these agencies
which are being put into daily use, is the
wicked and atrocious attempt which is now
being made blythe democracy to wake from
its bloody grave the hateful spirit of religious
hatred and bigotry. l can fancy nothing
more abandoned and wicked than this. Oh,
my countrymen, 1 adjure you to spurn from
your company at once and forever all who en-
gage in this foul conspiracy to disturb the pub
lie peace and sow among you the seeds of re-
ligious hate. Ii any people on the face of the
earth have suffered the extreme tortures of an
earthly pandemonium by reason of cruel and
insensate bigotry surely we are that people
Age after age this fury followed us with re-
lentless luminosity. The father bequeathed it
to the son and the mother to the daughter
Neighbor was armed against neghbor and
house. Peace fled the unhappy land and dis
order and chaos reigned supreme, in the midst
OF which our ever vigilant enemy taking adj
vantage of the furious discussions she had
famed into "a living flame ruthless ly
plundered us of all we held dear on earth and
lett us a spectre OF misery and restitution.
Well and truly did the poet of 9S exclaim
.Hapless native, hapless land
Heap of uncementing sand,
Holy oil and holy water
Mixsand fill the world with Slaughter
Our best and noblest patriots have endeavor-
ed oh how earnestly to Danish this terrible
spirit from our midst, O'Connell, Smith,
O'Brien, Thomas, Davis, Meagher, Butt and
Parnell have all lent their great genius to
this blessed work and at last the white winged
dove of peace re-visits our afflicted country.
1t is at such time when every Irish patriot
heart is filled with glow of love for all our
people, that here in America men are found
base enough to commence anew this ungodly
crusade against our peace. Away at once and
1or ever with all such malignant thoughts;
turn your face from all men who for their
own SINISTER purposes would kindle again the
nres OF blgotry and intolerance and saw in the
language of Moore
"Shall ask the brave soldier who iabts nv NV aide
q, IN the cause of mankind if our creeds isagree.
Shan spurn the brave friend l have valued and
tried
= II he kneel not before the same altar with me
From the hereto girl of my soul shall fiy
TO seek somewhere else more orthodox kiss
No; perish the laws and the men who would try
Truth, valor or love by a standard like this y
And now gentlemen let us inquire for q few
moments into the claims the Democratic party