Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-29
The Charge Ofthe Radical Press that Gen
Hancock Is a Catholic.

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DANIEL Buck.
The Charge Ofthe Radical Press that Gen.
Hancock; Is a Catholic.
To the Editor of the Globe.
A gentleman whose business requires the
examination of all the exchanges which
come from all parts of the United States to
irst-class printing Office, informs me that
the entire radical press now is circulating
the charge that Hancock is Catholic.
The fact that there is not word of truth
in it makes no difference. A falsehood cir
culated among the class of people whe only
read the radical papers, passes for gospel
truth, and the contradiction being never
seen, it serves the purpose of "fring the
radical heart" and, being spiced with the
usual condiments of Southern "outrages,'
"the brigadiers," ETC., is good enough
Morgan" until after the election.
Now, the fact that Republican editors
make this false charge against Gen. Han
cock is only important in one sense, and
the object of this article is to point out and
emphasize its utility in this sense.
1t is utterly immaterisl whether Hancock
is Protestant, Catholic, or like Thomas
Jefferson, neither the one nor the other. No
religious test is required in this country, and
no party has ever prescribed a man
for his religion, except the old
Know Nothing party, which was
finally merged in the Republican party, and
all of whose leaders went into that party.
k.1 e I.LL
Hancock by the radical press of to-day shows
the spirit of the radical party of 1880 to be
the same spirit which animated the Know
Nothing party in 1854. They consider it as
an odious thing in Gen. Hancock to be
Catholic, or they would not concoct false
charge of this kind. They are not publish
ing anything about Gen. Hancock which
they regard as good or creditable.
The spirit which burned Catholic churches
in Know Nothing times still breathes through
the radical press, and lives, moves and has
its being in the Republican party of 1880.
1t is, the hiss of the same old serpent. Il
sounds as much like the old Know Nothing
howl of 1854, as the sea-sheli sounds like
its native wave. The party to-day smells as
much of the old Know Nothingism of 1855
4, as an onion-eater smells of his dinner.
The old virus fingers in its veins and
crops out in the utterance, Hancock is
Catholic Down with him -
The Radical party CT to day is the Know
Nothing party of 1854, and the only sig
niGcance of this howl, which now comes
up from Maine to California that the Demo-
cratic candidate for President is guilty OF
the crime of being Catholic, is to fix the
stigma of Know Nothingism on the Repub-
ortu oh "a,
authors, and open the eyes of all foreign
born citizens to the real character of the
Radical party, which was party of bigotry,
and hatred, and prescription of men on &C
count of their religion and birth place in
1853 4, and is the same to- dsy. The Ethio-
plan cannot change his skin, nor-the leopard
his spots. And the Radical party cannot
change its bIgotry, its hatred, its proscrip-
ton of sections and nationalities. In 1854
it was the German and the Irish which were
under the ban, and who could not be trusted.
To day it Is the "solid South" made solid
by the same prescription which made
Germans and Irish solid in 1854 The South
to the Radical mind is the Ireland of Amer
lea; it is what Poland is to Russia; it ia
what Hungary is to Austria-and made solid
By the same prescription.
ASSSSAA
ed, Know Nothing attack of the radical
press upon the religion of Gen. Hancock.
is therefore simply this: If you have fed
from the old world to enjoy civil and re
lgious liberty in America, or if you desire
to preserve these insstimable rights on your
native soil, stamp out any party ao]sich
opens ITS Presidential campaign Nth a cry
OF prescription against q man on account
Cfhss religion. Rebuke the bigotry which
would place any American citizen under
the ban on account of his birthplace, OF
his religion; crush out the dark lantern
spirit of Know Nothingism which denies the
equality of American citizens, whether they
are born on American or foreign soil. in
New England or south of Mason & Dixon's
line; vindicate the dignity Of American
citizenship, with equal rig hts for all, exclu-
sive privileges to none-one fla! over one
people-one family with one heritage No
serfs, no bastards, no step children. lie; us
have union and government so JUS, -
equal, and so fair TO al classes ana all "a
4tIonalities and al! sections, and all religions,
that every citizen can be depended on for
soldier, and America, if need be, can defy the
world In arms especially with Hancock for
President. J. w. MoCLUNe.