The Portland daily press., 1884-09-02

EOhILAhDb OSpbs lebg Aoo3s
To the Editor ofthe Press:
In the editorial column of the Argus of last
Thursday was the following: 'The Lewiston
Journal cannot disavow the slurs upon Irish
Catholics recently quoted from its columns, by
a correspondent of the Argus, but pleads that
they were "reportorial". That's fiue excuse
isn't it?" The alb owe had reference to an 40
count of the observance of Easter among tho
Catholics of Lewiston published some years
ago in the Lewiston Journal. The Argus evil
IDENTIFY means 10 be understood as saying that
the paper which publishes slurs upon Irish
Catholics in its columns should be responsible
for them. Very well, let us measure that
journal by it's own standard.
The Argus has New York correspondents,
L. W. S. Every Saturday his blasphemous
and disgusting utterances Eliminates its col
umns. Undoubtedly he is employed to paudeR
to the depraved tastes of the Know Nnothing
readers of the Argus who, Judging from the
manner in which Irish Americans are knitted
when they have the temerity to run for office
on the Democratic ticket comprise not incon-
siderable portion of It's subscribers This L.
W. S. is an infamous bigot. The attention Of
the Argus has been repeatedly called to his
slurs upon Irish Catholics, but to no avail.
Many prominent Irish Americans Of this city
could endure it no longer and cancelled their
subscriptions. Week after week he reiter-
ates them. The following are specimen
bricks:
FROM THE ARGUS JAN'Y 81, 1882.
They "a class Of Irish Catholics in New York;
never ask what will Dring as The Democratic
partly the most votes. They ask only what
A1a- Ia Il d.. =
and PatSey want? and il the b'ys are well
pleased, they boast that they have a ticket Of
''Join min sor, 1ohich can't be bate do yer
n1ind".
FROM THE ARGUS, FEB. A. 1882.
"The Protestant American church and the
l010 dol1n Irish Catholics of New York stand Ia
the way of that success THE Democratic Par
ty) and hate and denounce both"
FROM THE ARGUS, NOV. 4, 1882.
81 am writing this In Cooper Union TO
which place walked from the post office via
Chatham street and the Bowery and this is
what saw. saw two draymen arrested for
running into other vehicles. saw fonr dirty.
ragged brutes with bloody faces led off by po-
licemen. I saw three fights between boot
blacks and other branches of the Arab family.
saw about half dozen hdTlots blind drunk.
Six beggars beset me. And so far as could
judge all of these creatures Oere Irish and
American, mainly Irish. 1 have never seen
an intoxicated German in my life,-
German Beer-Peace.
Irish Whiskey-Fight.
That is about the way it goes. The Germans
are good citizens. They ars clean, frugal, In
dustrious and law-abiding In the evening
the beer gardens everywhere are full of them
and peace prevails. Collect an equal number
ofIrish and see 1ohat 1otH come Of ar
FROM THE ARGUS, April Z, 1888.
"If the Irish could be removed from Ireland
in night and il an equal number of Scots
could be put in their places we should hear OF
no more famine, aud no more Land Leagues
and the little gem of the sea would become an
earthly Paradise"
FROM THE ARGUS MAY 3, 1888.
81 like Danes, SWedes, Scots, Germans, etc.,
| for the reason that aftsr they have become
naturalzsd they are Americans too. dislike
| the Irish for the reason that although natural
lied voters aud ofice-holders they neUer become
AnaeTicGTeS."
FROM THE ARGUS MARCH %, 1884.
1.-THE right to parade in the streets which the
Catholics claim and enjoy without let or hind
rance, they fercety deny to their Protestant
coultTynlell. And then they pirate about Irish
love OF liberty, and lohiRe for the Independence
of Ireland. Make Ireland Independent and
the life Of a Protestant there 1gould not be
aoorth a trade dollar.
FROM THE ARGUS MAY 10, 1884.
ar beg to suggest that the great enemy Of
Dapacy is not Masonry, but the gro'0tng intel
Pope denouDces the secrecy OF Masonry, and
yet his own church is peInpedted Ioith the spirit
| of secrecg. NlnnerieS are filled to the brim
with secrets, and the c0nfesSiondls are loaded
| to the lCGter'S edge with them.
Among the peasants of ireland and the other
parts Of Europe where there is no thought,
there is no religious doubt"
Further Comment is unnecessary, except to
state that the above are but wind falls from
that tree Of Sodom, and are from the columns
of the Portland Eastern Argus, the most prom
inent Democratic journal of Maine. I venture
the assertion that nothing so mean and dis.
graceful, nothing so insulting to the Irish
Catholics can be found in the whole range OF
Know Nothing literature, unless possibly in
the pages OF the London Times or in the carl
catures of the venal Mast and Kippler in
Farper's Weekly and Puck, all OF which
sheets are now supporting the English and
anti-labor candidate Cleveland. After for
years prosttuting its columns to this reviler Of
the Irish Catholics, after for years being the
vehicle of the most infamous SANDERS against
them, 1t nov at the eve of an election mas
Guerades as a friend OF the Irish-American,
and appeals to them to stand by the Demo-
cratic party whose principles 1t echoes, and
whose chief exponent it is. Are the Irish
Americans such bond slaves and blind tools OF
the Democratic party as to tsmely submit 30
these vile insults upon them and their reli-
gions We shall see
WILLIAM Fl. LooNKx.