Lexington weekly intelligencer., 1884-10-04
SERIOUS QUESTIONS.
Eor 2sN-rt-., f'fc-irG, -a.-A sruay OF
tile cnE.srctsr 0g .sr. Blaine.

J H- Is.tG".AE l-i,.sf' CGi4liuulCa-
,.oi l. from the pen yf Gae Of the most
, widely known aud respected irish
! American citizen Of Mainc--a man of
position and education who has held
high Office, and whose character can
be VoUchHt for rs second 70 none in
the Unitcd States:
IN UnH5 prlhcipic crpl tt1ly cittgcn mh0
! as oj' frii ilscfgc, or 1clt0 rcccycS Mc
NuMotic chuyeh. SItStain JaaeS a..
Elfiac for NJeSidea9
This question: i asked in all fairness
and sincerity. I.ci intelligent Catho-
lies consider it, and answer it as best
they may. Let any man who claims
to respect the rights of the sons of the
green isle consider it, and then answer
If he has any moral right TO aid in
c''cting the present republican candi-
date
We are not to conSidcrwhat an ambi-
tious political aspirant says to-day.
| We are not concerned with the present
professions of Mr.. Blaine, but in order
| to form u fair estimate OF him, and his
aims and methods, we are to consider
his past rccord-ltiS past actions
| when selfish interest did not require
him to bid 'ur Irish votes or Catholic
influence. And what has been Mr..
Biainc's record for the past thirty
yeat or more, since he came TO
! AnS usta, Maine, the son of Il devoted
| Catholic mothcr--a mother whose
Christian effort ever was to lead this
son to the teachings and follow the
moral prcccpts of her f:ith?
| We find that as early rs 1851 Mr..
| Blaine was associated with one Stevens
as editor OF the kcnucbec journal, and
| that Stevens WAS u prominent know
| nothing; and the entire influence of
| this pnper was to sustain the most
violent knownothingism. Whether
Mar. Blaine belonged to such an organ
| lZation or not is not OF consequence,
when we know he was editing u paper
! i.Aich- Was an organ of knoWnothlug
aoh'iiielts' Hif', -e''->t everything that
was printed in that paper, so far Us n
could influence, was used against the
rights and liberties of Catholics in this
country. Mr.. Blaine is the present
candidate of the republican party, and
| every man knows, who knows any
thing of politics i'll this country, that
this knownothin@ party became
| merged in, and made up large part
| of the present republican party Every
republican was not a knownuthing, it
is true, but we may be very sure of
| this-that rs a rule, every knownOth-
ing became republican. Do our
Catholic citizens, or those of Irish
blood, discover any way by which
they can have the right to sustain
man OF MIR. B!aincs past history, and
elect him to the presidency? Legal
right to vote Tor this man, of course,
they have, but moral right it is most
respectfully denied they do have for
no man has the right to do wrong. No
man has the moral right to aid in sup
porting men who have tried to destroy
everything that he holds sacred and
true. From 1854 down to 1875 we
| tiutkthat Mr.. Blaine was constantly with
the republican party, and that during
all the time lie never raised his voice
or used his pen to defend, In any way,
the Irish citizen, nor to seek to stay
the wild and deIusive preiutlices Which
were used against Catholics.
When he could have said n kind
| word in all these long years to aid
or defend the rights of the poor Irish
or Catholic citizens, we found Mr..
Blaine-as the recent mass meeting of
| Irish citizens in Boston found him
| when they invited him TO be present.
4 II.
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r,n ,,,n,i - ,ras crnw.r CIovoI,,J AID
hnu ". WE ,imi Jomcs G. r,a;nc
,hiS ,,o, Who now ossnncs fn
Iva 90 IN loyo win ra4,..,:..
ii.I fff-2lii The year 1919!
| why II turns out, that III the cam
paign of 1919, III Maine, that MIR.
the injlicii;ce' and 1bowGr oI those who
! had his mothers faith, that he felt
that no Catholic should ever be.
| allowed 70 enter there. The Muiligan
Intters couId he read there, but no
Catholic voice should be heard. Acting
ON his sentiment Mr.. Blaine issued
tho we'll known anti Catholic Madigan
rircmar. i'm August 1873. And now
when the matter had grown rather hot
for Mir. Blaine, he denied that he ever
had ANYTHING to do with that circulars.
Hui the truth now is conclusive against
him. The TESTIMONY, under oath, fixes
i, Lnvoud all dispute or question. that
| NJ. Elaine scrt ont those circulars from
L;s n,v,, hnusc and that beyond all
nmcstinn they were written by his