Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-08-21

Ter and his record? The learned Judge
went too far. He proved too much
Hez was SO hard messed and emhar-
raised for valid arguments in his candi-
dates defense that he employed weak
and trickr argnments.. Probably he
thinks. Ike his hrotser, that the time g
demonstrate against Dad nomination
is the next'tim but unless he can give
better reasons than the one quoted the
people will make up their minds that
the best time - this time Boston Post
B - - ; - s
Blaine S ) know Nothing.
Z with most Of the Blaine organs the
defense of that gentleman's Know
Nothing record is the statute of limi-
tations- 1T was a good many years
ago. they plead. lit was before the
| war" and { before the Republican
psrty was fairly organized. 7 The Past,
of this city, sees. however; the weak
ness of this plea 1t is astute enough
% eoaprehend that such plea in be,
half of candidate exploited as the
friend of Irishmen should be accom-
panied by evidence that Blaine's
original views have undergone q
change. And, knowing that there is no
such evidence, lit boldE takes the bull
by the horns, appl2uds Blaine's Know
Nothing record as published in the
Free Press. and begs usgto ..Do so
some more.n 81
E. lisa pleasure to obligesa contem-
porary SO DESTROYS of information. We
give. therefore, some additional illus
trations OF Blaine's proseriptiye spirit
toward foreigners, and especially
toy ay.I Irsc CD
| of these Is the paIliation by the Ken
sebec Journal, then edited by Blaine.
of the burning of the Catholic Church
at. Bath BY D mob, the ground of pal
liation being the alleged fact that a
carriage filled with Catholic Irishmen
drove through the crowd and dis
turbed a meeting, which was taking
place. Another illustration is I the
Journals approval in paragraphs
like the following of the doctrines
which Ned Buntline was then preach
ing:
of this country and other countries can deny
that there Is strong provoc&tlon for AmeH
to put foreigners Gpon such probation thai
they viii nave an oppo-tunifyst of became
somewhat acquainted with our Institutions
and forms of government before they are re-
ceiyed into q full and active participation in
its administration. Americans are put on
probation for twenty-one years. and have to
undergo a constant training and education
into ali the details of the theory and practice
of our repu blicanism before they are allowed
10 vote or hold ONCE. and yet many foreigners
are permitted to do the same in FIVE years
after they emerge from the darkness OF
States they have been smugFed into al. the the
| rights of Citizenship in much less time.
Blaine's paper also copied with ap-
proval the resolutions adopted BY the
Know Il othings at their Bangor meet
ing, one of which read as follows:
iieso'ucd. That native Americanlsm. anti
slavery and temperance are the foundation
consideration, and that before giving our po-
l1tlcai support to any man, for any office we
tai in favor of these great and cardinal prin
ciples.
During the session of the Maine Legis.
lature in 1855, while Blaine was in
control of the Journal, the bill which
we have already referred to was passed.
depriving the State courts of power in
naturalization cases. One of the
speeches in support of this bill, made
by q prominent KNOWN othing and
warm personal friend of Blaine, and
published in full by the latter, contained
the following suggestive passage:H
homes iegions IRE among us. naturaiized
81la Is tf<5t 10 f0te d8 An AU1eE1GA0 ana IHGy
do vote Whoever else may stay away these
viii be sure to be at the polls. And did you
ever know Catholic to go to the polls hest
tating who he shouldsyo for? He always
votes from design aud In aecordance with a
plan weiIsunderstood before going to the
place of yotli1x Ihe3 plan &Qntalns worm
out of sishk Hat n 1xlsW sN& H. very roots of
American tu1iunz wfose lifting. as in
the case OF Jons1s 2o,lrd. g the FIRST indiea-
has airead y 20 ~ alarming extent got control
of our schools In many extensive and i'm
pOrtaDt iocalitfesin this country the Protect
ant Bible is Ignored in the schools. School
agents and teachers and experimenting
school comHittees are elected by Catholic
derived &1moSt exclusively from Protestauts
forsHterary education. is grossly perverted
aaf made TO subserye Roman sectnrianism
and 1nfJ-xepublicanisrn. The Pope
has defermined that the seat OF power shall
be il the the United Stafes Of America Our
instItuti0n4 of to-day, with an their blessings
to us rs Protestants and freemen- he has de
termined 10 make his institutions tomorrow.
Let not the American sentimenx now aroused
subsidies Permit ii not to sluuber.
Should our contemporary desire any
more light either on Blaine's connec-
ton and sympathy with the original
Know Nofhing movement or upon his
more recent manifestations of The same
proscriptive spirit, it can be accommo-
dated. But if it really has any faith in
its pretenses that Blaine is gaining sup
port from the Irish it should stife its
curiosity ON this point until the cam
paign is over. Detrczl Free Press.
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