Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1884-07-21
Blaine and THE irish.
The Madigan Circular that tbs
PIumed Knight Fired at the
Irish Catholics.
He Denominated Them the Roman
Hierarchy and Sought to Arouse
Protestant Prejudice
Auainst a Catholic Office Seeker
An Attempt to Revive
Know hothingism.

AUGUSTA, Me-, July ls.-[SPecial Regis
ter Correspondence. Mr.. Blaine has some
elements of character that naturally attract
the generous and impulsive sentiments OF
the Irish heart. But there are two or three
reasons that render any expectations OF his
receiving Irish votes fallacious and absurd.
This party, its attitude towards our for
eign born citizens, the very birth Of the Or
ganizatiou, preclude the possibility of Irish
men supporting Mr. Blaine. The Know
Nothing party was the principal factor in
the organization of the Republican party.
1t drew its principal supplies from that
source and with the disabanding Of the
Americae or Know Nothing party the rem
nsnts all went over to the Republican
party.
A Rad Record.
The Democratic party was the constant
and unyielding antagonist of the Know
nothing party. Bat aside from this fact
Mr.. Blaine has himself made personal
record that antagonizsS all Irish support and
banishes all hope of help from that quar-
ter
One little circular written by Mr.. Blaine
to say nothing Of his knOwnothing editorials
forever drives from him the Irish vote The
circular was used in the campaign OF 1876.
Ex-Governor Plaisted of Maine. says James
g. Baiue wrote the circular, that he saw
him write II, and that hundreds and thou
sands of the circulars were issued through
the mails bearing his frank has never
been questioned and Mr.. Blaine has never
denied the authorship of the circular
Governor Plaisted, then Republican,
was running for Congress against James C..
Madigan, respected lawyer and good citi-
zen, born of Irish parents, member Of
the Catholic church Governor Plaisted
has since been elected executive of the State
on the fusian ticket. The following is the
circular that he says he saw James G.
Blaine write;
The Circular.
Do the Protestant Democrats Of the
Fourth District desire to be represented in
Congress BY Roman Catholic? James c.
Madigan, the Democratic candidate for
Congress in the Fourth District, is a very
Jealous Roman Catholic. 1t is believed by
many that he is a lay member Of the secret
order of Jesuits, Just as the late Senator
CaSSerly, of California, was. CasSerly was
elected to the Senate by Jesuit money
100000 contributed by that order-and
the fact being discovered Casserly at once
resigned his seat rather than stand an in
vcSt;gatiOn, and thus expose the
workings Of the order In Ohio and
other States the Catholics are striving to
DESTROY the only avenue for education left
open to the children of the poor. They
say, I'VE shall have church schools in
stead and TINS let loose the worst of
theological quarrels all over the land. 1t is
a great gain to the Catholics to get these
prominent men in Congress They now
have four members of the United States
Senate, one from each of the States of New
York, Mis- ouIi, Virginia and Florida. The
whole energy Of the Catholic church is now
exerted to increase its power in
the Congress Of the United States.
The papists everywhere are awaiting
the result of Morgans cam
paign in this district, and it will be hailed
everywhere as great triumph for the
ifa New Euglaud Protestant dis
triCt sends Roman Catholic to represent
it in Congress Are the Protestant Demo
Gratis in tie Fourth district willing to aid in
building up the Roman Hierarchy? An
swcr at the polls on the lSth of September,
and If ,ou do not feel willing to vote for
General Plaisted, at least cut MadiganS
name off your regular Democratic ticket
Remember that you owe more to religious
sentiments than YOU do to party, and the
proper rebuke to your party for asking you
10 vote for a Roman Catholic is to support
General CornOr for Governor and General
Plaisted for Congress.
Protestant DEMoCRAT.
Demagosic.
Could ANYTHING be more daStardly than
his? Could there be any more demagogic
md Untruthful? Could any irishman, any
-Sth0l.c support any man who had written
md circulated slch a circular? Let us
lear 10 more about the possibility of the
IRISH supporting Mr. Blaine. The Irish are
,cucrojS and forgiving. but they can resent
m insult and rrbuke base and fraudulent
ppeals made to stir up religious passions
or political purposes.