The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1884-12-04
Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.

created a sensation at the Baptist
pastors meeting in this city-yester-
dav.
The mild-appearing gentlemen
were nicely seated and the meeting 9
called to order, and DR.. Fulton
strobe up to read a paper on "Our
New Opportunity" His first sen
tence startled the assemblage:
'There has been a great preslden.
tial struggle he said, sand the par
ty which represents virtue, morality
and liberty has suffered defeat
Why? Because it was afraid of the
truth. The Hon. Emory A. Storrs
says in the Tribune that there is nc
intelligent democrat who doubts
that New York state would have
gone fer Blaine were it not for the
words of the Rev. DIR. Burehard, in
which be cOunseled all honest, God
fearing christian men to vote against
the party which was identified with
rum, romanism and rebellion. /
bless DR.. Burchard for those noble
words. They are true. 1 indCrse
every word Of them. Roman Cath
olics did not defeat Blaine. Every
Romish priest of this city and
Brooklyn delivered over to Blaine
faithfully every vote which he could
draw behind him. North and
south, east and west, the word has
gone forth from the Cardinals pal
ooo IN Nov, XorIx for Do,,o, C.+bo
lies to support james G. Blaine, be-
cause he has bowed down to Baal,
because his son was married to a
Roman Catholic, because his moth
er was a Roman Catholic, and be-
cause his congregationalism was
only skin deep. No, sir, the reason
why James @. Blaine was defeated
was because he and the republican
party were cowardly and trucking
They bowed down before a lie.
They cast blame upon DR.. Burch-
ard, who was no more to blame than
the hand upon the wall. Yet the
leaders made haste to repudiate
him, and by so doing they sent
thousands of honest, God fearing
men, who had felt the truth of DIR.
Burchard's words, to vote for Cleve-
land, and so they gave the country
to the democrats"
DR.. Fulton was getting hot. The
republican moderator DR.. Morse,
grew red in the face and the broth
ers moved uneasily in their chairs.
"What was there in DR.. Burch-
ards words to frighten the republi-
cansW queried DIR. Fulton in dra-
matte tone. "Do they not disap-
prove of rum? If they don't we'd
like to know it. Don't they disap-
prove of rebellion? If they are in
favor of it we'd like to know it..
Don't they disapprove of Roman
ism domin ating the country2 If
they are in favor Of it's domination
let them say lt.'' This aroused the
republican ire of the moderator, the
Rev. DR.. j. F. Morse, of Brooklyn,
who said: 81 demand that these
statements shall be proven. 1 don't
want such statements to go out as
if indOrsed by this body of Baptist
ministers. 1 don't believe that Jas.
c. Blaine has been in alliance with
the Cardinal of the Romish church
in this city. 1t is easy to make un-
supported statements, but demand
that DR.. Fulton shall prove what he
has asserted"
"Proof! proofw excitedly ex-
claimed Dr.. Fulton. "what proof do
you want?"
"Sit down." shouted the modera-
tor.
81 thought you want proof" said
DR.. Fulton, angry and flushed, "and
now you shut my mouth"
The Rev. DIR. Eddy, of this city;
Rev. DR.. Parmelee, of Jersy City,
and the Rev. r. B. Montgomery in
dorsed DR.. Fultcn's remarks.
After Dr. G. F. Seldom, secretary
of the Home Mission Society, a
brother who did not indorse what
DR.. Fulton had said, had spoken,
the latter was given five minutes to
reply to structures on his paper. He
bounced to his feet with his face
flushed with anger and shouted:
"Mr. Moderator, will you tell me
what you don't believe in that pa
per which l read?'
Don't believe any Of it,"
That's no answer. You believe
the bible don't youY
No answer.
"I'ou believe the bible don't you?
Some of what l said is the bible.
What don't you believe? approach
ing the moderator's desk). How
can l reply to you if you don't tell
me what you don't believer"
Cries of "Order, order"
"Mr. Moderator, don't you be-
lieve that Blaine had sold out to
the Roman Catholics?" shouted DR..
Fulton. "Here's proof" He then
read what DR.. Storrs is reporsed to
have said about DIR. Burchard and
that but for his alIiterative utter
ance the republicans would have
carried the state by 20, 900 majority.
He then quoted from the Catholic
Review Of Nov. 9, and then continu-
ed as follows:
''I say it won't do for us to say it
amt true. Here is the fact, that
Gen. Sherman's wife got Mr..
Blaine's daughter to marry tLat
man, who is old enough to be her
grandfather. Throughout the
whole sthls has been Roman
Catholic boom for Blaine"
The meeting suddenly adjourned
in great confusion, DIR. Fulton still
shouting and waving his paper in
the face of the moderator.