New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-01
4 DEM0CRATlC ISLANDER ANSWERED
FALSE STATEMENT ny CONGRESSMAN COLLINS
PROMPTLY DISPOSED or.

4 DEMOCRAIIC ISLANDER 1NSWERED
A FALSE STATEMENT ny CONGRESSMAN COLLINS
PROMPTLY DISPOSED OP.
To ne EduOr Of The Trtbnne.
SIR: IN the account Of the meeting Of Irish
czen in tho Acndomy Of Music last night published In
This days ISSUE Of The Hcrah ore OF Tho spckerH CON
Crcssm,n r. A. Collins. o. Boston Ia reported 10 have
ma1o uso Of tho follow ng language In reference - Mr.
Blaine;
Thirty years ngo James NJ Blaine turn np In
An ustn, De-. and adopted u fl'hlonabo rolglon.
AID lcahcInd there, and believe. rdisn ON fail:
lhe konctcc JoWnai, Mr. BluiDfa paper. pi.cld ~
Dc onc = no 0niri 9, Blld Their was great pfoy9oi.
ton forit Ihc only proyOcatlop for n thai Father
Lapbs performed The holy offices OF religion an tsnt
pipr
Now II MI THO Other statements made by the rest OF
ibe speakers ~ that meeting at ulgDt, and b. the
Democrats throughout the country, about Mr. Blaine arc
10 nnlc Ousy fdse The above. tbsn the sooner the
American people 81 ct Mr. Blaine President ~ the
United states the better and the safer VIII ihs country
DO. AZ The mo OF the occurrence alluded 10 ! was
resident Of Bangor, and the Rev. Father Bipbst was
my PASTOR having his eidence I'm that ci y, whichwa-
the centre ~ what mi hit be called bis parish He was
in the habit OF going from there at stated periods 10 the
small settlements where lie hid missions established
along the Penobsco and Union rivers for the Of
exercising the ocrs ana rites Of their rel gOn for the
benefit Of The Catholics Of those sparsey settled dis
trcs. ElwOrth on the latter river then a small,
dusty, dngy numbering, village, about twenty-six miles
southeast from BangO and bout sixty1ye miles north
cast from Augusta, the home OF Mr. Blaine. Father
Baptist had a email church at Ellsworth and il was
there and not AZ Augusta sxty-hve miles away that
the outrage referred to committed. What the
the bulk OF the population Of Ellsworth at that
tmri They chiefly luW Dermen and shp-carpenters
IRON the neghborng Provinces Of Canada and New Bruins
wick mostly from the latter Province. The snip carIeu
tiers the prnc pal actors ana rngleaders there.
And ho rnrp Chi pfprgl wpr
Orangcmen from New-B wick, and not Americans
nor cit OF the United States And how do know
this Because lie .rned it from Father Bapbsrs own
lips tho next morning at his residence on Ham
mOndst, at the old Catholic church, where with my
around his neck, .wept like child for he was
more thaua friend and he had often taken me as his com
panion many sick call AMI other presy missions of
onarity, and loved him and he loved me.
How II that the respec able Americans OF the place
permitted such outrage without interfering. They
would permit Il, but the mscreans who did tho deed
by stealth, the dead hour Of nght and on the
darkest night and du ing the most terrible raustom
known before since in that region Colonel Back,
one Of the respectable dents Of tho place. who by
chance came to hear Of H. got out in the petng
stO aud reached the llrtle church Just they
about TO break ino and burn IT, That gallant soldier
and gent eman. who represon ed The real American sen
tnent # the place his back against the door, faced
the villains and told them they could do II over his dead
boGy only, und thus saved the church. WHAT did the
people Of Maine do in condemnation Of 20 cru an on
ragei univcr al feeling OF indignation was awakened
throughout the state, anu tn PEG be- Ia many OF the
towns, specially 81 BANGOR hod Indignation meetings
and denou c. lie dastardly decd Tue opla Of Ban
gor moreover roc0nd d in tine state Il imp rt.ncc,
the home OF iaihr Bspb,t where Lee was highly e.
tocmcd by 70 classes, dld know how they could 10
enough 10 MAKE reparation TO lin Acc1 DINGHY upon
al Occasion appolne FOR ia p1rp So they pros ntei
HIM with valuable and beautiful gold watch aud other
article t. axe the place II ho stolen from DIS poison
by the Oranse zen, and a few cara alt"lva, "uen for
&c 10 lastcll reasons hc va} ont 20 1. m scfrci 10
ohcr fields. where ma learning and pc'y rendered hls
services necessary. tho sImo Auorr Io p from the
hlehcsi on lsnth state 8uro hc numb 10 o lons,
IMPLIED 10 the bishop Ponl ud hoping 30 80 .lu hm
nin0, ~ them. Ihe Ee'ueb,r JouVm winch then had "a
vide crcu alton lbrou-holt .h eute and none tap.c
tally 10 ia gor was n the hub of teidng ard Co., oil
lect very wei how grutef felt to It .or uie unniea
trcd terms IN icB ai the hent of The Maine pirs3 10
denounced ana ,xec.uo1 Oh louI and infamous decd
How hol tr ey.u po1.iol dem gIgu.s br so uu.
tfnii, ellaine .omc rol,a irwlrd or iatl.r bribe
as ~ enc 60 l 800 dsreput Die od 7hnme'u business
srauo ~ Wilton vps MN. u.es distant from hl home
and vh ch ht pter duly donoun ed and condemned ma
T,ih.r nppti IA stil lvin4. know ho v.ullle He uIy
ptrJod Of h ariug that .nnro.. claiming tlela7llp
w him had been .uilt OFFS in an ma sand tngiins
puHoie 900. o. AMIN whom be- vas h"ll No enrh hah
baupr l1i o.tn pl, yenuf 70 ~ tlat tno ,onHoe7
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tnhr bipbt "a 40 7ad nni mot l'nrt Haphat hetpi
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la6a' in'1.'oi 1na ~ i.'u tas ri no',rL ,,"aary
i,u aud aun b.ew me b.rn asas ulont 81 pror.saor
81. mt msr uuoi aud VINO hHnN also ta, fitler
nupus Wus 1903 Parish l'iiaa anl ul,hd ~ hansIr and
hil DE- cuma 10 pay me win for nam, Ic} c.u Doe
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