The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-03
rOREreNERs AVID TaE POPE.

EOhbA6NE no ~ ND AhG Y OA NE
So soon as the old Wing party
drifted into Knownothingism it died
an ignominious death. 1t seems the
Republican party is rapidly drifting
into Knownothingism, the receptacle
for bankrupt, broken down political
organizations. In the recent Cali
foYnia elections there was regularly
nominated Knownothing candidate
for Governor, and the vote he received
defeated Swift, the Republican can
didate for Governor, as every vote
cast for the Knownothing nominee
was taken from the Republican party.
Knownothingism has also been re.
vlved in the Northern and Ea7tern
States and by Republicans. The
Rev. DR.. Newman, q bitter Republican.
the pet Of Gen. Grant and who trav-
elled through Europe sort OF tramp
consel, at the expense Of the Amer
lean people, preached sermon in
Washington City on Thanksgiving
day in which be made furious war
on foreigners and the Pope Of Rome.
He said:
He would mako every priest and Roman
Catholic r0nounco before God and tho holy
angels all sllegi0 moo 10 every foreign. prince,
pOntiA and pOtentate, whether spiritual or
temporal. The Pope, no said, should have
NO sovereignty here. He vohemenuy de-
nsunced the Irish vote, the German vote
and every vote that was not thoroughly
American. AWAY With them," he shouted,
"And down with the politician who would
bid for them, We want no man Tor Presi-
dent Of the United States who you'd sink so
lew as 70 bid for an alien vote" The reo9g.
milton Of Christianity az tue religion OF the
United States, he named as one Of the seven
essential attributes of an American citizen,
There was largo congregation present and
the sacred edihco resounded with shouts and
applause a0d loud amons, such as ono has
been AceRstomed TO hear only In halleluJah
gatherings Of the Salvation Army. At tho
end one excited paTishioner rose and made
speeeh, In which he dsol ared that the preaoh-
or Ina expressed the sentiment OF tho con-
gregatlen. such excitement has not before
been Witnessed in any church In this city.
The signs Of the times plainly indi-
cate that the Republican party Is to
become tho old KnownOthing party.
In such a contest the Democratic
party will again be found on the side
Of civil and religious liberty. In the
same sermon this venomous traducer
of Southern Methodists declared that
no foreign immigrant to this country
should be permitted to vote for fifteen
years after landing on our shores. II
this wicked aud brutal doctrine had
been preached and practiced during
the Revolutionary War Lafayette
would have been spared the fortune
no gave to achieve our independence,
and Kosciusko, Montgomery and the
thousands OF foreigners and Catholics
who gave their lives for freedom
would have been driven from the
country for which they died. In the
late struggle between the States, in
which the life of the nation was i'm
periled, the Catholics and foreigners
offered up their lives on the
altar Of their adopted coun.
Try and sealed their devotion with
their blood, and yet foreigners
and Catholics are to be mistrusted.
There is not drop OF white blood on
the American continent that does not
trace It's fountain to foreign sources,
This na'ion was founded by the aid
Of iireiEn valoI, and now that we
have grown rich aud great through
the contributary agencies of foreign
energy, enterprise and industry, to
deny the people who have 80 largely
aided % in achieving our indie
pendence and preserving the Union, a
common share Of the benefits OF the
government their blood and kindred
helped 70 establish is a marvellous
meannsss, an ingratitude which the
American people will never per.
petrate. America has grown from
the rich blood oil foreign races. With.
out the infusion OF new blood the
stock farms, and even the poultry
yards languish. Assyha, Egypt and
Greece rotled because OF no
incoming peoples. 1. was not
nativs bora Americans that
founded this Republic a century
ago or who preserved it twenty We
years ago. The g were Irish and Ger
mans and Tia ians and French who
helped. They fought for our indie.
pendenc6 and for TIE preservation Of
the unioo. Foreigners snd Catholics
havs con rlbut d their beet blood 10
the vigar snd growth and strength Of
she An rical government, They
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