Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-11-19
Written for ~ Osfori I',mccrat
SOWING SEEDS.
NJ,

an lncomlng tile from all parts ~ ih'
world. puring the ninety year. prcccl
ing lS>n. thrrr came to our shores tee
millions II Foreigners, thrcc-fourihs ol
whom came Ia the last thirty year,. u
I. easy a. scc whv thi. tide l. rislng
higher aud higher. In England oul,
onc person IN twenty owus land, In scot
hnd. one la tweut v-hVe. Ia Ireland, on'
In .eNcntV-nlnc. We can easily unier
stand With what thrill of ioy thr.s
people hall the news ~ fire. land, trcs
schools, good wage. and gooi living N
America. John Ice says that la frussh
nrarly one half the population have Z,
live on an annual Income ~ slUo "a 4
family. We can easily see With what
longing v,rs they would look upon 4
country Wherr, a. In the state ~ Massa
chus-tts, the average wagrs u sii~ each
yearly. II 9. no, difficult 10 see why AZ
Italian Who pay. ., per cent II hl'
scsniv earning. 60 the tax gathrrcr, ~
the Eussian Who has o. spend fific"u
vcars of hls le.t life Ia the army, hast
ens to our .hor-s.
The teuih ccnsus gave the number oi
foreign horn population IN the lniicI
states. With their chilirru ~ the hrsl
generation, "a ii.upO.0D. While Their
are some noble citizens among the immt
grants. the average Que l. q Eurup-ar
PEASANT whose moral and religious train
ing hls lsecn largely under Romtn cath
ollie ani infliei instruction, and m1uv oi
them frum thr puper ani criminal
slassss PROM e rvport - the Howard
society. London, II appear. That seventy
four I,rr cent ~ the lrish dischtrgrt
conyicis found their Way o. the lnli~I
~tttc.. ln New Engltnd IN lss0, Tor
cien~r. consiiiutci twenty Per cent oi
th~ population ani furnished seventy
fSe per cent - the crime; in oihsi
words. one foreigner commits twelve
timrs as much crime as native.
immigration fuuishc. n large part o'
our psupers. Of the 60 discharg~l
con,lct. sbo applied Cor all o. the ihs
on Association II New York, ending
june lS~l. ll we're ~ native parrniag'
against so of foreign. Ia the Rh"l'
l.lhnd work house aud house ~ corrc,
tlou Ia iSsO, foreigner. furnished forty
thrrc Ter cent of the Inmates, while the,
compo.s,i bat thirteen PER cent ot th'
population.
forrlgusrs are chiefly responsible fol
The liquor traffic IN i>>0, ~ the traders
and dealers in liquors and wines, sixty
thrr- pef cent eerr foreign horn, nni ol
ih~ brewers aud disilller. seNenty-hy'
Ter cent. while large portion ~ th'
other. we're ~ foreign parnlagr.
We have sern that Immigration fur
ni.hes a great shtr' ~ our crime, pau
pch.m. hnd liquor tr,filc, alec the ~
cruits for the Mormon tni Roman cath
olic churchs., and l. the nur.c ~ Nmef'
lean ~ocialism. Al th-se Institutions
have a vote. and can We assimilate alI
th~sr dlscouiaui elementsf Mr. Becthei
hOrsfully .aid. when the li0n cti. an oN,
the OK hc,umr. lion. not the Hon, oN
Hut hr dii not tell the people that al
rrtdy the American lion had eaten t"o
many foreign oxen aud VA suffering
from inilg~.tiou. or that b. had eaten
80 many diseased ones that be- was nov
suffering from blood polsoning.
Next comiug under notice l. Roman
Cathnliri.m. whose seeds arr rapidly
terminating ani root. striking de"pri
aud deeper in American soil. It. poNcl
&. more c~utraliErl than any monarchy
under the sun. H.. banner I. riise'i N
every civilized nation on the earth, aud
IT, government absolutely vested undri
the control ~ Que man, the Pope who
has not only control ot the live. and
property II IL. subiects bat ~ their con
science. sl.o. mi. Pope sends out let
ter. which are for the instruction and
cn,sruinrnt 20 his subjects throughout
all the world. Thess letters arv callc,I
Encyclical letter.. they give the pur'
t.o.s. ani alms of taiholicism and ar'
standard authority over the world. Pop'
pfus IN. Ia his letter of August 18th
l~sl. saii, "Ihe ab.uri anl erroneous
doctrine. or riYings In defence ~ liberty
of conscience arr most p-stllentnl
error. pest of all other mo.t Ia h'
dreaded la state" The sime Pope. 10
hi. Letter of December sih, lS0'
anithem iiiFcd those Who assert tia
lih-rty II conscience aud II religious
worship.
The Catholic bishops, clergy and prcs'
all breathe the same indolcuant spirit
saw Bi.hop O'Connor, "Hellgious li''er
ty 8. merely endured until the opposite
can b. carried into effect without perl
to the Catholic World" The Arch
bi.hop of II. Louis once said.-"ilercsl
aud unbelief are crimc., aud Ia chris
titn countries, as in Italy aud spain
they arr punished as other crimes.
Tho Pope Ia hi letter above referred to
tDcccmber STA, lsGI, lnaihemilifcd all
Who maintain the liberty of the pres
and al advocates of the liberty o
speech-he call. u the "liberty ~ per
dhion. And b. says again Ia hi. forty
fifth letter,-''the I,omlsh church la
a right "a interfere In the discipline al
the public sclOol. aud the choice o
teachers" From thl. high authority Y
l. proved that thi. church l. In open an'
malignant hostility tO free speech, fre'
pres, fire. religion and free school.
That II !. her purpose To keep her AL
herrnts In dense Ignorance, l. proved 10y
the countries where she has undispuie'
sway. like Italy, spain aud Mexico. II
Italy seyenty-thrcc per cent are w.
llienie; In spain, eighty per cent; ans
Ia Mexico ninety-thre PER cent.
That this power l. Increasing with
gcometrical ratio over the Protestan
churches. l. proved by census reports
IN lsDO there was one Catholic to ever!
fiftv-thrtc Of the whole population; II
1850, Que Ia fourteen aud three tenths
and IN lSSO, one Ia seven aud seNel
tenths. There stand the figures, behol'
them. Parade them whichever way yo'
choose, the prospect l. not assuring
Comparing the relative Increase of TIL
churrh With the evangelical churches
We find from 1850 to ls>O, the population
Increased ll6 per cent, the Catholl
church 29I per cent, aud the eNangellca
churches ls5 per cent. From 1870 q
lssO the churches Of all evangelical de
nominations increased 10 per cent, Will
the Catholic multiplied - per cent. II
1850 the Catholic population was equa
to o. per cent of the evangelical member
ship: In $50 II was equal to ~ per cent
They are mas.ing their fcres In ou
large cities. aud In our territories an'
sparsely populated western States. Thl
l. In accordance with prearrange'
plan. When the Jesuits were driyeI
out from Berlin aud even from CathOll
countries, on account Of their intrigue'
they declared they would plant them
selves In the western territories of Amer
lea. How we'll they have succeede'
will BE- shown by the census, whicl
develops the fact that taking Ia all ou
territories, the Catholics have eighteel
times AZ many members la their church
e. az all PrOtestants. aud California fou
times as many Ronanists as Protestants
Lafayette, himssf Q Romanist, SAID