The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1893-10-26
GENERAL
and
JUDGE.
Hon. W.H.BaIl Of Zanes
Vine, Deneances the
Ani-AmeriCan
A, P, A.

a, 1, "A.
Judge Ball one of the NEST dis
tinguished jarlsts of Ohio, mar
of national reputation as a states
mar, the gallant soldier who lee
the charge under Sheridan al
Winchester, in a speech al Zanes-
vile to the young mems Demo
cratic Club, closed with this de.
nunc;atlon of the secret politica
organization known as the A.P.A
The utterances of a man of Ger
Balls standing, deserves the atten
sion of The American people.
"But my fellow citizens, there i,
another question that propose, to
talk to you about this evening. The
constitution of the United States
provides that there shall never be a
religious test required for any Office
or public trust in the United States.
And it forbids the placing of any one
religious denomination above an
other. The constitution of the state
of Ohio reiterates the very same
matter. that no sect or sects shall
ever be permitted to have or to con-
troll any portion of the school funds
of the state of Ohio. Now / say TO
my Catholic friends, you cannot have
share in the school funds, aud if
that provision were not in the con-
stltution, If l could prevent it,
you should not have it"
81 am told you have an organlza-
tion in this city of 800 that have
made pledge that no catholic shall
hold Office if they can prevent it, and
that no Catholic shall be given em-
ployment if Protestant can be
found to take it. am told that if l
attack this 800 they will all vote
against the Democratic ticket. That
is perfectly natural. You coraia not
find another SEQ who would do it
because it would be an abandonment
of all political principle, but I will
concede that these people will do it.
If were a candidate before the peo-
pie today and wanted the Office,
would rather be defeated than elect
ed by their votes. Applause.]
am satisfied, and have been for
months, that that organization is a
scouting party for the Republicans,
sent out by the Republican party to
do its dirty work, the most of them
not knowing why they do it.
They tell me that the Catholic
church is idolatrous and supersti-
tious. want to say to you that the
Catholic Is the oldest Christian
church in the world. She is the
mother, directly OF Indirectly, of
every Protestant church in Chrlsten
dom. And l want to tell you further
that the cardinal doctrines of the
Catholic church are the cardinal doc
trines of the Protestant church.
They kneel to the same God, they
pray to the same Trinity. they believe
IN the fall of man and the original
sin, they believe in the repentance
and change of heart and salvation
and damnation and if they agree so
far l see no occasion for dissention.
/ have witnessed devotions in
Cathollc Churches, once in cathe-
dral, and they are intensely beauti-
tul and devout and reverential, more
SO than | have ever witnessed IN a
Protestant church, and while l say
this the re is not drop of Catholic |
blood in my veins or any of my rela-
tives so TAR as / know. They would
not give a Catholic an Office or davs
work if they could get anybody else
to do it.
On the morning of October, 10th
1864, we were lying on the north |
bank of Cedar Creek in quiet repose
Just as the early dawn of day was be- |
ginning to crimson the east we heard |
the Rebel musketry OH our left. The
Rebels drove out and plunderd the
camp OF the West Virginia troops,
they drove from position the Sixth
corps and would have plundered the
camp except that we had taken ad-
vantage of the interim and removed
everything to the rear. We were
driven back three miles or more
where we formed line and awaited
the attack of the rebels whom we
Knew to be on way across the poto-
mac. While we were waiting Gen.
Keifer came baCs; he said, at is re-
ported that Sheridan is on the
ground. F" i hope to God it is true,'
/ said, and minute afterwards he
came riding up. He had made that
memorable ride from Winchester
which Read has immortalized, and
he arrived in time to save his army.
waiting for the Rebels to
come up, he ordered the troops to
attack in single line and when the
sun went down that day there wasn't
an organized platoon of Rebel sold
iery in the Valley of Virginia.
This A P A would censure the
that recommended Phil
Sheridan to West Point, would cen
sure the Government that appointed
him and gave him that command, /
and would censure the God, if they
Jared. who endowed him with his
great capacity as military leader.
Phil Sheridan was a Catholic and
mad probably attended Mass that
morning in Washington City. And
IN the same battle was your own fel-
ow- citizen, Charles NJ Cornyn. He
90, was Ca .holic, and if l ever
saw barver soldier than he it was
only Andrew Jackson, and if l ever
saw truer patriot l have never
known 1T.