The Irish standard., 1893-10-14

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Liberal party is their advocate and
champion.
UNM1TIGATED LYING.
The unparalleled capacity for falsehood
which has been developed by that dark.
;;fl a1nsitarn society called the A. P. A. is De.
ing rapidly detected and exposed by ou1
Professionals and secular contemporaries
as we'll IS by +'lh Honorable drsaib1le clergymen like
Rev. Alexander Milne, The conerega'
tional minister of Columbus, e., and the
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., who DIS
charged bis clerical assistant because 81
his connection with such an un-Ameri
can association. Speaking of the oath
taken by the members of this secret orde,
Rev. Mr.. Milne says: ''Somtimes human
language is inadequate TO express out
thoughts And I find difficulty in
properly characterlzing this oath 1t is
not only un-Christian, it is absolutely
selfish, inhuman and despicable. 1t
seems harmless at first, but it is like a
nest of devils hidden among fair and in
nocent- looking flowers. It is an en-
gagement prepared by the spirits of evil
to ensnare and to lead astray human
souls 1t smells of the birthstone of the
pit. This oath calls for violation of
the great principle of freedom of consci'
ence."
The great Congregationalist paper, the
Independent, is emphatic in it's denun
citation of the concocters of the bogus
papal encyclical and says that the men
who we're INSCRIPTIONS enough to frame
it and then persist IN standing by it and
asserting it's genuineness, are quite cap
able of backing up the forgery by any
amount of additional falsehood. The in
vention of such documents the hide.
pendent denounces as iminal and das
tardly.
We have in this city an organ OF the
A. P. A. which is as bare-faced in it's ut
terances as any organ of the old know
nothing organization of infamous mem.
ory ever was. The spurious papal ency
ciical was published continuously for
months in it's obscene columns until THE
IRISH STANDARD intimidated Edwards j,
Doyle, it's putative editor, into chilling
it," to use a Typographical phrase. The
same unprincipled fellow has placed in
it's stead another forged document which
he calls the "Oaths of Popish Leaders, y
one form being for priests, another fol
bishops and the third for cardinals.
These fabrications he publishes every
week for the poor dupes who are silly
enough to support his paper. AS in the
case of Leyden, "the evangelist" The
IRISH STANDARD would be safe in offer
ing it's contemplate contemporary the
sum of one hundred dollars for the pro-
duction of any of these so.called oaths
from an authentic Catholic source. But
Mr.. Doyle, Of Doylestown, Columbia
county, Wis, will 60 on circulating for
ceres until he eventually lands in the
penitentiary for defamation of character.
The latest exposure of the audacious
| lying Of Edwards j. Doyle comes from
Hon. 81. G. Stivers, the Protestant edi
tor OF the Brainerd Journal, vino refutes
the false statement made by Doyle in g
recent issue of his hebdomadal sheet
that swhile Brainerd is less than one
third Catholic, most of the offices are
held by Romanists, and the government
is practically directed by the Church of
Rome" He added menacingly that "be-
fore another election takes place the A.
P. A. will be prepared to say that none
but loyal Americans shall hold Office
Mr. Stivers replies to Doyle in the fol-
lowing true American fashion for which
The IRISH STANDARD thanks him:
eve have seen q number of A. P. A
publications, and none that we have seen
give the slightest regard to the truth.
The above is a fair sample of their
method of misleading those who believe
their statements. Among the county
officers, and there are eleven of them,
including the members of the board OF
county commissioners, there is only one
Catholic. In the city we have nom
Catholic mayor, judge, treasurer and
clerk. The ten aldermen are all non
Catholic with the possible exception Of
ono ahonf whose religion We know moth
ing. The ten members of the Brainerd
school board are all mont Catholic but
one. The school treasurer is also nom
Catholic. Thus out of thirty-six officers
Oily two, or possibly three, are Catho-
lies. What dependence can be placed in.
: paper that will brazenly assert that
Tie Catholics here have seized nearly all
The Offices? Brainerd's police force con-.