St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-02-07
CLEARY BOASTS A. P. AS
TIE minneapolis PRIEST SAYS THEY
ARE DiSLOYAL
TO THE AEmRroAN SPIRIT
He Says That Every Man Has q
Right TO Demand OF His Coun-
trymen That He BE Secure in
Every God-Given Right-The
a. p. AS Are a Menace to
Liberty,

Every GOd-Given Right-The
a. p. AS Are a Menace to
Liberty.
An entertaining musical programme.
and an address by Rev. j. M. Cleary. of
Minneapolis, at st. Peter Clayer church
last evening attracted at least 600 peo-
Pile, nearly all white. though the church
is a colored Catholic organization. Miss
Kittie Collins. tie cathedral organist,
accompanied all of the pieces OH the
piano. Mrs. j. l.. Demule5. Miss Alice
BIssonette, Miss Josie O'Keefe. the
church organist and George DAM.
violin, were received with marked
favor. But the feature Of the even
ing was the address of Father Cleary
on 1.-The American Citizen"
Father Cleary spoke with wonderful
vigor and power, and every thought
expressed appealed to patriotism and
good sense. He spoke of the Importance
of being an American citizen, and re-
garded it privilege and an honor. and
insisted that never before III the history
of civilization have the rights or men
been so thoroughly respected and so
consistently maintained as they are to-
day i'll our government, which was built
upon man. upon manhood full-groWn,
and recognizes no other criterion than
men. No matter where born, of what
nationality or what color. the rights of
men are inalienable under our govern
ment. Some of our best citizens were
an unbroken American ancestry. Ben-
edict Arnold, the traitor, was born in
America; James E. Shield, patriot,
statesman and soldier, was born i'll
Ireland. I'VE do not ask the black man
to change the color of his skin, or the
Malay to whiten his copper hue.
We only ask that men seeking
American citizenship shall re-
nounce allegiance to foreign princes
and prove themselves worthy
to be Americans. No religious test is
made or was made by those.who adopted
our constitution. They sought to eslab-
lsh and defend the inalienable rights of
men. And this constitution was estab-
lished by the aid of foreign men and
foreign money; without that aid the
efforts of Washington would have
failed. The foreign friends of Amer
lean freedom fought in every battle
of the American Revolution, and
in every battle of succeeding wars;
they suffered in hospitals and prisons
side by side with those of American
BIRTH" He then denounced i'll the most
seathing language the ''disloyal sneaks"
who meet under the cover of darkness.
in secret, and are oa:h-boUnd to rob
their fellowmen of their religious, COM
mercial and social rights because they
dare worship God according to the
rights to maintain which our fathers
pledged their lives, their fortunes
and their sacred honor. He had undis-
gulSed contempt for the word tolerate.
We do not tolerate man in the enjoy
ment of his rights; we do not ask what
religion he processes or to what party
he belongs, but we demand for him
absolute equality with his neighber
before the law. No man has any right
to any preference in his rights as an
American citizen or at the bar of
JuSLlCC lOI dH1 IGdSUu. I16 HdS u
right to demand of his country
men that he be secure in very God
given right. The leading elements at
the base of our government are author
ity. liberty and religion, though each is
entitled to free exercise without inter-
ference from the other. What foreign
philosophers and statesmen only
dreamed of we nave realized in the
American gOvernment-autho with
out deSpotism, without arbitrary power,
established by the governed for their
protection. There is not government
in Europe so strong as this. established
for the people and by the people, gov
eminent built upon the inalienable
rights Of man.
''There are two dangers which menace
the peace. liberties and welfare of the
American citizen. One is the oath
bound and ignorant men who meet in
darkness to work against the religious.
commercial and social interests OF their
fellow men. These strike at the heart
of liberty. Their organization will be
short-lived, but it wilt do incalc ulabie
harm. The other is the saloon, debas-
ing manhood and corrupting the bal
lot." He spoke at length denouncing
these influences, but with greatest Sc
verify of the former.