The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-08-06
ARP AND THE A. P. A.
BILL BASNO USE FOR BIG0TED Sc
CRET ORGANIZATIONS.
Tbev Are Dangerous to the state-Lsttle
AIeck Fought the Know Nothings ana
Broke Them Up in Georgia

Our farmers are going to be in a bad
fix next winter. They wont nave any
nubbins to feed the steers on. L never saw
such big fine corn nor so much OF II.
never saw such line cotton in Barlow couh-
ty nor so much of it. Our farmers made a
fine crop of wheat and oats, and they Will
make q big crop of sweet potatoes. The
gardens are fine, the cattle are lat, anu
the chickens juicy. "A kind providence
and diligent work beats the alliance ana
all it's signs and grips and passwords ana
resolutions. / see that some farmers in
South Carolina have recently passed
resolution that they will not sell their cot
ton seed for less than 20 cents bushel.
III they mean by that to put them back an
the land, it is good, but III they mean to
force the market price, it is as foolish as
our state alliance at Macon, that few
years ago resolved that they would hold
their cotton until it brought 1212 cents
pound. But farmers generally have quit
such fooiishnesS and have fallen back on
hard Work. They had some fun, and
few OF their leaders gor into office but the
masses never got their hands in the sub
treasury nor their cotton and grain in
government warehouses. l never knew any
good to come of these secret-class associa-
lions, except where they are formed for
charity. Those formed for political pur-
poses are Il menace to good government,
anu an insult to outsiders. L remember
when the know-notning party came into
beng and Tor a few months lowered over
the country like dark and threatening
cloud. Those who did not belong 10 it
Ielt subdueu ana alarmed for they did not
know VINO they We're nor whom to talk to
IN confidence. Some mornings we would
ma the sidewalk spotted with
lea paper trianSies that meant
a secret meeting somewhere that night
IL d municipal election came off tine know
nothlhSs never SAID word, but when the
ballots were counted men were elected VINO
We're not candidates. Outsiders stood
agnast Many would have Joined but
were not wanted nor invited. Put none
but Americans on guard tonight" was the
patriotic shbboeth. and no foreign-born
citizen need apply. Protestant preachers
were all in, but no priests nor Roman
Cathollcs. But soon the power of money
began 10 be felt and some Of the worst men
were nominated for office. About that
time Aleck stephens had walked up to the
situation. lie stumped the state against
the new party and 50 keen was his lnvec-
tive, SO mastery mis- arguments, that good
men everywhere dropped out OF II, and
their candidates We're defeated. 1t was
whitening and tragic TO the IIttle giant
flash his dark eyes and hear him screani:
How now We secret, dark and midnight
hays! What is it We do? n deed without
name" Yes. a party without name,
party that darkenetn counsel without
knowledge; a star chamber that would po-
liticaly guillotne Lafayette and Baron de
Steuben. if they were mere; party that
designating hypocrites and disappointed
demagogues originated for their own aS-
grandlzement. -.
Well, he killed it in Georgia OF course
he had help and cooperation. out ne was
the chief eXecutioner.
Let me see That was about forty wears
ago. and now that same oId party has
fa i
A. L. A.'s-and its Vlllflcauoh 81 1@oIiaI
Catholics is just like IL was theh. me
papers sent Ee from Duluth ana dIoch
island TEEN with SANDER and lies. Ihey
declare the Roman Catholic priests TO De
Hbertines and the converts paShlos.
and the editor of the DuIuth pa
ner boldly charges thar the cells IN
the basement of the convent IN i'ululh
were built TO mprlson the nuns rjaets
tTh' Duluih paper says that the assertions
that the ShermanS were roman SathoIic;S
is infamous, slanaerous NE, Siu and
Rosecrans, Mcclellan ana McOoWeil IN. i,Liu
McClennard were Roman CatholcS tney
were utter failures as commanders, tiI'.
out of the $4,000 Catholic IrishIhen III tIS
,nion army over 100000 of them deserted.
and that it was Roman Catholic influence
that caused the ASSASSINATION Oh LiilCj it !,
and Garfield They are awful MAD with
MIR Cleveland for attending hlSh mass on
the death of Carnot. and denounce the pope
for sending old Jen Davis t ms ospers
are fearful. and l don't see how they can
keen up the lick. When was young read
a book called The Awful DISCLOSURES ol
Maria Monk" Maria was an escaped nun
from a Roman Catholic convent IN Mon
treal. and her pitiful story was as start tart,
ling as is that of Ida Wells on the southern
people. She sold 100000 copies in little
time and was great heroine in the best
society of New York and Boston. But by
and by the whole story was disproved by
committee of Protestant clergymen IN sdoh,
treal and Maria had to retire as FRAUD
and an mpostor But she made a snug
tO N.
is trying to do. The fools are not all dead
yet and she knows Ii.
But no party ride into power on the
waves of persecution especially religious
persecution. The A. +. AS Will only make
the Roman Catholics stronger and more
jealous. They are strong now. They can
stand alone, even in a sectarian war;
THE pope and the cardinal and
archbishops have recently made
q declaration against the liquor traffic that
will have a widespread influence for good
government in this country. | wonder what
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