The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1894-06-01

~ The old Thirteen united fought
The Revolution through;
i. While single handed, old Vermont
y. Fought them, and England, too.
r +, She'd Massachusetts and New York,
IT And-sO the record stands
New Hampshire, England, Guilford, and
10 The Union on her hands;
W Yet still her Single Star above
s. Her hills triumphant shone;
- And when the smoke of battle passed.
u She'd whipped them all, alOne!"
!, So modesty survives the flight of time an
u like charity, vaunteth not itself, Is not pufft
" up, doth not behave itself unseemly.
!. Some A. p. A. Falsehoods.
y The American Citizen of Boston, the orga
u of the A. p. A. contains the following in Il
!, issue this week.
. One of the latest aspirants for Romish applauf
u Is paper published in BrattebOre Vt, Gale
= The Windham County REFoRMER. 1t makes
n lengthy attack on the A. r. A., and although W
: know, nothing as to the editors of the sheet, W
. would venture the assertion that the attack wa
r. written by Papist, as 1t bears all the papi
= earmarks Of bluster and blunder 1t holds u
molly stark" as sample. Of Roman Irishme
staunch Protestant and held just such views n
the A. p. A.s hold today. 1t also glOrifles Arch
bishop Hughes-the treacherous foe of the ma
ton in wartimes (2l and asks If Lincoln woul
have endorsed the A. p. A. From what he SAT-
of Romanism, we should Judge that he would
have endorsed it with all his heart ls) 1t speak
u
ish organization in Washington's time, when tn
fact was 1t was Protestant. ~ and 1t then say
Lord Baltimore was the first to give religious
federation (5) (Which is falsehood,) and tina
four Roman Catholics signed the Declaration o.
Independence, when in fact there was but one
(OBut nearly every line is as reliable (?) as the
Surely it was Patsy, the Office cat, that wrote
the article!
We present this as a good specimen OF
A, p. A. argument. 1t contains as many de-
liberate falsehoods as it does statements and
such as could not possibly have any effect eX-
cept upon the most credulous and thoughtless
of people.
ID The REFoRMER never said any such
thing. 1t said that John Stark was an Irish
man simply.
2 Such fling as this at the memory of a
man who did so much for the country in its
most trying times as Archbishop Hughes
passes the limit of partisanship or decency or
anythingelse, and is born simply of fathOm-
less maignity. There is absolutely nothing
to it, and no one who has read his great
speeches in England or who remembers how
he fairly took his life in his hand during the
draft riots in New York, to demand the en-
forcement of the draft to the utmost, can
possibly imagine that there is.
81 We also call upon theCitizen to produce
one word Abraham Lincoln ever said that
will justify its aspersion on the memory of
that great-minded and great-souled man.
Every quotation squirting in that direction it
can find we will match with q hundred that
are fiat against anything of the nature of the
A. We also ask the evidence for the
assertion that "Stark held just such views as
the A. p. A."
4. 1t may be putting it too strongly to say
that the ''Friendly Sons of st. Patrick" was
an organization of Catholics, as the REFORM
Err somewhat carelessly did, though it was
substantially true at that time. But it is not
hat 10 a,,<
body. The very name is a sufficient answer
to the absurd statement. The fact is that it is
an organization of both Catholics and Protes-
tants, or Orangemen, to bury the old fights
and antagonisims in friendly, patriotic asso-
citation. 2H
5. The REroRMER never said Lord Balti-
more was the first. 1t said the country had
''sOme of its earliest and most precious lessons
of generous religious tolerance from Lord
Baltimore and the Catholics of Maryland"
Roger Williams and the Island ordinances
were earlier.
6. Were not Thomas Mexican, whose faith
er and mother were both born in Ireland,
James Smith, himself born on the Emerald
Isle, and Thomas Lynch, Jr., of Irish descent,
all Catholics as well as Charles Carroll, whose
religious position has been better known be-
cause of his activity in the church?
The Citizens Interpretations from the RE-
FORMER and deliberate mis-statements of
facts are off of the same piece, evidently, as
the circulars secretly distributed several
months ago entitled Constructions to Catho- |
lics' and purporting to be copies Of recent in
structions issued by the Roman Catholic au-
thorities to the members Of the church with
The signatures OF eight archbishops and the |
counter signature OF Cardinal Gibbons bra
.enly forged to It, and the address following
llleged to have been issued by Pope Leo Ill,
sat st. Peters, Rome,' on Dec. %, 1891. 1t
eads
We proclaim the people of the United States
ave forfeited all right TO rule said republic and
aiming to it. We likewise declare that ali sub. |
ects Of every rank and condition in the United q
tates and every individual who has taken any I
yhatever, may be absolved from said oath as -
lso from all duty, fidelity or obedience on or
bout Sept. 5, 1893, when the Roman Catholic I
1all eXhonerate them from all engagements; O
nd on or about the feast Of Ignatius s.
yola IN the year of our Lord 1888 it will be the /
'und within the jurisdiction of the United i
tates. IL
When hotly and Indignantly denounced as
eserved for such infamous tactics by Rev. E
Tashington GLADDEN.. the Congregational di- u
me, this is the way the Citizen sneaks out of e.
AS far as the Constructions to Catholics" is ~
it seems ridiculous that the article of 81
&c writer we are discussing should have Sc u
ously taken it that forgery was intended. cl
ythcal conversations between the President w
Id Secretary Gresham have been printed, as in
ell as have mythical statements and speeches r.
various public persons, time after time; but af
fool has arisen and claimed they were for az
ries Such things frequently appear the pur- OF
se being to ridicule certain individuals I'm part, be
it more to indicate what the inner thoughts of m
Oh ones are likely TO be. So Constructions to | hi
thOlics" is evidently intended to reveal the iv
ne animus of the leaders of the papal party ~, ~,
ward the rank and file of the vast army whom ~ ~
cy SO absolutely control. VI
As to the "Encyclical' to which Mr.. GLADDEN. be
fers, we cannot answer for it. We might dis. by
Sc of 1t by adopting his own policy lin regard
the alleged obligation of the A. p. A. and no
7 that as Roman Catholic authorities do not Gle
LIST assume that it was. We are at least not an
a position to prove that the Pope did not so res
lax. However, we care little whether he sol
or not. thu
such facts amply justify the quotations from be
igious and other papers in another column pm
nut the character of any organization that ma
iertakes to work secretly in public affairs. SOC
Attempted Escape. oa
lillian Goodheart, who was arrested Tuesday .ce
hester charged with rape, attemptedto escape %
dnesday morning. Soon after the officers s,
ted with him for the Woodstock jail he the
ped through the car window. Five shots day
e fired at him, and after he had jumped an cou
,ankment y feet high, he was captured, thil
ught back here and fined $50 and costs for goo
ng to escape. Later in the day he was taken SER
ne Jail. !
he Fairbanks Scale Co., of ST. bloomsbury Fri,
e cut wages 10 per cent owing to the constant sor
nation in business. SUI
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