The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-05-02

from the ecclesiastical domain. We have
been tested In our birth by the civil power
of absolution, in our majority by the spirit
of sectional dissension, and now we come
to the final great test, and that test Is be-
tween the hierarchy of q church and the
people of America. We have that church
proclaiming to an infallible ground, plac-
ing man in an infallibe position, and
giving that man dominion in civil as well as
religious matters, the dogma of infallibility
interfering with citizenship in every ma
ton of every Roman Catholic subject, in
tnat 1t demands of every Roman Catholic
SUBMISSION to supreme pontiff, a man in
the old world who claims to be the king
OF kings, the Lord of Lords and the prince
of princes. The American Protective AS
soclation has arisen, l believe under the
direction of the hand of Almighty God. GAP
plause) AS the abolition party stirred this
nation from its center to it's circumference
previous to the last great civil strife, SO
the American Protective Association is be-
ginning to stir the country from East to
west and from North to South, stirring
the hearts of the people with patriotism
and love of the flag and constitution as
they never heretofore have been stirred.
We are told that the purpose. and my hon.
orable friends doubt will bring it before
you tonight, that the object of this assoca-
ton is to abuse the individual member of
the Roman Catholic faith. l repudiate the
charge. l believe the day is not far dis
tant when the Roman Catholics themselves
who love liberty as they do, who have tes-
titled to it in the various countries of the
world where they have fought the same
power that to-day we are beginning to
struggle with believe that the time is not
far distant when l.cse Roman Catholics
who love liberty will thank God that he
raised up the American Protective Associa-
ton to give them deliverance from the pow
er of the ecclesiastical system of their
church. Appause) You do not, therefore,
for moment suppose that we are going to
abuse those people. No. The association
has been raised, not to correct this, or
that or the other in politics. but
RAISED BY GOD
to join and cement the bonds of the Ameri-
can people around the American standard
We have two old parties. My friend here
says that there have been seven, and that
he has been in allegiance with all the sew
en-. Laughter). But we have laid out an
other party and 1 trust before my friend
and honorable opponent gets done with his
subject that he will enter into the Ameri-
can Protective Association and become a
member of that party. Applause). We
have two grand parties. the old Democratic
party and the Republican party. My enc
mics will tell you that l have affiliated with
the Republicans, but ] say to you that 1
am Democrat from birth down to today.
(Applause). And l sam waiting, waiting.
waiting for my old party to die, that l may
shed tears of grief over her,|an see her
we'll buried Then, my friends on the Re
publican side, and my honorable friend on
the Populist side, l going to wait to
attend the funeral of the Republican party
ana l am going to see marching to it's
funeral one great American party, with
American principles uppermost, and with
the American people in their true belief in
the ranks, the rights of every citizen con-
served and preserved by it's constitution and
its being supported. (Applause). Now, the
American Protective Association stands by
the public school because the public school
lies at the foundation of liberties, I'M
derneath the constitution of the United
States, and upon the declaratio of indie
pendence. We stand true to the constitu-
ton because constitutional government as
signs the sovereign power to the people, and
we believe God Almighty can reach the
people just well through the blue sky
of Italy. AppiauSa). We stand by relig-
ious liberty. but we believe that there can
be no religious liberty if any one sect or
denomination sIlall domineer and rule in
our government. Therefore we believe that
we are doing God service in maintaining
religious liberty by fighting any church, or
any organization of religion, that seeks to
enter the political arena in order to secure
power and get the spoils of office Next
we believe in free speech, though we find
that some of our friends, the enemy, do not
believe in free speech when it is on our
side. You understand that in Wisconsin
they undertook to shut me off. Free speech
didn't go there for time, but it Is there