The Irish standard., 1894-03-17
DoNNELLY's LECTURE.

Question" At the outset be stated that
| he was not partisan on either side Of
the question under discussion; that it
has never been his good fortune to be-
long to any religious denomination; and
that he would therefore speak from an
impartial standpoint az an American
citizen. "The spirit of The age is the
spirit of the Sermon on the Mount" OK
claimed Mr.. Donnelly, and that was the
sentiment which pervaded his address
throughout. He defined his position on
the school question by saying that with
cut public schools the American republic
could not survive for single generation.
Colleges and universities may go, but
the public school, the poor mans college,
will last as long as the republic endures
Regarding the appropriation of the pub
lie funds for sectarian purposes Mr.. Dom
nelly quoted the constitution of the state
which explicitly affirms that in no case
shall the money derived from public tax,
alton be appropriated for the support of
schools "wherein the distinctive doc
trines, creeds or tenets of any particular
christian or other religious sect are pro-
mulgated or taught" The constitution
should be amended by maj ,rity vote of
the people before that provision could
be altered. ''It such proposition"
continued the speaker, twas put to the
people it would be voted down almost
unanimously, and I believe majority Of
the Catholics of this state would vote
against it," This declaration IN refer
ence to the Catholics elected rapturous
applause, the Catholics themselves join
ing in it. Mr.. Donnelly referred to race
prejudices and showed the folly Of enter
tanning them, and finally came to the "A.
P. A. He spoke of the Pope as the bug
aboo who is to overthrow our American
institutions. The Pope was lover of re-
publican institutions and it was dis
grace to American intelligence to believe
that man of his noble, christian character
would be guilty of issuing instructions
to American Catholics to slaughter their
fellow citizens. eff tho Pope was a thug
and assassin" said Mr.. Donnelly, she
would not have dared to put forth such
a proclamation as the bogus encyclical,
aid I shall be sorry if it becomes known
in Europe that we have anybody who be-
ieves in it," Mr.. Donnelly took up the
oath of the A. P. A. and analysed it.
Then he said: "Nine- tenths of those
who believe in religion believe in the re-
liglon of their parents. It takes strong
man to break away from the traditions
ST his family. Why should we deprive
them of the means Of making q living in
this hard, cruel world, simply because
they believe what their people believe,
and belong to the church they were
raised in? Oh, my friends, this is cruel.
It is persecution of the little ones. It'll
is not American. (Applause:) 1t is not
the brotherhood of Christ nor the father
hood Of God. It is not loving thy neigh
Dor like myself. who is my neighbour
Why. any one. Why, we will have to
have 9 Bible with an amendment after
this. Applause and laughter.) We will
have to put IN, "Love thy nelghbor like
thyselt provided ne belongs to the 4.
2. A."
He next turned his attention to the
Orangeman and described him as fol-
lows: "Supposing that we had failed IN
our revolutionary attempt in l776, the
English had beaten us and they had cap
tured George Washington and jefferson
md Rem Franklin and all the rest Of l