The herald., 1896-10-26
PART III-ARCHBIsHOP IRELAND
ANSWERED.

A man beloved for his outspoken
sympathy with free institutions-a man
in touch with the feelings, the suffer-
ings and the Joys Of the common peo-
plea prelate of the Roman Catholic
church, distinguished for broad lib
erality of tolerance, away beyond the
supposed limitations Of his creed-has
lately given to the press a statement
of his opinions on the issues Of this
| campaign, characterized by manly can
dor, an open disavowal of all ecclesias-
tical authority, and a paternal anxiety,
evidently born of patriotism and love
Of humanity. We refer to Archbishop
| Ireland Let us briefly examine his let
| ter, so as to estimate his opinions at
their true value, handling the subject
with that respectful consideration which
the exalted position and worthy char
acter of the writer deserves.
| AS to the financial question, he pre-
sents no new points. but only variations
on the well known commonplaces Of the
| gold standard advocates. 1t Is the old
story, based on the untenable theory
of the 53-cent dollar, silver monometal-
lism and reputation. These have been
| completely disproved in my foremr let
ter, except in so far as they are in
this one. But his other opinions demand
our respectful consideration now.
He says that the clause about "arbi-
trary interferences" in the Chicago plat
form means secession" and he quotes
the sayings of Tillman Of South Caro-
lima as proof thereof. Would the rever-
end gentleman recommend arbitrary
irterferences? In the passage on the
supreme court, his eminerce pleads most
earnestly and worthily for submission
to the law. Why is he, then, in this
other for the right of the chief execu-
tive to break the law? Arbitrary in
references" are interferences contrary
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extremist from South Carolina said SO,
his eminence asserts that this clause has
an entirely different meaning from that
attaching to the word used! To the
unauthorized extremist from South Car
olina to his followers, if he has any, and
to his eminence the clause may have a
different meaning from that implied by
the words used. but to the people who
will vote to sustain the platform and tc
their presidential candidate they near
what they say, and no other insidious
treacherous meaning can nationally be
attached to them. The pure, unassail.
able, patriotic character of w. ]. Bryan
is ample guarantee for that. If these
words were intended to refer to the Chi
cago riots of 1894 then the question arises
whether Cleveland's interference was
arbitrary. Altgeld says it was. Cleve.
land has never maintained that it wa.
not. The excuses made by some of hi
defenders would seem to imply that they
) believed it was. We all love peace, or
der and law and detest riot. But ther:
are things to be feared worse tina!
riot-destruction of property and ever
bioodshed. May be his eminence be
!. lieves that the interference was arbi
trary, but that the circumstances justi
fled arbitrary interference; in othe
, words, that "the end justified th
means" Does his eminence not per
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, more dangerous than any rioting? w
! may not always have president who's
, integrity and discretion can be trusted
any more than we may always hav
state governors of that quality. Ono
establish that rule, that president ma
q break the law, in an emergency, and
bad president may do 1t to subvert tn
peoples rights and liberties. Their
may be in the course Of centuries rar
: and extraordinary emergencies. the tat