The Irish standard., 1896-05-23
THE APES IN THE FIGHT.


X ray ia discover. the man who has little
enough self-respect to admit that he was
ever associated with the infamuos con-
| spiracy, say the Church News. To hast
en- the day when it shall bid adieu to
time and enter the shadowy realms OF
Know ot hingisu, is the duty OF
every patriotic American citizen. It is
indeed, the sacred duty Of every man
who processes to love Christianity and
his country to help the A. P. A. slide
into the land where the ghost of It's pre-
decessor awaits to extend to. it 9 cordial
welcome.
The politician who fears the power OF
this reasonable conspiracy and who is
willing to risk his future upon it's sue
cess should remember two things-hrst
the fate of the A. P. AS predecessor,
the old Know othing party, and, sec
ond, the fact that there Is no more COM
parison between the enthusiasm OF the
Apaists and that Of the KNOWN othings
them there is between the waves OF the
Potomac and those of the Atlantic.
The congressman who showed SO much
fear when a delegation of the dark
lantern party invaded the room of the
committee on appropriations after dark,
should not, forget how puny and insig-
nificant the A. P. A. really is when it's
opponents strength is considered. The
old Know Nothing excitement overran
the country i with startling rapidity
state after state surrendered to its big
otry; but there is no enthusiasm in the
ranks OF. the conspirators who are now
plotting against Catholics. The fact is
they know their weakness and dare not
meet their enemies in the open field az
did the Know Nothing party years ago.
! The highest ambition Of the Apaists
is to secure the discharge Of Catholic
servant girls, because OF their love for
the one true church. Afraid to meet it's
enemies in the open field, the A. P. A,
pretends that 1t has no. intention to en-
ter. the field OF politics, and yet 1t has
managed to secure the cooperation OF a
few bigoted politicians and narrow
souled congressman, and has thus ac-
ouired an imaginary strength in the es-
timation OF the few.
The old '.Know- Nothing" party prom
ised to overrun the entire country, and
until wise in Virginia and Stephens In
Georgia gave it Its death blow, the best
friend OF America trenlbled for the re-
suit. The A.. P. A. has not developed
one-tenth OF the strength possessed Py
the party which was SO nobly met by
wise and Stephens, and the conclusion
to be reached Is that the modern Know
Nothings" will go into their graves
much more speedily than did their pre-
decessors OF the SOS. . !,
Although afraid to enter the political
deld. tile sApaists are striving BY every
possible means to fasten themselves
mon rs, one s5 .tof the two great parties. The
real nanipulators OF the platforms TO
Be adopted at Chicago and st. Louis will VII
not give the slightest consideration 70
tha .oyertures Of the conspirators, al
thou ii, a few small politicians may i'm
|aetne that to oppose the conspiracy
means defeat. This is the reason that Els
it becomes necessary SO early IN the
60 t11paign tor every true American ana. and
every friend OF Christianity, be be Prot
estant. or Catholic, to speak out in bold
and decided terms and to say 70 the
party leaders and to the candidates that
there must be no Sinking, no deception,
no evasions, so far as the issue ~ con- con
cerned. Let the bone and etn - y Of the
country lie heard at every primary meet
ing. and let the delegates to st, Louis 4s'lF
ana Chicago BE- informed OF the deter ter
/ ntnation Il al the people to rebuke the con
spirasttors il y way that cannot be mis- 81 Z
taken. sS,.s
yQvhen the ilrst gun Of the civil var Z y
ssoonn1ded wave Of patti lotlisrn relied
oyer sshe 8 land; and men lett their shops,
a stor 81, and ofaces q fight for the flag
ALL ali it repregent It's. ow, the most
pl,ffecid principle synb olized III the, 81
HUI its IL dan and no true .A nne '
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81 may is stos the testant a &: 81
thing fpr I'D 4 70 secure the dis
caar ge ofS Catholic but the blow thus Z
struck Con stituti % e no
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