The San Francisco call., 1896-03-24

people in the world. It Is the people who
come to this country with loren In % one nmna IA
people will be dominated BY the priesthood
and five years hence the fair State OF Cali
fornia may be under the dominion OF Mendo-
land. The preacher of the gospel who refuses
to raise his voice against such abuses is cruel
flying his Savior anew.
of liberty who have set it on fire. Christ him
self was an immigration restrictionist.
Can we not let the monetary question go for
Wse We settle saf this 0t terrible question:
The command, "Let nv people CO., has
sounded through the ages England heard
but would not heed 1t till 1T was accom- panied s
py the thunder of artillery. Again, in the
middle of this century, the command was was
heard and Lincoln arose in MS CnrisIike
manhood and answered 1t by the emanclpa-
ton of the blacks. third time 1t is making
itself heard. Must it be followed q thlra Ilme
by the tramp of armies and the shedding OF
blood and tears?
How is it in other lands france has
arisen against the clericals, Germany has ar
rayed herself against it, Barcelona IS at wal a.,
with them Italy and Ireland-"Ould ireland
have heard the voice OF God. In Mani'oDa'
Just across the line, the war IS on. ,
If the Methodist church, with wnlcn !
affiliate, should undertake to dictate my vote,
1 should leave Methodism. No minister,
brains for me. If we could get the
hydra-headed monster, Romanisn, out
into the field of debate 1t would not DC nVe
years before it were buried in the sea. But
the system doesn't fight that way:
stands beneath its shelter and says you're q
liar," and expects us to forget we are gentle.
men and answer "you'are another. we oon
believe in that brute method OF warfare.
Only that man or woman who has traveied
the highways OF good literature is able 10
wisely judge of this question. freedom IN,
cludes freedom to read and recognize goou
The man who interferes with American poll
tics is not worthy of American c1tlzensnlp.
The man who interferes with politics by means
of an ecclesiastical saber should be put behind
the bars with the man who buys vote
In the course of comparison the speaker
said some one had taken fancy 10 inquire
replied that he did not known him. l sub
scribed $40 to aid that gentleman In pur.
ported movement in the encouragement OF
the study of the Irish language. l never had
any returns. Since that time Mike doesn' t
know me and am glad he doesn't.
Commenting upon doctrinaI point, he
said:
Don't be too fearful of that spot called purga-
tory. don't think many people will be hurt
down there.
Speaking of the practice OF confession,
he said:
Every man who is true to himself, every
woman who is true to herself, all who are true
to their homes need not fear to go to God In
stead of the confessor. Fear neither purgatory
nor the confessional.
What have the priests done? I passed one of
your school buildings the other day-the
Horace Mann School. The Roman Catholic
church never in all her history produced q
Horace Mann. Where is the Wendell Phillips,
the Lowell, the George Washington of Rome
Where has Rome produced Hamilton or a
Joseph Jefferson? Where, oh, where-no-
where-has Rome given US Lincoln or Gar
field? Where has she given US q man like
Iia Harrison? Where has it produced patriot
present Congress? Did Rome giye US
Howard? She gave Rosencranz, but he
was fighter because he loved his country
more than his church. She gave us Beaure-
gard, and worse-Andersonville.. But she did
give us Fitzsimmons and Paddy Ryan and
John l.. Sullivan, who reign in the realm of
brutes. shall return home by way of Texas.
want to congratulate the legislature on pro-
hibiting brutal amusements. 1 can't afford to
despise Texas any more.
In conclusion, he said: "Give up your
political party for while and vote for a
man."
Major Ryan will give his farewell ad-
dress at Metropolitan Temple Sunday
a fternoon.