The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-10-15

He Comes Out Squarely for the Pepubh-
can Platform and for Mckinley.


ST. PAUL, MINI, Oct. 11.-Arch-
bishop Ireland, in response to a writ
ten request from twenty-seven bust
ness men OF this state, has made the
following statement in reference to the
political campaign:
Il am not unwilling, in the crisis
through which the country is now
passing, to speak for the integrity of
the nation, for social order, for the
prosperity of the people, for the honor
of America and for the permanency of
free institutions. | am citizen of
this country, concerned in all the in
terests of the nation, subject to all
the responsibilities of citizenship. To
be silent, when words of mine may be
of some prolific the people, would be
cowardice, would be crime.
Il am not unmindful of the Objec-
ton made against the churchman
speaking at any time on matters
which have entered the arena of poll
lltS less Ills iIlll dG IL lNtlNlINi VI
religion seem to be used to promote
the interests of Il political party. l
might reply that there are occasions
when a political platform means dis
aster to the country when politics are
closely connected with morals or re-
ligion, and on those occasions the
churchman must be the patriot with
out allowing moments thought to
considerations of eXpediency, and
must take in hand the moral of reli-
gious issue, even if it be vested III the
garment of politics.
But il the present instance | seek
no excuse Of this kind. | speak en-
tirely as the citizen, without warrant
from my ecclesiastical position. Deep
as nv convictions are hold i'll due re-
spect my fellow-citizens who hold con
victions as variance with my own. |
| impeach neither their their good faith
nor their honor. | am dealing not
with men, but principles and move
ments. This justice which | render
| to those whose ideas | am ready &c
combat | am sure they will render tC
me.
Il stand by the platform and the
presidential candidate of the Republic
can convention at st. Louis. | am
opposed to the platform and the presi
Dental candidate of the Democratic
convention at Chicago.
THE days of civil war excepted, al
no time did 50 great peril threaten the
country as that which is involved in
the political campaign of to-day.
1.-The question of free and unlimited
coinage of silver is put in the fore
ground This question has its impOr-
tance, but it is of minor Importance
in presence of other questions which
are brought into issue.
1.-The movement which had its eX-
preston in the Chicago convention,
and which now seeks by means of
| popular suffrage to enthrone itself in
the capitol of the nation, is, in its logi-
cal effect, against the United States.
| 1t is secession-the secession of 1861
| which our soldiers believed they had
consigned to eternal death at Apo
| mattox, but which demands again re-
| cOgnitiOn from the American people.
1.-The declaration in the Chicago
platform has and can have no other
meaning. we denOunce arbitrary
interference by federal authorities in
| local affairs as a violation of the con-
stitution of the United States and a
crime against free institutions
These words point to the act of
Grover Cleveland sending United
States troops to protect national pro-
| perty and enforce national laws dur
ing the Chicago riots in 1894. In those
words there is the old occasional doc
trine that states are Independent of
the national government at Washing
ton; there is the annulment of the
Union; there is notice served upon
the flag of America that outside the
District Of Columbia it is without
power of self-assertion or self-defense.
The President of the United States
is told that to enforce national laws
and protect national property he can
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