Middletown transcript., 1896-03-14
Contributed to the TRANSCRIPT
THE SILENT FOE WITHIN.

J THE SILENT FOE WITHIN.
In this age, in the twilight of the nine
teenth century, the greatest epoch the pure
eye of God ever looked upon and man ever
lived in. men are congratulating themselves
on the reign of peace and the flow of pros
perity; seemingly to be wholly insensible
to the fact that there is being injected into
the morals of this land of freedom, virus
which if not intercepted means the utter
ruin of this Nation.
Our government throught the inherant
right, possessed by and through the Monroe
Doctrine, claimed the right to arbitrate the
disputed boundary existing between Great
Britain and Venezuela; this right for a
time being disputed by England, so
aroused American patriotism as to cause
thousands of her citizens to offer their
lives to defend their country in the stand
she had taken; the adoption of concur
rent resolution favoring the recognition of
the Cuban insurgents as beligerents, caused
Thoughtful men to ponder well the dreadful
consequences of war in these enlightened
and Christian times. But open hostilities
are not to be feared, as much as the secret
combine now going on between the ene-
mics of our country and those who are en-
gagged to maintain what our Country's
Fathers founded so well, and left as an i'm
mortal legecy to us to defend and preserve
The constant landing upon our shores of
the hordes of ignorant, Vicious and lawless
criminals of the old world should be
| viewed with greater alarm by loyal and
| patriotic citizens of this country than any
menace of war with foreign Natl on.
While we as an order the Jr' O. U. A: NJ.
Affirm warm and hearty welcome to
all emigrants who desire to better their
| condition and become part of our nation.
ality; we have not one square inch of land
for the Anarchist, Socialist and Nihilist, or
for any one who is not willing to bow al
legiance to that flag which is powerful
enough to shield and protect them as we'll
as u.s. in the exercise of all civil and relig-
ious liberties"
We view with alarm, as we see the red
flag, and hear the cry of Anarchism |
Down with the government! Down with |
the State! Down with the Sabbath! Down |
with the School House! Down with relig- |
ion! Let cruelty and lswlessness prevail" |
The warm patriotic blood ofAmerica resists |
not only the cry of the Anarchist, but that |
cry which is even more powerful-the Cry |
of Romanist. Lafayette said:-"If the |
liberties of the American people are ever
destroyed they will fall by the hands of |
the Roman Clergy" This danger is immi-
nent. The conflict is on, and it will not be /
an easy one to break down. Catholics have
planted their out-posts everywhere, and
are at work incessantly and increasingly to
break down our free system of education.
Romanism has long since declared herself
to be hostile to every form of free instltu-
tions that the American people hold dearer
than life.
This danger must be averted to save the |
friends of our Nation. The confusions of |
voices. the unmixed disloyalty of foreign
ers have long since forced US as American
Citizens, ito the Manor born) to declare
that immigration is not best for our
Country. While some make good citizens,
the horde do not.
The old world for years have been scour-
ing her domain for the pauper, the vicious
and the criminal, and having herded them
together have dumped this reeking mass of
pollution on our shores to fill our jails, our
penitentiaries and our almshouses. What
demoralizing influence on American in
telligence and virture. From this reeking
rotten cess-pool of iniquity the ranks of
socialism are fill ed, and the vote of An
archy and Romanism fostered and in
creased. Herein lies the strength of Ro-
manism, herein is the Catholic vote, herein
is the corn which furnishes the grist for
the liquor mill with its Fastening infection
poison, herein Romanism reigns supreme
and holds high car nival. Bros. under our
form of government, herein lies the greatest
possible danger which threatens our cher
ished institutions. Therefore open hostili-
ties are not half to be feared as this secret
combine.
The year ending June 3Oth, 1891 there
landed in this country 314,467 immigrants;
of this number 1925 were without any
not even the occupation of
common laborer. OF this number eighty
nine per cent were Roman Catholics, and
nearly two thirds being unskilled work. i
men. Such additions to our popula- r
ton; each with less than $500 in cash C
means not only strikes and riots, panic and a
famine, for the American Mechanic and Y
aborer, but the sapping and undermining r
Of our federal government. Fifty eight v
per cent of all mail white prisoners in our f
ails and penitentaries are foreign born. In c
one of the reports of "The Howard Society" p
If London we find that ''seventy four per
'ent. of the Irish discharged convicts have
ound their way to the United States" and
he statistics of 1.-THE city of Philadelphia,
'efore high licence went into effect there =:
he city had S,034 persons in the retail "
iquor business and this is significant tabu !:
alton of them: u
ynlnamen amn ''..... Not Romanists 81 .,
eWS | III
IdlianS ............ 10 All la
paniards .......... 40 =,
,egroes ............ 265 200 &c
felSn .............. 160 125 ~
'rench .............. 285 All m
cotch ............. 497 435 nj
ingllSn 56S 543 -
eTmanS. Zl7S All