The Irish standard., 1898-10-01
THE ATTACK OF A VIPER.

i Nus recently maze VIE ana FeHOlnOuS
attack on Archbishop Ireland. 1t under
takes to show him up in his true 'jes-
uitical character" and informs it's ignor-
ant readers that he is thoroughly selfish
and unpatriotic" in all he says and does.
And yet" excaims the lying sheet.
there are blind Professionals who call
John Ireland a patriot" 1t then goes on
to tell its knownothing patrons that 'it
was John Ireland. who, when in Rome in
1892, made this statement at the vatican:
| We can have the United States in ten
years. and want to give you three points
for your consideration Indians. the
negroes and the common schools.
Another charge made by the malicious
sheet against the Minnesota prelate is
that during the national campaign he re-
ceived 100000 from the Republican
party for writing a political manifesto
against William J Bryan and his fol-
lowers. 1t also accuses him OF calling on
Harrison and Blaine" to ask their in
fluence with the vatican to secure a car
dinal's hat from the Pope.
| John +. Finerty comes to the defense
of the archbishop in the Chicago Citizen
and says:
| Now. if John ireland can get S5cOO0O for
| writing single political! letter. he must be
| an amazing literary genius, and would be
| IL valuable addition to the directory Of Il
national bank. We were not previously
aware that Harrison and Blaine had /,
hit1 ,,.iiI, To,
lection of cardinals. His Holiness is much
more likely to consult the sacred college
than amy Protestant potential" or citizen,
however eminent. The American Citizen $
iSnorlnru in regard tn the etiquette Of the
vatican in the matter o! creating dirnl-
tari"s is very nirth-prJvukinE. His lio.i-
ness might listen t" REPRESENTATIONS from
the emperor "f Austria or the queen OF
Spain. or the king vi !:riGiunl all of whom
are Cathulic-hut nNn-t' All NJ =. ''l 49,
hapr the English. when IN Irish cardinal is
| NJ stakc-c'uid not influence him. And
even English ,ntiu, n.. ~ n...r tnrouGh
catholic sources such rs til" duke of Nor
| folk. Therefore, the suggestion Of "llar-
ris"u aud Elaine" is maniirs,ly absurd
We don't believe that John ireland" ever
made the statement in Rom. attributed to
him. Among all the Catholic prcltcs Of
America. he has stuni out z"aio;!sly for the
public school system aud suggested TIL" only
SENSIBLE" compromise. from l. Catholic
St:tllilpblnl--tllaL is the adoption OIL the
l'aribHult system. which allows Il certain
time at the end Of the regular school day
for the religious instruction by teachers of
their own creed of the children of every
denomination. We have had differ
cnrrA with Archbishop Ireland. but we will
not b" silent when we know that he is v.lely
saiurrrti. simply because his great SER
vices to this country have won him con-
srrhtinn from its government. Archbishop
ireland Is no, much OF an Irish Nationalist.
bu, lie is Il great deal of an American pa
triot. ilc is. hsi,lrs II man OF lofty intel
lrct and is respected by all true Ameri-
cans. Notwithstanding d"irartnrs like the
American ttizrn. of Boston.
The Irish Standard gives the foregoing
with much pleasure. not because the
archbishop requires any vndcation
from the charges Of the Boston bigot. for
they are only to he mentioned to be de-
a time in reply to Sir Horace Walpole.
Every man of common sense knows that
the archbishop never uttered in Rome or
anywhere else The language attributed to
him by tho organ of intulcrancC. The
quoted words were forged by the same
patriots" who fabricated the bogus pa
pal cncyclcal calling upon the Catholics
of the United States to slaughter every
tain day OF the same year in which the
archbishop was in Rome
! AS for the manifesto referred to. for
| the writing of which the archbishop is
| cont Il t., h.,Ir 4 ~
lars. the Irish Standard took the liberty
of criticizing il at the time. 1t was not
at all popular among the Democrats OF
the Northwest. and they wished that the
st. Paul prelate would have kept silent
in the midst of an exciting campaign.
But knowing the writer or the document
! as a patriotic American citizen and an
enthusiastic adhcrent of the party Of
that he had Il perfect right to give pub
lie expression to his views on the oc-
casOn. Desplle his severe dcnunciation
Of the principles cnunciated for the first
time in the history of the country by any
political party. the archbishop retained,
and still retains. the esteem and friend
ship of the Democracy OF the Northwest.
They never questioned tho honesty of his
motives or the purity of his patriotism.
though their relations with him during
the campaign were somewhat strained
as they say in diplomatic parlance.
Tho editor of the Chicago Citizen says
that Archbishop Ireland is not much OF
an Irish Nationalist" Perhaps he is not
in a certain sense, and we think he can
not he reasonably blamed for It, He
left his native land when only IL years
old and received his education in this
country and France. For that reason he
missed the advantages enjoyed by other
Irsh-American dignitaries of the church
such as Archbishops Feehan, Hennessy
and Ryan, whose Irish National senti.
ments are more to the liking Of Mr.. Fin.
erty, who was instructed in the schoo
of revolutionary politics taught by Mea'
CHER, Mitchell and FIR. John Kenyon
We have come to the conclusion thai
III 5,tss i5 ~ No