The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-08-27
THE MORMON TABERNACLE AND THE
LOWERED IRISH

The harangue freemouth talk in the Nor
mon tabernacle last Sunday by a DR.. G. T. Middle
ton the dirtiest and meanest covert assault
upon the Catholic Church, and the immigrants to
the United States from southern and southeastern
Europe, that ever disgraced the platform of this
famous edifce. This perpatetic adyenturer took
especial care to stigmatize the Irish, the Polish
Jew and the Italian as undesirable citizens while
he took still greater care to avoid mention of the
Scandinavian incomer.
This sort of Middleton talk is foreign to the
traditions of the tabernacle and to anticipate
recurrence of the insult, it would be well for those
in authority appoint censor to go over the ad-
dresses of outside speakers, before they are deliv
cred. Now listen to Middleton:
q recently met prominent citizen of Boston,
end, in discussing with him the conditions in New
England, the Bosctonian said that the intelligent
and educated class was not reproducing itself"
Now, notice this 1.-THE low-bred Irish and Polish
jew and the Italian are coming into this country,
and are occupying it and are overrunning it."
If the "low-bred Irish and polish Jew and Ital-
ian" crowdng out and displacng 'the intelli-
gent and educated class" with the enormous ad-
vantage that intelligence and education give that
favored class, then, we have another and striking
example of Darwins bold statement that ''in the
order of nature the strongest and most fit alone
survives" or in other words, it's case of the
Survival of the ittest."
Our Irish readers will not fail to notice that on
the Irish and on them alone is the stigma of con-
tempt fastened for only them is applied the in
sulting epithet 'low-bred"
Now, a word with the officials Of the tabernacle:
Gentlemen, we Irish and Irish-Cathocs have lived
here for forty fifty years: During all these
years we are not conscious of ever having heard
from Cathedral pulpit, from our bishop or our
priests, one word insulting to your faith to Nor
monsm as a social, political or religious society
This newspaper, which voices Catholic opinion but
is an Independent organ and free agency. has
scrupulousy abstained from in any way wounding
your sensibiities, 1t has waved aside all attempts
or, let US call them by their proper names-brbes-
to induce it to attack your hierarchy and your or
ganization. This being So we ask you if it is fair
TO the Catholics and rish-Americans of Salt Lake
City and Utah to pervert your tabernacle into an
Exeter hail. and, from its platform to encourage
men to insult us and our creed.
We satisfied that the First Presidency and
the Mormon hierarchy, to whom the Irish Catholics
of Salt Lake, in the past and now are indebted for
courtesies and fair treatment are not in sympathy
with these vile attacks made upon our religion and
nationality But, gentlemen, it is in your power
to prevent repetition of these insults. We feel |
assured 20 uwill do as a matter of justice, and
in the interest of peace, good fellowship and har
mony.
You claim that you and your creed have not
been treated fairly by your Gentle critics. Be it
so but let remind you that it is a fundamental
axiom of all civilized law that che who seeks equity
must himself do equity"