The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-01-06
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The Catholics have nothing to do with
politics. Their priests never mix in matters
other than religious For
ENGLANDs this reason it is a cruel In
AWFUL STRESS justice to accuse the HER
archy of meddling with the
policies of government That is why the unc-
tuous plea for celebration" should be needed.
England as we all know, is in the midst Of a
political crisis The issues involved are sim
ply aristocracy against democracy. There
are never any other issues, politically speak
ing. Party names and every phase OF polltl-
cal economy turn simply upon the world-old
fight between mass and class. 1t IS SO with
the English budget bill. Concurrently with
this issue other questions have arisen, among
them, Tariff versus Free Trade, the Abolition
of the House of Lords and Irish Home Rule
Now, Ireland is a Catholic country, and In
all conscience the Hierarchy should support
home rule for it's most faithful fief. Mr.. John
Redmond leads the Home Rule faction and
the support of this faction is almost necessary
for the success of the Lloyd-G George budget.
John Redmond has moral right to the sup
port of the Catholic voter. Will he get it?
A long letter in the London Truth indicates
the situation very clearly; among less mate
rial points, the following significant state
ment occurs "Mr Asquith will yet learn
that the Irish and English Catholics will not
sell their faith for any bride; and that it will
not be Mr.. John Redmond who will COM
mand their allegiance on this occasion, but
their Bishops" In other words, the Catholic
vote will be swung against Home Rule,
against the welfare of the most Catholic
country in the world. The bishops will die
tate as they have always done in the history
of the world, in favor of privilege as against
the people. They will uphold the House of
,OrdS. thew will assist DarhanS in hylnO the
damnable Tariff system upon England and
they will refuse to unlock the yoke of Eng
lsh oppression of Ireland. Oh, yes, we
should be very tolerant of these bishops, these
suave emissaries of governmental corruption.
England must be in fearfully bad way, a
worse way than we can realize. A long screed
recently appeared in the same paper, which
actually advocates the taking of boys out of
school at the age Of ten and putting them on
the farms. The following excerpt from this
article, written in all seriousness, is enough to
give person the jimjams:
GA townsman can not fail to note with surprise the
number of puny, delcate looking boys to be in vii
lagos. The chief reason is that the families are gen.
orally large, and there is insuciency of adequate
nourishing food for them When boys have to remain
at school till the age of fourteen, there is frequently
only the father earning In many finds
family of boys-growing, hungry lads-the eldest be-
ing nearly fourteen and still at school, and the others
thirteen twelve eleven and ten to say nothing of the
younger fry. For them to have the sustenance which
their rapidly developing bodies require is absolute
impossibity. But supposing, in accordance with the
Vicar of Williams suggestion, each of those lads
worked on farm and able to a shilling
two week. how much better it would be for the whole
family"
: The Vicar of Witham must be creature
beyond contempt if he can virtually advocate