The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1922-08-05

delightful southland into veri-
table Babylon of confusion.
The southern people are noted
for hospitality. This perhaps may
account for the abuse of this beau
tiful quality by the benighted
mongrels who gain their daily
bread, and incidentally consider
able fiendish satisfaction, from
the violence which they stir up
Not rarely ignorance of the object
attacked arouses the sane people
of the South to apparent danger.
At heart, however, they are
sound. They even tolerate the
clustering Watson in the Senate,
the same statesman who at inter-
walls threatens to whip this or that
colleague. Git might prove salu-
tary to elect to that august body
the redoubtable Jack Dempsey or
the local pride. Mike Gibbons. 1t
would be a brief but glorious
battle, my mates! Yo no, and a
bottle of liniment.)
Lately we have become aware of
certain pungent and malodorous
breezes from the South injecting
the clear atmosphere Of the North.
A few buccaneers are stealthily
going about seeking whom they
may enlist in the fight against
their Catholic fellow citizens. To
be more specific, the Twin Cities
are not free from these mischief
makers. More than once of late
have we come upon facts that
show the aim of these men. A
whispering campaign is not I'M
known here right now. A certain
prominent Jewish lawyer, ap-
preached upon the subject, indig-
nantly elected the scoundrel, add
ing that Jews and Catholics had
suffered enough in the past from
such infamy, and that the whole
scheme was entirely un-American.
Now. it is not our intention to
do aught that would stir up
strife. Our fondest wish is to live
at peace with all our fellow citi-
zens of every creed, race and col
or. We deprecate disturbance of
all kinds. We associate with all !;
we trade with them; we assist in
every good cause, and we are
willing to unite with them in
every movement for the better
ment Of the community.
When. however, we learn that
signatures are quietly being
sought; that respectable citizens
are being approached to aid in
doing us harm; that lies and
SANDERS are being disseminated
about us; that certain business
men, who willingly receive our
money and patronage, applaud in
public attacks made by unprin-
cipled rascals upon us and our
faith; when, in word, we be-
come aware that the bigoted
elements of the community are
trying to band against us, we
would not be human were we to
remain passive. These breezes
from the South are laden with
deadly misama. They blow in
upon a people who desire health
and freedom from contamination.
They are the product Of unhealthy
minds and diseased souls. What
more natural than that we should
strive to dissipate them? Will
publicity accomplish this result?
If conditions warrant such a
course the publicity probably will
be forthcoming, although this
means would prove unpleasant to
all concerned: to us, because we
shun strife: to others, because it
would pillory them before their
just and upright fellow men.
Whatever may betide, these
enemies, if they continue their
foul tactics, will not be allowed to
work in secret. The public will
learn their names, their deeds and
their motives. And the public
will judge.