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niiiiLorouH COUNIKY,
Col. tJln A Shernnn S)i ll
Coma From RemnnUtn.
Awakt, Amrcn, ami Crush tba
R Iirio Political Montlrr Which
Ihrastfnt Your Ldwrlirt
Vr, t 'h'tirmnn mul I Yfutni ef J.fnt;
If I fail tat meet JOIII' es-clation It
villi be (M account nf a tad cold, which
I tmk on my Hk' t'liiuC' to Washington
to attend the triennial conclave of tin1
Knight Templar. However, 1 trust
you will hear with ine, though 1 shall
not en u-r Into any argument upon this
occasion, for 1 ladleve, like Cromwell,
thul il I well to al eh mill pray and
keep jour powder dry. Applause. I
shall not speak from n religious stand
point, Imt from that of the soldier, the
citizen, the put riot and the Freemason.
In the (lent place, 1 wan ll Mont nil lxiy.
I was horn under the shadow of the
Plymouth roek. Whatever I am today
an an American citizen I owo in g rent
measure to Itiwton, thin home of my
early boyhood. For up to the time 1
was thirteen your of ago, entering tho
public schools of Boston at nix, all tho
education lever received I received In
Boston.
I wish to pay a tribute toil distin
guished citizen of Massachusetts, tho
Hon. Gjorgo Bancroft, to whom tho
people of these United States are in
debted that the flag of these United
Status waves over California. When
he was secretary of the navy, a Jesuit
plot which resulted first in tho murder
of that pioneer missionary, the liov
Mr. Whitman, then lu Oregon terrl
tory, now tho state of Washington, wan
discovered. A plot was entered Into by
tho Jesuits, among them Father Mc
Honiara, who wag lunded by the English
rigato, Juno, at Hunt a Barbara, by
which Mexico was to cede to England
in payment of its indebtedness, that
portion of its possessions for the pur
pose of planting an Irish colony there,
and California was intended to be an
Irish Itomun Catholic colony. But
thnrtUo-tuntcClol ard th foresight of
George Bancroft, while the waves of
war broke upon the borders of Texas,
yet nevertheless Lieutenant Glllospt,
who was sent overland, made his way
to Mazutlun, and there placed his
orders In the hands of Commodore
Bloat, and on July 7th, 1810, ho landed
at Monterey, and secured California to
tho American nation forever.
I left home when a boy and made my
way to Chicago. I was the first local
ro porter In that city In tho years 181.1
and 1811. You will remember that the
world was to come to an end about that
time, Father Miller had no prophesied,
and I thought I wcuhl go to Chicago
before that cataclysm occurred. Sub
sequently war was Imminent of Ameri
can soli on account of the annexation of
Texas. Having a relative who was an
officer in the United States army, I
went to Join him. I did not meet him.
However, I entered the service of my
country, and of only about fifteen per
nous now Ivlng who saw the first and
last gun fired of that Mexican war, I
am one.
I remember In coming to this ques
tion, In which you are all so deeply In
terested, (and whose echoes we have
heard upon the shores of the Pacific,)
when in the city of Philadelphia, In
1311, the fight took place when the
Hibernian engine company broke into
a school house, threw the Bibles out,
and a riot commenced, It ended, how
ever, in American principles being
triumphant, and in sending the right
congressman to Washington. I had
when a buy drank in the spirit of pa
triotism upon tho fields of Concord,
Lexington, Bunker Hill and Dorches
ter Heights, where such noble battles
wore fought and the Americans were
successful in driving the English from
Boston Harbor,
During the Mexican war, there was
circulated among our army propositions
to those who were Uoman Cuthollc
soldiers to desert. Those who belonged
to tht Infantry, the cavalry, the ar
tillery, were to receive payments In
lands and money, and everything else
accordingly. One man, by the name of
Kiley, deserted lieforo hostilities broke
out, and others followed him. Then
after the battle of Monterey, and after
fifteen thousand men under an armistice
were allowed to pass out carrying their
arms with them, fifty of those toman
Catholic deserters led tho Mexican
army out. It was with great difficulty
that our men could be prevented from
shoot ing them, but the armistice had
to be kept. When our division was
called from Monterey, and Taylor's
line on the ltlo Grand to go to the
south, from Vera Cruz to the city of
Mexico, wo found ourselves confronted
by deserters from our own ranks a
complete bat-all ion known as the Legion
i.f n P.h i. (M lt U It iin.ri
of h . it i hvm tMit at Mi), an, I Rib),
! a lu U'tvlier gem ral rotttmaiidiag Iheiu
jAtlliat time 'In PaHa d Mate iv
i appealed to and tin ) renin ail the Im!
Hi from tin lr Mp f war, ami bib d
tin in a lilt pro lhm for (Un lit)? Ire
land, and at the name time IIi m in, n
d, dinted by prli'U f their faith t b
late their ath, ungratefully, In our
iwn clothing and with our arm, at the
tattle of t'herulmwo, near Ihoelly tf
Melei, turned upon their form--r com-
rad and laid them low, It s Im
p4lile toeotlmate the fvling of our
men. Sometime muskets were thrown
nlie and simply with tin1 bayonet
alone In hand we met tho enemy and
raptured over sixty ot these deserters.
There eume an armistiee, and during
that arm 1st lee they were duly tried by
court martial, ami at Mlseoae In the
presence of Isith armies, we hung
thirty-two In gisid order. Thus In my
erly life 1 learned these lessons.
l'asslng through Mexico as I did dur
ing that war, 1 learned much of that
then priest-ridden country. This was
soon followed by the discovery of gold
In IKh, and I returned to Philadelphia
and there organized a company to go to
California, sailing to Tamplco, and
crossing the country to Ma.atlan, and
thence by sea to San Francisco, We
had passports to carry arms through
Mexico, granted by the Mexican minis
ter at Washington. Our passports
were signed by Buchanan, who was
then secretary of state. We traveled
through that country till wo came to
tho city of San l'otosl. Wo secured a
hotel, and then started to go around
the town In a body to seo tho slghtH.
This was a city which had never been
captured during tho Mexican war.
Here we met this same Itiley, who had
been branded on his right chock with
tho letter I). We had not gone far bo
fore we found there was a commotion.
First cumo music with a company of
infantry; after them came tho bishop
In his carriage and behind came tho
rabble. As they canio along every
person was compelled to kneel In the
street, I said to my company, 'You
need not kneel, but take off your hats
as a token of respect to tho customs of
the peop'.u.' The infantry made 8 move
ment us if aliout to charge upon us, and
our pistols nuturully were held In posi
tion for use. The bishop looked out of
his carriage, found there was trouble,
and demanded to know the reason. I
happened to be the only one who spoke
Spanish of our party, and I stepped for
ward and told him who we were, und
that wo had permission to pasi through
his country to Mazatlan, Wo Intended
no disrespect, but If the attempt was
made to ruuso us to fall upon our knees
they would pay for It with blood, for
Americans knelt only to God. A dis
pensation was granted us by tho bishop,
excusing us from kneeling, and the pro
cession passed on.
In the course of time, on the 21th day
of May, 1 M 1 0, we celebrated the queen's
birthday by entering tho harbor of San
Francisco, And thus we commenced
the development of that mighty empire
of the Pacific, the fairest land tho sun
,,blnes upon, and though you may love
old rugged New England, and I love
the place of my birth, but when I see
tho sun through tho golden gate, It
shines upon those delectable mountains
spoken of by Bunyan In Pilgrim's Pro
gress, and It is a land of paradise to
pass from this world to the next.
Time rolled on, and we had period
ically something of this question corn
ing up before us, but tho enemy was not
strong enough to carry their point.
However, at tho present time, they
have massed their forces, and getting
control of both republican and demo
cratic parties, (Homo being a unit,
divides on every question to unite to
gether thut tho church may be tho
winner In the end) our country Is now
thoroughly sapped and mined, and
there Is a false security among the jhio
pie that there Is no danger. I toll you
that we are living upon a volcano. I
hold here In my hand the constitution
and laws ' of tho Ancient Order of
Hibernians. It Is a complete military
organization, and In every county and
town throughout these United States,
under tho priest, by his direction, tho
whole of the Roman Cuthollc popula
tion of the male persuusion are being
drilled and disciplined. I obtained pos
session of this only last year, when they
met at Louisville and completely organ
ized their national com pact,. I have
made a copy of a portion of It, It will
give you startling information. Bat
talions, regiments, companies, every
where, they ure compelled to join this
military organization. There is one
thing about our country that people do
not understand. There are no better
census takers, no tetter ones to esti
mate the value of real estate, They
havo their men among tho priesthood.
One priest is sent to gather all the data.
Ho leaves it with his successors to take
his plueo, and thus it moves on and on
jeitiiHinti"!"!) You lisw a ixi l tlw
! liMt until !e, atu1, rotitph'lM tplt
t.r that tiial rv.-r . tmltted thl i'!
;ti) to Iveei-aaad with, and It l !
jarlhe lnitlhU fel -ward lU plot to
toid inline and oa r(hfi the free ln
MltttHoli of thi t pea I ivput.lie,
I am folng to relate aom tact that
aiv as "litvc and a certain a that
the mm shines. There a a no ay by
which the Itoman t'atholle rhurvh
could ncinuiplUh lu end and advamv
Its Inta ivsU, ami hanteii the time win ti
it could mde pciloli of till limit
try, until It could plunge this country
Into a civil war, Chief ,!m.tle Taney,
of the United State supremo court,
was K'Uiiun Catholic, nml by his DhhI
Si-oil UecUion started the wheels of th
chariots of war in motion. The whole
movement of the rebellion was alto
man t'atholle conspiracy In the 1eg inn
ing. And a distinguished brother
Mason, now dead, honored by the Ma
sonic fraternity, our Moses and law
giver, Alls rt G. Maekay, (God bless
his memory) Isirn In Charleston, South
Carolina, was true and loyal to tho end.
Tho pox was the only crowned head in
EuroH) to recognize the southern con
federacy. Jeff Davis' sister was a su
perioress of a convent In Bardstown,
Kentucky.
When the division of the democratic
party In 1H00, came in Charleston,
South Carolina, that was the first move
ment. Then followed secession In
Hibernian hall, in that city, and Bishop
Lynch, of Charleston, Father Kyan, of
Georgia and Father Hubert, of New
Orleans, by direction of tho poo, con
secrated tho (lugs, tho orms, the weap
ons of the rebellion of '.hose who were
Catholics, and absolved them from
their oaths of naturalization and allegl
anco to tho United States government.
And why? There was a man loved as
no other man was ever loved in these
United States; a man, in my opinion,
equal to, if not superior to him who was
father of his country, who was selected
as a victim four years before he was
ever nominated to tho presidency,
Abraham Lincoln. It fell to my lot at
tho time of his funeral In New York,
as chairman of a committee of investi
gation to follow up and ferret out P
pousiblo, tho source from which tl;&'
hatred came. Why was It? What had
Lincoln done that Homo should demand
his life? Tho causes were these, and
tho proofs are beyond question, and per
fectly satisfactory. It was found that
the pope had determined upon a general
colonization scheme to take possession
of the Mississippi valley early In tho
fifties. There was a man of the Roman
Catholic priesthood, born in Canada,
who had been selected to lead that emi
gration and to plant It In Illinois. He
had money and his people followed him
first to Chicago, and then to Kankakee
county, where he laid out a town, St.
Ann's and built a church. In course of
time ho fell out with his Catholic
bishop, , O'Rcagun, arid among other
things, the French who had settled fu
Chicago, determined to have a church
of their own. The Irish outnumbered
them and they had no chance. They
selected a place, built a church, sent to
France and bought tho riches', vest
ments, the ls;st pictures und furnish
ings and made ready to go into the
church. The next Sunday morning
they were to celebrate mass, When
they arrived there, there was no
church, I have heard of stealing a
red-hot stove, but I never before heard
of stealing a church, but it was gone,
and had been moved away on wheels to
another part of tho city, They found
It filled with Irish Roman Catholics
and an Irish priest saying mass. They
could not get In. They waited their
time until the priest should como out,
and ho treated them with Insult and
drove them away. They then went to
the bishop, but received tho same
treatment, for ho had taken their rich
vestments and had them In' his own
house. At last it became necessary
that they should appeal to tho head at
Rome. Father Chlniquy sut down and
wrote toliuls Napoleon in France, and
also to the pope in Rome.
The emperor wrote to the poja, and
tho pow sent out his nuncio, Cardinal
Bed In I, who camo out there and the
bishop was finally removed. But Isifore
that, matters had taken such steps
that they determined to destroy Chlni
quy. He had the manhood to defend
his rights, thoun a Roman Catholie
priest, as an American citizen. lie
purchased the property with his own
money and that of the members of his
own church. They built together. It
was theirs; the title was In him. After
failing to accomplish their purposes
through the courts, though they re
duced him '.) poverty, a most dumnublo
plot was made for destroying him. A
criminal charge was brought against
him, and as It could not Imi tried In
Kankakee a change of venue was
taken, and It was to lie tried In Urhanu,
Champagne county, Illinois Abraham
Lincoln being of the counsel. While'
watting tor a Uedt pim lie pi Ul In
b!, at iv!. tRlitM at a nie t)m? aid
ta.li ii , at pmUil.-d for the wlttii
Tln le thi ) sat With (In lr hand tV'
imI!) t la'd Hoii their 1 at, It'dr
if It waatiet aadt "tun a-le ll I,
Tin ) oame t.ighe tlu ir aid let a tutt
tlitattiaMe pint 11, loiv long lMlieolit
linking iiirr and w'lnit thi row ot
prieat eompiiliendlug their idiju-t,
and (tending eVel' the table l tliei p
(swing eoimaa l, In a loud whlais r. In-
tended to l heard by evetyone til the
room, said, "Norton, Noiton." "What
I It?" said Notion. " havia iuetion
to ask you In confidence," said Lincoln,
"What Is It?" aid Norton. "What
have all them fellow got men's eredete
tints for?" It was nut In that exact
language, hut It was language that
gentlemen will understand by them
selves. It broke the ioll upon the
court. In a few moments a laugh run
through the court. Judge Mavis, him
self, laughing heartily upon his bench
But Lincoln had accomplished his pur
pose. He had broken that spell which
could Imi done In no other way. lie un
covered the villa ny, ami tho result was
that the priests, fearful of being
lynched, (led from the city. The next
morning, knowing that the case would
be dismissed, he would not permit it
without his consent, and therefore ad
dressed the court and persons these
words: (I have followed this matter
clear through, and this Is the starting
point of the enmity of Rome to Abra
ham Lincoln.) He said:
"May it please your honor, gentlemen
of the jury and American citizens, this
conspiracy, I am aware, has failed in
Its efforts, but I have a few words
which I wish to say." Bo went on and
depicted tho career of Father Chlniquy,
how ho had been unjustly prosecuted,
and then In conclusion, suld: "As long
us God gives me a heart to feel, a hruln
to think, or a hand to execute my will,
I devote it ugalnst that power which
has attempted to use the machinery of
tho courts to destroy the rights and
character of an American citizen." '
A day or two after tiliat Father Chlni
quy went to have a settlement with Mr.
Lincoln. "How much doyou think you
owe mo?" "I .don't .know." "Well,
you arc broke," says Mr. Lincoln. "I
am," said Chlniquy, "but I want to
havo you draw up a note, and I will
sign It and pay you as I can, for I must
know what are my liabilities." "How
much do you think you owo me?"
"Well, I owe Judge Osgood I2K), Judge
Paddock I. r,00; you, perhaps 2000; but
I must have a settlement and know what
I have to work for." Mr, Lincoln
turned around and drew up a note, and
hearing sobbing behind him, ho said,
"Father Chlniquy, what ure you crying
about? You ought to be the happiest
man alive. You havo Isiatcn all your
enemies and como out triumphant; they
have lied In disgrace, and you ought to
bo the happiest man alive." Father
Chlniquy placed his hand upon his
shoulder, and suld: "I am not weeping
for myself, but for you, sir. They will
kill you; and let me tell you this, If I
were In their place, and they In mine,
It would bo my solemn, sworn duty to
take your life myself or find a man to
do it." Mr. Lincoln turned around,
and with a peculiar look upon his face,
said, "Father Chlniquy, please sign my
dunh warrant." That was a simple
pronlssory note for f.'0. Lincoln re-celi-ed
the note and vanished. Now, I
hold tho note given to mo by Father
Chlniquy, (exhibiting It.) He was of
f red 1,10 for it In London, but In view
i t what I bud done In rendering him
usslstaneo in ferreting out this thing
from tho Isiginning, ho gave It to me
und I had It lithographed, and sent
him the lithograph and kept the origi
nal note. This was tho beginning,
When Lincoln started on that tour of
political discussion with Douglas, the
entire Roman Catholic Influence was
thrown In favor of Douglas, His wife
was a Roman Catholic,
There was a greater question before
tho people caused by the admission of
the slate of California Into the union,
When we came to organize tho state
government and form our constitution,
my maiden vote was cast for the dele,
gates to that state convention which
met In Monterey, In September 1111,
ami In that constitution we declared
that California should have no involun
tary servitude or slavery save for
criminal offences.
The admission of the state of Cali
fornia was the cause of those principles
coming up which divided the republi
can and democratic parties Into two
factions. The political wheel was set
in motion and though Abraham Lin
coln got the popular vote, Stephen A.
Douglas got the legislature. The next
turn of the wheel gave Lincoln the
nomination for the presidency. Then
from that very moment came tho re
leasing of every Roman Catholic from
their allegiance to tho American gov
ernment. They followed it through,
Our countrymen north and south were
buibil t ainul i m h othet, tin fr(
hib a( t In in 'i,,i.l il, a It an in
la i.i-d In ! Tie M1UH al ',iiiis In w
trampti i i f tlie tfiaM i! our d, ad
couuM) im-ii, tMtth and mth a!iie.
Mr. I, (nr., In was eotitinuBl!) In roti
of these tlitvtof maa)i! loll from
the I line be entered Into the id l nc of
I'athet I 'lilnii)iiy, Id a a coelieimtly
warned (rem time to time, but at lna
knowing lliKt the oppoi lenity
favorable, they could make use of their
liialriiini nt, and Abraham Lincoln
must die.
tf the tin ll engaged In that Con
spiracy Dr. Siltllllel Muild WH the
chief director, lie was a Roman t nth
ullc, as whs also John Wilkes Ihsith,
Mr, Suiiiitl and het son; and In the
judge iidviH iite general's olllee at Vh
Ingtoii. there may Ih seen the Itomun
t'atholle medal taken from Month's
neck, A short lime Isdore that Ihsith
had received the sacrament from Arch
bishop Spauhllng, of Baltimore, and al
most Identically at the same time the
pope sent from Home the arms and ac
coutrements In exact counterpart of
the papal guard at Rome, and when
Archbishop Spnuldlng died he was
burled with military honors by the
papal guard of Baltimore, In this con
spiracy cery one was a Roman Catho
lic, cither a Jesuit, priest or layman,
who made every effort to conceal it. I
do not state this simply upon my own
authority, but refer you to the official
report of the trial before tho military
commission. Jtead It carefully and you
will find that all along the line it was
for tho interest of the Catholic church
that even Mrs. Surrntt should die.
(Cries of "That Is so, yes.") Home Is a
sow that eats her owh pigs. ("Yes,
yes.") Iter son, John B. Surratt, If ho
hud been captured, would have la-en
hung at the samo time, but he had
gotten the horse for Booth to escape,
und waited until ho heard the shot.
His escape had been prepured by
Archbishop Bourget, of Montreal,
Canada. Ho went there first, and re
turned to do part of his work, and he
mudo his escape and was protected by
that archbishop, Ho was plucnd in tho
charge of Father Charles Boucher of
tho '' parish of St, Lebolre, Canada,
l,neV'riVM kept him soviir-nl months,
finally he took htm to Montreal, to an
other house of the ttrohblshoii, and
there they kept him until they got
ready to tako him away. They took
him In a carriage at Montreal to a
small steamer which conveyed him
down to Quebec, from whence ho sailed
on the steamer Peruvian to Liverpool,
und thence to iluvre do Grace, and
from there went to Paris and Rome,
and enlisted In the pope's body-guard.
Home now thought she hud him secure,
but through Father Chlniquy, our gov
ernment got track of him. A detective
was put upon the track, and when the
pope found that our government knew
where he was, he mude a pretence of
Is-lng willing to give him up, but per
mitted him to make his escape. But
he was captured at Alexandria, Egypt,
and brought buck on the United (State
war-ship Swatara, and tried In the
court of the district of Columbia. It
was a pity that the civil law had taken
the place of the military. A jury that
was never Intended to agree wasdrawn,
und this Jesuit priest, the accessory
before and after the fact so far as John
II, Surratt was concerned, had the
effrontery to come directly from Mon
treal, appear In that very court and
give this very evidence fain now giving
you: and If you turn to volume 1 of the
trial of John H. Surratt, you will find
all that I have said to you to be the
exact truth, The Investigation of this
matter has loon the work of years of
tho most patient research, und at an
expense of thousand of dollars, mostly
to myself and a few others, The hatred
against Lincoln continued after his
death. Among all the tributes of the
nations of the earth, of societies ami
organizations, nearly one thousand that
are bound In a bisik by the government,
resolutions of sympat hy and consolation
that came for the American js-oiile,
and among them were some from thirty
and more Masonic lodge of Kuro,
supposing that he was a Mason, who
draped tln-lr lodges in black, in France,
Italy and elsewhere, yet you may ex
amine that book from beginning to end
-not from one single Roman Catholic
society is there tho first resolution of
sorrow at this damnable act. Then
still further, Rome determined to des
troy all evidences, if possible. Iter
hatred goes Into the ground. She 1m
llevcs In cremation from the beginning,
hut not of her own memls-rs, and to
destroy the Isnly of Lincoln she plotted
its robls-ry, I had visited his tomb In
ISTtl, at Springfield, Illinois, and saw
the dangers to which If was exposed,
and there are some of us who havo
taken a solemn oath, (It rests upon us
Unlay,) not only to perH-tuute his mem
ory, but to preserve his remains.
It became necessary to keep a guard
there, but notwithstanding this pro-1
i si't, (i. !l(t y tic.ke H lb" ,fti
. !!', ton o-it tlie e-.lr coffin, and in r
il'it 'n break julat It a li n taur tl i-ti.l
wi'rv i sii.l Tlie yh-eit Wi-re in
Ituiid and ei iy ime a a It 'Uin
t nlliuSle, It,, v Hi fettled and a h
trite, d In wiii out III time 111 (he
lale I liiteMUl ) aif IllinoU Thin
jhntliitj II tiufhl he nttitktj again, tin
ssriiipliHtua l'i plrt.vd and tb Isaly
ana placi d In the side ef the Wall of
the tnuii!eiim, but the raw-alty run
trader who bulll that monument had
put III piece of wissl, and the rutted
and Uiinle il unsure, though tht l!y
Wna lint roiei. It wsstliell deta-r
mined to remove It nml place It In the
front of the shaft and thetv bury It Is
side hi w ife. There It wa kept, and
four years ago when I came out there
to hold luciiioiial services, I brought
earth from the tembof Edward Baker,
at Lone Mountain, Sun Francisco, and
mingled il w ith I but. of Abraham Lin
coln, and then took some hack with me,
and the bodies of the union soldier of
California rest under the same sort of
earth a that nf Abraham Lincoln. A
few years ago, In order to place the
bodies securely where they could not
longer 1st disturbed, they were placed
Im-iu ath the Hour of the catacomb, and
the resting place sealed with itomun
cement; and there In a mass of stone,
In an uilumuutluo casket, to remain un
til tho angel of the resurrection shall
smile It and say, "come forth." The
lis-k that was put there is still there,
und I hold the key to the broken lock
of Lincoln's tomb.
And now to the work. I have said
this subject needs no argument, It
needs action, Tho moral cowardice of
the American people at this time Is
contemptible, Eighty pt r cent, of the
employes In the departments at Wash
ington are Itomun Catholics. They
control your telegraphic system; they
are upon your newspapers, and prevent j
honest reports. And there is not a
square politician belonging to either of
your parties that dare stand openly as
un American citizen, it was my pleas
ure to be a delegate to the national re
publican convention which met at Cin
cinnati, In 1 H70, when for the first time
In the history of America It became
necessary for bcth political parties to- '
engraft in their platforms the honest
and earnest protestations against ec
clesiastical Interference with our pub
lic schools. It was my pleasure to
draft the article that went Into the re
publican platform. That was carried
and we were successful. We nominated
our man, wo defeated a most popular
man, and our country was saved.
lad me go back a few years. When
Italy was fighting for Its unity with
Rome for Its capital as it had a right
to, and when a strong struggle hail to
be made, In all the aid and subscrip
tions that went to Rome there went an
adventurer and other volunteer from
Ireland to flht for the pope, and for
real fir pretended galluntry at tho gate
of Del llwea, that man was created a
chevalier of St, Michael and an honor
ary aide de camp to Pope Pius IX,
That man came to this country In time,
and during our war, through Governor
Seymour, of New York, and Archbishop
Hughes, he was created acommlssloned
officer in the United States army. HI
father-in-law was born a Roman Catho
lie, confirmed u Roman Catholie, whoso
father, though a Presbyterian, five
years before his death became a Roman
Catholic, and tho mother and father
are burled side by side In the Catholic
cemetery In Brownsville, Pennsylvania.
Every one of that man's sister is a su-
rloress of a convent, or nun, except
ing one who married and died In Balti
more, and the brother knelt by the side
of his dead sister while tho thundering
cannon at Washington were fired when
Grovcr Cleveland was being inaugurat
ed. Thut man who had given hi own
daughter to ltomo, and whose children
were baptised In that faith that man,
whose apostasy from tho faith U not
believed In, because to bring forth
works meet for repentance, knowing a
thing to lie wrong, he will not certainly
allow his children to m educated In
that wrong; that man who Insulted tho
American people by having plueod be
fore them at the riutlonal republican
convention the Roman Catholic priest,
Father Cliurles O'Reilly, the treasurer
of the Irish National Land League;
that man was made tho chaplain of tho
national republican convention which
nominated James G. Blaine, I uu ,or
protection, but I believe In protecting
our country, the American public
schools, and in sending Americans only
to represent the American republic
ubroud.
Think of it for one moment there is
Chill, who has been struggling for
lllsirty from Homo for half a century,
and she has measurably succeeded.
When In Washington I felt some
whut inspired by what I saw there
thut monument to Washington which
CoSTlSl IlD ON TH I'Atl.