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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1894)
THb AMERICAN. til), Mil I ItllMt. lit rr tKr t ,l, I., 1'MUsU astttiV I, I', , y.i Vtvu i -rf 4 ttni I . n ! ! i-l- .1 Ih. f-i l the iW lltn truth, U ll known lln-n ll.akie, t l t alHitiU" ibii'vh Ut I -n Iiiiii ittt'i, , i IV ( l Sl"l ! l ! ulriivlMi' I') IliO rvliittt of nU' f I i.iitiuol Wilis, l-o t imii u ihsiiie -f Htf t 1 ht ri. l, inoti rt l i-l Mt.rf Hie i-pptl-lunin ii1ixil. il t i iitif t lint tttii.ru.t.i 'it lust', hi.i Killed ii. r IViM-H. Mo . je.n.i OHO mi W Sfc, mlunHih l!i' pitiful mil) w h k.l mil lit Ui wot lil l fV fn'in Ihowtntlt to ei-me nml mi k ! hlle Jul In lib-, look nilmmago of h-i h 'MU(HllU (HVWlll III WOtt tlu'lll, ). ltu-rlly tovnl tlx in alWu h tu U'i J word ho iWi! was i Mln ly tiiies'bd (or, and what loi.', language v. rj Ninth iinUMiuiiliig mill who I'tulm l i-omo fi-iun ( h) mill Imvii er In for f i v Kill". Father Hilok did nut ni'ink like h 1 1 ml iiny trN't t whatever for the dead limn whose bmly ll on a Mer under 1 l very eye nml within the shadow of Int uitu!' railing. mr tlltl ho show any revere i lunl reel for tho mourning n-lHtlvoM and friend who were In at tendance, nunilsrcd among who wore Protestant nelghlior who resided within u stone throw ol young Frank's luto honiti, where for many your ho lunl resided. Tho priest hud but llttlo to say con cerning tho dead, and hut llttlo comfort, If nny, did hW language convey In the sorrowing one who were present, hut his remark upon this occasion were more on tho order of u roiiHtlti( lttcturu, dellviwd inmmh forolblu hui-uuKO un to ur)ric and tthock not only this bout and highly ri'Hfi:tiMl of hi wmifn-RH-tlon, but thorn) who do not ttid tto wr.ll in tho uhtiiiiiitlon of tho vory reverotid lr, all of whom; fuw hlimhud with Hharno and rrmomo to rt-allzo that a man nhould Btand In tlnlr pulpit and Mlur mime of tho foi-nt itranlzotlotm, renldont and diinonilfialion In our fair and free land. Wo Hhall not k htUi dotail, tflvlna' In lanKUHKo cvory word uttered by Fathor Htiek in an unentlernanly and tnont certainly umhwerved way, but will m a few of hi remark upon no ad an (; canlon, and to hot thu brawy, potnjm, unchrlMtlanllko and hoHIhIi nature po ew:d by a man who hitherto wo had reIocted and honored, and conldered a man of lnterly, honor and uprlht ni'HM. (joneernlnif tho Youn(f Men'(Jhrf thin Aoelatlon, an oraolatlon trle,tly iineetarlan, and one of the mowt relltflou and moral organization tho land, tho K-.iv. Htiek wild: "Tho Y. M. O A. I a hell hole. Mother, keep your on from Kolntf U uch a damnable plane. No one attend It but hlh-Uinert welely peojilo, and It I not a fit place for tJaMioiic." Concornlnjf other thlrirf relative to I'rotidtant and the A, 1', I lev, Htiek dixike a fidtow: "There I not a food moral youritf In 1'ana that In a frntoMtant. The only jjood younir men In I'ana are Catholle, I had rather tand up with a gambler. a ii loon-keeper or a drunkard on the ludgment flay, man vit,n a irotevani, for they will all go to hell together. No i'rotetant can ever go to heaven, only Catholic go to heaven, If I w to Uind up with a l'rotetant on the latJay, I wouiu m nure to go v neii with him. There aro no true marriage outlde tho Catholle church, and people who are married by rrotetaol elergymen itre not v rtuou, Tho marriage by a Catholic prlet I the only true mar riage. I understand that the Protectant and A. I'. A, want all tho office, IM them take the damned office and go to hell with them," Tbl wa about the run of the reverend lr' remark and we do not fear to annert that no man In I'amt with any ene or judgment In the world will ay that uoh language I fit for a prlet , to uo, enpeclally upon ueh an ooealon and from hi pulpit, 'JU I'aibnUum doe not take pleaure In crltlellng itmlnlxterof tho gopel, Catholle or of any denomination whatever, but when a prlewt or nilnlater, no mat Ur who he 1, nland up in hi pulpit and ue tho language ued tifHin thl ocealon by Father Htiek, wo feel, through juHtiee toour render and the public in general, that hi language honld beexKmed to tho world and crltlcled evere)y. What we have ald In comment wo i-X go for It worth, and tho public can Judge tho remainder for themelve., I'ana (III,) J'alladium, Wheren, At I'ana, III., on February 2Hth lat tho Key, Father Ferdinand Htiek, ii I Ionian Cut hollo prlet, did do nou rice and condemn all 'rotel,iirit In moHt violent and abunive language, and Whereiw, It I ehlom t.liecao where a Catholle prlet ha the candor arid honenty Ut publicly ex pre hi own n well a the true -ntlment of the I to man Catholic church; therefore be It fjIloHolvcd," That the Ihunk of I'ro- jH'Cl Council No, d, ut the Amerhran iVoteet.lvo A"Hiiciut.lon, Kanxii City, Mo, Ims and aro hereby tendered to th aaid Jlev. Father Ktlek for hi candid horient.y in publicly exriri HMing the true wriMnieiitH or the Korean Catliolk :hurch. Keitolved, That thl council would I" glad to Hociiro the i-crvlce of aid Father Htiek for the purpone of deliver' lug this Hume lecture throughout, tin: aliite of MIhmoui'I and will pay liberally for the wervice or aiu Mtlck. Kenolved, That the e(-ri tary I! In utructed to forward a copy of thl pro T ni .(;i.iuLu'rr h all ( l)V'i ? kK v-'V mW0M 4 f - mm wr ninble, and resolution, to aid Father Stick and to any t'roU-tant paper pub- llHhea at I'ana, Jll., with tne r iuei that ald prearnblo and i'eolutlon bo published. A iiioiihIm lo (iraml Tn it'im, WKHT Hui'Kltloit, Wl,, March 4, IWi.Fdltor Tiik, Amkhkjam: I re ceived arid have dUtrlbuted tho cople of TilR Amkiuoa which you went me. The cauo i growlog here. Tho Hwed lh jieode arewelllng tho American rank in defenwoof the public nohool, They leinj among foreigner who defend public ehool. They ot'rn to Ameri canize readily, I have boon In uiko Hhore eltle where our wdiool aro al moHt entirely In the hand of It'irnan Cathrdlo teacher. The cloud that rle over the public choolln tho north ia dark one, Tho indifTerenra; and neglect that board of education have hown In employing tether I not only criminal, hut it amount to grand troaon as;alnt tho flag and constitution. Wo mut aroiiMt men w tint riew;uy or voting for loyal American only, to fill place on the Mihool Iwiard or wujierlntonden' cle. In turn they mut employ loyal worker in thoo great factorle where wo turn out American voter and tato men. The public chool I our pal I all ium, and wo have been o!d into th ) hand of the l'hllltlrie, Wlnblng you uc!, J am, reieciriiny, MAKTIIA WAMItm'JTON, Hubacrlbo for TlfK AMKUICAN, tho bet patriotic paper In the country, Huberlptlon price, 'l a year, In ad vance, HA VH JfK IH NOT A CATHOLIC. yt, J. Clerllian' "Kanfing" ('anlng Much l'iicalne In Cnlliollc Circle, The Journal ut the 2-'lrd ult, hwl a let ter from M, J, Clerllian in it. It will fie remembered that Mr, Clerl han puhlUhed an article in the name paper not Jong lnco in favor of the public nohool and of our free irmtltu tlon in general, and which article wa copied in a large number of paper. Now a a reward for hi puh)ihlng Mirne of hi thought,, he I recelvlngall kind of threatening letter. Tho fol lowing I a reply to one of them: Kditor Journal: Hinco the publica tion of rny letter In the dally Journal ut Jan. 2-'lrd, ult, on tho ouetlon of "Jleoniblllty of American Citizen hfp," I am grateful to ay that ueh paiicr a the Chicago Inter Omm, Now York Triouufi, Ilrooklyn JSaak, Wet fleld (Wl,) J'alrlat, and a nooro of other paper, copied my letter, a good In dornement of It true Amerlciinlum, I alw received many fluttering letU;r of high pralo and a few letter which breathed bigotry, narrow-rnlndednett and un-Amerlcanlm, a the following Iclttir will fully and clearly prove: IJKH Moinkh, la., Feb, lt, JH!ij,M, M, .1. Cr-KUli(AiS. Hlr: Your letter to the JackHonvlllo Journal, which the Inter ()mi,n t1 the 17th irmt. very fool lnhly publlnhed, prove conclimlvdy that you are not a Catholic - that you are proNMiutlng the moral and mental training which the church ha liivllieil upon you that you are an enemy to (od. j lie eaiiHO or religion would ho woriderruny advanced ir ueh men tin you and ueh piiier a puhlUh your hliiHphemoiiH riiritlng could Iwi enVctit- ally and oMtrnally "but off." There aro now J2,'MH),000 Catholic In America, and the day 1 approaching and not far d neurit when iich men a you will he "HbutofT" In all that the term Imrille or uggetH, and to your ml ml the term cannot la; too migg-'titivc for your own wifely. P. MONKI JION. The above letter need no comment, from a bona fldo American, I will only fay that the oonor Mr, Mom-ehou take- a pannage back to old Ireland, the lietter. 1 have holtated about giving Mr, Moneehon' letter to the public before now, hoping that my people would adopt the rnotto of the Coldcn Ilule, "Do unto other a you would that other would do unto you," but forbear ance ha ceacd to be a virtue, a my people have adopted ierecutlo;i and a Ixiycott, and their concerted action dem oriMtratc that there 1 one man power behind tho throne. My I Jo Molne critic nay, "You are not a Catholic; that you are prostituting tho moral and mental training that the church ha lavished upon you," My anwer to thl infallible prophet I that if the church "lavlbod" anything on me I paid for all favor, and "that you are an enemy to Cod," Then my friend, wlj) the murky - w:alo from your eye If I am an "enemy to Cod," then 68,000,000 of intelligent American are in theamo bout. Mr, Moneehon further on ay that, "If uch men a you, and uch paper a publish your blaitpbomou ranting could bo effectually and etern ally abut off," Thl doctrine, Mr, Moneehon, I only congenial to Mexico, to minny Italy, Hpaln, and tho advo cate uch a you who delegate your thinking jwwer to bo done by proxy. My "ranting" i antagonistic to the (Jod given principle of freedom of tho preand A rnerban free npeecb, and I tell you and all other that a country wboMj every bill i dotted with the llttlo red ;bool bone will not very wion adopt your perniclou doctrine a doctrine only In consonance with tho dark age and the one man power, Tho last and clewing nentenco of thl alien to true Americanism say that "Tho day I approaching and not fur dlHtant when uch men a you will be but off and tho term cannot be too iiggi'tlvo for your own safety,' Thanks; thl I very kind, hut Mr, Mcnoebon, I have received just such Clan-ria-Cael epistle before, and I close by saying that for thirty-five year I have been tho target for ucb un-Amer lean paper wad, You may Cronlnlze me, but you cannot make me desert Old Glory or tho llttlo red m;)iooI houwt, and your alien blandishment only uncover and remove tho mask and prove to a (inclusion that you and your associate have tho dijoftlon to"hutoff" uch men a a-ert their American right to do their own thinking, hut tho car of progre and enlightenment marchei on, and here we have the liberty to in vcstlgato untrammelled by tho world' curse, one man power, American don't have to get their jxdltlc where they get their religion, and I am one of them fellow, "bliiHphemou ranting'' to the contrary notwithstanding. J to specifully, M. .1. CXkimuan. iltorlii'ster, X. VM I Vldt-Aale. The energetic and wise patriot of KocheKtor, N. Y., have been scattering by thousand In that city a most force ful and suggestive document, headed, "To Hi,t:heter Tax-payer," showing the amount of money taken from the city treasury In the joint five yeir for Protestant, Korean Catholic and un denominational Institution the startling result: II.iIiiiuiInI. IiihIIMiiIoiis 1'rolri.tllllt Ili'Urew Hero Is Hivr-sTi 4. hi r;. Is ;n.ir;i I iiili'iiiiiiiliiitlliiiiitl 7l,.V,.l..'i(i Thu It will he seen that Homo ha taken much more than twice a much ai all other combined, while at tho sumo time she hn furnished a largo proHii tion of tho criminal and pauper supported In city, county and state, In stitution. And Protestant tax payer pay nine-tenth of tho luxes! It I even worse than this In Boston. Anirrkoii Citizen. CONTINENTAL I.KAIU'K MKKTI.NU. l.alel Society I'ormi-tl In Opposition In Hie Aincrlcttii Protective Ashm-IuIIoh. The Continental I-axue, tho latest woeloty organized in opposition to tho American Protective Association, held a state convention at Fitzgerald' hall, at the corner of Adam and MaNted HtrccU, Huuday afternoon, Tho obj ict of the league, a stated by ore of tho member, I to promote a spirit of (rfitrlotlsm and a love of Amer ican Institutions, without antagonizing any political or religion element or sect. It alma to gather Into it mem bership representative of all natloniill t!e and religion, arid will opjm3 the A. P, A, and kindred organization which are thought to disfavor foreign born citizen. There were i'.'A) delegate present at Sunday' convention reprewintlng forty-three encampment and about 22,000. member. Only one lodge out side of Chicago wa represented, which I In Joliet, and whoso delegate wa Alderman Harrla, of that city. Organizer were chosen and will bo sent throughout the state to establish encampment. A weekly paper will bo started a the organ of tho league, Jt wa determined to do away with the secret ritual which ha heretofore pre vailed, and tho Initiation ceremony will hereafter be public. V. I), Phillip, of Chicago, wa elected general chief and will apixdnt a com mittee some time during tho week to make the necessary revision of tho ritual, FEAItS TIIK I'OVYK II OF 1(0 MK, Iter. H. T. Milclicll Her Ihmger ef America Iliceinlng Nuhjcct it (lie I'ejK'. Kev, H. T, Mitchell, of the West Fnd Methodist Kplseopal church, preached yesterday morning on "itomanlsm" Ut a vary large audience, lie made some pointed reference to employment of nun as teacher In tho Klversldo school, expressing tho ojunlon that tho work of tho director in tho promise would be sot osldo by tho court. The minister chose a hi text the third verse of the second chapter of the econd epistle tothoThessalonian, which I a follow: "Tho son of per dltlon, whoopeth and exalteth him self above all that 1 called Cod or that I worshiped. " I Jo reviewed the growth of lUirnan Catholicism In thl country, which he described a marvel oils, and touched njmn its teaching, practice and demand. IIu said In part: "Tho church teaoho that Peter was tho Hucccwtor of Christ and that the popu is the successor of Peter. lie Is'bIkivo all temporal power and Is In fallible, It In the practice of the church to vary Its teaching to suit circum stance and toconntrii'i the Heripturc to suit itnclf. "It Interfere with thoaffalrsof state and demand that tho young Ik- en trusted to It care. Its position 1 that a man I a giNid liniii because he Is a Itoman Catholic, whereas the Protest ant believe a man of any Christian re ligion can bo good, It ls-lng honesty and ( uprlghtnes that constitute hi virtue. "In jiursuance of ita demand to uM:r- Intend the education of the children, the church first charged that the school were sectarian because the liiblo wa taught In them. The Bible wa taken out rind then ltdeclared they were Codies, "The real aim of the church I to have It particular kind of sectarian ism Inculcated at tho expense of the state. The placing of tho parochial school children In the Klversldo school and the employmentof nun a teacher is an experiment along this line, and, If It succeeds, the same thing will be done In other place. I regard It a uncon stitutional and predict that the court will dccldo against It. "There I grave danger that thl country will boK'imanlzed, My reason for thl fear 1 tho character of tho Catholle people, they being better hero than anywhere else In tho world, and tho obsequiousness of politician, New York and Chicago I pronounce more absolutely under tho domination of the pope than any place in Kurojt, and the purpose of the church have not changed, Hhould It rule America, the same evil of which history convict It would 1i)Uow,"J'it,libarj JHxpateli, The I'snal Itesull. A young lady from Illghnrn, Ma., write: "fat Hunday night Priest Hcully poke at an overllowlng temjier ance meeting in Ixwlng-hall. Iloth hall were filled and ttio speiikers had to speak up stair and then go down stair and sjieak In the lower ball, Hlx or evcn peaker wore present, but 1'rlest Hcully wa a interesting a any. Ho wa tho most liberal Catholic priest I ever saw, He I from Cambridge. He said that drunkenness was the cure of hi church, and made fun of tho action of Ht, Patrick' Hay and said lot of thing which I should not think he would dars lo say arid acknowledge about hi church. He wear whisker and dot; not look like a priest. He also stated that he wn glad to Isi there on the platform with hi brother minis ter, What do you think of that? There Is a council of the A, P, A. to lie organized soon In F,at Weymouth with about 'M member." , . The Change of Time, A lot of school loy waited upon Act ing Mayor McCloIlan, of New York, tho other day and asked him to veto tho council's order for floating tho Irish nag over trie city nan on it, ratricK day, The Bpokesrnan said: ''No flag hut our own should bo put usm public building. Wo are taught to salute tho American flag every morning, and wo believe It I the only flag that should be recognized." That boir waagrnnd- son of Governor Wise, of Virginia, who r-fued to pardon John llrowo, the alsilillonlst who was handed In Virginia just before the breaking out or the civil war, and hi appeal wa to tho son of (ii'in'iiil McCli-llan, tho first union general to march union troop Into Vir ginia In defense of the union. Time brings peculiar changes, and this Is one of tliem. The grandson of a great confederate appealing to tint son of a favorite union wddler for the honor of the, flag of a united country ha it hojsilul ldo.-tfrr Oi'raii, Wlltlll'll III Ill lllllllll'C KiiiiiiiiiIhiii, VlUtilMA, 111,, March ll.- Uev. It. I. MiicWhoi'ter, pastor of the Cumber laiid Presbyu-rian church In thl city for the past two years, resigned unex pectedly at the close of this morning' service. Tho subject announced for this evening was "1 Ionian Ism the ( J rent es t. Fon of Liberty." 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