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PATRIOTS RESPONDING.
The following- friends have said they
would help take up the $3500.00 which
The American owes. We want 350.
Who will be next?
Homo (H) Kansas City, Mo., 1 share 110.00
F. M. A., Falls City, Neb., 1 " 10 00
It is stated that the supreme presi
dent of the A. P. A., Mr. Echols, is a
goldbug. Is his tour to stem the free
silver tide?
Allen G. Thtjrman might become
as universally respected and loved as
was the Old Roman, If he would be
a Democrat not a slanderer of the
A. P. A.
ARE YOU A DOLLAR PATRIOT?
Rev. J. J. O'Connor ha been able to
do a (real deal of good work, not only
la the city of New York, but through
out the country; and wherever hi
magazine, the IWrrf.iJ Qittwtir, ha
been circulated, light ha broken
through the darkness that baa ob
scured more than one Roman Catholic
mind.
While we and hundred of other
hare been busily engaged In our chosen
fit Id, that of awaking the American
people to a realization of the dangers
which hare beset every government
which tolerated in the least tbe direc
tion of the affair of state by political
ecclesiastic, Itev. O'Connor ha been
holding a light to direct the feet of the
many thousand who are annually leav
lng the Church of Rome, lie himself
was a convert to Christianity from llo-
manltm, and knew all tbe baleful in
fiucnee which were at the command of
the priest and other Iloman ecclesla
tic, to compel the faithful to remain
loyal to their church and ileadfast in
their belief, and that knowledge he
ba put to good use.
Ho knew that not alone tho laity, but
many of the priest and higher church
dignitaries were In doubt as to the cor-
reetnes of the teaching of the Church
of Rome, who, owing to the laws of
their church, were stepping outside
the pale of Christianity into the very
shadow of agnosticism; and he knew
tbat unless something was done to aid
them they would become totally sep
arated from all the great bodies of
Christians. To prevent this and to as
sist those honestly seeking after truth
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many priests have been received and
sent forth to preach the gospel.
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tho esteem of a large and influential
circle of friends who have given him
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afloat for a great many years. Ills has
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and a work of love, but we doubt if it
has boen more beneficial than that
done by the editors of the papers
which havo warned Americans against
the pernicious Influence exerted in our
affairs of state by the Church of Rome.
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dence and the esteem of large circles
of friends, but those friends, in the
main, have been poor men, men with
out capital. Yet they are the mort
loyal of all patriots. No one has ever
called on them for assistance but what
they have responded liberally, nor will
they ever appeal to them with any
other result.
Believing this way we have con
cluded to ask for 3T0 volunteers who
will each Invest ten dollars in one
share of the capital stock of the Amer
ican Publlbhlng Company. We want
three hundred and fifty loyal friends,
true patriots, of undoubted American
principles, to assume the burden that
wo are carrying to-day. The stock
may be paid for in monthly or weekly
payments. Are there three hundred
and fifty good, staunch, true, loyal
Americans, who believe in the princi
ples advocated by this paper, who will
invest ten dollars in a business worth
$2,", 000, which has been built up in a
little more than five years from 150?
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Issue? Address us at Omaha, Neb.
Show Rome that you are a patriot even
when it costs something. Who will be
first?
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
Last week we published a dispatch
containing a letter which purported to
be from John Ireland, the Roman
Cat hollo archbishop of St. Paul, to
Tom Carter, the then chairman of the
National Republican Central Com
mittee, wherein was expressed the
hope that the clause in the proposed
platform opposing the use of public
money for sectarian purposes and union
of church and state would not be
adopted, because it was urged by the
A. P. A. and would be taken as a con
cession to them would awaken re
ligious animosity in the country and do
much harm. It also said the Republi
can party should not lower itself to
recognize directly or indirectly the A.
P. A.
If Ireland wrote that letter It demon
strates that he Is considerable of a
Jesuit. He calls attention to the fact
that the A. P. A. wants those planks
in the platform and that If they are
placed there It will be taken as a con
cession to that order. He at the same
time drops a hint that such a conces
sion would "do much harm," and the
convention, in order to have it appear
that the party was not friendly to the
P. A., omitted the objectionable
planks.
The action of the Republican party
shows how near-sighted the loaders
are, and that letter shows how much
of a Jesuit John Ireland is. He said
lust enough to trap the party if you
adopt those planks it will be taken as a
concession to the A. P. A. but not
enough to show them that "if you don't
adopt those planks it will be taken as a
concession to the Roman church."
The contest for the insertion or the
rejection of those planks was a contest
between Protestants and Roman Catho
lics, between loyal, patriotic American
citizen and tbuoa who believe the law
ol tbe church take precedence of and
give the rule to the laws of the state,
and It appear tho Republican party
decided against the Protestant and ia
favor of tbe Romanist.
We do not know whether Ireland
wrote such a letter, but If be did and it
can be proved he did, every man who
believe la the principle of the A. P.
A., in tbe doctrine of a complete sep
aration of church and slate, and who 1
opposed to the appropriation of public
money for sectarian purposes, will feel
ashamed of his party's leaders for their
un-American cringing beneath the Ro
man Catholic lash.
We should like some authentic in
formation on this subject. Who knows
whether John Ireland wrote such a
letter? Who knows whether it was
his protest which induced the platform
committee to change Its report?
THEY BENEFITED THE STATE?
The people of the nation now know,
if they did not before, that there Is
such a state in the Union as Nebraska.
Through the magnificent personalty
and transcendant genius of Senator
John M. Thurston and ex Congress
man W. J. Bryan, who were the
cynosure of all eyes at the St. Louis
and Chicago conventions, this state
has sprung into national promlreace,
and will live in history as the home of
tbe two most eloquent, convincing and
logical speakers who participated in
tbe deliberations of the conventions of
the two great political parties held in
thoee cities during the months of June
and July.
Thurston was the Demosthenes at St.
Louis, Bryan at Chicago. Neither had
anticipated tho enthusiasm their words
would produce. Probably this was due
to the fact that they had both como
up from the humblest walks in life;
yet they were, because of their elo
quence, their magnetism and their
grasp of what they considered the
needs and the wishes of the people
they represented, we say, because of
these things they were able to electrify
and control while other men of national
reputation failed utterly to Impress or
sway the same audience.
But these are not the only able or
eloquent sons our state possesses.
When the Populist convention meets
in St. Louis we expect another Ne
braskan to win new laurels for us. We
expect Hon. Paul VanDervoort to be
to the Populist convention what
Messrs. Thurston and Bryan were to
the Republican and Democratic con
ventions, and he will be if his health
docs not fall.
THE SPHERE OF LABOR UNIONS.
Last week while we were at Lincoln
watching the Republican state conven
tion an article was put in type and ap
peared in the paper as an editorial
under the above heading, which docs
not meet our views on the sphere of
labor unions.
There was one sentiment in the arti
cle which no friend of organized labor
can endorse and which we believe the
author cf the article did not intend to
give expression to. It was this:
We want unions to protect our labor-
oe men, but we want them composed
of Protestants; and then they should
be organized to Influence legislation
and not to compel their employers to
increase, or even keep tnelr wages at a
good figure.
Had the writer substituted for the
words "and not'" after the word legis
lation, the words "as well as" and had
he omitted the three last words of the
article not of the paragraph we
would be in hearty accord with the
article. But as it appeared in our last
issue it does not meet our approval.
MERCER'S RENOMI NATION.
The renomlnation by acclamation of
Congressman Mercer by the Republi
cans of this district was certainly a
compliment to that gentleman which
may well be appreciated. Even Dave's
worst enemies concede that he has
made a better record than any man
who has ever represented this district
in congress.
His vote in the primaries last Tues
day was the largest ever given a can
didate In this city or county, and may
be taken as an indication that the busi
ness men, laboring men and mechanics
of all classes endorse his work in be
half of Omaha. Mr. Mercer will re
turn to Washington and resume his
duties as secretary of the national
congressional campaign committee at
an early date.
There was not any. doubt in our
mind but what the best interests of the
schools demanded that H. J. Banker
should be succeeded by some other
man, but Messrs. Anderson, Band
hauer, Gilllspie, Johnson, Lowe, Lunt,
Tukey and Irey thought differently,
and, as they did the voting, re-elected
him superintendent of buildings.
The Democratic convention nomi
nated William Jennings Bryan of Ne
braska, for President, and John R. Mc
Lean, of Ohio, for Vice-President. Of
them and the platform we shall have
something to say next week.
The nomination of W. J. Bryan for
president by the Democrats has re
moved Nebraska from the doubtful
column.
REJIillhmEUNIiUiliE
A Romish Priest Adopts the
Platform of the A. P. A.
The Rev. D. J. Stafford wants a
Separate Church and State
A Grand Oration.
The following stenographic oration,
delivered by the Rev. D. J. Stafford
before the "Association of the Oldest
Inhabitants," in Washington, D. C,
February 22, 1896, was made by. Chase
Roys:
The most momentuous act, with one
solitary exception, in the civil history
of the world, was the inauguration of
the American government. It founded
a new civilization. It laid down the
Ideal basis of government. Itjplaced
the corner-stone whereupon was to be
surmounted the most majestic structure
of human liberty the world has ever
soen. It started an age of progress,
and it solved forever the question
which from time Immortal had vexed
and bothered the minds of statesmen
the most perfect liberty of the indi
vidual citizen. A whole century and
more has flowed from It. It stands
there as it stood in the beginning
beautiful in Its simplicity, forever to be
commemorated byjall who love .liberty,
and ever to be blessed by all'. who love
man.
In this sublime act" that proclaimed
confidence lc manhood, and launched
the ships of state, Washington took a
prominent part. He had led the armies
of his country through all the vicissi
tudes of war to a happy termination,
and during it all had displayed that
boundless love of liberty that insured
victory, and when the war was over lie
might well be proud of his rooord aB a
soldier.
But peace has its victories as well as
war; and they are more glorious when
achieved, because more difficult of
achievement. But when he would have
looked about for popularity and ag
grandizement, or power Jin the world,
this man, who had served his country
without remuneration, who bad been
true to his duty this man handed back
the sword of his country, stained with
the enemy's blood, but never'withjdis
honor. He asked that he,might be permitted
to remember, amidst the sylvian beauty
of Mt. Vernon, that he had once served
his country and merited her gratitude.
Scarcely hud he retired there whon he
was again called to the head of the
government. There he met greater
difficulties than he had encountered on
the field of battle. A government was
to be established, a constitution elabor
ated, a policy started, commerce ex
tended, national credit secured; and
all this could not be dono without op
position. There was serious doubt about the
propriety of a popular government.
Washington himself had serious mis
givings, but he put them aside, and en
tered upon an untried sea. The result
of it is before us; and all that great
liberty and civilization have been, in
very great measure, the result of this
man's wisdom, sublime confidence, and
religious trust In God.
The government established, Wash
ington set about the administration of
it, and the inauguration of what was
to be in all time the policy of the gov
ernment. What makes him for all
time the type of his countrymen?
American means man, or the rights of
man in contradistinction to the rights
of governments, and the rights of
kings man In his individual rights.
In other words, the American idea was
the liberty of every man all his rights
in the civil and religious order.
The policy, then, of Washington, was
justice justice to all parties to all
religions. No part of this country was
large enough to fill his heart. He was
a son of Virginia, but he loved all
parts. Nothing less than the whole
country and the whole people could
satisfy his heart. (Applause.)
Secondly, that there should be jus
tice done to all political parties that
every party should have the right to
advocate the policy that it deemed best
for the whole people, and the whole
country, and that no one party should
have the right to dictate to another.
The third principle was justice to all
religions; and he pointed out in the
most emphatic language, that of all
the things that tend to perpetuate and
preserve free institutions, religion and
morality, are most important, and that
the patriotism of that man might well
be suspected, who would seek to oppose
in any way the progress of religion.
Now, in discussing this religious
question, Washington had in mind all
religions Catholic, Jewish, Presby
terian, Methodist, and every other
that would seek to do good, and attend
to the wants of humanity. The only
possible solution to this religious ques
tion is absolute equality to all religions
(loud applause) absolute equality be
fore the law.
Washington and his fellow patriots
had before their minds the condition of
Europe, where religions had been
state religious, and he willed with a
1 i''yr' r
William Jennings Bryan,
Democratic Nominee for President.
supreme wisdom that no such state of
things should ever exist in the United
States. It bad already been declared
that man had a right to his religion,
and a right to life, liberty and the pur
suit of happiness. Washington under
stood it, and he understood it well; and
when he spoke of religion, he meant
all religions, and that a man who
sought to oppose all religions might
well be called an enemy of mankind.
There is no other solution of this ques
tion than the right of all religions.
What a pity that Mr. Stafford's words
have not the authority of the Church
of Rome! Pope Leo XII. says: "The
church holds it unlawful that various
sorts of divine worship should be on a
par with the true religion before the
law." The Catholic Review of July,
1870, says: "Protestantism of every
form has not, and never can have, any
rights where Catholicity (Romanism)
has triumphed, and therefore we lose
the breath we expend in declaiming
against bigotry and intolerance and in
favor of religious liberty, or the right
of any man to be of any religion as best
pleases him." Pope Plus IX. said:
'The absurd and erroneous doctrines
and ravings in defense of liberty of
conscience are a pestilential error a
pest of all others most to be dreaded in
a state." See his encyclical of August
15, 1854. In his encyclical of December
8, 1864, hesaid: "The (RomaL) Catho
lic religion, with all its votaries, ought
to be exclusively dominant In such a
manner that every other worship
should be banished and interdicted."
He further said: "She (the Roman
Catholic church) has the power of re
quiring the state not to permit the
free expression of opinion!" It is this
freedom that makes our country great.
It is not the extent of our country, nor
the wealth that is in its soil. Guard
religious liberty, and as long as it is
preserved, this country shall stand.
Religious liberty can be preserved in
no other way than by repressing intol
erance, and Romanism is intolerance.
Therefore, taking Priest Stafford at
his own words, Romanism must be
crushed. We must not tolerate intol
erance. The end will come when this
liberty is violated. Famine and drouth
may sweep over our land and destroy
our prosperity, but it will be brought
back again; but, Oh, who will build up
the temple of constitutional liberty
who will build up the liberty of man
here or anywhere else in the world, if
here, where it has found a home, it
shall be violated and banished? No
body. Let us therefore guard this lib
erty well. Let us watch our public
men and our private men. Let us use
all the influence we have over this
country, and let every man understand,
and let every public- servant under
stand, that no man's civil rights, and
no man's religious rights, whether he
be Protestant or Catholic, may be vio
lated. And in demanding this policy for
ourselves, we must be willing to grant
it to others. There must be no distinc
tion because of one's politics or re
ligion. And when the historian of the
future shall take his pea to describe
the glorious history that shall be be
fore his eye, and look on all the world
to find how it developed, and how it
came about, he shall not find it in
Egypt, or Greece, or Rome, or Eng
land, or in any European country; but
when he shall cross the Atlantic he
shall find it, and write the name of the
warrior, the patriot and the statesman,
the man, George Washington. (Pro
longed Applause.)
Note. This priest, anxiously striv-
ingfor popular favor, has been forced
thus to come out and take his stand
upon the A. P. A. platform by the A.
P. A. sentiment which is everywhere
in the air. If we persist in our good
work, disseminating our principles of
libertv, civil and religious, all Catho
lics as well as Protestants will eventu
ally come to endorse them, and the
Romish element in the United States
will either be compelled to break away
from a foreign pope, or the hierarchy
will be driven to call a universal coun
cil and repeal their bigoted, blood
thirsty, anti-Christian canons, and
recognize the great principles of re
ligious liberty and the right of private
judgment, as expressed in the constitu
tion of the United States and in the
platform of the A. P. A.
THE POLITICAL LASCE.
The story which has been circulated
by political enemies that Mr. Peter
Mangcld is a Roman Catholic has been
denied by several trustworthy mem
bers of the A. P. A. Let us have a
fair fight for commissioner, and not
beat a man by the influence of mis
statements. The Sixth ward has another ener
getic young man in the field for the
legislature. His name is Chas. L.
Hart, and he is one of those fellows
who can always be counted on to get
out and hustle for good Americans.
Hon. I. R. Andrews is happy.
The congressional primaries were
well attended by Dave Mercer's friends.
Mr. Cornish's allusion to the only
Republican dally which could not
stulify Itself by supporting but one of
the candidates for congress struck a
responsive cord in the hearts of even
Dave Mercer's friends.
M. F. Singleton, one of (he best edu
cated and most gentlemanly colored
men living in the city, is a candidate
for the legislature. Mr. Singleton is a
resident of the Eighth ward and in the
past has done yeoman service for the
Republican party. He deserves any
honor the party sees fit to bestow upon
him.
Frank Burman, our Swedish fellow
citizen, is a candidate for the legisla
ture. He has been a most loyal and
earnest supporter of the Republican
nominees and of American principles,
and would do honor to the party should
it favor him with a nomination.
The Democratic platform contains
a plank which every A. P. A. man In
the country will endorse. It is that
one declaring for political liberty and
religious freedom, and characterized
by the daily press as an antl-A. P. A.
plank. If anyone can find a sintrle
sentiment in it which has not been set
up as part of the platform of the A. P.
A. for the past four years, except the
flattering endorsement of the Demo
cratic party, we should like to have it
pointed out. The Romanists are sim
ply trying to steal some good A. P. A.
thunder when they induce the Demo
cratic party to declare: "The consti
tution of the United States guaran
tees to every citizen the rights of civil
and religious liberty. The Demo
cratic party has always been the expo
nent of political liberty and religious
freedom, and it renews its obligations
and reaffirms its devotion to these fun
damental principles of the constitu
tion."
The Canadian-Americans know how
to celebrate the Fourth of July.
