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sidered the Stars and Stripes none tool fender; let us profit by the lesson this
sacred to serve their contemptible pur-1 day taught us in jon grave yard by
pot. Grand Army veteran, and in the same
Had they unfurled over their pest- spirit which has prompted the impar
house the appropriate yellow flag, in- tlal scattering of flowers, likewise eul-
John E.Osbome, Democratic dicative of the real malignancy of the tl rate unity and friendship among all
Nominee for Congress
man From Wyoming,
Can See no Good In the Grand American
Order, aud Assails it in His Me
morial Day Address.
It affords me pleasure to be honored
by an opportunity of participating here
at home in tbe programme arranged
for the observance of the grandest,
most impressive and appropriate of our
national holidays. A day set apart,
when we, as a family of brothers, ce
mented together by the fraternal ties
which make us all Americans, assemble
for the purpose of decorating with
floral offerings the graves of those who
so willingly offered themselves as sac
rifices that the country they loved
might live.
disease they were spreading among a
liberty-loving people, every American,
through whose veins nurse rich blood
as reddened the ground at Bunker II 111
and Gettysburg, would have rushed to
the rescue, that It might have been
throttled in its very inciplency, and
they knew It too well. We read in his
tory of the oppressed of the Old World
fleeing to he American colonies to es
cape religious persecution, of the Dec-
classes, among all creeds, anion? all
religious denominations. Let us, as
one- grand body of Americans, revere
the flag of our country, and determine
at any cost to defend the heaven-Inspired
principles those bars and stars
represent.
While the memory of the dead Is by
the exercises of this day kept green in
our minds, we should also be impressed
with the (acred obligation we are under
laratlcn of Independence, framed and to those who survived tbe trying ordeal
signed by Catholic as well as Protes- of battle and who at present constitute
tant, of the scores of Catholic officers the illustrious membership of Amer-
and thousands of soldiers who foua-ht lea's Grand Army of the Republic As
without decoration of stripe, lace or a slight token of our appreciation of
shoulder strap, side by side with Prot- the valuable service they have ren
estants in our late civil war. Upon no dered the country, let us resolve anew
psge of that history, my friends, is it to night to exert our every energy to
recorded that members of the Catholic procure for them and those dependent
church have upon any occasion, in any upon them liberal pensions and other
emergency, demonstrated less fidelity merited legislative measures of relief.
than any other denomination. Who, So long as we scatter flowers upon the
then, can say that the tissue of Catholi-1 graves of the dead, so long let the sur-
It has been eaid that Memorial Day whkh hag been woven j u j comfortable d h And when
aa TIM. InDtltlitaH nn1 V.a.m. V . 4 .Ul I r
fabric? Who can say that members of they, too, have been summoned by tbe
the Catholio church have not, in com grim messenger to silently fold their
mon with Protestants, guarded care tents and march forth Into the unex
fully and faithfully every avenue which
has led to our national prosperity?
By what right and authority, then,
have men selected by the people to
positions of truBt and honor in some
The
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"American Tyler
Forth Its Idea
Pointed Way.
Sets
in a
Masons Should Oppose Romanism and
Sot Cry "Peace, Peace," When
There Is No Peace.
One of the greatest evils that at
tbe present day menaces Christian so
ciety is incontestably the growth of se
cret societies. Every object in life is
taken as a pretext to give them a rea
son for their existence. But whatever
the name under which they appear be-
was first instituted and brought to the
attention of our northern people by the
widows, wives, mothers and sisters of
the confederate dead, who upon a cer
tain day each year scattered flowers
over the unmarked and unknown graves
of the Union toldiers, some of them,
perhaps, our friends. News of this
touching tribute flashed to the north,
and at once aroused the sympathy and
affection for those with whom we had
been so recently engaged in deadly con
flict. Sectional passion and animosity
were allayed, as a result of this touch
ing testimonial of respect so gratuit
ously bestowed upon the dust of our be
loved dead, reposing In soil south of
the Potomac, and thus out of common
Borrows emulated this beautiful anni
versary which is becoming more popu
lar among our people year by year, and
will, we hope, increase in popularity
until its perpetuation, even to the ut
termost generation, shall become an
assured fact.
Members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, 'twere not necessary to con
secrate a day to the memory of your
dead comrades; neither the orator's
eloquence nor the historian's pen were
needed to inspire us with that admira
tion their grand achievements deserve.
"On fame's eternal camping ground, their
silent tents are spread."
They have erected here upon this
continent a monument massive in pro
portions, with base extending from
ocean to ocean, from British America
on the north to the Gulf on the south.
Not a marble spire with pinnacle pierc
ing the skies, but a government power-
plored realms of the great unknown,
may we, as from time to time we
gather round their graves to rever
ently deposit there tokens of our grate
ful remembrances, renew our allegiance
of our neighboring cities, declared that
members of the Catholio churjh are in
this enlightened age and generation
incompetent to do guard duty as city
policemen or even to serve as city
scavengers? Have either our state or
national constitutions, both of which
they have sworn with uplifted hand to
uphold and support, granted them this
authority? We unhesitatingly answer,
"No. " It is not my desire, fellow citi
zens, to sound one discordant note to
mar these exercises. It is not my in
tention to say one word which might
have the tendency to unjustly array
one class of our people against another,
but upon occasions like the present, in
stituted for the express purpose of
keeping alive in the American breast
the smouldering embers of patriotism
while we are shouting In stentorian
tones our admiration of American
chivalry and heroism, it can but be
meet for us to denounce in public those
who are in secret endeavoring to sow
among our people the seed of discord
and hatred.
I realize full well that sympathizers
with un-American associations will
charge that this Is an inappropriate
time and place to condemn their
treachery, but I beg leave to differ
to the noble cause for which they en
tered that unparalelled struggle, whose
successful Issue has bequeathed to us
this united and beloved American re
public.
POLISH CATHOLICS DIVIDED.
Warm Discussion Over Word "Roman"
as Part of Their Name.
Buffalo, N. Y., Sept 24. Dean
Pitass opened the second day's session
of the Polish Roman Catholic con
gress. The credentials committee re
ported that there were 327 delegates
present. The delegates from Datrolt
were excluded because they were mem
bers of the Polish National Alllanoe,
which Is hostile to the congress. The
following permanent officer were
elected: President, Rev. B. Gram
ieuicz, Nantiooke, Pa.; vice-president,
Klolbassa, Chicago; secretary, Rev
Andrew Ignaslak, Erie, Pa.; assistant
secretary, James M. Roxan, Buffalo.
Rt. Rev. Peter Wawrzynlak, of Ger
many, papal chamberlain, was elected
honorary chairman of the congress.
A message was received from the pope
promised a benediction
At to-day '8 meeting of the Indepen
dent Polish Catholics 191 delegates
answered the roll call.
tant recognition of God Almighty In lU
constitution. As citizens we may feel
content with the present condition of
things in respect to the colling of the
papist sorjicnt about the seemingly
pe!ples form of Columbia, but the
extra colls are kept in abeyance, which
will, In the rapidly approaching years
orush thellfo out of Columbia's chil
dren; and the sins in omission of the
Protestant fathers of to day will serve
to lighten those cruel coils uon the
children ef tomorrow.
Restrictive legislation in the bill
before congress, In Mr. Corliss' Immi
gratlon bill and Mr. Linton's non-sec
tartan bill (both these gentlemen are
Masons), have failed to pass the senate
of the United States, and leaves both
these questions unsettled. So the flood
of lllltorute Roman pauperism will
oontinue unabated; and the boast of
John Ireland of Minnesota, that Rome
will yet win America, by the negro,
fore the nubile, whatever the nurnniin
or end they pretend to attain, their theIndUnand lhe emigrant, will con
only true end and the real reason for
their having been called Into life is to
serve as preparatory schools to Froe
maionry. This in some cases is so
plain that Masons do not think it worth
their while to deny the influence they
exercise over them. In most instances
this influence is not apparent; true,
tlnue to bold force bv the failure of
these two restrictive enactments to
pass the senate. Tbe fact Is that it
was too near the presidential election
to enact anything touching the consent
of the Roman hierarchy, and it is very
evident in this setback to progression
and so the ranks representing the "Are
in the rear" must be continued to swell
Dromlnent Muwina havn a fmRt di al tn
savin the management of affairs, but h the add-on of the negro, the eml
everything that could lead the unlnlt- frDt and the Indian, while the people
Two Questions
nil, a nation), wonderful, with founda- lrom 8uch sympathizers. Are we upon of great interest .were discussed
tlon built upon principles as enduring S occasion to remain silent, while namely: To cut the word "Roman
as time., over-ambitious, greedy men through- from the independent church, and to
I was deeply impressed with the sol- out our land are steadily obligating abolish the parochial schools. It was
emn ceremony connected with the memseives to proscrioe American cm- finally decided to retain the word
decoration of graves in your cemetery zens from daring to worship God as "Roman," calling the church the
Polish Roman Catholio Church of
America.
Tbe motion favoring the abolition of
this morning. I could not but observe. nel conscience dictates? While Bo
as the floral offerings were with befit- called Americans, madeslmon-pure and
ting reverence deposited upon those doubly refined through the cleansing
wind-swept pounds, that the graves of powers of A. P. A.i6m, are upon their
all who fought for the obliteration of bended knees before Almighty God
sectional strife, for the reservation of swearing to do all in their power to
national unity, were recipients of that Prevent a tottering Catholic veteran
mark of respect to which they were so of our lat0 war from procuring employ
justly entitled. It was noticeable, as ment whereby they can earn an honest
wepassed up and down the several and honorable livelihood? If under
walks, that the ashes of Catholio and tnese circumstances, we as free Amerl-
Protestant were alike honored by their cans, are upon any occasion, no matter
surviving comrades, demonstrating how sacred, to remain silent, let us no
that thofe who fought for the preserva- longer boast of emulating the example
tlon of the tUnlon still revere the flap ol our brave country's defenders. Who
of our country, that priceless heritage can tell us when and where this abom-
for the love of which they so gallantly lnable work of proscription and perse-
marched to the field of carnage. Mav cution is to be terminated? Have we
we not, my friends, as loyal Americans, &D7 assurance that at no distant day
profit by the lesson this day taught us other edicts will not go forth from this
In yonder 'graveyard by the scarred secret chamber of dark deeds proscrlb
veterans of the Grand Army of the Re- ln Episcopal, Methodist, Mormon,
parochial schools was carried. All of
the convention was called to work
strongly for the introduction of the
teaching of the Polish language in the
puDiic scnoois. A protest was adopted
against the "tyrannous rule of the
Bishops of Roman Catholic Church in
the United States."
public, or are we to transmit to our pos
leniy, mat emDiem oi liberty, pur
chased at such an inestimable cost of
life, blood'and property, disgraced, de
graded, besmirched by an indelible
stain of fanaticism? That flag is the
insignia ot religious as well as civil
liberty. It is, thank heaven, recog
nized throughout the entire civilized
world as the great beacon light of free
dom ; but it has been stultified in our
very midst by being flaunted over a
putrid sink-hole of corruption, to blind
Presbyterian or other churches, for
daring to disobey unreasonable com
mands emanating from boss bigots?
Have we not already seen the poisonous
fangs of this deadly enemy of our free
American institutions striking at the
fraternal ties of brotherly love which
bind together labor and other charita
ble and benevolent societies? Can we
not- discover in this relic of the dark
ages the f rst gentle ripple of a cur
rent, which if permitted to go on un
checked, will with surprising rapidity
the eyes of poor deluded American citl- culminate in an unmanageable torrent?
zens,f who, through Its influence and Yes, my friends, it is time to cry
the reverence they have for it, have "Halt." History Informs us that the
permitted themselves to become pol- downfall of all nations can be attributed
luted i with the poisonous slime of in- to jealousy, avarice, ereed and bitrotrv.
tolerance and bigotry.
Those who have generated this germ
of contagion anong us, and who have
opened up cess-pools throughout the
land for their propogation, know full
well that it would be necessary for
them to practice deceit in order that
i loyal Americans might be brought be
neath the contaminating influence of
their un-American organization, hence
they, traitors as they are, have con-
We Agree.
lhe Butte Examtier says of the
Catholic National Series of Readers,
by Bishop Richard, now in use some of
the public schools ot Wisconsin:
In the preface to the Fifth Reader
this proclamation is to be found: "It
is the purpose of this series to impart
sound Catholic education; lessons on
church history will increase the spirit
or devotion to our holy church." We
agree entirely with the comment made
by the Examiner that Wisconsin sadly
needs civilization, and it is about time
her citizens were Americanized." This
Romanizing of school books is not al
lowed In Italy or in Mexico. Must we
pass through the same experience as
have those papal countries to learn
what a "sound Catholic education
means?"
Salute the Flag.
A writer In the San Francisco Coil
says: "I was riding on a street car
the other day, and on the opposite seat
was a young mother with a curly-
headed tot of four or five. Presently a
funeral passed with a military escort
Heaven forbid that the dying embers at the head bearing the American flasr.
of civil strife should ever again be The little fellow spied the flag, and,
started Into flame in this free land of jumping off his seat, pulled off his cap
ours. Let us, then, my countrymen, and, with bare head and flashing eyes,
whenever opportunity is afforded us, I turned to his mother, crying: 'Salute
put the stamp of righteous condemna- the flag, motherl Salute the flag!'
Hon upon A. P. A.ism or any other And there he stood, with bare head,
ism that interferes with the religious until the flag had passed out of sight."
liberty or any of the constitutional Let us have more such mothers and
rights vouchsafed to our people through ourchlldren will be better educated,
the valorous deeds of our country's de- Ex. 4
ated to suspect that they are the tools
of the great fraternity Is sedulously
avoided. Members have ever kept be
fore their eyes that their object is
purely beneficial or social, or some
other mutual advantage; that secrecy
Is enforced only for the purpose of
keeping their business to themselves,
aud other such specious pretexts, and
thus the Innocent and unsuspecting are
allured and kept within bounds, never
doubting that there is something ulte
rior in view. In fact, many of them
would withdraw the moment tbey
could reasonably suspect whither they
are being led. But to those who are
ripe, a further vista of degrees, etc.,
more of the unknown is revealed, and
thus they are gradually brought into
the precincts of Masonry.
, ' Secret societies are by their very
nature immorai, subversive of good
government and right order, whether
they be Masonic or otherwise. But
because of the very fact that Masonry
has contrived to make them subserv
ient to its every end, and uses them as
recruiting stations for its adepts, they
are doubly dangerous.
"And why so? Are Freemasons so
much to be abhorred? They are good
men; very friendly in their intercourse;
strict in their business relations; on
the whole, no worse and rather better
than other men. Thete are but a few
remarks one can hear from very good,
well-meaning people. But aside from
the fact that Freemasonry exacts from
its adepts the most rigorous obedience
and imposes absolute silence under the
severest penalties, and thus is a men
ace to all institutions, both human and
divine; it has for its ulterior end the
deification of Lucifer, the propagation
and maintenance of his worship among
men; in short, it is the personification
of the efforts of hell to overthrow the
kingdom of Christ here upon earth.
This statement may appear to a
great many to be exceedingly strong
and unjust; but we possets the testi
mony of men worthy of all confidence,
which. will amply bear out the truth of
the asseation. There are, indeed, quite
a number of bona fide Masons of low as
well as high degree who are not aware
that the fratornlty professes anything
at all like the tenets a-cribed to them.
The reason for their ignorance, as well
as the proof of what we have advanced,
we expect to show in our succeeding
numbers. The authority upon which
we base ourselves is unimpeachable,
and no prominent Mason the world
over will be able to adduce anything
that can make the slightest breach In
its strength."
Now do not be misled by the above
caption and think that the Tyler is giv
pay mo dhi and me country goes
nearer and still nearer to the absolute
rule of tbe Vatican.
In the face of the fast that the mag'
azine from which the above extract Is
taken has the advertising patronage of
a Detroit Mason in its pages, the
above inBult to Freemason is tolerated
tacitly the "Freemasons are devil wor
shippers." This Is not stated as an as
sumption on the part of the editor (a
Jesuit priest), but as an absolute fact
gathered from the personal knowledge
of reputable wltnessesf?). When the
Tyler brands this statement as an abom-
lble black lie, worthy alone of the
father of lies who inspired it, whose
political and religious system is found
ed and built upon falsehood, chicanery
and deceit, Freemasons will cry "peace,
peace," and contribute of their means
to turn the grindstone on which are
sharpened the knives to cut their own
throats. Nay, further, if protest such
as this be made against this awful clos
ing in of the Iron walls upon the sleep
ing prisoner within, the charge Is made
that we are fanat cally illiberal and
far transcend our prerogative as a Ma
sonic journalist when we dare denounce
the hereditary enemies of Freemasonry
who only tolerate the Craft in Amer
ica because as an antagonist to usurped
rights it Is very much a nonenlty. It
has proved to Rome, in France, in
Italy and Mexico, a power for the con
servation of human liberty, and know
ing this, tbe Spanish butcher in Cuba
has closed every Masonic lodge on that
island.
"And a man's foes shall be those of
his own household." Rome has de
stroyed every nation she has ever
gained the ascendency over, and will
certainly destroy this' Our system of
politics is our weakness in which the
aspirant to office must be all things to
all men so that he may win votes. On
this rock we, as a nation, give every
promise of being finally dashed to
pieces. Shall this be the finale, fellow
citizens?
JESUIT SPIES EYERYWHERE.
They May Be Prominent Politicians,
Protestant Servants or a Lady
Friend of Your Family.
The spies are a kind of a fifth order.
known only to the general and a few
friends. They are men of all ranks
and ladles In all positions in society
Though bound by no vows, they be
long to the order. They are rewarded
by good position! where the Jesuits
have influence, by a great liberality i
pardoning their sins, or by money, if it
is needed. This class, mixing with
au clases of
daughter of a glorious father Into the
embrace of Rome.
In his "IlUtory of the Jesuits' Nico
Una asserts that at the sU-go of Homo,
when Plus .IX Add from his loving
children, one day a line-looking man,
with beard and mustache, wai observed
going from place to place, praising the
soldiers for their valor, encouraging
the citizens not to desert their walls,
and cursing tho French, the pepe, aad
especially the Jesuits. Ooo day some
guards peroolve j a kind of t'-lgrph
in a house almost over the wall of the
city, belonging to bi Jomiltn. They
burst in and found thrco men making
signals to the enrry. Thy wjere
Jesuits, and one of them was tho un
known man who wm so fn'1 of ppnr.
ent patriotism when in company of
brave men who wr (Vfandlng Jold
Rome against the popo and Oudlnot.
A Josuit might hn a h ailing Protes
tant or a prominent politician, tbe
wife ot a cablnut oflluor, a servant In a
family as Hogan found one any thing,
anywhere, In every dlsgulso, judging
from the past.
Thoroughly In-American.
Those optimistic Americans who
think the papal church is becoming
Americanized will bj made wiser by
reading the following dispatch to the
New York J'res$ of September 10:
St. Louis, Sept. 9. For the first
time in forty years the priests in the
archdiocese of St. Louis have met for
the purpose of revising the laws gov
erning the actions of clergymen and
laymen. Their regulations most di
rectly concern the laymen, and that
which has brought forth a majority of
comment since the calling ot the gath-
lng is in regard to the education ot
children.
In the promulgations resulting from
the meeting is a section which says
that in parishes whore parochial
schools have been established, Catho
lics shall send their children to them
or Catholio schools in dhe city. Under
no clroumBUnoes shall the children be
sent to tbe public institutions. The
same section includes .a clause saying
that schools shall be built In every
parish in the city, and If the laymen
have reasoas for not sending their
children to them, the reasons shall be
presented to a commission to be ap
pointed by tbe archbishop. Those not
observing the rule shall be refused ab
solution for their sins.
Other laws of importance were pro
mulgated in this diocese for the first
time. Membership in the Freemasons
Is not allowed under pain of excommu
nication, and the Knights of Pythias,
Odd Fellows and others also are barred.
Catholics hereafter will not be allowed
to sing In the choirs of Protestant
churches, as many have been doing.
Decline of Romanism.
In a recent address at Bath, Erg-
land, the Rev. C. Merle M'Aublgne, of
Belgium, son of the famous and bril
liant historian of the Reformation,
stated that io France the chasm be
tween the Romish church and the peo
ple was grjwlng wider each year. In
Paris, out of two millions of Romanists,
only 100,000 partook of the I aster com-
union. That le, only five communed
out of every 100 of the Roman Catholic
population, and of these five, four were
women. The men do not take much
stock in Romanism. The spiritual
power of Rome in Europe is rapidly
growing less, though in t ranee there
an army of 200,000 men and women
hose lives are devoted to advance the
pope's power in the country. Exchange.
men. renort tho RfTaIra nf
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ing you a Masonic preachment, because tie world to the followers of Iffnatlu.
such is not the case. The above ex- The Jesuit is a man of several char
iraci is rrom a Komaolst monthly pub- acters. The brethren have been very
uou 1U esruit anu lermea ot. iuarus extens ve merchants: and nmn nf thm
wiurcn, calendar. We publish the ex- am nmhahlu atm 0
tract for the sole purpose of keeping
the abominable fact constantly before
our readers and especially those who
think we are out of our latitude in pay
ing any attention to the abuss of Free
masonry by either papist pen or voice.
But we cannot see the situation in that
light, and God forbid that we ever
shall! When we view the encroach
ments made by the Romanists of Amer
ica upon the dearly won prerogatives
of the American people, we onlv re-
ness.
fosserln, a celebrated Jesuit, think
ing that a blow could be successfully
Inflicted on Protestantism in Sweden
through the popish tendencies of John
III., son of the great Gustavus Vasa,
instead oi tne papal legate, as he
really was, entered Sweden under an
assumed name, and as the ambassador
of the widow of the Emperor Maxi
milian
Christiana, the daughter of the re
gret that our voice is so weak and our nowned Gustayus Vasa. klneof Sw,vlnn
pen so flaccid that all we e eem able to was visited in her palace by two hand-
nvuuipiisu iB w c nier our protest to I some
tho indifference of the people of this
country in the face of the audacious
progression made by Romanism in a
Protestant land lacking tonly a Prates-
young men, Italian noblemen.
who stated that they were traveling
for their improvement. These aristo
cratic yong men weie Jesuits, and
they led the apostate and unmarried
Mr. Shortrldge's Fine Example.
Now that Charles M. Shortridge has,
throjgh his paper, the Morninq GaU,
most emphatically declared his hatred,
of Romish bigotry, and his detestation;
of Romish bigots; and since he has
publicly, through the press, asserted
his right, and inferentially the right .
of any other person, to join the A. P.
A. whenever he may choose to do so,
it is to be hoped that the conductors
of our other dally papers, following his
example, will come out from their hid
ing into the open and proclaim their
sentiments in the case, as they have
heretofore been prevented from doing
only by their fear of Rome, and the
danger to their material interests of
incurring the enmity of the vindictive
old harloU-Cooratfo Standard.
Same Old Tricks.
Many good people laugh at the sug
gestion that Roman Catholic churches
are often used as armories, and that
certain priests have stacks of weapons
concealed in these places. And vet
Priest Henry A. Brann. D. D.. In M
'Life of Archbishop Hughes," states
that Hughes "garrisoned every Roman
Catholic church In New York city" in
1S44, giving as an excuse that he
feared an attack from the Know-nothings.'
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