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JOHN C. THOMPSON, - Editor.
W. C. KELIJEY, - Hni Miuii(r
C"" OMAIIA.NKB. JULY H, 1HH.
Poor old John WlllUtnn !
John Ireland 1 due In Wellington
Give Schky the credit,
turn will come.
Sampson's
Lieutenant Hotwon, the bero of the
Merrlniac, U again a free man.
Look out! The next tiling In order
It for tbe pope to blew America' rmi,
then disaster will overtake u.
Well, Hawwahe, belong to Uncle
Sam. We know It I notpelled right,
but that la about the way It aoundi to
ua.
Tbe Boston Cltlxen suggest that the
government organize a company of A.
P. A'l to capture Roman Catholic de
serter!. What, so toon?
Our good old friend, Mr. Anderson
of Council Bluff, haoda ui 3.00 to
bolp pay off Tub American's debt.
I your heart right, also?
When Ceo. Goodwin read our appeal
last week he wrote "Don't give up the
ship; I'll be with yau pay day." And
George Is aa good as his word always.
Mrs. Urlggs of Washington will
please accept our thanks for 110 which
she has contributed toward paying off
the debt of The American. Who
will be next?
Our friend Mr. Robinson of this city,
say s, "there's a dollar toward freeing
The American from debt. My part
nor will be In pay day with another."
How is It with you, friend?
Who and what is Richard Harding
Davis? He virtually accuses General
Sbafter of incompetency and neglect
And, what is General Shatter? Is he
a Roman or a Protestant.
A dispatch from Washington says
a "western crank who wanted to kill
the secretary of state has been arrest
ed." What part of west is he from?
What is his name? Is he a Roman?
Copplnger's friends are working hard
to prejudice the publio against General
Miles and other Protestant officers so
that thelf Roman favorite can be ad
vanced to the command of the army.
That stanch old patriot, Mr. Sims of
Missouri, sends us 15 to help wipe out
The American debt and saya "I
would do more, but am hard up my
self." Plenty, thank you, dear friend
The naval battle off Santiago de
Cuba resulted in the complete de
structlon of the Spanish fleet, the kill'
ing of 1200 men and the capture of
low more. American loss, 1 man
killed.
Our Friend Butler of Colorado h
our thanks for collecting $8.50 in the
meetings of tbe Jr. O. U. A. M. and
the D. of A., and each individual mem'
oer wco contributed also has our
than its. Can you do as well?
Austria has placed her navy at the
disposal of the Queen Regent of Spain
in the event of her life being considered
in danger. That means that Austria is
not satisfied with her out of date battle'
ships and is anxious to have the U. S
navy convert them into submarine
boats.
The archbishop of the Philippines
may be boss in Manila but the arch
bishop of Cuba is not boss in Havana or
Santiago. The governor refused to al
low the forces occupying Satiago to
surrender even when the archbishop,
in obedience to the order of the pope,
went down on his knees before him.
The French steamer, Bourgogne,
loaded with 720 men, women and child
ren, collided with the English sailing
vessel. Cromartyshire, sixty miles
south of Sable Island off Halifax, N. S,
Monday morning, and sank within
thirty minutes. All but 167 souls were
lost. This is the most apalling catas
trophe that has been recorded as oc
curring off the coast of Nova Scotia.
PRIEST PROHIBITED IT.
A few days before the Fourth of July
a young tea a who live oa Miin
avenue In Council Bluff, la , concluded
he would celebrate Independence D'.v
by giving a dance at hi home. II
Invited a numb r of hi friend and had
ever) thing In rradlne fur a real good
time. Somehow the prle.t got wind o(
what vii going oi and he went out to
the young man's home and Informed
the old pecp'a at the house that they
mutt not allow the dance to take place
at their haute
Oar informant ay 'he understands
tbe reason assigned by the priest for
declaring the dance off was because
people knew they were good, devout,
Roman Catholics and would naturally
suppose they were celebrating the de
feat of their fellow Catholics at Sail-
ago.
When the people began to assemble
they were notified that there would not
be a dance. On inquiry they learned that
the priest had prohibited it.
Now a great many people in Council
Bluff are wondering if all Roman
Catholics are such slaves to the priest
hood that they dare not celebrate the
Fourth of July lest it be construed into
celebration of the defeat of their
country's enemies.
Is a Roman Catholic only loyal when
Is priest tell him he can be?
TO PROVE WHO IS THE MAN OF
SIN.
The editor of this paper has come to
the conclusion that there are other
phases of Romanism on which the peo
ple should be educated, as well as on
the single one of the relation of Roman
Catholicism to the state, and, believing
that, he has conceived it to be his duty
to take up and discuss, according to the
light that has been given him, the re
latlon of the Roman Catholic church to
the "Man of Sin" who Is revealed in the
Bible and more especially in Revela
tlons.
The editor will not claim to be lnfal
lible that attribute belongs solely to
God but he will tell in a series of ar
ticles what he has found in God's Word.
Not being a member of any church,
holding to no particular creed, but be
lieving the Bible to be the Inspired
Word of God, and that Jesus Christ is
the Savior of all mankind who believe
on him, the reader will understand that
the championing of some particular
denominational creod Is not the purpose
of the series of articles that will follow
this announcement.
The first article will appear next
week. It will He followed by one each
week thereafter until the writer feels
that he has done the work God has put
his hand to.
A gentleman back in Cincinnati, O.
complains bitterly because we allowed
Frank E. Moores to Invade that city
He tells us plainly that If we can't
elect a man as mayor of this city who
thinks enough of the free institutions
of the country to educate his girls in
them, but must patronize the schools
run by Roman Catholic nuns, he wants
that man kept away from that city
We admit the gentleman has a grlev
ance, but think of us. We put a mem
ber of the Methodist church In the
field for mayor on petition, but at the
last minute at 12 o'clock midnight
when it was too late to get another man
on the ticket, he withdrew, and in less
than thirty minutes after withdrawing
he was being assured by Moores friends
that he could have any office in the
gift of the people that he could be a
candidate for governor. As a conse
quence Mr. Foster le't the people who
thought he was an honest, courageous
splendid citizen without a candidate
whom they could conscientiously sup
port. Various stories have been told
us as to why Mr. Foster deserted his
friends, but he has remained mute
and today they do not know why he
made it possible for a man like Moores
to be elected mayor. We suppose Mr,
Cornish, chairman of the Republican
central committee, gave the most
plausible excuse for Moores' election
He said the campaign reminded him of
a story he once heard of Ben. Butler,
Ben was crossing the publio square in
the town where he lived when a small
boy came running up to him all out of
breath. A moment after he called ou
"Mr. Butler, come over here: we're
having a skunk fight." "Alright,
said Mr. Butler, and together they
walked over to where the fight was in
progress. "Now," said the General,
"THE AMERI CAN .
which Is our skunk?'' Tbe boy polnt-
i out his favor't s "Then, lets yell
fvjrourskueic " It !s the dry of Re
publicans to yell fjr their skunk, said
Mr. Coro!b.
The pope ha received assurance
from the Emperor of Austria that he
111 unite with two frtecdly powers to
bring about peice between the United
.ate and Spain. Tbe Roman Catholic
gentry had better keep tbelr finger
out of our "puddia " They might get
burned. Besides, Spain knows where
the d ur to the American nation I. If
he wants peacn let her step up to the
front door, like a little lady, and ask for
Your Uncle Samuel 1 too much of
gentleman to refuse a lady's request.
He is also too much of a fighter to per
mit her ignorant friends and relatives
to make a request for her with the be
lief that their number and strength
would secure what her haughty pride
prevent her suelng for. He has al
ready declined to allow the powers of
Europe, or the devil (the pope), to Inter
vene and it Is not at all probable that
e will retreat from that position now
that he is victorious at every point.
The attention of both boards of fie
nd police commissioners is respect'
fully called to a case which was before
Judge Gordon Tnursday. It Is the case
wherein Mrs. Frank Klotz charges
officer Maurice Sullivan with assault
ng her f jr complalng to him that one
his boys had whipped oer little
crippled child, and where Sullivan is
charged with having afterward gone to
her house and abused her in a most
shameful and shocking manner, call
ing her all the mean, vile names he
could lay his Irish tongue to, and that,
too, while clothed in the uniform of
metropolitan policeman. Sullivan
should be promptly dismissed. The
Irish do not own this town yet.
John Williams, Father John Wll
Hams, Priest Williams of St. Barnabas
the protector of widows and orphans Is
now said to be thort in his accounts as
administrator of the Gobel estate. This
is the same John Williams who vlo
lently and viciously assailed the Ma
sons, the Orangemen, the A. P. A
and this editor several years ago, but
not one of them will rej )ice over the
old man's disgrace if the charge proves
true. They will only wonder If the
Roman church will come to bis rescue
as quickly as he flew to the defense of
the papal church when we charged
that Roman theology compelled un
married priests to ask married women
and young girls Immoral, obscene and
Indelicate questions in the confes
sional.
There Is not a better heart in the
whole country than that one which
beats beneath the breast of Friend
Newhall of Massachusetts. Sometime
ago we made a mistake in nuing a
book order and he being a stranger to
us wrote us rather a pointed letter.
We explained it to him. When we ap
pealed for help his was the first con
tribution from outside of Omaha. We
try to deal on the square always and
he realized it, and showed his appre
ciation by his prompt response to our
appeal. Thank you, Friend Newhall.
An Irish papist came into out office a
few days ago and expressed surprise
that we were not at the front fighting
for our country. We told him the
Irish were always boasting of their
loyalty and of winning all our battles,
and we proposed to stay at home and
see If they were loyal and if they did
win our battles. We have not seen
many who are loyal, nor have we heard
of their winning a single battle.
Were those three Roman Catholic
priests who went down Monday morn
ing with the ill-fated French steamer,
Bourgogne, carrying secret informa
tion to the papists of Europe? The
government should offer a reward for
the recovery of their bodies. They
might have valuable papers concealed
on their persons.
The dally papers say we are going to
have peace. If we do, it will only be
for a short time. A running sore may
heal over, but at an unexpected mo
ment it breaks out in a fresh spot.
Such will be the case if peace Is con
cluded with Spain at the earnest, tear
ful request of the man of sin, the pope
of Rome.
AlSTRla T1M BY SPIIX.
Continued from Page I.
proltlon, and ajalnst it tbi country
at tbe moment did not Dro'e.t. The
allied forces were commanded by tbe
SpaoUh General Prim, but under the
avowed object of demanding a redrea
of grievances. Npoleon concealed the
more ambitious aim to here establish a
Catholic-Latin empire closely related
to all the courts of Europe.
Napoleon's object was two-fold. Like
Talleyrand, he foresaw the greatness
of the United SUtes. O Jr power was a
menace to Catholicism and to tbe mon
arcblcal principle. He foresaw that
the prosperity of a great liberal power
on tbe American continent must event
ually make a profound Impression on
Europe. He was desirous of arresting
the progress of the United States and
of checking the continuous spread of
the Anglo Saxons. Napoleon al
thought It was the very moment for at
tacking the Monroe doctrine an Amer
ican political document that has never
found favor with the governments of
Europe and for making, as he said,
the Latin race hold equal sway with
the Anglo- Saxon over the new world."
Napoleon's second object was to find
some enterprise which should employ
hi army and emgage the attention of
his restless and glory-loving subjects
until the affairs of Europe should open
to him a favorable opportunity for com-
pletlng his grand scheme, which was
shattered by the Franco-German war.
All writers on this subject agree in
their views that Napoleon was not
friendly to the Northern States and
that he fully believed in the final vio
tory and independence of tbe South. It
is now known that from the day France
followed England with a neutral declar
ation to the day of Lee's surrender Na
poleon was ready and anxious to recog
nize the Confederacy,, but prudently
waited for results to declare his pur
pose. Bigelow in his "France and the
Confederate Navy" writes: "His course
towards us from the beginning to the
end of his plot was deliberately and
systematically treacherous and his
Ministers allowed themselves to be
made pliant Instruments."
Notwithstanding our country was
embarrassed by civil war, Napoleon did
not dare to fly in the face of the Mon
roe doctrine. The allied expedition
had been a failure. More French and
Spanish troops were sent over, until the
forces in Mexico numbered 40,000 men.
General Forey was appointed Comman
der-in-Chlef, and a demonstration of
Napoleon's falseness is well illustrated
In his personal Instructions to the man
who was to carry them into effect.
In his letter to Forey July 3, 1802, he
said in part:
It Is not to be denied that If the
Mexicans prefer a monarchy It is in the
Interest of France to aid them In this
path. Persons will not be wanting
who will ask you why we propose to
spend money and men to establish a
regular government in Mexico. In the
present state of the world's civilization
Europe is not indifferent to the pros'
perlty of America, for It Is she who
nourishes our Industries and gives life
to our commerce. It is to our Interest
that the republic of the United States
shall bo powerful and prosperous; but
It Is not at all to our interest that she
should grasp the whole Gulf of Mexico,
rule thence the Antilles as well as
South America, and be the sole dis
penser of the products of the new
world."
Unfortunately neither Forey, Saligny
nor Lorencez understood, or else they
feigned to misunderstand, the Emper
or's object and their Instructions. They
evidently failed to realize that Napol
eon desired above all things to pose be
fore Europe and America as a champion
of the wronged and that he wished to
cheat the civilized world Into the be
lief that he neither desired nor intend
ed to violate the Monroe doctrine, but
that h's action was shaped in Mexico
by events over which he had no con
trol.
Forey, on his arrival In Mexico, called
a meeting of prominent Mexlcatsand
an assembly of Notables was organized
to whom was intrusted the duty of de
termining the form of government.
Napoleon's agents were to be found all
over the country, and when the result
of the deliberation of the Assembly of
Notables was made public this was the!
official decree:
"The Mexican nation adopts as its
form of government a limited heredi
tary monarchy, with a Catholic prince
Toe sovereign shall take the title of
Emperor of Mexico. The imperial
crows of Mexico 1 offered to his Im
perial anl royal highness, the Prince
Ferdinand Maximilian, Archduke of
Austria, for fclinelf and his descend
ant ."
Maximilian was Napoleon'a choice.
By a clause of tbe treaty of Aguala It
was stipulated th should the princi
ple of a constitutional monarchy secure
adoption the crown should be offered
first to the Infantes of Spain, brother
of Ferdinand VII and, in the event of
refusal on their part, to tbe Archduke
Charles of Austria. None of these
suited Napoleon. In Maximilian he ex
pected to find a pliant nature that
would lean to his will, and through his
choice he would be the real master of
Mexican affair and eventually carry
out his plans for further conquests In
the new world.
Maximilian was induced to believe
that his choice by the Mexican nation
was a popular movement. Personally
he had no ambition to become the ruler
of Mexico, but his ambitious wife,
Princes Carlotta, had set her heart
upon it. After much hesitation Max!
mllian reluctantly signed away his
rights to tbe crown of Austria and ac-
cepied tne crown oi Mexico, .napol
eon's dream began to look like a reall-
ty.
Maximilian was by profession a sailor
nd was then admiral-ln-chlef of the
mperlal Austrian navy. By some
writers he has been called a dreamer,a
student, a fanatic; by others a man of
limitless ambition, the unconscious in
strument of insensate vainglory, bigo
try, cupidity, peculation and bad faith
An event which molded his destiny
was his marriage to tho Princess Maria
Carlotta Amelia, daughter of Leopold
I , King of the Belgians, and the "Holy
Queen" Louise Maria, the second
daughter of Louis Philippe.
Carlotta was at her marriage only 17
years of age, one of the famous beauties
of Europe; tall, graceful, with courtly,
gracious manners. She was a notable
linguist, trained in all duties and re
finements of court etiquette. In dl
plomacy and state craft she had few
equals among her sex and she was con
sldered a fair match for the astute dip
lomats of Europe. Suoh were the char
acteristics of the two personages who
should fill the principal roles In Na
poleon's drama, the empire of Mexico.
There Is no need to review here the
causes that led to the disruption of the
Mexican empire. If Napoleon had
been permitted to sustain the empire
by a constantly Increasing French army
the result may still have been doubtful,
but now the time had arrived when the
United States made its power felt and
Napoleon was not slow to recognize
that this country was able to enforce
Its demands. Napoleon's letters to
Bazalne show clearly that he expected
a declaration of hostilities at any mo
ment.
Oa Feb. 12, I860, Mr. Seward sent the
following dispatch to the French Mia
ister:
"The United States has not seen any
satisfactory evidence that the people of
Mexico have spoken, or have called
Into being, or accepted, the so-called
empire, which, It is insisted, has been
set up in their capital. The withdraw
al of the French forces is deemed nec
essary to allow such a proceeding to be
regarded by him. Nevertheless, the
view which I have thus presented is
the one which this nation has accepted
It therefore recognizes, and must con
tinue to recognize, in Mexico only the
ancient republic, and it can in no case
consent to itself, either directly or in
directly, in relation with or recognition
of the institution of the Prince Max!
milian in Mexico. Under these clr
cumstances it has happened, either
rightfully or wrongfully, that the pres
ence of European armies in Mexico,
maintaining prince, with imperial at,
tributes, without her consent and
against her will, is deemed a source of
apprehension and danger, not alone to
the United States, but also to all inde
pendent and sovereign republican states
founded on the American continent and
its adjacent islands."
This was diplomacy, with a million
of veterans from the fields of the civil
war behind it, and there could well be
but one answer. The French troops
were withdrawn from Mexico, and It
was Carlotta, not Maximilian, who first
allied the peril of the empire and lu
nabillty to tand a'.one.
Carlotta at once departed for Europe
j request tne aid of the pope, Emperor
apoleon and other European powers,
and during an Interview with the pope
the Vatican her reason suddenly
. . .i . r - . - t ftfim t V lit
succumoea to wo
ay U thl the unfortunate woman has
remained in tbe same condition. Thl
most skillful medical treatment, the
most devoted service have failed in
their merciful purposes.
In Mexico a revolution broke out,
through the treachery of Lapex, the
Emperor was taken prisoner, and by
Juarez condemned to be shot Our
government, a well as the rulers of
Europe, made every attempt to save
Maximilian's life and those of bis
friends. Mr. Seward, in a communica
tion to Juarez, pointed out that the ex
ecution of Maximilian would rouse the
feelings of the whole civilized world
against Mexico, but it was of no avail.
The answer of Juarez to Princess
Salm-Salm's earnest and tearful appeal
for mercy fully Illustrates how the
Mexicans vlewec the situation.
"I am grieved, madam," said Juarez,
to see you thus on your knees before
me; but if all the kings and queens In
Europe were in your 'place, I could not
spare that life. It is not I who take It;
it is the people and the law; and if I
should not do their will the people
would take It and mine also."
Maximilian died like a man, and all
that remains of Napoleon's ambitious
dream of a Mexican Empire Is embodied
in the unfortunate woman at Mlramar
by the Adriatic to history known as the
ex-Empress of Mexico.
FRIENDS, BROTHERS, PATRIOTS.
Not since the establishment of The
American have we appealed publicly
to the friends of the American move
ment and particularly to the friends of
this paper, for their financial support,
but today we make an earnest appeal to
all true, loyal and patriotic Americans
for immediate financial assistance with "
which to keep The American alive.
We believe we are doing God's work
and in His name we come to you asking
your assistance. It is humiliating to
have to publish broadcast that we are
so beset by bur creditors thatwe must
have your assistance at once or be com
pelled to go Into court to prevent the
destruction of the most outspoken and
fearless paper west of New York. We
have thousands of dollars outstanding
which we are unable to collect, yet our
creditors are insisting on our paying
them what we owe. There Is, there
fore, friends and brothers, no alterna
tive;' we must have your help or spend
time in law courts which should be put
into the work we are engaged in. Our
appeal is to you. Can we have your
help. If so please send your mite by
return mail. Our indebtedness is only
$2,600 but as we have been defrauded
right and left, by alleged patriots, we
come to you who are true blue and ask
you to help make up the sumiwhlch is
so necessary to make The American a
complete success. Will you aid us at
this time, or shall this contest against
Romanism be prosecuted in a weak,
half-heart 2d manner? One of our good 1
friends has already offered to put In tlO
toward liquidating the Indebtedness of
The American. What will you give?
Can't you help us wipe out that debt?
Now, all together.
We have given seven years of
our life to this work without hope or
expectation of reward and are willing
to give seven, aye fifty years more if
you will for this onca go down into
your pockets and help put The Amer
ican out of the reach of the men who
can cripple if they cannot kill it. The
first subscriber to this fund is the man
who suggested this appeal, in his an
swer to a personal application we had
made to him for assistance. If you can
not send us 1100 send us what you can,
but please send us something. We
need it now; we need it greatly.
All donations will be acknowledged
through the columrs of The Ameri
can unless donors request otherwise.
Address all letters to The American
1615 Howard Street, Omaha, Neb,
President McKlnley is wise enough to
realize that such victories as that at
Manila and that at Santiago are not
due to human agencies. He asks the
American people to return thanks to
God for leading our hosts upon the
waters to unscatched triumph. Good
for McKlnley.