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FUBI.I8HBD EVERY SATURDAY MORNING
at Middletown, New Oastle County, Delaware
ncKENDREE DOWNHAn, .
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
Entered at the Post Office as second-class matter
TO ADVERTISERS.
In justice to ourselves and
to you we wish to state that
the circulation of the Tran
script is over 1,200 copies
weekly and has been for the
past five months,
lieve this to be at least 25
per cent, greater than any
other country weekly in the
county. This statement is
made merely to correct an
erroneous impression which
obtains in certain quarters.
MIDDLETOWN, DEL., MAR. 14, J896.
SINGLE TAX.
The tract man of the Single Tax leg
gins has been in town 'again this week
After the first efforts here the Single
lax advocates have given Middletown
the go-by, finding no encouragement.
jBut they have been industriously at
work in other parts of the State, and
especially in WilmingtoD, where be
cause so many are out of employment
they find a ripe field for their great
promises, a pauacea for all ills. In the
beginning they denied that they pro
posed to act as a political organization
in order that they might be permitted
to hold meetings on Sunday but they
have grown so confident that they now
talk of a ticket this fall.
We have been asked as to their doc
trine, and in what way do they propose
to abolish ta xation and to give the peo
ple prosperity. We have stated their
plans before. They deny the right to
property in land. They would destroy
all title to real estate, claiming that
land should be free to all and only the
mprovements on t ie land belong to
the individuals holding the land. They
would have the tenants pay the rent
for the land into the State Treasury
and not to the landlords or they conde
scend to say that it might be paid
through the bands of the landlords.
This is the doctrine that promises so
much to the people, a doctrine that in
good times would perish of dry rot but
now it finds many advocates.
If there are any who tbink we are
stating the case too strong we will
prove it from Henry Geo'ge, the pro
phet of the Single Tax. He says:
"We should satisfy the law of justice,
we should meet all economical require
ments, by at one stroke abolishing all
private titles, declaring all land public
property, and letting it out to the high
est bidders in lots to suit, under such
conditions as would sacredly guard the
private right to improvements.
But such a plan, though perfectly
feasible, does not, seem to be best. Or
rather I propose to accomplish the
same thing in a simpler, easier, and
quieter way, than that of formally con
fiscating all the land and formally let
ting it out to the highest bidders.
"I do not propose either to purchase
or to confiscate
in
of
it
to
he
no
private
erty in land. The first would be un
just; the second, needless. Let the
individuals who now hold it still re
tain, if they want to, possession of
what they are pleased to call their lind.
Let them continue to call it their land.
Let them buy and sell, and bequeath
and devise it. We may safely leave
them the shell, if we take the kernel.
It is not necessary to confiscate land;
it is only necessary to confiscate rent.
"We already take some rent in tax
ation. We have only to make some
changes in our modes of taxation to
take it all."
prop
This is the substance of the Single
Tax theory which as an —ism through
years of prosperity bad but few adher
ents, those who must have a hobby to
ride, but iu the past three years with
the depression of business its recruits
have been many. Their societies all
over the United States, and there are
followers of Henry George in all the
large cities, have concentrated their
efforts on Delaware being attracted
here by the political cry of the Demo
cratic papers that the State is in the
market. They are getting contribu
tions from all parts of the country and
their campaigners are coming in from
all directions. Here is a letter to their
little paper, a sample of many from all
parts of the country:
"Editor, "Justice:"—I herewith
send to Treasurer Sudell a small sum
for the Delaware campaign, being the
first monthly payment of subscriptions
which I have procured from a few
good Single Taxers here. Next month,
or very early in April, after making
three or four speeches in and near Chi
cago, I will be ready to visit Delaware
and do some of the best work I am
capable of doing. I will advise com
mittee of the exact time when I can
reach the battle ground.
Ralph Hoyt.
Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 25,1896."
The probing of the Transcript in
to the Long Bridge matter at Fort
Fenn bas gotten under the skin of some
of the beneficiaries of that expensive
affair. They are explaining in private.
The Transcript does not care
whether the men responsible for that
bridge, its expensive construction and
maintenance, are Republicans or Dem
ocrats, or both. It is not a question of
politics but of taxes, and the people
pay the taxes. They have paid accord
ing to the best authority about a hun
dred and forty thousand dollars of the
people's money and bave now nothing
to show for it. Of cour-e whitewash
is something that don't last long. That
is past, however, and is profitable only
as a lesson. If the people do not watch
these matters the political tricksters
will have their fingers in the political
pie where dollars are to be divided, the
dollars of the tax payers. The lesson
to be learned is io turn down the man
who selfishly works for bis own and
1fis party's good to the detriment of the
people, let that man be a Republican, a
Democrat or whatnot. The Tban
script is for honest and economical
government.
FOES WITHIN.
An interesting communication, in
teresting in its statements and in the
way they are set forth, appears in this
issue. There is always more danger
from the foe within than the one with
out, whether the reference be to the
individual or the Nation. The minis
ter who can get the members of his
congregation to examine their own
hearts, to cast the beams out of their
own eyes before they trouble them
selves about the motes in their brothers'
eyes, to observe the command of Christ
"Let him that is without Bin cast the
first stone," has indeed preached effec
tually. The same is true of the Na
tion, but the eyes and the voice must
not be closed to all evils or tho things
that tend to evil because the perfect
man is wanting to cry aloud and spare
not, to warn again them.
In free America the people do not
want a union of church and State.
National and State and municipal aid
have been and are rendered to schools
and reformatory societies under sectar
ian management. One church,because of
it s perseverance and loyalty, has been
the greatest beneficiary in this respect,
and it has been our experience that men
ho Id on tenaciously to what they have,
yet we doubt not that patriotic Catho
lics may be found in every community
where they have a society who recog
nize the fact that a union of church
and State, even to the extent of finan
cial aid to sectarian schools, is not
good for America. Ou the other hand
we have found the Protestants right
here just as tenacious in holding on to
the allowance made by our Levy
Courts to the Sunday Schools. Jfen
who cry aloud against gifts and dona
tions to other churches not only acqui
esce in the acceptance of that which
comes to them but they seek it and op
pose its withdrawal. The difference
is one of degree only.
the mote and the beam" were ap
plied many a harsh word would re
main unspoken. This does not justify
the use of public funds for sectarian
purposes, however, and we think the
Jr. O. U. A. 31. in their advocacy of
the separation of Church and State are
doing a good work, a commendable
work.
There is one matter that every true
American must view with alarm. It is
one of the "foes within" though not
by any means "silent." We refer to
the illiterate army of immigrants that
yearly pours through the gates of Cas
tle Garden. We know nothing of their
Church relations but we do know that
many of them are ignorant and utterly
unfit to exercise the right of suffrage.
The National Conventions of both par
ties will pass resolutions deploring the
introduction of pauper labor, &c, but
they do little or nothing, Mr. Cleve
land's administration absolutely noth
ing we believe, towards protecting our
institutions against these hordes with
out, who land and become "foes with
in." If the Junior Order can arouse a
sentiment along this line it will do a
noble thing. We do not understand
its object to be to array itself against
any church but to preserve America to
Americans as our fathers founded it.
A nd so mote it be.
is
If the rule of
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THE DELAWARE SENATORSHIP.
Senator Turpie, of Indiana, who is
a member of the Committee on Privi
liges and Elections, and who because
of "indisposition," vve believe that is
the senatorial name by courtesy for it,
delayed the report while in the hands
of the committee, has been speaking
for some days from an hour to two
hours and a half a day in opposition to
the resolution to seat Cul. du Pont. He
then asks that the matter be passed for
the day that he may continue his
sp.-ech "to-morrow." It is thus that
time is killed and the matter is delayed,
by senatorial courtesy. Others will
probably speak when lie Is through,
and it is very difficult to tell when a
vote will be reached.
Senator Turpie's speech is not given
in the "Congressional Record" being
held for revision until it is concluded.
The Every Evening gives reports of the
speech but everybody knows itow unreli
able is the political news of Every Eve
ning. It said that the Senate Jour
nal showed that Governor Watson took
partin the proceedi igs ofthat body
when it shows the very opposite, and
the Every Evening has not yet corrected
that misstatement. We are therefore
without any reliable information as to
the line of Senator Turpie's argument,
or of the strength of it.
The News and Advertiser fays that
Governor Watson said to more than a
dozen of the citizens of Milford that in
his opinion he had no right to sit in
the Senate after taking the' oath as
Governor, and he said it not more than
ten miuutes before he went into the
joint session to vote. And the same ex
cellent authority states that the "Con
stitutional lawyer of the Index" who
has shifted hi3 position since it was
necessary for Governor Watson to vote
in joint session, to defeat ttie election
of a Republican, advocated just after
Governor Marvil's death that'a special
election be held in Kent county to fill
the term of Mr. Watson. In answer
it was argued such a new Senator
would not have over two weeks to
serve, and with the possibility of elec
ting a Republican, it was decided to be
inexpedient. Thus expediency, and
not law, determined the action of Demo
crats tn the beginning of events that
led to a contest over the seating of Col.
duPont.
It has been shown that Governor
Watson was a frequent visitor lo the
Senate Chamber, subsequent to his be
coming Governor, consulting the mem
bers and especially the speaker pro tern.,
and yet he never attempted to vote or
to take part in the proceedings, and if
he did take part on the 9th of May
three of his Democratic colleagues had
no knowledge of it and the clerk of
the Senate failed to note the matter.
Certainly by all considerations Coi. du
Pont is entitled to the seat in Ute Sen
ate. But the vote in this Senate, if
nnfaVorabie, need not prevent his pre
senting bis claim to that body when
new members shall have come in which
will be on March 4,1897, when Pt esi
dent*Cleveland goes oat.
iu
to.
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T
MORE POLITICAL DEVILTRY IN
SUSSEX.
In 1895 William Allen, assessor for
Seaford hundred, made return of his
scrap assessment to the Levy Court of
Sussex county. Such return was re
ported lost in either the office of the
Clerk of the Teace, or that of the Levy
Court. From the political standpoint
of Democrats there appeared good rea
son for its "loss," since a majority of
the names upon it were those of Re
publicans.
On the "first Tuesday in February
last the same assessor made his return
for the same hundred, and according
to custom it was filed in the office of
the Clerk of the Peace. On the fol
lowing Friday two leaves from this
assessment were found to be missing.
These pages contained the names of 58
Republicans aud 5 Democrats which
bad been placed on the list by Assessor
Allen on appeal day. The Clerk of the
Peace, woo is the custodian of the as
sessment lists, disclaimed all knowl
edge of the missing pages of names. On
a motion made in the Levy [Court, and
passed without a dissenting voice, the
Clerk of the Peace was instructed to
place the missing names upon theassess
ment lists.
Assessor Allen, when called upon for
a list of missing names, denied that he
had any copy or record of them. Mr.
Gieen, elected as a Republican mem
ber of the Levy Court from Seaford
hundred, had a list of the missing
names and offered it to the Clerk of
the Peace, who declined to receive it on
the ground that it w as not "official.
The Levy Court met on Tuesday last,
but Clerk of the Peace Houston was
not present. He was reported too ill
to attend. He w as at his office the day
before, apparently in excellent health;
but he was not present on Wednesday
nor on Thursday, and it was presumed
that his illness was merely political,
and that he did not intend to appear
before the Levy Court at its present
session, and not until the disfranchise
ment of the 58 Republicans from Sea
ford hundred was completed.
The law makes it the duty of the
Clerk of the Peace to qualify in open
Court such men as shall appear before
that body to be assessed. Failing to
be assessed in the regular manner, those
from Seaford hundred could appear be
fore the Levy Court and have their
names placed on the list at the March
session; but according to the Demo
cratic construction of the law no one
but the Clerk of the Peace can admin
ister the necessary oath to such appli
cants for assessment. ' The Deputy
Clerk is held by Democrats to be in
capable of administering such oath.
Under this des. erate scheme for dis
franchising Republicans, the appeal
list being stolen, 63'citizens will be de
prived of their right to vote unless the
Clerk of the Peace graciously conde
scends to recover from his sudden ill
ness and appear before his servants,
the members of the Levy Court.!
There are other details of this well
planned political robbery of voles, but
the above outline gives most of the es
sential facts. Those figuring in the af
iair are nearly all identical with those
who conspired to steal two assessors
from the Republicans of Sussex county
a year ago, and who, but for the deter
miner! stand of Milford Republicans,
would have completed their attempted
theft of the assessor of Cedar Creek
hundred. The political outlaws that
figured in the one case are almost iden
tical with those who participated in the
other."
The above statement is from the
News andAdvertiser of last Saturday*
The Sussex Republican gave its readers
in substance the sam9 information.
Not a Democratic paper in that county,
and we believe not one out of the coun
ty, has a word to say upon the matter.
In other words the Democratic news
papers uphold such conduct in their
paity officials for the benefit of the
party, and in this way they make them
selves responsible for such outrages
against the political rights of others.
It is because of such deeds that many
men have become Republicans, The
Transcript will gladly give any ex
planation of this scheme to deprive 63
citizens of their votes. Let the Demo
cratic papers speak.
of
to
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lar
M.
ing.
past
last
on
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turn
teries
THE DEBT OF GRATITUDE.
"Senator Blackburn came very nearly
being re-elected United States Senator
from Kentucky tlie other day. Re
membering tlie great services he bas
rendered the Democracy of this State,
our people would be very glad to see
him returned, despite his views on the
money question. The Democracy of
Delaware owe him a debt of gratitude
for what lie has done for them when
neither gold or silver was a plentiful
commodity among them." — Dover
Index.
It is said that children and
table
A
ical
upon
tion
fireside
A
the
a calf
year.
of
calves,
many
the
Th
-
Odessa
some
oilier people on occasions tell thetrqtb.
What is the debt of gratitude that the
Delaware Democracy owes to Senator
Blackburn? Certainly
making two or three speeches in the
täte. The Index says it is a great
service that Senator Blackburn ren
dered but it fails to tell what it is.
he Transcript knows and will tell,
and our readers can then judge of the
debt of gratitude.
In 1890 when New Castle county
went Republican the first time for a
number of years, the Democratic
County Committee before election in
Sussex made a canvass of the vote and
found the Republicans had a majority
iu the county. They made a second
canvass with tlie same result,
then that Senator Gray appealed to
Senator Blackburn, and he came to the
State and advised that the southern
tactics of manning the polls be resorted
to. His instructions were that the Demo
crats should stand shoulder to shoulder
around the poils all day, and whenever
Republicans attempted to vote to
jostle them that they would be pressed
out. The instructions were followed
out. At Laurel there was a riot, the
polls were closed, and the governor
was appealed to to call out the militia.
It was the same in quality though not
iu degree at every polling place In the
county. Many an old man and many
a 1 invalid was deprived of hia vote
that day. Of the day at Dagsboro ex
Sheriff Samuel Layton, a life-long
not merely
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on
is
than
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script
blem,
the
Club
well
the
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fect
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and
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this
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the
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On
the
to
for
he
of
on
ill
to
Democrat, laid: "I have always been
the same tactics only more SO this
week in the Legislature at Frankford,
Kentucky. The House unseated a
Democrat, and the Senate in retali
ation unseated two Republicans, and
the Democrats stood at the door of the
k n * * i a « i ai
hall With pistols ready to shoot the
Republicans if they attempted to enter,
The shedding of blood was only pre
vented by the Republicans refusing to
vote and thus showing no quorum
present. This is the man the Index \
opposed to troops, at polls, but
after this experience I Eay let us walk
mob at the polls, being taken off my
feet and carried about by the com
It is known that the Democrats won
up quietly between bayonets and de
posit our ballots. I am six feet talj
and weigh over two hundred pounds
but I was a babe in the hands of the
pressed mass of men."
the election and by these tactics. This
is the debt of gratitude which is due
Senator Blackburn.
His followers have been indulging in
TllK Levy. Court of New Cr.Stle
county has accepted the Whann assess- I
ment over which SJ great a cry went J
up from the Democrats. And they
now say "it makes little difference arty- |
of the Chancellor, made for partisan J
purposes, put the party stamp on them, [
hence they could not be denied.
hopes to see re-elected to the United
States Senate.
The "chickens got home to
way.
roost." our friends, the enemy, not
wanting to own them but that decision
CHESAPEAKE CITY.
Miss Nellie E. Boulden spent Sunday
with friends in Cecilton.
Miss Gertrude Kuntz, of New Castle, is
being entertained by Miss Afary Steele. I
Percy Davidson returned from a visit in
Baltimore and Cambridge, on Friday last,
Miss Hattie A. Morgan has been spend-1
ing this week with Miss Alma V.Bouchelle
Mrs. Sarah Grose, of near Middletown, is I
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Harry Bou
chelle. I
Mrs. Harry-L. Clayton, of Middletown,
spent part of this week with Miss Mary C.
Ellison, near town.
It has been neccessary to run the steam I
pumps night and day during the past week,
owing to ihe water being at a low point in |
The ladies of the Trinity M. E, Church |
the canal.
will giye an entertainment in the Masonic
Hall 011 Tuesday evening, March 17th. |
chelle; Shakesperian Burlesque, Place Aux
Dames, or The Ladies Speak atlast—Juliet
Miss Barwick; Portia, Miss Conrey; Ophelia,
Miss Perry; Lady Macbeth, Miss Price. |
Extra music has been provided for the oc
casion.
The Monday EveningCIub heldits regu -
lar meeting in the Mason's lodge room, on
Monday evening of this week. Two new
members were proposed and elected by a ,
unanimous vote. The executive commit . |
tee had arranged the following programme I
which was a very creditable one: Piano
Solo, Sweet Violet, Miss Birdie Simpson;
Reading, The Student and the Cow, John
M. Reed, Jr ; Vocal duett. Miss Irene Beis
wanger and Mrs. Lau Hetz, Cupid's Warn
ing; [Recitation, Rock of Ag;es, Miss
Laura Jones; Vocal Solo, The Face I love
Miss Mary Ellison; Chorus, Far Away;
Quotation reading by the club; Piano Solo,
The Anniversary March, Miss Alma Bou
TAYLOR'S BRIDGE.
Miss Clara Conitig is visiting friends in |
Tlie Epworth League held its monthly I P
meeting last Thursday evening. |
Dover.
Mr. Daniel Davis lias moved on the "du
Pont" farm near Wilmington.
Mr. John C. David spent part of this week
with his brother near St. Georges.
Mr. Leonard Tuttle, of New York, made'a
Single Tax speech here last Thursday even
ing.
Mr. William Coning who has bèen over
seeing the National Dredging Co. for the
past five years has bought the "Dr. Hitch
en's" farm near Fleming's Landing.
Mr. Alex Deakyne, Jr., and Rachel Rey
nolds were quietly married in Philadelphia
last week. They moved to their new home
on Monday on the J. C. Corbit farm near
here.
The Taylor's Bridge Club played the re- I of
turn base ball game with Deakyne ville last
Saturday on the latter's ground, which re
suiting in defeat for the visiting team. Bat- j
teries for Taylor's Bridge, David and Elliott; | of
the
Deakyneviile, Warner and Latta.
Coldest of All.
'Tis sad, when the returns com* In,
And you have done your part,
To find that the majority
Showed you the marble heart.
'Tis sad to love a winsome maid,
And havea rival, Jim,
And get invited finally
To see her marry him.
But, ohl the saddest thing of all
In winter time, nc doybt,
Is to be told at 6 A. M.,
'•The furnace fire is out!"
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amusing and interesting and not unprofi
table to arouse the curiosity of a town or a
A Calf Question.
A little question in Mathematics!
neighberhood with one of (hose mathemat
ical question apparently so simple and ye- been
upon investigation so complex. Such a
proposition has been the theme of coversa
tion and of calculation at many an Odessa can
fireside the past few days, and it is yet un-"
setttled. The question is : I this
A farmer on the last day of March, 1886, eous
purchased a cow which on April 2nd, being and
the second day after the purchase, dropped I our
a calf and every year thereafter for ten years
the same day, the 2nd of April of every
year. And tüe calves and all the offspring last
of this cow at the age of two years dropped
calves, all living and all to be counted, how lion
many in all will there be in the herd on
the 1 st day of April 1896? tant
Th s is no catch question, but is a plain and
mathemactical problem and the Tbahscbipt
- informed that the solutions given in part
Odessa have ranged from 75 to 505, and the
on
is
answers at are only a few less iu number year
than the persons making the calculation, dred
A year's subscription is offered by the Teak
script for the correct solution of the pro- a t
blem, the Cantwell Club of Oddessa to\e Sh
the judge in the case. The first correct Good
solution submitted to the President of the I
Club to take the prize. Address the Cant- S t.
well Club, Odessa; try it for fun aud writ e St.
the Transcript. I St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
House
Mt.
For Over Fifty Years
An Old and well tried remedy.—Mrs.
Wiuslow's Soothing Syrup has been used
for oyer fifty years by millions of mothers
or their children while teething, with pe
fect success. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, allays all pains, cures wind colic
and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. Is
pleasant to the taste Sold by druggists in
every part of the world. 25 cent a bottle.
I.s value is incalculable. Be sure and ask
for Mrs. Winslow's Soothing-Syrup and get
no other kind.
any
pital
than
of
been | (Contributed to the Transcript)
TUE SILENT FOE WITHIN.
this Britain and Venezuela; this right for a
tim e being disputed by England, so
a aroused American patriotism as to cause
retali- '■bousands of her citizens to offer their
and I Iive ®| to defend their country in the stand
the * V" J,** f"; S*! dop f 'i <,n ° f a c ° ncur ;
ai ent resolution favoring the recognition of I
the I the Cuban insurgents as beligerents, caused I
enter, thoughful men to ponder well the dreadful
pre- consequences of a war in these enilghtened
to and Christian times. But open hostilities
are n ^ 110 be feared, as much as the secret
Index \ com bi ne now going on between the ene- |
mies of our country and those who
but
walk
In this age, in the twilight of the nine
teenth century, the greatest epoch the pure
eye of God ever looked upon aud man ever
lived in, men are congratulating themselves
on the reign of peace and the flow of pros
my I perity; seemingly to be wholly insensible
com- | to the fact that there is being injected into
the morals of this land of freedom, virus
won I wl . lich if not in 'e r «îp'ed means the utter
ruin of this Nation.
de
talj
pounds
the
This
due
Our goverment througbt the inberant
right, possessed by and through the Monroe
Doctrine, claimed the right to arbitrate the
in j disputed boundary existing between Great
are en
gaged to maintain what our Country's I
Fathers founded so well, and left as an im
mortal legecy to us to defend and preserve I
Cr.Stle The constant landing upon our shores of
I the hordes of ignorant, vicous and lawless I
went J criminals of the old world should be J
they viewed with greater alarm by loyal and
arty- | Periotic citizens of this country than any I
menace of war with a foreign Nati on.
While we as an order the Jr- O. U. A: M. I
Affirm a warm and hearty welcome to I
all emigrants who desire to better their
J condition and become a part of our nation- I
them, [ ality; we have notone square inch of land |
to
not
for the Anarchist, Socialist and Nihilist, or I
for any one who is not willing to bow al
Iegiance to that flag which is powerful
enough to shield and protect them as well
as us, in the exercise of all civil and relig
ious liberties." |
We view with alarm, as we see the red
and hear the cry of Anarchism: I
is
I flag,
in "Down with the government! Down with I
last, the State! Down with the Sabbath! Down I
spend-1 w * 111 tbe Sehool Hcmse! Down with relig
ion! Let cruelty and lawlessness prevail." I
is I Tlie warm patriotic blood ofAmerica resists I
Bou- Ilot on 'y tIie cry ^ ie Anarchist, but that
I cry wllic h is e ven more powerful—the Cry
°. f R ° raanist ' Lafayette said:—"If the
C. libertiea of the American people are ever
destroyed they will fall by the hands of
I ^ ie Doman Clergy, This danger is immi- j
week, nent - The conflict is on, and it will not be
in | aiî eft sy one to break down. Catholics have I
planted their out-posts everywhere, and |
| are at work incessantly and unceasingly to
break down our free system of education.
17th. | Romanism has long since declared herself
to be hostile to every form of free institu
tions that the American people hold dearer I
mn 1 e '
friends of our Nation. The confusions of I
1
,,, . , ,
1 tie old worm for years have been scour- I
ingherdomain for the pauper, the vicious
and the criminal, and having herded them
together have dumped this reeking mass of
polution on our shores to fill our jails, our
penitentiaries and our almshouses. What
a demoralizing influence on American in
telligence and virture. From this reeking
Aux rotten cess . poo) of Equity the ranks 0 f
socialism are filled, and the vote of An
archy aud Romanism r os tered and in
| crea sed. Herein lies the strength of Ro-I
manism, herein is the Catholic vote, herein
is the corn which furnishes the grist for |
oc
-
on
new
a , ,
. | ®«.l>ave long since forced us as American
I 1 lzeas ' ( ° e anor born) to declare
, iat lmm, f^ a .' on 13 Ilot * Jest R>r our
^ 0U "' ry ' While some make good citizens,
e r 6 0 no '
Beis
Miss
This danger must he averted to save the
Bou
in | the liquor mill with its feastening infectiou
poison, herein Romanism reigns supreme
and holds high car nival. Bros, under
form of governmeut,herein lies the greatest
I P oss ihle danger which threatens our cher
| 'shed institutions. Therefore open hostili
ties are not half to be feared as this secret I
The year ending June 30th, 1891 there I
our
combine.
landed in this country 314,467 immigrants;
of this number 162,581 were without
any
occupation, not even tlie occupation of a
common laborer. Of this number eighty
nine per cent were Roman Catholics, and I
nearly two thirds being unskilled work- I ' n
men. Sucli additions to our popula- I m
tier; each'with less than #18.00 in cash
means not only strikes and riots, panic and a
famine, for the American Mechanic and I
the
re- I of our federal government. Fifty eight |
per cent of all mail white prisoners in
re- jails and penitentaries are foreign born. In I
j one of the reports of "The Howard Society" |
| of London we find that ''seventy four
cent, of the Irish discharged convicts have
found their way to the United States," and
the statistics of "the city of Philadelphia,
before high licence went into effect there
the city had 8,034 persons in the retail
liquor business and this is a significant tabu
lation of them:
laborer, but the sapping and undermining I
our
per
and
2 Not Romanists I
I Chinamen
I Jews.
! Italians ..
I Spaniards
Negroes ..
Welsh ....
I French ...
Scotch _
I English ..
Germans..
I Irish.
I Americans
church relationship, but a majority of
them were born of Roman Catholic
-
18 All
a
man
pie,
140
265 200
160 125 "
285 All ■■
497 435 "
568 543 "
2179 All
3041 " •»
205 But hold no
paren
tage." Of this number 8,034,-6,418 have
been arrainged for crimes, and |wbo have
never been engaged in any useful business,
From the day they had set foot on Ameri
can soil they have been engaged in this
unholy business or worse if possible. But
I this is not all, this secret combine the bid
eous monster has fastened its coils around,
and inserted its fangs into the treasury of
I our Country.
What's that? You ask. Listen! From the
report of Comptroller of New York City of
last year we find "that the Roman Catholic
Church received the large sum of one mil-1 '
lion three hundred thousand dollars ($1 -
300,000) to support its schools white p m t<w I
tant all told received but Seventy six thous - 1
and dollars, ($76,000)" but shame on
Protestant church that receiveonebundreth
part of a mill of the State's money for
sectarian
Call
that
P ur P°se9. In Baltimore city last
year Catholic institutions received one huu
dred and ten thousand three hundred and
thirty dollars ($110,330) as follows
a t Wnh 1 . j .
Sh * ^,000
Good Samaritan. 2'040
I Hospital and College of Physicans
S t. A^ne^Hosp^li:"::::;:.
St. Vincent Infant Asylum .
I St. Mary's Female Orphan Asyiuin
St. Elizabeth's Colored Orphan
Asylum .
St. Mary's Home...."
St. Mary's Industrial School ...'.
St. Vincent De Paul Orphan Asylum
House of Good Shepherd.
Mt. Hope Retreat.'
FREE
16.000
4,b30
7,000
9,800
4,000
500
20,000
2,000
2,500
33,000
$110,330
ou (side
receiving
any appropriations was the Hebrew Hos
pital which received the paltry sum of
$1500.00.
Surely here is a foe in our midst greater
than the combined forces without. Be
The only sectarian institution
of the Roman Catholic Church
EAST
fore we close this article let us look once
again. The combination of all these evils
enter in our large cities. The city has
peculiar and fasciniatihg attractions, not
only for the newly arrived immigrants, but
for the vicious, the lawless, the depreaved,
the corrupt, the impure and the desperate
of all characters. Here Anarchism, Social
ism and Nihilism are almost entirely
fined. Here Catholicism has its fortifica
tions, its fearful aud .terrible stronghold,
on the saloon power (which is legion
Here influences are formed, plans laid, not
only to capture our cities, but States and
National Government. Here is to be found
the skeptic the infidel the blaspheimer the
Sabbath breaker,the vile and the licentious.
a Here is the greatest wickedness, the most
so painful poverty, the deepest woe and
wretchedness. Bros, in the light of these
facts (and who dare controvert them) I
ask as an American, to the the Manor
; r orn - of n, y ftllow compatriots |to awake
of I from your dark embargo of long years of
I sleep and quietude and^JLrt yonr"„ber
ited rights, and buckle on afresh the armor
of American protection, and beat back this
besom of destruction, which threatens to
ingulf our most sacred rights, and to de
| stroy that immortal legacy bequeathed to
nine
pure
ever
into
utter
con
the
en- ns by our Country's Fathers. Especially
I do 1 appeal to our beloved order. It is our
im- mission not only to stop this tide and ava
I lanche of evil, but, not to rest until it is en
of tirely exterminated. by our deeds of valor
I and patriotism. Let love of country and
be J patriotism, therefore be upper most in our
hearts and minds, until it shall reach from
I gulf to lakes, and from ocean to ocean, and
shall perch over every hamlet, town, city, I
M. I and State in our Nation. * In our Jove for
to I our country let us not however forget our
love for our father God, and his Gospel,
I the richest blessing of the Saviour of the
| world to mankind. Thus
or I one foot on the Eternal Rock of Ages, and I
the other on that immortal, imperishable, I
and everlasting document, the Declaration I
of Independence, we shall lay well the
foundation for true American character; I
| Without these two no man can be a I
true American. With such a foundation
I laid there cannot help but follow the other I
I elements that go to make up the noblest 1
I Creation of God^An American gentleman. |
In closing let me say, rally to American
I Patriotism's Standard all that have our
I Country's interests at heart. Let us spread
the alarm and at the same time mount the
Nations ramparts and there unfurl the em
blent of our Glory, The Star Sgongled Ban
ner—and by deeds of bravery and by
of united efforts press the fight until victory
j shall be written in letters of light over j
every home on the American Soil,
I Yoursin Virtue,L'berty and Patriotism,
| Samuel A. Pitt.
Middletown, No. 2.
MY MARYLAND.
Snow Hill was visited by a fifteen
I thousand dollar fire on Friday morning of
last week in which twelve buildings and.
much other valuable property went up ini
I smo ke, insurance, #4,000. The fire started
1 *•»■» 1» T . n.
"
tent of $500. August seventh, 1893, Snow |
Hill was visited by a fire which destroyed .
, seventy-six buildings, including the most
I . .... . I
T' c ? uslng a loss of
1 " surance W8S
533 thaa The town has 1been vtst
ted by . SeV£ral fireS 1,1 the Iast few y eara '
William B. Wirt of Chicago died sud
denly last week. He was a brother of ex
Senator J" 1 » 1 S. Wirt, ofEikton, and three
f weeks ago came East to attend the funeral
of llis mother - He was Chief Deputy of
the U - S ' District Court in Chicago.
Over 1500 bushels of orchard grass seed
have been shipped from Chestertown to
| market this season. |
Boys and Girls, Take Notice.
The Philadelphia Press announces that
The Sunday Press of March 15 will contain
an offer of special interest to pupils
and teachers of the public and normal
I scko °* 3 ever y where.
liberty to state what the offer is, but be
I tray no confidence when'we say that The
Press has given us assurance that the best
interest of the young will be involved.!
Every boy and girl who goes to school
should see the Press of Sunday, March 15 .
our
a
I Centreville was shocked Saturday morn
I ' n ß last by the announcement of one of the
I m °st cold-blooded murders that has oc
cured in its history. Mr. Samuel M. Rash,
a farmer residing near Hayden's Station,
I was shot Friday night, in his dining
| window at him. His wife's brother, Thos.
I committing the crime, and circumstances
| point to him as the murderer,
I room, by some one who fired through the
Brown, has been arrested on suspicion of
l'te-Shaped Heads.
When you ask a man to subscribe for
your paper and he says: "Oh, I never read
much, and, besides times are so plagued
tight,t' apologize to him for the mistake
and leave him. Life is too short to waste
time trying to teach a jackass howto sing
I 30prnn °' A " g e,,tlema n nowadays read
uewspapers—and lots of them. Show us
a man who lives for years in a town or
county and never subscribes for papers
published there, and we will show you a
man whose head is shaped like a piece of
pie, with the point up, and whose igno
rance is only exceeded by this gigantic gall
—Exchange.
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Watches
Clocks
Jewelry
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1 PrlCeS '
Call at the old and well known Jewelry
Store of
firs. Thomas Massey
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HORSE GOODS.-—Wholesale and Retail, at LOWEST PRICES.
We are Moulders of Popular and Masters of
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