Mr. President. Not satisfied with making war upon the religion of their fellowcitizens. reviving the days when they burned convents and expelled nuns from their consecrated habitations. not yet satiatedwith that infernal spirit of political proscription which makes the blackest page that has been written in the history of this country. not satisfied with having gorged themselves with political power secured by having trampled upon the religion of their fellowcitizens. they extended their political warfare and their political proscription in still another direction. and declared in their platform and in their political creed that no man who was born abroad. although he might be a naturalized citizen of the United States. was qualified to hold office in the State of Massachusetts. that Mr. Pat Collins. who has served his Statewith distinction inthe other House. who has conferredthough he would not say so himselfhonorupon the constituency which he represented in the other Honse. and who only a few days ago was tendered a position by a Democratic governor as judge of the supreme court of Massachusetts. that John Boyle OReilly. that great Irishman who made fame by his honesty. his patriotism. and his literary attainments. around whose tomb the other day were gathered. inr pcetive of party. thousands and thousands of Boston citizens. feeliug that the State of Massachusetts had suffered a terrible bereaveenntthat those two men. under the political creed which existed. and which probably the Senator from Massachusetts. if he had been old enough. would have indorsed. were unworthy for a double reason to hold any office in the State of Massachusetts. one because they were Catholic- and the other because they were foreignborn citizens. Mr.
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Irish Catholics are portrayed as a political threat and disloyal.