I commend to the attention of our colleagues the following item which appeared in the American Jewish Archives. October 1959 issue. It is most apropos to todays political scene: ON THE RELIGIous PROSRIPTION OF CATHOLICS (By Philip Phillips) By 1855 the American Party. an antiCatholic and antiimmigrant political organization. had achieved considerable power in this country. In less than a decade the party. which had begun as a secret patriotic order. was so successful that it confidently hoped to capture the Presidency in 1856. It was at this moment. when the followers of this party. popularly known as KnowNothings. were blatant in their attacks on Catholics and immigrants. that Philip Phillips (180784) raised his voice against them in a letter to the Mobile Register. Phillips. a Charleston Jew. had been- a Congressman from Alabama during the years 1853 to 1855. and had remained in Washington to practice law. primarily before the U.S. Supreme Court.
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