A Final Word to Mr. McDade

Year
1901
Month
12
Day
7
Article Title
A Final Word to Mr. McDade
Author
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Page Number
4
Article Type
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Article Contents
A FINAL WORD TO MR. McDADE We present another inconsequential letter from Mr. McDade to our readers to-day. We have a pretty clear idea of what Mr. McDade is driving at. His purpose is two-fold. First, he has reasonable grounds to fear that the FREEMAN is discrediting his leadership by making apparent how inefficient it has been, viewed in its results to the Catholic Liberals of St. John, and thereby perhaps at the same time is working harm to the patron, Mr. Blair , Mr. McDade is therefore trying to kill the FREEMAN. This is purpose number one. In the second place he has a right on with the local premier, which is perhaps as much a personal issue as it is political. In any case it boots little to our readers. We recognize in .Mr. Tweedie an Irishman’s both spear and distaff sides of his family, a fighting Tipperary man, with just as much principle in his politics as Mr. McDade can lay claim to which is nil. As between them both the FREEMAN has no choice, but we will see, so far at least as our columns are concerned, that the fight is fair and in the open. If Mr. McDade, therefore, wishes to attack Mr. Tweedie and the local administration in one column he is free to do so provided he states his case squarely and with numbness, without insinuation, and with at least a modicum, of argument. Otherwise we cannot afford to waste our space with his letters. As concerns his first purpose, namely, the working of injury to this Catholic paper, its columns are hence forth closed to Mr. McDade. There are other papers, the Telegraph for instance, who will gladly welcome his attacks on us. Henceforth he must seek the assistance of the Telegraph and papers of the same anti-Catholic purpose when he wishes to attack the FREEMAN. This word is final. Until the Moniteur Acadien translates into French our article of No.23rd last, and gives it to its readers, we will conduct no further controversy with it, in the ecclesiastical grievances of the Acadians. We do not propose to supply the Moniteur with matter for further gross misstatement of our attitude towards our Acadian brethren. The writer, who would intentionally misstate what we did say on such a delicate question, is morally a degenerate, and falls under the category of these animals which it is true discretion to avoid least they smirch you with their own odor.