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Show DISAGREES WITH ALBMTTON. John Gleason Doesn't Think the British Brit-ish Flag the Symbol of Civilization. (Correspondence Ir.termountain Catholic.) To the Miner: I was surprised to read in your morning isstie of the 26th a part of the Rev. J. L. Albritton's address, ad-dress, wherein he pays a tribute to the British flag as a symbol of progress and Christianity, and the advancement of civilization in South Africa. I would respectfully remind the reverend gentleman that there are thousands of representative Americans who greatly differ .with his views on the subject. From north to s-outh, in this great republic, re-public, the views of our most eminent utatesmen have been heard denouncing that Symbol of tyranny and oppression oppres-sion which for ages has been a srourge and a curse to the advancement of all liberty-loving people. "Yes, the British Brit-ish i'ag in South Africa is the symbol of all that is unjust, all that is cruel, all that is bloodthinty, and all that every liberty-loving and God-fearing people denounce. Again I say I am surprised that such ideas should emanate ema-nate from a gentleman of the Rev. J. L. Albritton's ability as a scholar, and would respectfully request him to refresh re-fresh his memory as to English history, his-tory, and the struggle of his own coun try (if he is an American) with that gentle, just and God-fearing symbol which he now presents to American citizens. JOHN J. GLEASON. Butte, Feb. 26, 1900. Frank M. Sullivan, editor and proprietor propri-etor of the Montana Catholic, expects to leave for the east in a day or two, to be absent about three weeks. While he is away, C. Edwin Summers, a young attorney and newspaper writer of New-York, New-York, who has been in Butte nearly a year, will edit the Catholic. |