The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Rum, Romanism and Rebellion
RUM, ROMANISM AND REBELLION,
a phrase celebrated in American political 

.  At a meeting of clergy, in which all
denominations were supposed to be represented,
held in the Fifty Avenue Hotel, New York,
during the Presidential campaign of 1884, in
the interest of the Republicans, Rev. R. B.
Burchard described the Democrats as the party
of “Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.”  This
remark was unfortunate for the Republicans and
helped in a great measure to win the election
for the Democrats.