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THE AMEROAN TAKE YOUR CHOICE OF JESUITS OR AMERICANS. TUB Grand Island Independent says IbD Obligation Frintcd Alongside IDs Jes uit's Oalti Below, is Used by the L I A. It is Not Yon Can Decide What Class Ton Would Rather Ha?e Gotmi Tills Coantry, JESUIT'S OATH. h , now In the presence of Al might; God, the hlesed virgin Mary the blesed Michael the archangel, the blessed St. John the Ilaptist, the holy postles St Peter ami St. Paul and the alula and sacred host of heaven, m to yon my ghostly father, 1 do declare from uiy heart, without mental roser vallon that the popo la Christ vicar general and In Him trim and only head of Ilia universal church throughout tho earth, and by virtue of the keys cf bind Ing and loosing given to hit bulimia by Jesus Christ ho hath power to de- pone heretical kings, princes, states, commonwealths, governments, all be ing lllegul without his sacred conllrma tlon, and they may safely be destroyed Therefore, to the utmost of my power, I will defend this doctrine and his hoi loess' riglita and customs against all usurper of the heretical or Protestant authority! especially against tho now pretended authority and church England and all adherents, In regard that they be usurped and heretical, op nosing tho aucred mother eburoh.of Uoiue, 1 do renounce and disown any allege lance ai due to any heretical king. prince or state, named Protestant, or obedlanoo to any of their luferlor mag' Istrates or ofllcori. I do further declare the doctrine of L. -I U .1 L"....l....,l 1 l.. '.. !.. fate, Huguenots and other Protestants, to be d urn n able, and those to bo damned who will not forsake the tame, I do further declare that I will help assist and advise all or any of his boil ues' agents, In any place wherever 1 ahali be and to do my utmost to extir pate the heretical Protestant doctrine, and to destroy all their pretended power, regal or otherwise. I do fur ther pro mi na and declare, that noiwlth standing I am dispensed with to as sume any religion heretlual for the pro pagation of the mother oburoh Inter est to keep secret and private all bor agents oounseia as they entrust me, and not to divulge, dlreotly or Indirect ly, by word, writing or Oiroumstanoe whatsoever, but to execute all whloh shall bo proposed, given In charge or dlrcoverod unto me, by you ray ghostly father. All whloh I, , do swear by the blessed trinity, and blessed aacrament whloh 1 am about to receive, to per form, on my part to keep Invloably; and do call on all tho heavenly and glorious host of heaven to witness my real intentions to keep my oalh. In tesllir.ony whereof, I tako this most holy and blessed sacrament of the euchnrlst, and witness the same further with my hand and seal, In the fitee of this holy convent. Now, what do you think of that? Is that notanloothlng for an American (F) citizen to wear around In this oountryf Swears to support tho holy church (the pope) without a mental reservation, no difference In what country he may be. Swears to help destroy all heretlo (Prot estant) governments. Swears that he will not obey Protestant ofllocrs or magistrates. Swears that all govern ment are illegal unless oollrmed by the church. Swears to aid In breaking down Protestantism. Swears to be solely and wholly a Roman -tho obed ient servant, to wilting tool of the man In Rom A. P. A. OBLIGATION. (rand Ilnnd Independent! Th following Is the obligation taken bj persons joining the A. P. A. as showt by the working book as explained bj cipher explanation of blank spaooi found In said booki WOKHINO BOOK ORLKUIIoK. Deputy You will repeat after mi the following obligation, giving youi name in full. (Persous affirming will raise the right hand.) I, , in the presence of Almighty Rod, and these witnesses, do solemnly promise, deciiiro ana swear, tnat i will support and defend the constitution ol the United States, and the state when I reside; I will keep Inviolate the se crets of this organization; I will obej its constitution and laws; 1 will use my boHt endeavors to promote civil and re ligious 1 1 burty; I will not knowingly vote for, recommend for, nor appolut, nor assist in eluding, or appointing I Roman Cut hollo nor any person sym pathising with Roman Catholicism, tc any political position whatever, and Id all my public and political action will be governed by the principles of tbu order; I will oppose all attempts to usi the public funds for any sectarian pur pose whatever and will ever maintain the great principle of one general un sectarian free school organization; J will never reveal any of the signs, grips, words, password or other mys teries of this order, or tho oatnea ol any of It members, or It numerloal strength, to tho uninitiated; I will hold these principle above my party allllla. tlon; I will alway give a brother of thl order preference in all matter of business and also In my act of elective franchise, all thing being equal. J will oiake prompt report to the chief recording secretary of every initiation made by me. I will advocate the prin ciple of thl order. I will use my besl endeavor to Initiate all true men, and in this way help spread the order; all thl I voluntarily promise, declare and wear (or afllnn) without hesitation oi mental reservation, or any self evasion of mind In me, whatever, to help ro Ood." (Recently Incorporated a tht American League.)" How many of you who have takeo the A. P. A. obligation would recognls the above a that used by the orderf What outsider, after reading the Jesu it's oath In the preoedlng oolumn, be lieve even that obligation wrong' Is It not the height of Impudence for ras cal, for traitor, to try to nail a hall n the America movement' Thai oath how what the Jesuit are her for. It shows they wear the 11 very of heaven to serve the devil In. While they fawn upon short-sighted Protes tant they have their minion working to destroy the government which furn- shed them a haven when driven from nearly every nation upon the earth. For our part we would not hesitate to choose between the two oath. W are purely and simply an American, who believes It the duty of every mao who comes to live In thl country and wear allegiance to the United States, to to swear allegiance as not to have a mental reservation in favor of the pope. We believe In the shove oblige- tU. ! ear buU fci kfttssaii THE OANON LAW. I. The ronsiltuttoits ef prints are ot superior, but subordinate to lVde lastlcal constitutions. I ilia laws of the eniirors eannot l,olve the r-cr-leeiastleal ur canon law I. It Is not lawful for an mpr to eiaot anything opposed to the apos Mio rules. a. It Is not lawful for kings to siurp the things thst belong to priests 6. Ho eustom of any one a thwart the statutes of the popes 6. Iet no resistance be offered to the apostollo (canon) precepts, but let them foaj salutlferously fulfilled. 7. t yoke Imposed by the holy It to Va borne, though It appear In tolerable and Insupportable, 8. The PontlT can neither be loosed or bound by tho seculnr power 6. That the Pontiff was oalled Oo by the pious Prince Constantlne, am I ,: . ' , . . , , ' , lhHt M Kd be onnnot MlH by . man. 10. That as god he Is far above the reach of all human law and Judgement 11, That all laws contrary to th canons and decrees of the Roman pro late are of no force. 12. That all of the ordinance of the pope are unhesitatingly to bo obeyed. 18. We ought not even to speak to ono whom the pope has exootnmunl eated. 14. Priest are fathers and master, even of princes. 18. The civil law is derived from man, but the ecclesiastical, or eanon law I derived dlreotly from God, by which the pontiff can, In connection with hi prelate, make constitution forth whole christian world, In mat ter (plrltual, concerning tho salvation of aouls, and the right government of tht eburoh; and If noeessary Judge and dispose of all the temporal good of al christian. II. A beretlo, holding or teaching falsa dootrine concerning the sacra ment, I excommunicated and de graded, and handed over to the secular court. 17. Saoiilar prince an willing to swear to defend the church against heretic are excommunlcatej, and they are lain under an Interdict 18. The gooda of heretic arc to be confiscated, and applied to the church. 19. Advocate or nolarle, favor Ing heretic, or their defender, or pleading for them In law suits, or writ ing document for them, are Infamous, and suspended from office. 20. The sooular power, whether permanent or temporary, are bound to swear that they will exterminate, ao eordlng to their power, all heretic eomdemnud by the church; and a tern poral lord not purging hi land of bora- tic, I excommunicated. tl. Those signed with the cross for the extermination of heretics, rt'Jolc In the privilege granted to the crusade- for the help of the Holy land. 29. They are absolved from sll obll gallon who are In anywise bound to heretic. 13. Whoever die In battle against the unbelieving, merits the kingdom of heaven. 14, We do not esteem those homl Ma. U whom M rnsr happened J In tkelr ! for their Mother (liarea ftslust the excommunicated, U hill soma of them. S-V Thst ( 'si hoi lo pi I nee are bunnd, both by civil and canon law, not to re ceive or tolenta heretics, and much more are not to penult their rltss, or other eierelne of their religion, or rather, their fal sm t, but are most solemnly bound everywhere, to rapil and expel them. 26. The following temporal punish ments are to be enforced on heretical 1st. Infamy, and the consequent dis qualification for all elvil acta. 2d. Intestability, a well active and passive (that la, they can neither tutik will, nor Inherit what I left to them by others). 8d. Loss of paternal power over children. 4th Loss of dowry, and other privileges granted to women. 5th. Confiscation of all good. 6th. That vassals and slave and others are set free from all, even sworn obliga tions due to their lord or another. 7th. Capital oorporal punishments, especial ly death, and perpetual Imprisonment. 27. The canon law forbid all toler ation. 28. That Metropolitan end Ulshop are to excommun'cate htm who grant liberty of conscience. 29. No oalh I to be kept toward heretlo princes, lord or other. 80. Heretics are to be deprived of all civil and patrrnal right. 81. The Pope can absolve from all oath. 82. fivery bishop la ordinary Judge In a cause of heresy. The reason I because the bishop can ei-offlolo, and ought to extirpate heretlo, and In 11 lot upon them the due punishment, and to thl are bound on pain of deposi tion. Beside, arc th Inquisitor es pecially deputed by the Apostollo Sea. Every bishop In hi diocese I thought to be, and In reality I, a natural In quisitor, (literally born Inquisitor), a to have the same power with those already mentioned in a causa of bereiy. 88. In evary promissory oath al though absolutely taken, there arc certain condition taoltly ondentood, amongst which arei First, If I eaa Second, To save the right and authority of a superior; Third, When the oath auppose th honor of the Apostollo See to be UlldL" 84. That the Council of Trent, (th Inst and great authority of R me), da- ore and command that th laored oanon and all general council, also the other Apos'olio enactment Issued n favor of ecclesiastical person of eocleslastloal liberty, and against It violator, all of which by thl present decree it renews, and must be exactly observed by all. Loyal Men and all AMERICAN SOCIETIES Can (let All Kind of JOB WORK At THE AMERICAN Office