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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1891)
-4 Ti'HE A ME RIC AN. THE AMERICAN. Tcdephotin till, I ntftil t tht Oman IV.thV ki Second OFFICE, 4 1 3 iV 4 1 4 1 Ht.OCK, MinscHiniON, 2 00 PKlf YKAK. "AMERICA FOR AMUR IVANS" W Hold til IVtsoni Am-iiciw Who Swr Al teginMt (a the United Stutpi Without a Mental Hewtviition In rnvot ol the. Pop B0LHA TJi 11 STA NDS JOHN O. THOMPSOV,Td',of WAITIH C, KLLLtY, M.mtrf. OMAHA, THURSDAY, NOV. 2, lH'Jl TlIK county miiiiiiImhUihm'h proceed ing hIkiiiIiI )ni published tho Monday following their session not iho ninth day after. Jt looks very much like u scheme to nllow the ton days to expire and prevent taxpayer tiling mi iipjNtiil. IN AfX tlio largo cities whoro tlio ltomlsh agents have gained control of govern meni al affairs, they hnvo used tlio low-grado politicians to further their design upon the public treasury and tlio overthrow of tho public school system. Til K Han Francisco A rgonaut suggests that Chicago might effect Homo kind of an arrangement with King Humbert to Heeuro the "prlMoner of tho Vatlean," for a "World's Fair attraetlon." Wo do not bellnvo tho aforesaid prlMoner would liuvo tho slightest, objection to lieooming a "museo freak," in order to replenish "Ht. VvUiv'h l'onoo." Iliwicl an Item which recently ftji peared in tho Cincinnati Commercial Oazotto, which In only one of tho many Mchomo roMortod to hy tho Itoiiilsh Catholic corporation to Hoouro money: OnHunday thoKomnu Cathol 1cm opened a new church at Deer l'ark, a suburb of this city, A great crowd wan expected and provided for, The brewer donated thirty-one keg of Uw, which wan Mold on the ground for tho benefit of tho church. WheelMof fortune and other gambling Implement were in full operation, and twonly-llvo per cent, of tho receipt went to the church, It 1H Maid that tho F.ngllsh torics arc seriously conslderlng.lf their plan Im not already matured, the advisability of making their fight In tho coming gen eral election HgaltiMt tho J toman Catho lic hierarchy In Ireland, and will claim that tho "grand old man's" aim 1m to Hacrlllco Protestant to tho i toman church, and that tho homo ruler are members uml lisils of tho church. From UiIm it would nooiii that tho idea Is "catching." Tho Irish race would bo much Is'ttor olT if tho religion matter were forced out of jmiIIUcm, In this tho Im'le will hold tho winning card and tho ProtoMtant world will applaud their effort, Many of our citizen will wonder how they can eolobrato Thankglvlng day, to Much wo will ay tho Knights of Pythias havodeoldod toglvo an enter tainment at tho CoIIeum during the afternoon and evening of that day. Tho programme will coiiMlMt of Moloctlon by thoHooond Infantry Hand, an addroM by tho newly-elecbfd chief of tin) order in Nebraska, song by Mr. Clappo and other prominent Mlnger, followed by dancing nnd an elegant spread. Tho afternoon and evening entertainment will cost tho Minall Mum of f l.f.0 for lady and gentleman taking Mujiier, and $1,00 without refreshment. All our frlunds who hme hoi din hhil where to go or w hnl lo do should keep tho IC, I "ft, In tnlitd, mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm "KAT, IR1NK AN If UK MKRRV." (Sod, In 111 profound wisdom, hiu onum-d innny change to Ui wrought In oor live and In the life of 1hi lnot prtHqterou nation during the hist twelve month. He low blessed thoj fanner, those who were liu-t year stricken with drouth, with a iHtuntlful harvest; Ho has blessed the town' people, who were 1et by storms, dis ease and death, with health mid work, and lie low abundantly blessed the American with victory over the one mle of their publlo institution. He ha bleed tho rrotcMtant world with soce, while the devil htw cursed the countries ruled by tho priests with intornoolno Mtrlfo and bloodshed, until even the tuoMt skeptical can but adiniru tho wisdom of Hi work and tho magni tude of HI charity. With theMo thought lforo us, it Mooni meet and proper that our nation' chief executive should Hot aldo a day a one of general thanksgiving, and that ho nhould call ujion all patriotic citi zen to tteoMo tludr lalMirs for a day and return thank to thoKulerof tho unl vermi for Hi uniform klmlne and 111 continued great goodne; and wo feel liko Joining with him in urging all cltl Kon, and particularly that grand body of loyal men composing tho member whip of tho American Protective anno elation, to leavo their workshop, their HtoreH, their olllce and their Holds, and unite, one with another, in praising (lod not Mary "from Whom all bless ing How," Today 1 tho day; "eat, drink and bo merry," for it 1 yet ft Ilttlo while oro tho death of tho fraud on tho Tllier will bo known, but In that day will there Ixi groat rejoicing throughout tho earth, JIOrCOTTKl) THIS W. 0. T. V. Wo aro Informed that tho llomnnH havo iHiycottod tho W. C. T. U. dining room, located at J21 North Fifteenth Mtreet, since election. Wo aro further Informed that all tho Itoman who lioardod thcro prior to Novemlier 11, havo left tho place. I'roteHtantM who tako their dinner down town should go over to J2I North Fifteenth street and get their meal. How many Protest ant havu refused to patron lo Koman Catholic fairs and bazaar, wim ply be cause tho ItomariH carried tho elections heretofore? THAT tho American peoplo aro not reiuly or willing to plaeo thomsolvcB in tho power of tho llomlh coi'imratlon haw, In a meauro, ixien proven by tho rcMtilt of tho latu election. Any man who owe alleglaruio to tho jiope Is ImmuhI Jiy a chain stronger than patriot lm. Americanu havo no uso for a Hi)ltlco-ecclelastlo miudilno which seek to control lxith tho religious und Hilltlcal opInioiiH of men who look to it only for their spiritual comfort, AN EHHENTIALfeUtUI'OOf I'rotoHtunt ism 1 civil and religion) lllierty. The essential feature of Itouiun Cutholiclsm U u priestly tyranny, menacing both civil and religion lllierty, so much w, that no I Ionian Cuthollocim clulm hi soul a hi own, should hnfalthfully and olHidlently follow and submit to tho teaching of 11 irlet, Till? Miutretiiry of tho Young Men's Christian association, through Mr, T. J, Hollander, will aeiiept our thank for complimentary ticket to the "Hod path Htnr Concert company." Tho next feature of the "star course" will bo an elocutionary entertainment by l'rof. It, L. CumnocK, Docombur 22. HOVE DOIS NOT CHANGt. I put till plain ipieMlon to ou prh'M In my lant article, "Am you pileMii puro?" nnd jou huve hung down jour head and never deigned to reply, which force mo to tho ron rluolon that you mo guilty; nnd I must proceed lo daub nonie more paint on your charnetor. I it in not htiNing my nrgtimcnt ngainnt joa on more supposition. I hnvo tho fworn testi mony of men and women who have had experience nnd in whoso word I hnvo tho utmost conlidenco. I know these facts aro trim. You linow when you tell one of your penitents Hint thoy will ho mado moro holy nnd righteous by confessing thoir secret sins to you, and answering your infamous and vile quostioiiH, that you nro tolling them a malicious falsehood. Tho popo has more than 100,000 priests who average ten female confessions a day, or about 182,000,000 in a year. Just think of it? Tho priest argues that ho asks theso questions because his church compels him to, nnd that he himself cannot fall, therefore he is competent to hear and pardon all their sins, nnd that their Inlluonoo is for good. Ilonr Father Chiniquy on this subject. "1 sny that they deceive the innocent and tho most prudent and circumspect. That it would be a miracle to converse with them and not fall." Wo also learn from Father Chiniquy on this subject Unit the Human Catholic gov ernment in Italy, in order to 'prevent tlio nation from being swept away by tho corruption In tho confessional, gave to tho world the memoirs of the Vener able Illfthop Hclplo do Mod, of Testoria, and l'rato In Italy, Tlio charges are terrible In tho extreme, but they nro true. An honest man, if they wore not true, would demand an Investiga tion, that his character might bo cleared of the stain upon it. J low was it with that priest whom lilshop Mccl charges with a nameless crime, in one of the nunneries of his diocese y Did ho de mand an investigation V No, Indeed. Ho stole away from the scene of his crime, and your holy church rewarded him for his virtue and piety, by making him confessor extraordinary after wards. Homo tlmo ago a couple of young ladles were passing by a certain convent during tho evening, when they noticed Hint It was extremely dark, with tho exception of a very dim light awny In tho upper story which shone through tho blind, which fact led one of them very naturally to remark Hint sho wondered what was going on up thcro, to which query tho other one re plied: ''Question what Is going on up In there V" Will you priests answer, In our wood there grow a plant, beautiful lo look upon, and apparently harmless. You admire its beauty, but tuko hold of it and what I tho result P Kvcrywliero that plant touchos you there Is pain. It has poisoned you. Homo makes her confessional boxes beautiful outside. Her priests Impress you ns beautiful and puro in character; but tho minute yon uomo to them at the confessional, under tlio pretence of doing their christian duty, they pro ceed to entwine around your soul tho poison of their Infamous practices, leaving a terrible sore which Cod alone can heal. Much Is the confessional, beautiful outside, but a don of Infamy within. There U nothing loo low for Itomn to stoop to lo nooumpli-.li her cud. If you nro so nnxlou tor puro morality nnd wo nro so Impure, why do you not let us alone t You know Hint I hero U no truth In your statement about our publlo schools, but, ns hns been your custom nil nlong, honesty, coiixlslenoy or puro purposes hnvo not been your mollvo In persecuting our public schools. In Omaha wo hnd a super intendent who had been hero for years, and was a man of acknowlegod ability nnd honesty. Sonio of your members wero on tho school board, and through thorn you went to work to havo l'rof. James put out of tho position, nnd a man who sympathized with you put in his place A man who was utterly un known to tho peoplo of Omaha. You said "Mr. Fitzpatrick has a reputation as a teacher outside of Omaha," granted; but secretly that argument did not cut any ilguro with you. He sides this, after tho contrnct with Mr. Filzpatrick, engaging him for one year had been mado and signed, you went systematically to work to have that contract nullified and anothor ono mntlo engaging him for a term of two years instead of ono. Hy this means you would succeed In placing in every school nCathollo teacher next year. Wo havo this year ft majority of Prot estants on our school board and your little scheme of getting control of our schools will not work. Mr. Fitzpatrick has denied being ft Catholic. If ho is not ho is certainly very much under Cnthollo Influence, ns his family are strong Cnthollo. That being the caso Mr. Fitzpatrick must conform In a groat measuro to tho rules of tho Cutholio church oven If ho does not belong to it himself. I would liko to ask Mr. Fitzpatrick three simple plain questions: If you aro not ft Catholic or in any way Influenced by tho Homish priest In conducting tho affairs of our publlo schools, why did you go Into n certain school-room In this city tho other morning nnd put theso questions to tho pupils: "How many aro Catho lics 1 How many aro Protestants f and to tho teacher, do you reid tho Protestant bible every morning P" Will you please explain what your ob ject was P Tho Inlluonco of Uomo Is already being felt In our schools. Ono night a short tlmo ago a little girl camo homo from school and her father noticed her making tho cross and other motions Hint Roman hnvo to mako, and asked what sho was doing Hint for, and wa dumbfounded when sho told him that her teacher taught that in the school to thorn. That wa done slnoo Mr, Fitzpatrick came Into power I It Is needless to say that tho teacher In that room is a Uonmn subject. Tho members of tho board of education who put Mr. Fitzpatrick in chargo of theso schools evidently pellcves as Popo Plus IX did when he said -lake this from tho American of ft recent date "public schools open to nil children should bo under tho control of tho Homish church, and should not bo subject to tho civil power nor made to conform to the opinions of the ago," There has been a systematic cll'ort on tho part of tho llomlsh church to crush out our b'blo from tho pub'io schools. Wo havo gained a slgnul victory hero, but Proleslnnls, our wnrfaro must not vttiio. Homo is Just liko a leopard or
