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TntlM-r, Kun mnl llnly (llinhi. ami nn In Riiy rirtiUMl ttt'lua. Ily iulIIMilii(t till In ymif vnluiilili- iniMr, wiili-li I iii-vur full to nniil ilully. joii will Itiruily nlillio'. K.l. KlNu. ItitouKi v-, S. V May , That kitnl of argument mity do down In Now York nmotitf thu "Yolioos," but In tho :fW wohI whore ovory man known WchnUir's uuabrldgiHl dictionary 'by hwirt," It will lw vlawuil with mos plcion. Mr. King ho Ucvidontly one of tho pope's choHun says Cut hollos (moaning KnititvniHts) "uiti not in the habit of mtrdiipiiuj relies, but merely pay to thorn tho amount of nsprd duo to tho remains of those whom God hath made his special instruments." So! What does Webster say about Mwsu'p? Why, he says to worship is "to mpeef, to honor." It is "adoration of God, or a being viewed as God." So much for worship. Now let us soo what a relic is. It may bo anything which serves to remind one of other days, of some startling epoch, of somo pleasant era in life. It may bo a work of antiquity recovered from tho ruins of Pompeii It may be a man who claims to bo tho vlce-gorent of God It matter not what, so long as It Is a thing that has remained after all else pertaining to it has decayed or disappeared. Tho pope of Roma is a relic a relio of tho dark ages, a rello that Is looked upon as God for tho pious Constantino called him God and as God ho Is wornlUpcd by IlomaniriBts, But, according to Mr. King, tho popo Is not worshiped, ho Is simply rcqwded. On this point there Is no room to quibble, as tha only nuth ority wo "have holds that worship fa respect, and as all Romanists respect tho' pop j, all Romanists worship tho Hiiino personage, and as ho is a rello, It follows as u matter of course that all Romanists worship relics, To follow Mr. King a little further, wo will in quire who were, and are, according to Roman tradition, the "special instru ments of God?" Wo will start as tho Roman Catholic church does, with Peter though tlnvy make tho mistuko of confounding, and Intentionally, too, tho words pdra and ptrw, 11a Is , booked as tho head of the Roman Catholic church; to him was given the power to bind or lose upon earth whut shall be bound or losed In heaven; to hlrn were given the keys to heuvon and to hell, and to hlrn was assigned the task to "feed My sheep." Time rolled on and Peter died. A few hundred years thereafter tho Roman church eamo into existence, with little of its present pomp and lens of its dogma. For a time It struggled with tho church of Antloeh, with that of Alexandria, arid with the Greek church, until finally It gained supremacy over a greater portion of the then known worlij. With tho subjugation of the world sho became tyrannical and mur derous, Tho men at her head, first referred to as bishops, afterward as ex archs, then as patriarchs, and later as popo, and now as the vleo-gorent of Clod, forgot, If they ever were aware of tho fact, tho true mission of tho church. They, though ignorant themselves, sot up great pretentions to learning, and allowed none to advocate tho truthful ness of a thought or an idea which did not follow tho trend of their own dwarfed intellect. They acquired the much talked of temporal power by forgery and imposition. On page 11, chapter 1, of "D'Aubigno's History of tho Reformation," wo find this state ment verified in tho following language: "In tho eighth century wo si-o tho Roman bishops resisting on tho ono hand the Greek emperors, their lawful sovereigns, and endeavoring to expel thorn from Italy, while with tho other they court tho mayors of tho place in Franco, begging from this now power, just beginning to rise in tho west, a share In tho wreck of tho empire. ! Rome founded her usurped authority ' hetween the cost, which sho expelled, and tho west, which sho summoned to hor aid. Sho raised her throne hot ween two revolts. Startled by tho shouts of tho Arabs, now become masters of Spain, and who boasted that they would speedily arrive in Italy by tho gates of tho Pyrcnqes and Alps, and proclaim tho narao of Mahomet on tho Seven Hills; alarmod at the insolonoo of the Astolphus, who at the head of his Lombards, roaring like a lion, and brandishing his sword before tho gates , ( ll.r . (i i ! l , l!. tl.t ,.l. l-.vl t. ).-.; . . i j Hiiftn i tii-aili. Ivn.i'', to Un j i. tj rtilh, Ito ? d lii h Ut it i v; muMitil tu t , li.ii h in ! into j t! ai'iti f ll Trunk, Tit o-.n i V)4n tli 't!iaedd h r t' o.ti .1 ,! jiiunnf liimw ftuHmt in ; it aimi(l.i! inn.! !. is'',v t'Huitml n ivtum M iirotitie to l ih h lni. r tf tln "U jnihHt nf (.ml." IS pin wiiltl ! from thi IjimiHiiiU Ue i iii (ln j hail tkon fruivi the r.ti k t'tlijx in, Ji'S, ttf ctt'iid of r'tn! -ing Hiiin to that primus In- htlil Uirir ki-ys on SI. l'l U r hr, ami or with upHfUil haiiil that he had tint t skin tip sues for mnn, hut to obtain from Gm1 the n'mlM-imi of hi sitm, and to do h'Hiutce for hicinnioient to St, Peter. Tluis did Prance cMahlUh the U'mjHiral power of the poHs, "Charlemngne npi'rvd: tlie first time he usiOnds the sluirs to the baille of St. Peler, devotedly k losing each step. A second time he presents him self, lord of all the nations that formed tho empire of the west, and of Rome itself, Leo III. thought tit to liestow tlie imperial title on him who already poHHcsscd the power; and on Christmas day, in the year 8(10, ho placed the diadem of the Roman emperors on the brow of the son of Pepin. From this time tho popo lxdongs to tho empire of tho Franks; his .connection with tho east is ended. He broke olT from a de cayed and fallen tree to graft himself upon a wild and vigorous sapling. A future elevation, to which ho would have never dared aspire, awaits him among these German tribes with whom ho now unites himself. "Charlemago bequeathed to his feeble successors only tho wreck of his power. In tho ninth century disunion every where weakened the civil authority. Rome saw that this was tho moment to exalt herself. When could tho church hope for a more favorable opportunity of becoming independent of the state, than when tho crown which Charles had worn was broken, and Its fragments lay scattered over his former empire? "Then appeared tho False Decretals of Isidore, In this collection of the pretended decrees of tho pones, tho most ancient bishops, who wore con togDPXOMi&b'h Tacitus and Qulntllian, wre made to speak tho barbarous Latin of the ninth century. The customs and constitutions of tho Franks wero ser iously attributed to tho Romans in the time of tho emperors. Popes quoted the Bible In the Latin translation of Jerome, who had lived one, two, or three centuries after them; and Victor, bishop of Rome, in tho year 11)2, wrote to Theophllus, who was archbishop of Alexandria in . '18'), The Imposter who had fabricated this collection endeav ored to prove that all bishops derived their authority from the bishop of Rome, who held his own Immediately from Christ, lie not only recorded all the successive conquests of the pontHTs, but even carried thorn back to the earliest times. The popes were not ashamed to avail themselves of this contemptible imposture. As early as 8(i,r, Nicholas I. drew from its stores the weapons by which to combat princes mid bishops. This impudent invention was for ages the arsenal of Rome." So much for temporal power. Now, let us look at their popes. Few of them could lay claim to Doing as pure or as holy as a procuress of today, All were tinctured with tho aroma that pre vailed even to tho alter of St, Peter. None escaped the blight, and until tho policy of the church, her dogmas and her theologies aro changed, none ever will. Tho same authority which wo quoted above says, after Pepin had been crowned : "Nevertheless, the vices and crimes of tho pontiffs suspended for a time the effects of the decretals. Tho papacy celebrated Its admission to tho table of kings by shameful orgies. She became intoxicated; her senses were lost In the midst of drunken revellings, It is about this period that tradition places upon tho papal throne a woman named Joan, who had taken rofugo in Rome, with her lover, and whoso sex was be trayed by tho pangs of childbirth dur ing a solemn procession. But let us not needlessly augment tho shame of tho pontifical court. Abandoned wo men at this time governed Rome; and that throne which pretended to rise above the majesty of kings was sunk deep In tho dregs of vleo. Theodora and M uro, la installed and deposed at their pleasure tho self-styled masters of the church of Christ, and placed their lovers, sons and grandsons In St. Peter's chair. Theso scandals, which are but too woll authenticated, may perhaps have givon rise to tho tradi tion of Popo Joan. Rome became ono wide theatre of disorders, tho possession of which was disputed by tho most powerful families of Italy. Tho counts of Tuscany were genorally victorious. In 1033, this house dared to place on ' tho pontifical throne, under the throne of Benedict IX., a youth brought up in debauchery. TJst f . H, tin 4tt iimliin! i), in n . !;', 1! !! h4tiHli l"l 1- i-.1intf de Attn! In r i) l"-i' lti ! till, ill ! .l. Hint H Hi I, III"- turn, h liiv ft l.wnliit ilU H.iitHi ft', l4 Wte' hlt'l.l . IV ilHil ilh tiOUSlet", lt j tutitt t?n i.il'i o UiWNII nvleiUM Hot thi i miM !ien o,MtiwrNil ill Hie live tf l!bit" SWta nmi ( p.tl John XXII. and XXI11. Many jmjk trvtv :eurileivr - tiiii'ttaled titm-al li -r - and iti .ine i- tin j ( m gtitHy all tlie t't'lite- In the criminal calendar. The three alsive named certainly a ere guilty of nnt of them, and H Is hut charitable to pup oii t lint they may have failed In the eiimmiMiinn tif at leal some of them, Yet these rascal art part of the chain of "holy apostolic succession." With out them It would is' Inromplcto, and with them Lm XIII. Is able to trace back the line of succession to alteut 108 years ufu-r the birth of Christ. law XI II. is counted a great and good man by contemporaneous writers, but if that is true, what Is rcsKnsihlu for the change In the life of this poio? Simply this: After the present pontiff had been elevated to the position he now occupies, the government at Rome threw off the papal yoke divorced the church and state and left him no spoils to disburse, but put him In a position to covet temporal power, which he has done for twenty years, in direct opposition to tho tenth com mandment. All this only loads us hack to the definition quoted from Webster, and we desiro to inquire if Leo XIII. Is not a being viewed as God? Wo contend ho Is. God makes no mistakes, Uis plans aro perfect, and fit together as invisibly as two drops of water. What man would daro to lay claims to equal power, either to construct or to In terpret what Is right and what is wrong? None but the pope at Rome, and for daring to assume to "stand for God," millions of illiterate beings fall down and worship him, while millions of others who know better, clothe him with divine power, and declaro that what ho says (wathedra is Infallible. Knowing this, wo-do not agreo with tlx Jesuitical argument of Mr. King, and shall contend that tho AdvuriiMr used tho right word when It said "there wero many waiting to soo and worxliip tho memento." Peculiar Patriotism. Tho following burst of patriotism was clipped from the last Issue of the Bos ton VIM: "It Is a poor kind of an American citizen who can look at one picture in HcrlliMir'n Mtijtzin, and keep tho tears from his eyes. It represents the morn ing salute to the ling in a New York Industrial school. The long rows of poor little creatures, each with a pa thetic story of self-denial or of motherly devot ion behind Its attempt at neatness, rlso when the American Hag is carried to the teacher's desk, and say with one voice, 'Wo turn to our flag as the sun flower turns to the sun.' The little hands tench the forehead, soldier fash ion, with 'Wo glvo our heads,' then are laid upon tho heart with 'and our hearts,' and then, with a shout, comes to our country! Ono country, one lan guage, one flag!' This is bettor In its effects than thousands of elaborately prepared celebrations, but the picture is infinitely touching,'" The editor of the l'ilot evidently has forgotten that this same Hag which ho pretends to rovere so much, has time and time again been Insulted by the clergy of his church, and refused ad mittance to their eliurch buildings when wrappod about the collln of a dead soldier, and on every occasion when they dare to do it, this same emblem which he now lauds Is placed beneath tho flag of F.rln. If theso little children whom ho thus applauds, were In some parochial schools they would bo taught entirely different ideas, and bo refused instruc tion in anything but a foreign tongue, It Is all very woll for tho editor of tho J't'of to thus parade his patriotism, but would It not bo better shown by loyalty to tho United States government, and by protection to hor time-honored in stitutions. Woman's Voice. 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The t! iMiiili tnvi.hi il 1 just jttii: Tee lean who take it oiti to j l total to hi i.'ii 1y tony Ineait t II, .' ami may ho a pood c)ti;t-n, or nlij m the t-nsi' tuny 1 Ititl (lie time limy ittine lu ll the la of hi sochiy IiikV ten iNmntor to the law of the Mate, : He may 1 called upon to do unmet hirtg or to say wMtieUiing which I In ijuwt conflict w ith morality or tti ioitcm. There title'ileli iiidiii. Hie lie nit liolliM man he will shrink from !niominir a malefactor, hut if he I dlsnhiMhcnt. to his society ho may forfeit his lite a a tsinN'i(Uenii, JiJm Hush ' M, I imvti lr I'aul Atfiittim Hutlvtiit, ,Vo I, And this from a Unman Calhnlic! A man who belongs to the Ancient Order of Hibernians, which has a military attachment, and to which no one but a Roman Cat hoi io (an Irish Roman Cah olic) can be admitted to memliorship. Ye gods! WluU next?Tlie Roman church the enemy of secret organizations! Think of it! Why, the Roman church ItHelf Is a secret society! Tlie Roman church Is an oath-bound society! Any intelligent man knows thisl John Rush knows it! Yet he stands liefoeo tho public proclaiming that tho Roman machine Is tho enemy of "secret, oath bound organizations," We will not say that ho prevaricates when ho says that, but wo will say ho Is quite economical of tho truth, and that ho knows the Romans are a lot of chumps, and makes the mistake of placing the Protestants In tho same category. Tho Roman church tho enemy of "secret, oath-bound organizations!" Why does sho havo her Mafia, Jesuits, . Clan-na-gaols, Catholic Knights, Knights of St. George, . Knights of St. Patrick, Knight of tho Red Branch, Catholic Knights of America, Ancient Ordor of Hibernians, and a score or monfyf othev, exclusive Roman Cathollo oath-bound organiza tions, more secret than tho Masons, more loyal to the church than to the country, and more dangerous to the government than tho nihilists or anarchists If that statement Is abso lutely true? Mr. Rush made a mistake. Ho meant I to say, evidently, or it Is understood, probably, that when a Roman Catholic refers to oath-hound organizations, he means organizations composed exclus ively, or In part, of Protestants, That being so, Mr. Rush should have started that paragraph, or we should render it, "Tho great enemy of Protestant secret, oath-bound organizations Is the (Roman) Catholic church." In the light of that rendition Mr. Rush's first sentence in tho paragraph uhovo quoted is absolute truth. For tho Roman church sehds her minors into every secret order, After they have sworn secrecy, they go out and reveul every thing to tho society of Jesus. They take any and all oaths and consider them In no manner binding. Perjury and murder aro held In no more abhor rence by Roman Catholics than mis takes and accidents aro by Protestants. The priest, for a few dollars, can make them white as snow. Mr. Rush should not forget tho his tory of tho Roman machine. It is a history of blood shed, of fraud and im position, of licentiousness and debauch ery, of cunning and deceit. Ho should remember that tho Roman church never changes. Ho should think of her teachings "that a servant who is not paid as much as ho deems his services aro worth may steal from his employer tho difference between what he gets and what ho thinks ho is entitled to, and yet not 1st guilty of any crime." He should remember her theology so vile that it cannot bo translated from tho Latin into English, without sub jecting the translator to tho 'hardships of tho Btatuto covering obscene matter. "We know how dangerous theso societies aro, and how frequently they plot and plan to subvert government," Mr. Rush continues. Now, if Mr, Rush means that tho Romans know how dangerous their secret, oath-bound organizations aro, and how often they ondeavor to subvert government, wo shall agree with him. Wo know how dangerous they are; wo know how often they attempt to subvert government. They are dangerous, they aro treason able, for they place tho church above the state, and endeavor to make the latter subservient to the former. Wo know how often they attempt to sub vert government. It is as often as an opportunity presents itself and qulto frequently they have been known to manufacture the opportunity. It will be attempted as long as the society of Jesus maintains a foothold upon, and n') the w1t tii'H of I ho u in. M t ,. j l.ati' tt. iv'tt awaits!. I Hat Vl tt- SinlCi-d tf. Ml, li-i-h m . In tttal iit-tsj It, tl.st 'Tin ti a a ahotaHe a twih t" let at to tit t'lrl ' ttn tlt ell, an.) limy t- a e,t ellUeit, r n'lj'ft, a t),e eaM. ninv ' 1 tul llo time iiifit iMiiiie wheti the ! of hi wvk'iy niaj Hie nuiist. t to the la ot the state. He may te railed tju to do miiin tlilim, or to say aom. thing, whieh I In ilitiiM conflict fciltt t'torallty or patriolUm, There is the delellUlia," There muni lie some reason for all this solicitude for the welfare of the government.. J-t us see what it l. ! the Roman church teach that In r children shall always rceogni.o the demands of the stall ? Not by any menus, Pope ,oi XIII. in his encyclical letter, dated January 10, 18!"l, sys: "Cases huii. n in which tho stale demands one thing from the clt lasous, and religion the up Kis(e from christians, and this tin doubtedly for tie ollit'f rrnsnn than that the heads of the state pay no regard to the sacred power of the church, or do sire to make it subject to them." In another place it states that "It is an Impious deed to break the laws of Jesus Christ for tho purpose of obeying tho magistrate, or to truiwyretm the lawn of tha church under the pretext of oh iwrmmj (( civil Into." He also affirms that "the laws of tho state aro In open contradiction with tho divine law If they command anything prejudiced to the, church" (to assess church property, or throw open nunneries and convents, for instance) " then it in a duly to mint them and a crime to oboy them." This same pontiff, in 1880, said, ('The judicial functionaries wm reftm ohcdii'wn to the utate and to the laws of the country, which are In contradiction with the Roman Catholic precepts." All this is the leaching of tho Roman church. All this is law which NO Roman Catholic dares to disobey. ' Mr. Rush knows this is tho law of tho Roman church. IIo knows that HE dares not disregard it. Ho knows that If he did ho would be damned, for he knows that tho teachings, of the Roman church aro that tho popo has the power to bind or lose, to save or to damn; and think you ho would noi consign tho soul of John Rush to tho everlasting flames If ho dared to pruvllw opposition io the laws of tho church of Rome? We see behind theso Jesuitical utterances of Mr. Rush, more than he intended to disclose to view. We see a desiro to divert attention from tho Roman church and its multitude of oath-bound secret organizations while they con tinued to plot and scheme for tho final capture or overthrow of all govern ments which are not subservient to the Roman church and tho old fraud on the Tiber.' Wo seo In Mr. Rush's article the ruse of the pick-pocket who snatches a pocket hook and runs after an Imagi nary thief crying "stop thief," and who escapes with tlie booty while a foolish multitude chase un inoffensive citizen who is also chasing an Imaginary thief. Of course, Mr. Rush will indignantly resent having, the Roman corporation likened to a plek-pockot, but if he will pardon us, wo believe the latter is tho more honorable of tho two, for ho robs only those who have money, while the Roman machine robs them of every thing money, lndejiondonco, honor, truth, vlrtuo and love of country. Mr. Rush says that "if ho be an hon est man, ho will shrink from becoming a malefactor, but if ho is disobedient to his society, ho muy forfeit his life as a consequence." How true of Rome! Can It bo that Mr. Rush took a leaf from tho Roman church and mado it applicable to all Christendom? Ono acquainted with its workings, ono who knows the length to which that church will go to prevent members from leaving the church, to prevent priest and nuns from renouncing their vows, and to prevent men and women from exposing tho damnable practices of the Roman machine, knows that they "may forfeit their lives as a consequence" Ltsik at Chlniqny! How often have tho Romans attempted to kill him? Look at Slat tery! How have they treated him and his wife? As they have Chinlquy at tempted to murder them! How havo they tried to disprove the lectures and books of Rev. J. G. White? Not by argument, but by force! Not with facts, but with clubs, bricks and bullets! Mr. Rush wrote of Rome and tried to make It applicable to Protestantism hut tho effort has been a failure. Our Schools Vindicated. "Tho poisj has confirmed tho decision of tho propaganda In favor of tho plan advocated by Archbishop Ireland of allowing American Catholic schools to be taught by state teachers, rsllglous instruction to be given after school hours, the object being to relieve Catholicism of the burden of the expense of separate schools." The foregoing was cabled from Rome and published in yesterday's .Sews. Viewed with other details of .'Arch- ; til.. In It i m i 'i t.,.i t '). !hji-ii at the tatii-an. l.ii li havw jr''eit OiWceni'lty (5t-i-,i,h li.vi !iU' i... !, th. ti- t an Itaiiily Hil'iht. of it i , in, ! 1 1 (. t. v.'Mi,: t" ali tupl to tiii"d.m aie,ll.n !H! ti tl.ioii,tilry ith Iti'i evjKiti.il el two Mtcin of ImmiU. oln Hi the tt!1net of fort tga fiiMatle t,e do not h.'Hi-vo In mr term ot government, and another a an In iiisN ii.(t!,!o f, tr In a civil ay imc; iim iim!r role which retjulf'-s iiit.illieen! Voter. Tint lllsit M foivd upon the Ittilimotv Plenary council by foreign Innuetie". but while It was formally twad a policy of the Itomnn church In the United Stale il ha never h en accepted by American Catholics, nor inure than seemingly by the American Catholic clergy. After a struggle of thirty years, the enemies of American public education for the' greater purl of the time being sus tained by tlie forms of church author ity, lianily mere than a fifth of Catho lic children have lmen Influenced to leave our free schools either by bland ishments or spiritual despotism. The action of their parents has now found vlmlic'itlon from tho head of their church, thanks to a pope who is also a statesman and capable of comprehend ing the Irresistible forces at work in tho uplifting of humanity which constitute tlie march of human progress; and thanks, especially, to an American primate who had the patriotism and courage to confront and overcome formidable clerical enemies to free In stitutions within the communfon of his own church, Archbishop Ireland's victory Is equiv alent to a distinct assertion by the Roman Catholic authorities that secu lar and religious Instruction need not bo given together and in tho same school, but that they are separable and may be taught separately. This is a complete reversal of tho action of the Baltimore Plenary council on that point, and, if olllclally' confirmed, as It doubtless will be, removes tho last pro tense for oppressing Catholics with a double school tax. Tho archbishop has also secured the 1,1, rl, cut ('nOinltn Indorsement for American public schools and the viim? eatlonal methods therein purittou. His ' plan, the approval of which has b ion announced, proposes to turn over American Cathollo school to tho Mate, subject to the public school la.v.Hn tho various localities, and to bo plnocd In charge of state teachers. The only condition Is that provision shall ho mado for tho religious instruc tion of Catholic children out of school hours, This part of tho work, which Isoertalnly right and to be commended, belongs of course to tlie parents and tho church, and Archbishop Ireland so understands it, because in this country t he state can not teach religion. Tlie friends of American secular education have maintained that there was ample time for religious Instruction, whether Protestant or Catholic, out of school hours, and if it was not given tho re sponsibility lay with tho parents and , the respective church forces, This rational view of tho case has now been ratified by an authority that no good Catholic should object to. Archbishop Ireland's triumph Is an emphatic rebuke to tho small caliber bigots who havo stigmatized our public Mcheols as godless nurseries of infidel ity, that a barrier might bo raised be tween Catholic youth and theennobllng Influences of American civilization. The march of Intelligence must not be checked, if unimpeded mental de velopment is adverse to any tyjw of theology tho remedy and the only remedy will be found in a reconstruc tion of that theology. Tho world still moves. Uocl-ij Mountain Newt. The Jlmrdh Journal says: "There Is In existence in this state an organiza tion know as tho A. 1'. A. and tho ob ject Is to prevent Roman Catholics from holding olllce." Tho Journal calls this an un-American association, an Insult to Catholics, and bigotry, and that no such a narrow-minded associa tion should bo tolerated In this freo land of ours. It Is a strange fact that while an organization known as tho Cathollo Knights of America has been In existence for years, and while they are gaining members every day, no body savs anthing about it, but as soon as the Americans organize they are hooted and howled at by Romans and Roman sympathizers. If the Journal will glance around, possibly It will see that this glorious country la in danger, and that tho danger cannot be averted in any other way but through the A. P. A. But then we are glad to know which side of the fence you hang on. Columbm Looking-Glcus. Buy your cigars at "The Little Gem," 504 south 16th st. "OUR COUNCIL" is the leading 5 oent cigar in the city. 1