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ROMANISM VS. A, l A.
4 De Moini'd Writer Addres a
fp Word to tho PrUits,
Ths Roman ChurtH Drst ribsd by Ons
of the Faithful Who Thought
ha was AAilinj the
A. P. A.
1)k Mot N km, lit., January 3, 111:1.--Knmm
A Mf.uk 'AN: An a mcmlr of
the A. 1'. A , 1 ask th privilege of
answering through your columns, a
windy attack um the above as'la
tlon by Priest Jesuit F. Nugent.
A recent Issue of the Catholic Mrnmi'
yrr expiates um tlo.'H:uutlful God
like Influence of tho Catholic homo."
I wonder if tho rowdy makers, Urry
Hunts, Swifts, Callahan and other
"French" thugs, who havo for your
figured In police and penitentiary circles
In thin slate wore roared undor tho
above mentioned "holy Influences?"
Undor what influence were tho Irltdi
lloman bootleggers roared who Infest
the city, since they wore prohibited
from atto ullng tho "Godless
public chools?"
Since the wisdom, intelligence
and virtue of the age, past and
present, is and ha boon cmbod
iod in the 1 toman Catholic church
how can you censure tho "clay
plpu-hoadcd A. P. A.'a?" Will
not their brittle heads be an ad
vantage to you and your intelli
gent following when you resort
to your favorite national pastime
of wielding the ithlllalah and
cracking skulls? You doubt that
there is any "oxcuho" for the
existence of the A. 1'. A's. I
should think that tho recent eloo-
tlon in Iowa would furnish you
with something of an excuse for
their existence, even while you
are crowing over tho 1 toman Cath
olic victory on tho national issue,
Mr. Nugent, tho "excuse" for
the existence of tho A. P, A's 1
the fact that such a fomtering
t
CV'iolIc ahwvU exists under
tho mtMgi merit of "his wicked
ness" iWhoso present, seat of gov
ernment is about the Ojilrlnal
the tnagot thn ha made seri
ous and lasting trouble for every
government where it lias taken
root. They will exist whether
satisfactory to you or not, ar.d will
be a thorn In your side until you,
ws a church, shall have called out
the ''beneficiary" lnstl ution the
A, O. H, to quiet them. To
quote from Mr, Mormbari, the ob
ject of the A, (), Jf,, Is to "care
for the sick and bury the dead,"
but why they should drill with
guns when their Intention are
so pacific, Is a question that Mr,
Monahan or yourself, Mr. Nugent,
are perhaps best able to deter"
mine, Think you they would bury
any dead A, I', A's, that might "acci
dentally come within the range of those
small callble rifle I.V70 government
standard, Of course they are heretics
and the "Holy Terror," LeoXIfL has
dearly defined your duties toward
thorn, You say that the ftoman church
would not permitan organl.atfon within
Its folds whose object was tho "over
throw of Protestantism," As the policy
of the lloman church by its own dec
laration is that of extermination of
heretles, it would seem that there were
no neeesslty for "organization for that
purpose" within its fold. The Infamous
Jootrlnothat the "end justifies the
means" and which you ascribe to us as
one of our principles originated in your
-church and you know It, You have
never let go that principle long enough
for us to caleh It if we would, Of course
It would be Impertinent to ask or even
guess as to the object of the ('lan tut
Gaol or II, M C H. A. and M.f.iy other
of your secret societies, but wi a copy
of the constitution and by-laws iH'ie A.
O. II, before me, whose laws also .intern
in a measure tho Hibernian KnSri'ts
and Hibernian III mYs, and probably the
Knight of Ht. John, one need not cur
jecture as to the alms of tho latter so
cieties. Would you, Mr, Nugent, us spiritual
advisor of those loyal A, O. H's, 1st
willing to leave at home yourdual char
aetcr of God Almighty and Koman
Catholic priest, descend to the lowly
dignity of an ordinary citizen and take
your oath that the Intention of tho A.
(, If. Is pacific; that they do not drill
with arms and that their principle is
not church first and country a matter
of secondary consideration, and that
one of their cardinal principles Is "to
present a bold unbroken front to the
theenemlesof their church?" Of course
you could dwlgo this point by defining,
to suit the occasion, who Hie "enemies
,of your church are?" WVhethcr your
tl tlnllioi weult) l' Miveptttt ht Iti'ivtle
er tint oun'.il t. li.l tlif auteilllt
ef truth yni would U-wIIIIm to (ml Into
)onr tloni lil It kiiuhiU hsiijilv
one who tins ii'Hl I'lmtvli lilntoiy w hi-ii
a Itonian I'ailiolle pi li l U ylm to ti!k
of "moral rot and uVeav," and "Me'etliijf
o i tin- ulri'i'l nml slinking hand with
the iiibii whom It wn Intetelod o utiih
tho next day." You are well verwd In
the trick of your ehuii h, Mr, Nugent,
That sound very plausible, your eh u re h
history tMinshloivd. It makes one think
of the historical night of Nt. Ihtrtholo
mew, murder of Ir, t'ronlu and the
later "removal" of Mayer Miller, of
Houth t)inftha. Your priest and other
titled church olllelal asall any and all
American institutions, denouncing
them In the must unmeasured terms
hot to say Inectid lary, and If tho press
of the country does not applaud your
sentiments It suys nothing, actuate of
course by love In tho first instance and
fear of your displeasure In the second.
On the oilier hand any attempt to
"cuss" or discuss the methods of tho
lloman Catholic church Is nine times
out of ten tho signal for tho raising of
a mob, as in tho very recent case of
Hlattery at Keokuk, Iowa, White at
Muscatine, Iowa, and Lyons at Choy-
T' ''' l'yv,"f'3!Mf
Jr
L1"t
enne, Wyoming, to say nothing of hun
dreds of similar Incidents too numerous
to mention, which havo rsscurred In this
country. During Mr, White's lectures
In this city recently, your article In tho
U'QlKl'r, Mr, Nugent, deploring mob
violence rather seemed to eouritenamio
It in certain cases. Hud a mob been
raised upon the occasion of his last lec
ture, yourself and Messrs, Flavin and
Hchmldt might pimslbly been obliged to
ignore pastoral visit to attend to the
more profitable business of purgaterial
praying. The "moral rot" element was
out and watching in the interest of free
speech, Hpeaklng of "moral rot," is it
possible that previous to writing that
article you had been rellectlng upon tho
holy vows of celibacy you have taken
and probably broken, or have you been
meditating upon your present convent
system filled with unwilling or other
wise depraved victims? Of course not,
A man like yourself, in full health, the
li t of his congregation, with everything
to stimulate the animal passions in the
way of diet, assurance of secrecy, etc,,
could not do otherwise than live the
strictest life of celibacy If he tried to.
Would It puzzle you in the least to ac
count for tho existence of certain
U-liK' I sometimes wonder If it would
n t be eiisler for you to do so than to
aewintfor the existence of tho A, P, A,
General Hherrnan, in an article copied
in tho IUyiU'r, declared that ho was
not and never could bo a Catholic, that
he did n:t choose at that time to give
his reasoti but had them. While in an
unconscious corn) I tlon, just before his
death, hlslesuit son admlulMters the
rite of "extreme unction" and your
church history luthe future will record
him as one of tho greatest generals of
the ikbclllon and a staunch Catholic,
Great Is the v rtue of wax and holy oil
when applied py the lloman Catholic
priest. Acco-ding te your church diss
trines upon he subject of marriages
contracted oUslde of the church, how
. i
fc. " 'VZ it II I I II I I ls"a I l I , It! m t . "w r 2 M . " fr
W III the nflpi iti if of n li h Mil Ion iHiMo
pniv rillghiily w Mh tin' olUpi liitf f
sn unman (oil il-t
to Woulil )oi hold up tlu hj ks-1 lie yni
Hli'lit toned, joiirwlf, or Would) oil let
Itowdv Mrtgher hold Mill Hp tll'ot for
the tielletit of the rhilivll Slid thlim
III mi Into qiilik-llnie aftewrl l It
to bo eoiixtriHTl ft all e Mete' of the
pact lie Intention of jour ehuii-h that
the A. O, II. paraded the slrm'i of Cin
cinnati on folumhu day with riucsV
Was It a like evhleiiei- Hint iiu'tnliers of
your rhun'h desecrated the tomb of
l.lmidn, the man martyred by 1 1 If Have
the dosccrator Ish-ii releiid from the
Illinois ponltetitlaryy Why not Incur
sirate that history into your paris'hlal
school text Issiks? Could you not make
a home tppllcntlon of the term "whltcd
sepulchres" Is 'fealty to Croat
Itrltaln" a more hideous rrlme than
fealty to the "scarlet lsast" of the Vati
can? How is it you understand so well
alsiut packed juries and religious re
strictions? Do you consider yourself
an adept af'damning with faint praise?"
I judge so from your feeble defence of
Protestantism. What you do not know
about tho benefits of "liberty of con
science" Is not worth knowing. Please
explain, also, best monns of destro lng
it. Are not those pen pictures which
you so graphically portray with an
artist's eye and hand, showing th
nefarious end and alms ot tho A. P. A,
full life sized portraits of the church
you represent? Could they have been
drawn by any other artist save one
educated In the church of Home? Could
you not substitute "Homlsh church"
for "A, P, A," In many places In your
article and pay a deserved tribute to
Home? One sentence would then read,
"that the end and aim of the Iteman
church Is to wre.ik" not Itself but the
United States government. Yes, you
can easily take home your own senti
ment "the end justifies the means,"
Mr, Capcl could afford to do so when ho
stated at tho "order of the pojsj school
tax collectors would receive bullets
instead of money," Doe be Isdong to
the A, O, II., and is hi division armed
with -IMOs? Do you think that your
"wooden warehouse" Illustration would
li more dilllcult for an Intelligent com
munity tos'vallow than your historical
"holy coat of Treves," the "relic of Ht.
Anthony," tho several "heads of John
the Haptlst" that you havo stowed away
for the veneration of the lalthful, the
fifty or more "leg of the ass" on which
our Ird rode Into Jerusalem, the "vial
ol the breath of Ht. Joseph, caught by
an angel," or the wonderful removal of
that wonderful structure from the Holy
Land te Italy a second removal In
Italy without the loss of a timber, j
crack In the plaster or Injury te the
chlnaware?
. When It comes to "misfit theology,"
the term disis not apply to your re
ligion as you make It conform te all
conditions, countries, climate and
crime bull fighting on Kunday In
Mexico and Hpaln, srseoution of other
creeds wherever you are, Siibbath dese
cration In Switzerland, iereeution and
banishment of tho Salvation Amiy
from that country, toleration of Metho
dism in America liecauso It cannot
j ilo ltln-i x l at u- el, tmtiUliMo ill of !
It trout ,Vi"ttii tcAue It ti no
rented, the lvr garden ami the low
trlhel, the o li saloon and the ''nioti
reoiHVlatde" iIUk, roootttUe lull ijjie
sgsiuxt yoM i hue iil slid nlo snv
tlientiA of fttermhiHtilig hel-elleo, All
thee conditions your theology will fit
If Hie pt eo of alsxtittlloii insight,
(let i fceurmi It would ls W oug for the
A, P. A', to propHk'nte ProtcMfliit
dis'trlue, jour I o titiich siis'rlor,
Could you eo any dllTereiic' Hlde
from a rtdigleim one lietwi'eu the re
cent McIImmIUI awemhlitge st Omaha,
W ith on diMU'H Hild queciiV Kliglinh,
and the Kiiiuiiti CHtlioile gathering at
New York w Itli cloned disirwaiid liHtln?
A. P. A. sigolilcM the upholding of the
Pulled Stale government: CalhollelHin
Its Miibvcrslon. That Is no 'excuse"
of course for the existence of the former.
Will It "shake your faith" to be In
formed that there are Orangemen
fuiough In Groat Itrltaln to defest
'Homo rule" for Ireland and enough in
this country for the "holy Human Cath
olic church" to mob now and then?
Did It make your head ache when tho
Second Keg I meet band of Chicago
played "The lloyne Water" at the first
inauguration of Gov, Hole? Which In
your judgment Is more preferable in a
clt I .en, the "clay-pipe head and chicken
heart" of an A, P, A,, or the massive
Intellect and dark complex loned char
actor of the avenge priest of Home?
What are your foldings when you read
the reports of wardens of penitentiaries,
If you ever read them, to see the largo
jK'rcent, of your faith that are "perse
cuted for righteousness sake?" If any
of your statements were to bo believed,
I should 1st more than pleased to learn
of your opposition to any society that
would "take the bread from the mouth
of an lnmsicrit babe because its father
was a Protestant." Possibly you would
turn the father ovei to tho A. O. If.,
the fellows who never drill with guns,
that Is "hardly ever," and if the "in
nocent bubo" had any profs-rty, secure
it for the church. Then to avoid any
chance of having It grow up to 1st edu
cated In the "pojs-.less" public schools,
baptize It to Insure salvation and wring
its neck for safety.
Did you ever hear of a teacher In a
parochial school who "prayed as her
I 'rotestant mother taught her?" Had
you not Isdter find an Instance of this
kind before you begin "dragging hypo
crites from the shadow of the Vatican,"
or prate alsiut "whlted sepulchres?"
A a lover of even handed justice why
riot use your Influence te make public
the confession of Ice Man O'Sulllvan,
In connection with the Cronln murder?
The s;ople of Cook county and Illinois,
having had the bills to flout, are In
terested In It. v ny not orn your
convents and give te those who desire
It their liberty? The Mexican war
veterans "met with no papal bulls,"
other historians do not agree with you.
Some think tho 'bull'' were there but
their horn were not as well dcvcIoisd
as at present. The "devil quoting
Scripture te Christ on the mountain"
could have no possible connection with
ttio A. P. A. The I toman Catholic
church is the only institution which
t tsllli Kiteh nin si Mtnti!i l'o.ili'
the pilttiH- i.( ii o of tll i;e, Ht
Mil, l s ii, -.-.mUi.l lnsilir.i l lit,e
S it the lultiirttee of
an a,t,iHe
t iiol let loit, or the rviilt ol a llt to
It-mi n V'ttllii'lie IkHttlewllii; oltttilUti
Hu nt tliHt iti.i.livd an A. t. tl. In thU
city to !ule Ihul in the lutactticnt of St,
Auibrow church then' U one thousand
ltid of hiiiis wlih earlrldgea to
match When riot Influenced by either
of the wlvtve condition at wluil range
could the aversge A.O. H, hit a "clsy
pipe head'" .Mr. Nugent, If you will
foint UNin II the term 'misfit" plonc
accept a token in return. There I
some chance of alteration In a inUM-
article of any kind but there seems to
1st little or no hope for a rotten theo
logy of which you are an able exsinenl,
A you have mors Influence w ith the
l)fs Moines pi-ens than any Protestant
clergyman could have, will you not
have this published as an answer to
your letter? He charitable and remem
Is'r that the elTorts made by a "clay
plM-hcudod" A. I'. A., who can only
boast of two years attendance at a
"GinIIoms" public school, could hardly
Is) expected to compare with an "In
tellectual" giant, oiirtlcularly in res
ponno to Hindi a polished shaft as your
art icle on the A. 1'. A.
Mr, Nugent, the people are wider
awake now than at any time for the
past fifty years arid, If I mistake not,
tho "mnie tmme tffkd aphurnin" of your
destiny Is written upon the wall of this
republic. That blighting curse and
greatest enemy of human liberty tho
church of Home Is making its final
struggle,
May God grant that the A. P, A's.
shall bo successful in tho "propagation
of Protestant disitrlnes" that the gloom
of papal night may not descend lower
ujstn our beloved country; that from
the boisterous billows of tho Atlantic
to the placid waters of the Pacific;
from tho csil dark waters of Superior
te the sunny climes of tho Gulf stream,
our people may Is) united around our
glorious standard the flag of our
country, and In tho future as in tho
past, this land shall bo tho .Kg I of
universal liberty te tho oppressed of
all the lands who can appreciate the
priceless boon, and to you, Mr Nugent,
If you are content to remain here and
not abuse your privilege.
A, P. Anokkho.v.
Catholics.
Tho Irish Catholic are te bo whlpjs-d
In by the German Catholic. Father
Corrlgan, an Irish priest, Is quoted
from Friemun't Journal a saying: "I
oppose two things. First, tho attempt
to Germanize America by means of tho
church. Second, tho denunciation of
the public schools as alsunlnationul."
This was a criticism of the German
congress and for this he has been called
to stand trial by Hishop Wigger.
To tho outside world there is a fight
for control by the German Catholics
and a revolt' by tho Irish. That the
German Jesuits will apparently Is;
overcome at the first onset, may be
safely predicted, and the Irish will ap
pear as the champions of tho school
and free Americanism, but In the long
run the Germans will make the Irish
do I.hI-- l.'l. t p. n to II,, tt !. '),
Who it, ttot ptlj- oot old I ttn -f
Hjsn, Sf.l hit .vU unj- ifo,) out
io eormpt a liH, l Tamtiiany the
.le,ii! Ii-al t atliMlle i hnn H In tlitleat
Aim tea . - V.iowl, 4i,
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A Virar's rtrtKnstton n. tVoll
The H, Canon Htlrling, writing
fcim New Maiden, of which he km the
vicar ent the following on the 2,'mt
illt. tl the liUhop of H.ahenter, who
liaa aeeeptod the reverend gentleman'
resignation: "It Is my painful duty to
state that I have today, with finding
of profound grief, exi-euted the deed of
resignation of this tsuiclbv. In placing
my realgnntlon In your lordshli's
hands, I miiy be allowed to say that the
recent judgment In the Lincoln case
has rendered It intNwlhle for pie to
retain my connection with the KsUl
llshed church as she now Is, with
sisry caught by her clergy on every
hand, her communion tables turned Into
'altars,' her ministers Into 'sacrificing
priests,' her churches into 'mass
houses,' and with 'auricular confession
Inculcated, practised, and where possi
ble, enforced. All this Is done under
the eyes, with tho knowledge, and
under the protection of the bishops who
llrht lntrmluce the 'wolves in
sheep's clothing' Into the fold and '
then shield them when tho flock
remonstrates. My lord, I have
been for forty-one years a plain
Kngllsh clergyman. I must da
dine now to bo longer aswKilated
with Homlsh priests. That tho
Church of England will bo pun
ished for her apostany from those
Protestant principles and truths
of which she was In better days
the bulwark, is as certain as that
tomorrow's sun will rise. Dises
tablishment and dlsendowment
would appear to be rapidly ap
proaching, I can only pray that
It may please Almighty God to
'cleanse and defend Ills church,"
for unless cleansed from popish
doctrines and popish practices
she will not and cannot be success
fully defended.' " The letter con
cluded with thanks to the blubop
for his kindness and courtesy to
the writer - ,! i wm
Rise and Guard.
Tho Hrooklyn Chronifk In Its
Issue of December I), 1892, takes
the Iowa State rjtifTtotask for
its servile attitude toward tho llo
man church. It truthfully states
that It was the first newspaper
In the state to wage a warfare
against that great and powerful
rcllglopolltical organization - -the
lloman church. Tho Enlir
prine has tho honor of being sec
ond in the field, and it is gratified
to know that such papers as the
Keokuk (ink CV',Muscatlno Jour
nal and Cedar Kaplds llrpubiimn,
are taking up the fight and
doing all they can te enlight
en tho people as to the ob
jects, alms and progress of our
enemies. The EulrrprUc, has been
charged with attacking the Catholic
religion, but never in it columns were
seen even a word that furnishes' foun
dation for such a charge. It hs direct
ed all Its attack toward the church us
a factor In oolitic and sought to de
fend so far as able the free Institutions
of America from the continued attacks
of Homanlsm. The public rchool sys
tem is one of the most highly prized of
all our institutions, and anyone who
reads will know that it Is tho avowed
object of the lloman church te break it
down. It protests against Homun
Catholics paying taxes for its supimrt
and openly ail voeates a division of the
public money, a share of which shall go
to tho support of its parochial schools.
If they accomplish either one of tho
above aims thej will continue to en
croach on the liberties of the American
fsjoplo until they havo no 1 Us-r ties left,
but will bo at tho beck aud call of tho
lloman priestcraft. After enjoying
four centuries of freedom It will bo
hard te go back to papal despotism.
American coplo must rise up and
guard against such a catastrophe.
Wtt Liberty (fazttte.
New York Herald on Immigration.
The Philadelphia lkcord fears thaj
the anti-immtgration movement
founded on ratio prejudice. It mli:
i... t .. .... Tl...... t ..
ii:, in i aui-ic liu uuui'i n -
deal of race prejudice In tho mlndj
some of tho Philadolphians who i l
chickens for the New York market
no one blames them for locking
doors of their coops at night. Pa
Americans who read tho dally
of pauperism and crime in the
papers can scarcely cseapo race
dice, but they aro certainly ev
for wanting te loci
nation against fre-i
kind.
Try thi Annv
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