22
THE AMERICAN.
OUR fOHKisroNiom
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Many r"tNer hl atiMli and
H lwrir Oftf,
Wti i.1n Ain
tl tw-4 ltl "Tl ne I hi." bt-
WW f Mt . ,ii It K of l t ll
nKl llt thIHtvn U a nulii. M .!(,
, ninl rr artald t , bt I rt.i m thin
ill IH IHIT WW1)I Iff piWttlWWT miHIB
n- IH tne WI IHtBTHIV TO IW 111
llita imw tl.l U ..tll. tt it-tlill litl
twii ee-ostchitsneil ih all Ihelr p,t Hee
rittrlut relit a lb ataa tmatvH,
and astbe "I'la. a. pm" lifwHnlnVn tii.iw
tncaetful than Jlt Ihe "aliUe pope," It mat
h the bt-ttitnlnt of A prrlnd nhlrhtx.il rane
disaster l Ih i hltr, h
I do em wish lo imlli't' fu a poi a
prrmin In limn I mut boa, and hla Vent
font In my lillatliwi I lh tit imlder
simply man. the aam a I em. A far
a jrimi pmllhtit and rhancen ff heavea are
cnm-froed, I would tnlHchsfTe !lh you.
and ton may nol wish lo exchange alili me,
fteve rthelrm, lam anre you have often been
Impressi-d with t lr thought thai "II l a
weary hrnj that ami a crown."
Now, Mr. fee-el. I hat many thing to
writ In you, and I am nol sure that It I were
to write to you a Ion Inter every 'V, I
would have time to r all I wish to aay lav
for you will ho compelled to t ai-e your lln tl
- account, aa you In your Ufa have made It,
You have climbed up to yourprcucnt pol
tlonhy a miserable atalrway. and If It with
to break aomeon would ba Injured by the
fall. I once went up the atalrway to tha
"Cava of Ilia WlniK" at Manllou, and I waa
surprised at many people who would take
thotr famlllaa up that flight of ti'M In onlor
to aaa an undnritround pamaica way. I told
tha man who had eh urge of theplaca, that It
w m uBiicin.iu ninirwKj, nun iimi ii Hp-
' poarrd aa If aomeono had hrokon the Iniard
protooloron thealdu and had fallen to the
rock below. Ha anawered: "The atalrway
laeafn. Ihuveen a many a tweiity-ono
people on It at one time." One pci-aon who
reached the top of the atop a I came from
the trip throiiKh the cave wa ao frltht4nnd
that It twame a aerlou queatlon npt'tlux
the trip down the lllttlit of Hti'iw, and wni too
much axhauMMl to RothrouKb the cave.
1 do not ay that all the member of your
church have aiccmlcd to the helKhta of
worldly ambition, that they might ho through
an underground pannage-way In the next
wot-ld, but I would nol want you to ank me
hour many I thought have taken that trip,
"He aure you are right then go ahead" I a
Hood motto. "Discretion I the heller part
of valor" I bImi worthy bf ronNlilcratlon
You should hear lhee two thing In mind a
you attcmpt.to manage the affair of vour
church. If you are wrong ami ll I Jiit be-
Klnnlng to dawn upon your mind, be mun
' enough to ay you are wrong. If you are de
termined to aloriii heaven and earth ami
take It by force, chIbIiIIhIi your unlvcrniil
miiluHt j ntmi nartli atid dnmti( of tod the
'. kiy f li.sft mi, thai yiu aitmlt or est-
(Imin iinwe whom you win, you wuat re
itiotutier that, "disM'rt,! lun I the latler part of
-ttohi Bnirin iw rnwiewneo your
loiio-wrrn , vol iom limit inn moniiihi' iii
t heir Uvea have been many," and t hat the
inlatakea of your life have been awful. If
you Intend to take heaven and earth do not
( be ao terribly proud that you will permit any
oiio to aay of you, "Alter Hen In terra,"
"Another Uod upon earth," Take HMHolon
In tha name of the Lord of llot and not In
the name of hla hollnen (?) ( ho pope. The
time will come when you will he compelled
to acknowledge that In order to haveeternal
life, you tuiiNt In humility come to the foot of
the rroaa, a Mary, the mother of Jeaua, came
ti Him,
It might MUiprlxe you If (lirlHl were upon
earth and came to your palace, and after
having told Him of tha rant work of the Ko
lu an Catholic church. Heahouldaay, "Man,
what have I to do with thee?" the aame a
He aald to Mary, Then If you would exhibit
good judgment, you will not allow a wave
of paawlon to pan over your face. The color
might mount toyourrheeka and you might
aay, "Would You utter auch word to lheuc
realtor, of Kt, 1'eter to whom You gave the
keya of heavenf Your (in'tlon make It
very evident tO'iun that You are a hypocrite
and a deoclver." To which Christ would aay
many thing to bIiow you your true poult Ion.
He would explain the "key dlfllculty," and
prove another mltaka you have made. The
blebnprlt! of 1'eter at Kome, and the many
tradition of H. VvU-r would lie ao clearly
proven to you a fale, that you would fall
upon your knee and begin to pray with all
your might to the "lllemwd Virgin," which
haa alway been an Insult 'lo the King of
King. Christ at thla point might leave you
on account of not being wanted.
Think over lliese thing. Prove all thing,
Hold fat to that which I good. Al.KrT.
About Th Jr. O. U. A. M,
Kninm A MKHrcAa i Your Jr. O. II. A. M.
x rt adcr may feel an lnteret In learning
aotuethlng of the work of organizing In your
neighboring atate.
Hlaaeyen week since I left Omaha for
Mtaaourl'for the purpoee of perfecting the
organlxatlon In thl atate, Ht, l.ouls council
No. 1 waa Instituted lust February, and
although Isolated and licsct with many dllll
cultlea.lt ha wealhered thetorm and I
now one of the llncst council In the country.
They have about SKI member, and aretiiklng
them In at an average of ador.cn at each
meeting. They have a good treasury and
o nicer and are bound to he a grand success,
Laat August t Instituted council No. 2 at ft,
Joseph, arid ahortly after that No, Hand No'
4 were itarted In rH. Loul by the brother
there, who also Instituted No, S at Trenton.
No. 8 at Kt. Loul and No. 7 at Do Hota. I
came to Missouri In Novemlier. and on the
fith Instituted No. S at Erdmore, followed by
so. vin Kansa C ity and No. 10 at Cedalla.
rtietate council wa then Instituted Iti8t.
Jla. and then No. 11 and No. 12 were Instl-
kted by me In Kt. Lout. I then Instituted
I at Hannibal, No. 14 at Holden, and No.
City. Hro. t ha. F. Hmlth, the
vice councilor, put In No. 1(1 at Ht.
h, and I Inst ituted No 17atKnobmmter.
ral other couiiclls are under way In
In parts of the state, and Missouri will
U y nave an organisation which will bo
Uveln accnmpllNhlng our object. The
til are all doing well, and wo have
worker both among the aub-
i-ouncll ofllcnr and the ntateofUcc rs.
Instituted one council In Kansa,
i No. 1 of Kansas City, and several
(best artcd right after the hoi Id ay.
principle of the Jr.
cratood we a(Kn get
lo overcome many
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room tu the it O V A M I am la mwe
d . tttiiM'4 eM tiilloily l' h.i it
the Anirtti-aa I'mlii tlte A- llin ,i
by Ibe li.li Mieiii !H.fn aieini r. who ai
In thai a"1!!!' f ualb rtftoilna ti
the can they advu-me, lm by iihrhn
certainly bte ot ttn-iab WHtllvea. la
Ariiiouid!, hati, wliie I hi a 111 of
twpnly-kpvra naiiii'k, wifmtifrk of lh A, I'
A. hata tlnl evety eRurl lit prevent the
nrganltaltna, They tnHirrprpwntfd our
eiiler and hat oi"d o.y work In eteiy
war. ThU I nol an Isolated cae, and your
reader can foim llielrowneuni'luiloniof I he
motive of then no-celled "Ameilcan."
Theobtivla ami prtnclplea of the Jr. , I'.
A.M.aneh a the "rewirlctlon of Immlgra
Hon," etc., are boldly appropriated ty then
over aealou "Aiui'ricii, anil uiey are
doing all In their aiwer to Injure ihelr own
aworlatlon In Hie eye of all fair minded
men.
The only way lo accomplish I he object of
all truly loyal American organisation I by
united, harmonious and concerted effort,
not by jealoii opposition to each other,
The admission of mime of these Kansa
"Americana" that "If the Jr. t). V. A. M. gota
aatart there the A. 1. U. won't lat long," 1
a rldlculou a It Is Injudicious. The laillcy
of the Jr. I). I'. A.M. Is to aid iiml awslsl every
other patriotic orgaiiUetlun, and we ladleve
various order, which, while they may differ
In a number of minor detail, can all unite
In the common object of the preservation of
the Inst Hut Ions of our country.
Thirty-nine year of ateady, healthy
growth, and our Juiiiiense memlicrslilp, ex
tended over I lie country from ocean lo
ocean and from the lakes to tliegulf, a bene"
lli'liilsyMtem the result of year of experience,
give the Jr. (. I1, A, M. u stability and per
manency which will resist, Hie assault of all
opposition.
The opposition menl limed I not from
foreign-born nietnlier who are Ineligible to
membership In the Jr. (I. I!. A, M., but mostly
from would-be "lenders" who wish to control
Ihelr membership politically for their own
preferment. Let all true Americans remeii
lier the old American watchword: "I'nlted
we Htiuid, Divided we Kail,"
- Hthi'hum I'm, i. in,
lANaa City, Mu DcceinberSfl, IWJ.
At to Immigration.
OMAHA. Neb.) December a?, iwit-Kiinim
TiiK Amkiiii an - lleur HI r: Much has been
aald and much liu been written on the ub
Jectof Immigration. TheUnl.ed Htiileahn
lHen, aiMtili gVaral phrase ha It, used as a
dumping ground for the refuse from foreign
land.
Undoubtedly true II, I thai there are
great many person coming from foreign
laud, who are brought hem by no choice of
their own, hut by circumstance which are
too numerous to mention, some of which
perhaps the render of this Journal are
familiar with, and then when they are here,
take no Interest, whatever In the welfare of
till great republic, On the oilier hand, ll I
true that there are persons coming from
foreign laud who were good citizen of the
country In which they were born and who
have a real desire to become good citizen of
their adopted country. Homo of our grandest
(itlnens were and are men of foreign birth
Anyone who I versed In the history of the
United Htate will readily approve of this
statement, Therefore It would not be wise
to exclude all foreigner from our ahore,
but folly on the part of the party or parties
who would attempt such amove) for It would
be crushed out of exllencn, This was true
of the Knownothlng pal ly.
Home aay that foreigner should rcsldr
In till country Iwenty-onn year before
being entitled to clll.eiililp. I for one
think that live year la long enough
In which lo become acoiialnted with
Ihl government, A I am of foreign birth
and claim to lie a good clll,en of the I'nlted
MtntcN, I would Ilka to state a few facta which
I have personally observed during my resl
dence here. I came to this country young
enough to entitle me (according to existing
Itw) to become a clllnn Just a oon a I
wa twenty-one year of age, I did not need
to take out my first papers, a they are
railed, hut could get my full citizenship
paper at once, I went on the llrst day of
October, into, to (he district court and pro
cured my clllyetishlp paper, which made me
equal lo any man under the protection of the
alar and Mtrlpc. My heart wa glad and I
rejoiced In the fact that I waa now a Citizen
of the greatest nation on the face of the
globe, Hut how many there are who value
their clllxenshlp a little or nothing. I wa
astonished when I reached the clerk olhVa,
to find a lot of foreigner gathered there, by
politician, to take out their llrst paper or
to liecome citizens, 1 thought lo myself that
there waa something wrong either with the
court or with the law, that made cltlens by
Ihe wholesale of a people who did not know
anything of the English language nor of the
law which made them cltlens, nor under
stood the oath which wa administered to
them by the clerk, In fact they were a people
who told by their very countenance that they
were ome of the lowest, uneducated people
that K u rope produced. O, what a state of
alTulrat And who I to blame for this? Kvery
good cltlen of till country! Why not make
a law which will make It a crime for politi
cian to pay for the naturalization paper of
uch people? Here I one of Ihe greatest
evils: Just before the election that year. I
wa approached by one of the candidate
and he handed me a card on which wa
written:
To F. K. Mooiik. Fmo
I'lense let hearer have hi
nrst paper and charge to central
l ommlt lco. Hlgned,
1 think, I said to the gentleman lnUnstlon,
that I would not need my llrst paiicr and
would not take the money, ven If I had to
take a pick and shovel to earn hetilW which
um 1 required for the same. I told him
that I would not have auch a t aln uixin my
character ail my life, think a man who
doe not value hi cit izenship worth be
come by thl very act, unlit to become a
cltUen of thla great republic. You will find
the paper of the various partlea aaylngbe-
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in ln,t. t n.li tii'' aviwaer, la rtolkrti li .
alatiit i vat . aa li-nt.a en lie i
lolhl . hi kklltif lMH,t rlllwtikhlp
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Afii t il , ik dttts Joba iatd ttelo
I It d,H,k tn ! ,,n ll,o-d In tt il lit his
qiilta,'titk a- a ciuwa Tb et mwihi
Wl,l l aH.l" "J,.,n ,"hr
NtiN J,n tH ahieg altlght o f n but.
ib at tradet. f; th erti mnn.m "IHi
you l lift In a r piibbrkH al of toii iti
mi nil" .lidm, thlnktiit by thl time that ha
had a pulllb laa In f'til of him. and tu4
kmiwlng yet ahiMhrr he a dimi'tai iw a
publican, and not kmtalng whether h
niilil(aln Ih fatnTitr rtlftornf the clerk
bykaylng he U'liaiged lit one party or the
oilier, aald: "Well. I don'l know whether I
III vole demik-ralle or republican." The
cletk then ld; "You had belter wall a lew
year longer and And out which party you
will belong to before you take nut yourclll-
eiihtp paper," and right there refuaed to
let him have them. I Hi you believe the clerk
wa right? I do.
While I would entreat of my fellow clllrena
to rel rlet Immigration, for which measure
you will have the vote and upirt of every
loyal clllren, I would nppo and condemn
every measure which had for It object the
exclusion of worthy foreigner.
1-cl me ay In coucluslon, America not for
Amerlcau-born cllUena, hut for free men
from all countrlna, who will awear allegiance
to the I'nlted Hi ate without a mental reser
vation In favor of any foreign pope, poten
tate or sovereign. Hlncercly your, a Ioyal
Herman-American t 'ltlr.cn.
llAHIIY FiaCHKR.
A Pertinent Inquiry.
Noimii.a, Neb,, December lllst, 1H.-John
(i. Thomi'kon, EiHTtiii This Amkiiican-Di'ar
Hlr: I have at different time read aample
cople of Tun Amkiucan, handed me by
friends, audi now send you herewith check
for one dollar (ll.nm to pay subscription for
same for sin month from date. Wishing you
success In defending American Institutions
against, all foreign Interference, 1 am your
respectfully. Amkiucan.
I', H.If ll I permissible I wish you would
put In Til K Amkiiii1 an a local Item as follows
The clergy of Ihe various Protestant de-
noiiiliiatloiisari'rlsliig to Inquire of the
Inanaueisiii raiiroau lines, niiy isu. iiiul me
ltoman Calhollc clergy receive the favor of
annual pusses over the railway while 1'rol-
esliuit clergymen receive only the usual one
half fare permit? I'roluatant clergymen do
more In aid of railroad tralllc hy way of con
vent Ions, annual and semi-annual gather
lug, than Die Konilsh clergy, and have a
much cause, If nut tnoiie, to travel on the
railroad, and If the aame liberal courtesies
were extended to them a I extended to Ko
mnnCutliollc clergymen, they could do mufTi
more to build up churclie and promote pub'
lie welfare, Why thla partiality on the part
of railroads lo Humanism?
The Only Paper.
Al.bKtiiiKNY City, I'emi,, Decembers, IMti.
-Mil. TliiiMi'aiiM - Dear Hlr and Hrother:
What I the matter with Tiik Ammiiican?
have not, had one for three week, Why I
it? I never missed getting It until after the
elect Ion, Do you uppoc It I hocaua Cleve,
land wa elected, or because I voted for Hid'
well, or do Ihe d-d Mick throw It out when
they get It In their hands? Please look It up
for I would rather go without my aupiicr
than mis a copy of Tn a Amkiucan, It bulhu
only , pa per published In Omaha that any true
manor woman should support. It should be
a dally. JtiMKi'H Pi on tu.
CHEER FOR MASONS.
Though Opposed by the Pope They
can Rely Upon Brother Maione,
Tho followlnif letter, jircamblu and
roHolutlon will bu road by our brother
of tho oi'iift with no hiiiuII degren of
pleasure.
Han Fhancihoo, Cal., Deo. 10, 1 812,
l)ear Blr mid llralne?: Ar tho eloao of
tho (i mod Jjodge of .Sorrow held jointly
by tho Masonic Veteran Association of
the Pacific coast itnd (JctliHcmano Chap
tor of Itoau Croix, No. B, of of tho Art'
clent and Accepted Hcotlah HI to of
FrocmiiHonry, at tho Mnaonlo Temple,
Oakland, on Hundiiy evening, Decem
ber lHth, tho following action waa
taken:
Hro. r.dwlr. A. Hliertnan, .i;J, aa
Wlae Maater prealdlng, preaented tho
following l'reamblo and Heaolutlona
which after being read, weroon motion,
iinanlmoimly adopted by tho aald Chart-
tor of Hone Croix and unanimously con
curri'd In hy a rlalng voto of thin Ma-
aonlo Veteran Association.
Fraternally youre,
KUWIN A. 8I1KHMAN,
Secretary of tho Maaonlo Veteran Ahho
elation of the 1'aclllo C'oast and Na
tional Prealdent of tho Maaonlo Vet
eran Aaaoclatlonof tho United Statea.
I'RKAMHLE AND KKHOLUTIONS.
WHEHEA8, It has been recently pub
licly proclaimed to tho world through
tho public preaa, that a new decree has
oeon declared from tho vatloan by I'opo
Loo XIII, against Freemasonry and
Fremaaona In general, and against our
brothern In Italy In particular, a fresh
warrant for persecution and a new
declaration of war against free govern
ment and the right, of conscience, re
viving tho bull of Clement XII, in 18.'18,
of excommunication, confiscation and
sentence of death, against Freemasons,
without hope of pardon; and re-declared
by every successor to tho papal throne
to the present I'opo Leo XII I, who in
1884, in his "encyclical letter Humanm
(kttut (or the Human Hoee) said:
"Now therefor by tho example of or
predecessors, we havo decided to prO-
.i .!il b Ma- t
, it..;? (aikt ibi u !.' 'i t-.'t-.
ii,. )v i tnpi! ,aul i4 i I i
, t I at t h j :-.. ll-tri lit
l'1 k, , I H ttowr Bi d tt..v
I-,.. , I !lM, M at .. H-aj
nil to t . V lb tiaia.i I'
!KfcM "
" II t'blv in aitm -t l tl H lM-t
.mv, III mi I t4 t I llk4il ll"t
I. i ' t rh, l t .. anil t a-iilat i't
wo tir i- r m lit know aey lirl:
iirittil tottf ani'Un r by !! H4m til a
t lii.leal ,,. c tl.n, anil bv 1' It t it!
t,ii. it axti it lehd t rlrh t1bi r Will
lial kup Mt, and ofi- cat h t'llt-r
t.i
iU" and do vll,
n Irulh. with tif and ttlnani
lamr, rrvmn"iirY rueita llwelf InT
thla inrjww that ru) nf th rhunrh
nhtwlil W 4 ho wi lthl; that IV author
y ahitolil he a noilitnf In a ataie. and
fur thl n-amm, they rvM- h-rt aw it,
ami lnll, thai aaomt ami rlrll maiu rw
oui;hl to tie totally d lull nol, Ity thK
UnT fAclilile the iriiml w linliinie ul
thw Caiholie rvllgton from th lawa,
and from the ailminlatrallon of a nin
try! ami the tonqmn la, they think
that hole atatea ahonh la? CHinslltuUHl
outlile of the inalltvitoa ami procepta of
tho chureh. And
Wllf KKAH, adopting the language of
our lat(iraniK'4)mmander, Hro, AHa-rt
Pike, In hla tv ply to the aald "encycli
cal letter of Pope Ijpo XIII: "Nowhere
In tho world, haa Freemasonry over
aonaplred agalnat any government en
titled to its obedience, or to men's re-
sjact. Wherever now there i a const!
tullonal government, which respects
the rights of men, and of the people,
and the public opinion of the world, it
is the loyal supporter of that govern
ment. It has never in any country, been
the enemy of the people, the suppressor
of scientific truth, the stiller of the
Cod-given right of free inquiry, as to
the great problems intellectual and
spiritual, presented by the universe
the exhorter of confession by the rack,
tho burner of women, and the exhumed
bodies of the dead. It has never been
the enemy of the human race and the
curse and dread of Christendom. Its
patron saints have been St. John the
Baptist and St. John tho Evangelist,
and not tho beautified chiefs and mon
sters of the inqusltlon.
"It is not when the powers of the
papacy are concentrated to crush the
Freemasonry of tho Latin kingdoms
and the republics of the world, that tho
Masons of tho Ancient and Accepted
Scottish Hit of Freemasonry in the
United States, will, from any motive
whatever, proclaim that they havo no
sympathy with tho Masons of tho con
tlnent of Europe, or with those of
Mexico, or of tho South Amorlcan re
publics. If these fall into error of
practice, or Indulge in extravagance of
dogma wo will dissent and remonstrate;
but, wo will not forgot that tho Free
masonry of our Kite has always been
the apostle of civil and religious liberty
and that tho blood of Italian, Spanish
and other Latin Freemasons, has again
and again and again glorified and sanc
tified tho Implements of torture, the
scaffold and tho stake of tho papacy and
tho Inquisition," and
WIIKUKA8, "Tho 'father of his coun
try,' our beloved Hrother Goorgo Wash
ington and tho other Masonic founders
of tho American republic in carrying
out the principles set forth in the
declaration of liberty and Independence
and forming a constitution in accord
anco therewith, providing that: "Con
groas shall have no power to establish
religion or to provent tho free exercise
thereof," against which tho oncycl leal
letter of Pope Io XIII,, in 1884 Is
directly aimed as well as against Free
'masonry, and re-affirmed in his recent
declaration mude known to tho world
through tho public press, therefore
bolt
Jtrmlrfd, That wo as Freemasons
loyal to tho constitutional government
of those United States, to tho free In
stltutlons and laws of our country, as
good citizens, and faithful to tho prln
clples of Freemasonry which have
fallen under tho ban of tho popo and
tho entire papal hierarchy at Homo, wo
will maintain and defend the same at
all hazards whenever they are assailed
by tho enemies of free government, and
to which us our Masonic fathers did
"wo pledge to each other, our lives,
our fortunes and our sacred honors."
Jlcmlml, That wo extend our fullest
sympathy to our Masonic Brethren of
Ituly in particular, and to our Brethren
of all countries in general, where men
are condemned and persecuted for at
tempting to exercise tho God-given
rights of life, liberty and tho pursuit of
happiness, tho freedom of conscience
and the right of each Individual soul to
worship its Creator and its God, un
fettered and untrammeled by any
priestly power whatever; and that as
Freemasons wo will encourage and sus
tain our Masonic Brethren whitherso
ever dlsMTsed around tho globe, who
may bo engaged In tho defense of our
altars and tho great light of Free
masonry, and maintaining that liberty
and truth which makes us, and all men
free, and found In tho Word of God.
Jlrsolved, That these resolutions to
spread upon our engraved tablets, a
copy of tho same be forwarded through
tho proper channels to tho secretary
general of our supremo council at Wash,
lngton, with tho request that they be
forwarded to the supremo council of
Italy that our 'Italian Brethren may be
fully informed thereof.
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trM tlitta la t.t, Tli il leat a are
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letf esvlinlaMle-nl aiiiprlrtrol the dh-
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( oing 'rry tatholle unlwrwlty, collegw
and n'liilnary fur you riff inert a hall he
entitled to wem) deiccab- at targe and
otid aildlUonal didegaU fur every (Mie
hundred atiMlenta. The uhjfrts to be
conaldeml hy the eongreaw are: Tb
wwlal queation aa outlined by lp lco
XIII., In hla enoycUcal on the subject
of Catholic ed ucal Ion and the question
of tho Indendeneo of the holy see.
ThU dispatch, coming aa itdoea at
this time provee conclusively the
authenticity of the following encyclical
ENCYCLICAL.
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Heretic Cut, off From the t'hurch-Tliey
Have no Might Non-Homlsh Cltlienaof
t he United StRle Must Have no I'rivl
leges All 1'rtplsl Absolved Krnm
Their Allegiance to the I'nlted
State Ooverument,
Encyclical Letter of his holiness Leo
XIII, by Divine providence Pope.
TotheJfmits, Patriarch, PrittMtt, Ardt
btilwps, and other Ordinaries in Peace
and Communion uith the Apostolic See
of the entire world1:
For the temporal reign of the future
Popes, in the Land Discovered by Chris
topher Columbus, known as the United
States of America.
Venerable Brethren : Greeting and
the Apostolic Benediction, Leo, bishop
and servant of the servants of God; be it
remembered by posterity that ho who is
omnipotent in heaven and on earth, hath
confided his church, which is one Holy
Catholic, and Apostolical, and out of
which there Is no salvation, to ono nian
upon earth, nainely, to Peter, prince and
apostles, and to tho bishops of Home,
his successors, with full power to rule
over it.
This pontiff alono hath been constitut
ed head over all nations and kingdoms,
and invested with power to destroy, to
scperate, to scattel',, and subvert, to
plant, build up, link together by mutual
charity, in order to preserve the faithful
in the spirit of unity, and to surrender
them whole and entire tothelr Savior.
In order to fulfill tho duties Imposed
on uft by the divine goodness, wo labor
Incessantly to maintain the unity of the
Roman Catholic religion which God
hath visited with heavy conlllols to the
end, that Ills own may lie tried, and for
our correction; but tho numbers and
powers of tho wicked have so far pre
vailed, that no portion of the earth has
escaped their attempts to propagate
their infectious and detested dogmas
boing supported, among others, by that
slave to every species of crime,
The Amorlcan republic tinder Protes
tant rulers is with the worst enemies of
tho church whore security Is offered;
this republic having seized upon tho
lands discovered by Christopher Colum
bus, a Catholic, and usurped the author
ity and jurisdiction of tho supreme
howl of the church, the United States
Is filled with obscure heretics,
Tho Catholics have toon oppressed,
and tho preachers of inlqulfcjf estab
lished. Tho sacrifice of tho mass, prayers,
fastings, abstinence, celibacy and all
the rites of Catholicity have boon Ig
nored by Protestants,
Tho United States has toon filled
with books containing tho most flagrant
heresies, of which tho Protestant ver
sion of the Bible Is chief. And not con
tout with adopting Its false and Impious
doctrines, proselyting has been resorted
to, to turn the Catholics from tho one
true church. The wholo Homan Cath
olic hierarchy and priesthood of tho
world havo toon deprived of their liv
ings by the heretics of America.
Courts have toon setup and rendered
decisions In ecclesiastical causes, and
tho people forbidden to acknowledge
tho authority of tho Homan church, or
to obey Its ordinances and canonical de
cisions. Naturalization oaths have been de
manded in order that tho subjects of tho
true church might to made to subscribe
to tho United States constitution, wltn
its Impious laws and nefarious teachings
to compel them to renounce tho true au
thority of the Catholic pontiff; to dls
acknowledge him to be the bend of both
church and state, whereby those who
havo persevered in tho faith have been
compelled to suffer spiritual afll lotions.
Tho Catholic bishops and clergy havo
been deprived of vast lands, and this Is
known to all nations, and so clearly
proved that all puliation argument or
protest on tho part of the United States
is unavailing.
We find, moreover, that impiety and
crime have increased, thit persecution
against the religion of Rime has been
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'avta nf hi-tvj livlhrr a 1th all
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tf XiNMiiiiiuiilcalion, anil thev erwt.eti-
H ihiI off fnirn thw unity f the Kalj if
Jean I 'hi Ut,
Mminver, we pna-lalin the wiple if
the Pnlti suu-a f Amerka ti hav
fiwli ltt-d all rlfihl to rule aald republic.
and aU domlnliwi, dignity and ptlv-
ih-gia apa-t talnlBg toll. We likew le
divlane that all aubjooia of rvery rank
and iMiiilHlon In the I'nlted Sutea, ami
ever) Individual who haa taken any
oath of allegiance lo the United Ktatea
In any way whatever, may to absolved
from said iwth, aa also from all duty,
fidelity or otodleme on or alamt tho ftth
of Si'ptemtor, when the Catholic
congress shaaiHinvcne at Chleagi,
Illinois, as wo shall exonerate them
from all engagements, and on or alamt
the feast of Ignatius Loyola, in the year
of our Lord, 1803, it( will be tho duty of
the faithful to exterminate all heretic
found within the jurisdiction of the
United States of America.
As the circulation of thla bull, by
sending to all places, would become a
matter of difficulty, it Is commanded
that copies of it be taken and signed by
Jesuit notaries, subscribed by a bishop,
and sealed with the seal of our court,
they will then have the same power
and efficacy as these presents here.
Given at St. Peters, Rome, on the
25th of September, 1891, the fifteenth
year of Our Pontificate.
LEO XHI, Pope.
The American 1'yler, the loading
Masonic paper of the United States, in
commenting on the above encyclical
says:
It is not necessary to here question
how this encyclical letter has come Into
Protestant po'-session. In this day of
shrewd Intelligence, such an edict could
not to kept hid. From tho cruel
teachers of agos, and tho machinations
of Jesuitism, the world outside tho palo
of Catholicism, has learned guile and
caution. Head this over carefully and
then ask whether we havo sounded tho
note of alarm needlessly. Today tho
Romish power In America Is crystallzed
with an lie moil limlv of nvnr 70II.0IHI
men. . ProteslunflHRi . i"dlalnfiirra.teil
Tho possibilities of this command of
Popo Leo are safely within the bounds
of reason. It has taken tilace before.
under a like edict, and can again.
Home Is the same yesterday, today and
forever. Head carefully and ponder
well those of yon who cry "pence,
peace," when there Is no peace. . The
towor of tho popo today In America is
incalculable and can bo put Into as
lively activity as It was on St. Barthol
omew's eve in France.
Of course fiat unblushing denial on
the part of tho Calliollo-Amerlcan
bishops will bo given, as to the authen
ticity of this bull, but that Is one of tho
dogmas of Jesuitism, in which evil may
to done, truth proverted and falsehood
sanctioned, that good (?) may como, So
does tho Catholic priest Menard, of St.
Joachim church In Detroit, Sunday,
November (t, deny using tho following
language, which was taken down by a
stenographer from his lips:
"When tho church noeded armed
men to enlist as crusaders tho young
men of tho church shouldered tho
musket and sabre and obeyed tho orders
of tho church. When tho church
wanted to get rid of tho Saracens the
faithful arose on masse and exter
minated thorn. The church may have
tieall on you to defend her rights In
this country, and I know our young men
will obey tho church again and take up
arms to EXTKItMINATK THE KNEMIKK
OF THE CHUItCH."
History, as a criterion, says this Is
truth! The Catholic church claims
absolute Infallibility and never has and
cannot err. What it has done before It
can und will do again. Rest assured
that tho ulterior object of Romanism Is
tho final destruction of all it elulms to
be Its enemies, and all heretics whatso
ever are so classed,
Catholics all over America are armed
and drIUnd for Instant action. What
shall tliis harvest be?
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