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To a Audiancn of Four Hudr1
Loyal, EMhuitiC Amarieaa
Who art Watching lha
Roman Entwy.
Rev, H, 1), Hroan, pastor of the
Method 1st church at North Bond, Nob.,
went up to (to-net. Nance county, last
Thursday evening and sisiko in tlx'
OjR'ia House to an enthusiastic anil
appreciative audience, mini boring more
than fin- hundred souls. In the course
of his remark he said:
La in km and Gentlemen: I come
tonight to i.y a few word about a sub
joct which lnu. udtn you and mo, and
should intercut every citizen of this
republic, "Romanism a a Political
rower." A church may bo a spiritual
power and no one Is surprised, but
when It is-comes a political power it
has gone beyond the true domain of
church work. Wo live in a lurid of
religious freedom; freedom to worship
God is accorded to everyone. I have
nothing to say against the members of
the Roman Catholic church. If they
wish to worship according to the form!
and usages of the Roman Catholic
church, they have a right to do so.
One of the foundation principles of our
government is religious freedom.
"Each and every church has a
right to complete freedom In the
realm of spiritual things. When
a church goes beyond the domain
of religion and assumes to bo a
political power it loses the sym
pathy and respect ;f tho Ameri
can people. I' propose to show
you that tho lloman Catholic
church is a vast political machine
operating in every part of our
land, as it lias in other lands, and
. attempting to subjugate this na
tion. It is today tho greak st
Combination on earth. The most
complete system known to men.
jj t,..lfy'-?Jii3S wltb,. persistence
' tend skill to accomplish its obji ct
and wo are beginning to feel its
power.
That you may knw that tho
Roman Catholic church is a polit
ical system allow me t) quote to
you some of tho principles which
are tho foundation of their econ-V-ny.,
Professor Von Schulto, went to
their Canon Law, tho undisputed
code of Roman Ism and gleam d
therefrom the following:
1. All human power is of evil
and therefore must ton standing
under the Popo,
2. The temporal must act un
conditional ly, In accordance with
the orders.of the spiritual.
3. The church is empowered
to grantor take away any tem
poral posesslon.
4. Tho Pope has the right to
give countries and nations which
are non-Catholic to Catholic re
gents, who may reduce them to
slavery,
7. The church has tho right
to practice tho unconditional cen
r T.i
sure of books.
8. The Popo has tho right to annual
state laws, treaties, constitutions, etc.;
to absolve from ohodluncu thereto, Ac.
9. Tho Popo .has the right of Ad
monishing and, if need bo, of punishing
tho temjHiral rulers, cmporors and
kings, etc.
10. The Popo has tho right to ab
solve from oaths and obedience to tho
persons arid tho laws of princes whom
he excommunicates.
1 1. The Popo can release from every
obligation, oath or vow either before
or after being made.
These things liavo to do with tem
poral economy. They have to do with
tho government of the state and the
rise and fall of nations. An organiza
tion dealing wltn such principles must
too most emphatically a political organ
ization. To understand moro fully concerning
tho claims of Rome we will quote from
a sylabiiB by Popo Plus IX., Issued
Dec. 8th, 1MI4, which declares that the
Church has tho right to exercise power
without the permission or consent of
tho state.
She has the right to deprive the
state of the entire control of tho public
schools,
She has tho right to require that tho
Catholic religion shall bo tho religion
of the state to the exclusion of all
others.
She has tho power of requiring tho
: state not to permit tho free expression
of opinion.
These subjects are dealt with by tho
organic law of our country. They are
vital to our national life and any or-
h Ui t. toe it
UsosJ in -I'mur'
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Rom. cU.m " "''M of ''
tv!!,Miitt Kit li l.n ntii;Mt' Inti r
I'tH H!i lli i-v f'utt'l!Mu nf our
rational' nWl-niv, ln IivkM'mI
Qu tiaUona tiw MiotwaM : ,
M iH't up thn mid di lji"t i imi
am) now conn i ttu I 'nit d (
t. lay ! Mixil i-tHliiiil liml upon our
llfo una iletroy wir rtv. ttiMHutmn
Tho historian. Macaulv sat : "Tho
olii.V of th chutrh of Rotu l tho
very tnftntiTpliHV of huuisit a iwloin.
Tin? cxiN'rienco of twelve hull-1
tired eventful years, the Ingenuity and
patient care of forty generations of
statesmen, have Improved that isilley
to such perfection, that, among the
contrivances which have Is-eit devUed
for deceiving and cotitrollng mankind,
It iH'i'unli'S the hhrhest lilace."
Tho Popo of Rome is the aniinaling
soul of that policy and he
through tho world with a
and astuteness unequaled
enforces it
rednemi'lit
In human
history.
Within this Roman Catholic church
is an order known as the Jesuits or
Society of Jesus. It Is a power behind
tho throne. It com prises at the pres
ent time between tw and three thous
and of the priesthood, tt has been ex
pelled from every civilized country on
earth except the United States and to
day we have more than half of the or
der in our land. These Jesuits hold
that the end always justiliesthe means.
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W1;
will I imw
They are ever re.:dy to take an oath of
allegiance or enter any association in
disguise, or do any other act, though it
may be entirely a deception, by which
they hope to further tho Interests of
Rome, Theso Jesuit Priests hitvo been
expelled from other nations and wo re
ceived them to our busom and they are
doing their destructive work among us
From tho eight millions of Catholic
people in thlscountry, from the amount
of property, tho mnnlsT of cities they
control and tho riurnls-r of ofllces they
hold wo know that political Romanism
Is at work In thlscountry.
1. The principles of the Roman Calh-
0111; toiureii ure uppofcu 10 1110 wiiimi- I ntiiiuilillK tho laws that may lie di
lution of the United States, j acted. Tho councils of tho Romish
The underlaying principle has every church in this country have declared
thing to do with success or failure in thitt tho church should Is- superior to
any enterprise. Wo have a govern- j tho state and in all their thought, this
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mont founded upon tho principles of a
republic. For these principles our
fathers faugh t and died, and they built
upon them a vigorous and delightful
republic.
Under our constitution we have grown
as a nation to grand proportions. Our
neighbors are coming to us and all tho
world knows thrt we aro prospering.
Wo have umended our constitution as
our wisdom suggested. We have de
fended our constitution until it is ac
cepted by all. Over one word or clause
wo fought a terrific war, That word
was Union. A constitution so umend
ed, so defended and so productive of
good results should have our special
care. I announce to this congregation
tonight that the most open, avowed and
determined enemy of our constitution
Is the Roman Catholic church.
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It In not lfnt to rollout one rule in
In
i pi hate ron.l net ami anotlmr in tlo
j ifoveiium lit of the Mnto to that
tho "authority of the i hutvh should !
ntwM't'n il in pt IvhIo lite, tout rejii'ti'il
In stato malti i's,"
.Many and owryalu-iv the Poo
elitims in Is the o ily nouivo of author-
Ity and siwor. The vows taken by the
nInIitn of eliitrlty ami mercy aro I he
vows of chastity, poverty ami oU'dlonco,
The priests lake the same vows ntul
i ss'elal emphasis Is laid on the vow of
I os 1 iter. All their iiieinlH't's are held
In the strictest Isuids ols-iliftice. They
claim the right of the Pom over all
the world and claim the ols'illeliee of
all men. Tho Roman Catholic church
Is directly and forever opposed to the
doctrine that the people are supreme.
In the hands of Rome, our declaration
of ituli'pendence would be torn to bits!
and trampled under foot.
2. The constitution is the supremo
law of the land. A law must be in
harmony with the constitution of the
United States before It can lie accepted
by the courts. But Romanism will
aeknowledge no such authority. Tin-!
will of tho Pope Is the supreme law of;
tho church. He is governed by hi
own will and by It alone. He has de
clared that "The Romish church has a
right to exercise Its authority without
any limits set to It by the civil power:
that tho Popo and tho Priests ought
to have dominion over temporal affairs
and that the 'Romish church and her
eeclislastics have tho right to immunity
from civil law,"
The various churches In this country
come to the state and ask certain privil
eges but here is a church claiming to
be superior to tho state itself and even
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, drineiple Is dominant.
To maintain this principle in; theso
United Slates Is to break down the
authority of the people, It Is to estab
lish the Roman Catholic church as the
state church itnd make this land sub
ordinate to the Pos',
So they have dftio In other countries
and so will they do in this country if
we permit It. When Victor F.mmaiiual
occupied Rome, the Catholic people of
tho United States held numerous In
dignation meetings and denounced the
course of Italy, Its constitution and Its
Interferanco with the Pope and they
pledged themselves to restore the l'oH)
to his rightful throne as kikiii as it could
be done. This they have not succeeded
In doing as yet in Italy and It Is among
the possibilities that they wish to bring
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talito ) mo ttmt intii; ii ),!!
mail ' -o 1n ti t iiij ttie .tliill
H.i til nl ii'lilnti, or ptxitiililtliit; tho
I11 ! I i l)lf Mff Of- a'll ,;M'IJ lllf
fin iloiu ot fi li or nf pti . "
V' pi io ti'ij liiijlily our !tii ilom of
Hffh ami our fi'litloim liU-Hy; tint to
: invt'li ami mr ii litloim hi. ilj ; tint to:
all llil (oni U opo il
j Hh. it. -tnaml t hat tho jfov.-r nmriit
ahull adopt ami maltitnin the Homan
j t'ntholle tvliciutt to tho i'Vi'liiinn nf
: oveiy olher. Kiim-iIoiii of aoi nhip ami
; fioolom of n lloim thotichl aro not
; loleiati d ahoiv Roitie rules.
j At this 111111' thotv t lying In jail at
1 'it is. I Irtt.t I Rev. J. II. NoNnti, nIiii
ply for the crime of touching M ot IkhI 1st
doctrine, lie Is a meiniN r of the New
I Kngliind t'onfereiHHi and went to Hia.U
an a misslonarv and there wits toaehlni:
I school, preaching the g i k j m I and ptilt-
lishing a small pajicr. He taught that
it was Idolatrous to worship the Virgin
Marv. l'W this ho was arrested mid
committed to jail for four months
where he now Is. This is what, they
do In Brazil and this is what tliev will
do in the United States If they ever
get the power
Romanism noes not In-Hove in free
speech. If she floes why have they at
tempted the life of so many who dared
to speak against thoir doctrine? Any
man can speak against the Presbyterian
Bans 'm" .n"v ctt t"""'' - v,
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church or the Methodist church and no
"no will disturb him, but let him at-
t' mpt to speak against tho Roman
Catholic church and, often, his life Is
in danger. Why did they so many
times try to mob Father Chlnlquy, If
they believe In free speech ? Why did
they attempt the life of T. F. Lyons,
In St. Joseph, Mo., and at two other
times and at different places, did they
attempt the life of this same man? It
was only because he was using a free
man's right of speaking freely his con
victions and because It was against
Rome, ho must ls mobbed, Is this the
fijdoin we enjoy In free America?
Why did they attempt to mob Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph Slatterly, only litMt June?
It was only because they were using
the' right of free speech. A right
guaranteed to all our citizens by the
constitution of the United States, hut a
g'uarantee being defied and sot aside by
the Roman Catholic church. For the
same thing and by the same people,
last Oct., a minister of the gospel, Uov.
J. G. White was assaulted in Muscatine,
Iowa. No, Rome does not bolieve in
free speech and will not, allow it if she
can prevent It. Our fathers gave us u
constitution and they pledged their
lives, their fortunes and their sacred
honors to the support of this govern
ment and we have taken into the fold
a hand of marauding, hateful, persist
ent, terrible enemies, who have sworn
to destroy our Institution and subjugate
our nation.
I have mentioned a few things in
which Rome is opposed to the constitu
tion of the United States. They only
Indicate the general trend of all her
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h. .!,, (l iflhla fiiuntiy It In now
too Iiiiohh to li di ni. I Hut tmen
1th (tie ami I 111 utte von mm iiiiiita
tloii h Irh fully ilitltiii t lo ir put (.',
t in,. ,if their nr at mm, awtt tln lr
purisMo in the following words:
"The N-oplo iti-oil govitnlnrf ami
must Is- goxcrtu-d. They must have a
master. The ivliglou which l to an
swer our puiMiso must Ini alsive the
N'oph, and it tilt to eomuiitnd them.
Tho lirsl lesson to the child Is to ols-y;
the first mid lust lesson to the people,
Individually and collectively, Is ols-y.
There Is no oiN-dienee wlo-re there Is
no authority to enjoin it. The Roman
Catholic roily inn, then, Is neeessary to
sustain popular lilM-rty, hucause popular
l.ls-rty can Ini sustained only by a re
ligion free from popular control, above
the people, speaking from above and
able to command them, and such a re
ligion is the Roman Catholic. IN Tills
HKNSH WK. WISH THIS COUNTRY TO
COMK UNI IKK THE UOWKIl OK ItnMK.
As the vlslblo head of the church, the
spiritual authority which Almighty
Cod has Inst ituted to teach hiii govern
the nation, we assert his supremacy
a -,' v. A .rv - s.
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and tell our countrymen that wo would
have them submit to him. They may
Hare up as much as tlu-y please, and
write as many alarming and abusive
editorials as they choose, or can find
time and space to do. They will not
move us, or relievo themselves from
the obligation Almighty God has placed
them under, of obeying tho authority
of the Catholic church, l'ie utul till."
These arrogant words from a, man
who is an oracle In their church very
dourly Indicate the Intention of tho
Roman hierarchy. And to obtain
these ends, the Pope commands every
Catholic In America tot bo very active
In all political matto-rs. This Is a great
political organization aiming to reach
great political, results toy political
methods.
Notice, If you will, some of the meth
ods by which Rome Is attempting to
bring this country under her control.
She Is building groat Institutions, some
of them Universities, In which she ex
pects to educate her leaders: many of
them scIuhiIs where thoslsti'iS teach
Romanism to all who will attend.
Many of them hospitals where a work
Is done which Is peculiar to Roman Ism.
Many of them great cathedrals to Im
press tho public with their grandeur.
From all these Institutions there is
constantly going out an Influence for
Rome. One great point of strength of
Rome is tho magnificence of her
architecture and tho extent of her in
stitutions. Another method of her work is by
emigration. From Roman Catholic
countries eonio hundreds of thousands
of Roman Catholic emigrants. Many
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t'Niti, from Italy, from I'm tuy-sl, from,
lb itnl Ntul fiittu I I Slut Many of those
i iiiitMstiU are aui r ami etlntinal
lint lin y see n tit In ti to i,i Id, siil j.
1'nlwotkof Until,!. H lit Item li tutii
n the hi, mivliy itlnt'lN II11III to tulc.
The IVi, has ion I rul of his (sniple the
am lil over. He can very easily din-ct
Hist a itilllio,! nr moro of tlioiu In w-nt
to llio Unhi d Slati-N that he may havn
more inter horn to do hl bidding.
Another iiioIIiinI toy which Ronu
attempting to rule this country. Our
country Is ruled toy Institution and the
press In one of the great eout ruling In
stllutlims of the bind. The .lesttlU
have been at work here and In annus
way they lutve obtained a wonderful
influence over the daily pilars through
out the country. IfRiiuiunlstN forma
mob and attempt the life of a Protest
nut speaker, there Is very little said
about it in the daily papers. If a prom
inent man in the Roman Catholic
church leaves that denomination and
joins the Protestants, very little is said
alHiut ll, In the papers, tout If a Protest
ant joins tho Riunanlsis, It Is heralded
from the housetops, If some man of
ability delivers a series of lectures
against Romanism, whont Is the dally
paper that, will give them any special
notice? There seems to be 11 peculiar
dread of offending tho Romanists and
the great papers aro ready to do
their bidding. Much is said In
the papers alsiut religious free
dom and allowing theso Roman
ists to worship God according to
their own oonslenoo and much of
tho same kind of sentiment but
nothing Is said about the political
usurpations of Romanism. Roman
Catholics may como up for otllco
und receive tho approval of tho
press hut not one word about the
wholesale plunder of our public
treasury by these same Roman
ists. I protest against this
truckling spirit of tho press to
day, Why. should these emis
saries of a foreign power , bo
treated with rjiortt wmnliu
than our own people? The pros.
Is a mighty power fn the control
of this nation and that it should
cast Its Influence in favor of
Rome Is an outrage upon Am-ir-leans.
.
Another means by which Horn)'
Is attempting to control our na
tion is by controllng our great
cities. You know that tho great
cities of our land have a very de
cided Influence on tho nation.
The cities are likely to be the
controllng factor In the politics of
this nation. You know whut an
influe nce the city of New York
has had upon our national elec
tions. Tho two groat parties
have In "'ii so divided that as tho
stati! of Now York went tho na
tion was likely to go. Kxceptlng
our last election, this has Is-cn
tho condition for many years.
So that In fact New York was
the controllng factor. The state
went as the city went and so the
city was tho deciding power.
Now Romanism has poured her
ship loads of emigrants Into that city
until she controls It. She elects the
officers of the city and controls the
policy and vote of tho city throughout.
When the state of New York has tho
balance of power, It Is tho city which
decides tho question and back of the
city is the power of Rome controllng
its destiny and It Is Rome in tho end
which decides tho question.
In the same way Is Illinois coming
to )e ruled by tho city of Chicago.
And In the same way Is Rome coming
to rule Chicago. As Rome decides, so
will vole the city of Chicago and as the
city goes so will go the state. The
great cities of our land are destined to
control the land, and Rome knowing
this is, fast us possible, capturing the
cities. She controls Boston and many
other cities of this nation Unlay. In
Boston, ninety per cent of the employees
of the city aro Roman Catholics. Many
of them draw large salaries and so
Rome holds the center of influence and
gets our money.
Through the entire land this plan
has been worked. . You know how It
was in Omaha and South Omaha, until
the Protestants organized for their
own protection.
This plan gave employment to Ro
manists, gave them position and vast
influence and gave to Rome the key to
the political situation In these United
States. Lot Americans ralley to the
protection of their homes and see tliut
American cities are kept under Ameri
can control.
Another great arm of political power
under the cont rol of Rome is tho saloon
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