THE AMERICAN
REV. JOHN WILLIAMS'
AHIeU nit h ATA, Tim kmtt
run ami Chrl.lianity,
A Vm Aiui ft om Mn
! IllAf h t tt Atn fuliti.
11 Mttii
"Tb hli-U' ml.o hop nil t oticm
Sprung tip nil i'ii r tlm UimI, ti ms
American lnlitutSnii from lit grnp
lif th p, hnv, ir iiwr to linva a
tttr on nil the A met lean piilt, mt.l
1'VM' it lot ion land of ilio fn.
Hp Una American nitl hn only who
ttmiiU ll the pom, to M( Hie
I Mint nml ! lntllittioll from lit fc-i-'
hU-h I already li lt liml forth loin
nlau If iii'l i murder it nil, No tnni-t-r
w hero n limn Imi n, hi- hither
In" ha it ha not 1 aU n the imlli of al
legiance In npu t f lii fbttf Mini eonti-
till toll III till lllllll, n' r IIOUMCi'll 111 lll
IfginillHI to I'1J flll'I'lfeM! plIlICO ir
poteiitiili,liieluiliiig William oi l tiange,
lut I n gois! enough American if lin
only lnil.nl In' hi hiiiI llin priest, and
I ready lo take any public onion In
flf hi, to ruin over tin' IhiiiI.
It Ik Inn1 tln conMltullon uml lawn of
thin Inml make no inch ImI of Amerl
enrilsm, uml until tln-y do, It would
ncm Hrfectly eo!ii'toiit fur any ell I
son, nntlvn or f-ireign-lairti, to love or
bate tho pope aa he sec fit, provided
ho refrain from Interfering with hi
neighbor's lawful right to iln the exact
opposite.
Hut our new "American" pm-oed
solemnly to declare that every tun n
who will not swear with them, ami
train with them la no true American at
all. lie la a slave to the pojat; ho In a
tool of the Koiuan hierarchy; ho in
bought up; ho la courting the favour of
the Catholic; or most dreaded of all,
ho la a Jesuit In disguise,
"TllK American" politely hut (irmly
declare of us that wo are "a Jesuit In
tho garb of a Protestant minister." Of
course that nettle tho question of our
American citizenship, and of our power
to ajaiak tho truth, once for all; and wo
fool very much Ilka tho man without a
country era religion. The Amkhican
haa read uaoutof the honored roll of
American citizen, anil from the only
aalvatlon insuring company of the Pro
testant churches, and yet we know wo
are renting under tho papal anathema,
and the Jesuit, we are positive, would
not acknowledge uh, Surely we are in
a strait betwixt two dreadful gulfs, and
what wo ahall do we know not.
Well, If It actually lay between the
two, lwrn our becoming a Jesuit, or
becoming ono of the steret, oath-bound
jiolitloal association whoao one only
bond of union lv religious hate, In
tlrnately km ml up with the desire of
public plunder, then we should not
hesitate five in I mile as to the resolu
tion at which we ahould arrive. For
whatever alns may belaid at tho door
of tho Jesuits, no one can jtiatly charge
thern with moral cowardice, or with
the Infamy of warring upon women, a
lathe case with thoao "American pa-
triota" who ara represented by such
ahect aa Tiik Amkhican.
OUR POSITION,
Our position Is almply that ofehrl-
tlan marihiaal. For every purjMiao of
thin debate we stand almply aw a man
and aa a christian, ut terly laying aside
for the time every contention that may
exist between Canterbury and Rome,
just aa we would lay aldo every eon-
tenttlon that might exist between
Canterbury and Geneva, If It were the
1'reabyterlan church that wan attacked
by auch antl-chriatlan defamation aa
that with which Til k Amkhican aMtili
IUman Cathollca week after week. We
are not in iwition to xjx ak for the Ko
rean Catholic church an an cccleaiaatb
cat organization, whoao dominating
head alta enthroned at Ilomo, auprerne
by Divine right, overall christian and
over all earthly powera. That goea
without aaylng, or we would not atand
where we do, not "in the garb of a Pro
teatant mlnUu-r," for It would lie hard
to determine juat what thla m, but In
the ventmcnt of an Anglican prlent.
The Itotnan contention and the Jea
ult poaltlon are piirfectly open to the
world. Neither Ilomo nor tho JeaulU
aeck to conceal it. Bo fur aa that dif
fer from Anglican chrlatianlty, niinua
Anglican prejudkie, we muat relegate
the taak of defending it to other band.
But if to. lie an Anglican meant to be a
cbrlatian whoae heart burned not with
chrlatlan indignation to aeehla fellow
cbrlatlana alandcred, and cbrlatian wo
manhood inmilted by every ruffianly
aanault, then we would fling tho name
from ua with utter loathing and con
tempt. But over and above what it pleaaca
The Amkhican to aay of IUwmn Catb
olica, aa to their perwmal character, It
pleaaea it alao toaaaail what ia, or what
ahould be aacred to every real chrlatlan,
of whatever name or country. Tub
AMERICAN la pleaaed to aay that It
will not impugn our motive or
our Christianity. We care not.
For our own peraonallty Jin thia
debate we care not a atraw. We stand
almply aa a man to denounce tho un
manly warfare which "The American"
wages on chrlatlan womanhood; aa a
chrlatlan to denounce Its infidel attack
on principles that are common both to
tihollrt ! i. I'tvi.ti. ibrUiUKil) .
a an AwHe i i" a. ! by .
, i.t. M i4 bit lh IihW.1, IhiI by t
IHlri ilii l.i ot itir lnnt.bintt to tf
tl.t. liiU l') iH Antrrtefl i h
it.1 i.tan aU. Manltailoff, tbat i k,
I.. I oe! j to titfrle,f. tl.i-1 Ifctit nl tli i
nl that r Hibllu Io'ih Ibi lf r lbl.(
!,... itj, if to . In nillc atattof
r di ihi tt n tlief fit, bit
hi. hut! i k to nilr tliwIIUHi
nl tlln r i iiei. bj tin iiiolttn
f-t-n I taillm, that hey ntt t loitgei
lr' awl iihtfamtiii'h-!, vot a jihla"
iw tit nn.l iMiwii iH' may ill. tale, wlih
out ai lug lia!j;li'C over them the lali
ful bailn ft a li.late.l i.ih If lt.
Mnn t'ailinllca are plot ting, l,iaii.ia
of them to il. ii.n lliNi'Ullaiiil mIIjihi-
ItU'ilj nl tin. oilier lat.oiai.iaat of u
that o.il.l U. aiteeillnV rif, l
ihii1 n. i accret out ha, no Ihii.iiiii
roiietiuin, lo put it a I Atlielieaiii on
t'lntil, or lo 111 in them lo llinke nine Wild
lft mit do i' on the line; i lit. ful hind'
a ho tlit foiiml a ti -fuyn imd an n)lnei
hi. hi ippn'l..ii ami nlai atloii ttmb r
the blintd, clifoldilik' ltiner of thi
American ntitioii, ami then con--pir.il
lo .IrMrov It,
Aceurwil mit'cly wouhl m the IrUh
lieni't, or the dixit ham) that could
plot, or uplift Ituclf nuuliiNt t no kiici'ciI
fold of the iHinner that lloat In aiire
uImivii the hind that wived the IrUh
ieopUi fi'oin MriHlilng wholly, on the
bleak, witiilNWepl IiIIImIiIch of jMKir
wretched, landloi-d cured Iiidand. Hut
if they are auch doubly damned traitor
to the laiid that aheltered and protected
and wived them, a to plot, with arm
In their ham!, tomihjugatu America to
an Italian prelate, then let thlrold
lime Orange eneniiea como out Into
oien day and prcaonl the proof of the
eotiHplracy. Tho American people
are not in the hub! t of dallying with
treiiMO!) from any source, if tho.Ieault
are plotting, and the trlah are arming
and the prii-Kt and monk are making
ready to exchange the surplice and the
cowl for the sword and tho rifle; if the
ltoman Catholic hierarchy are aanuHtdnH
and traitor, and the oath-bound pa
triot who tell ua all thl, know it, let
them come out like men and declare
the proof, If they have proof of Unman
Cutholle tieHHon in tho aaaainatlon of
Lincoln and Garlleld, the court are
oien, and American juries can be read!
ly found, without remotest taint of
sympathy with Ilome, to convict the
priestly iiaaaaaina. Hut If thla new
race of Americans, with an Orange
hue, have no such pnaif to offer, then
let thern and their ablwttors atand con
vlcted of lnfamotia slander and fale-
hood, of unlawful conspiracy againat
the reputation and liberty of citizen,
and ugalnut the peae of tho republic.
But ltoman Catholics are aiming to
bring America Into spiritual subjuga
tion to the biahop of Homo! Who ever
doubted that? Of course they are.
That la their sacred right, guaranteed
thern by the constitution. But In this
they are doing no more and no le
than what any other clus of religion
lata, or anti-rellglorilt are doing, if
they have a spark ol earnestness about
them. Only the other dny some Amer
ican came back from a foreign shore,
fully resolved to convert lis all to the
religion of ImIbiii, of which tho Sultan
of Turkey Is tho spiritual head. Ills
right to do It is unquestioned, and when
ho wins over the majority of us, we
ahall make short shrift with the ret.
When the Itomitn church wins over
the .majority in thia land it will have
the unqueatjoncd right, on democratic
principle, to govern the nation, If
the rest of u are alive and do not like
It, wo can emigrate to Africa or else
where, where the pope has not yet ex
tended hi sway, if there should to any
such country left uncoiiqiicrod by the
Omnipresent, Omnipotent Jesuits,
Tho ltoman Cutholle church and the
Jesuits have the legal, the constitu
tional right to win America for the
pope by all lawful methods, just a
Annio Besant ha the legal right to
win It for Madam Blavataky.
Whenever they resort to unlawful
method, the courts are open, and
American have a very swift way of
dealing with treason. Aa for accusing
ltoman Cathollca of treason because
they hope, and are seeking to convert
thla land to their faith, that Is the
bitter prompting of their hereditary
enemies. We are all Kicking to win
the land to our views, religious or
otherwlae. And tho ltoman Catholics
would bo double dyed traitors to their
faith and to their country if they did
not try todo it. If they are seeking to
do it in any other way thai aa tho laws
of tho land permit, let it be proven
against them, and let tho unlawful
cruHado lie brought to an end. But
until the anxious patriots, who aro
trying to prevent the conversion, with
force of arms and with Jesuit guile, oj
flO,XX),000 by lO.OOO.WK), can bring actual
proof of our peril, we do not think that
there need bo any immediate alarm
alut tho near future. A for the re
mote future we can trust that to God,
and to our posterity. Theao can take
care of the land with the starry flag
stilt floating above it, we trust, without
necessity of blending its trl-coloured
symbol of love, purity, and hope, in
hateful alliance with the Orange sym
bol of jaundiced hate.
The American asks us to make
answer to a long string of questions
which it says it asked Bishop 3cannell
O te nnali P,o tlb.Hit rt-et'li tnf
f !) t If It M I t to tt i !
t o ') ti.l t-t t t rvUtn
i ply lo l t. to .1. Iiiim'tiatf jm-
loftier Stlilm nit- mi, I, r i.jj
,( f (..i-i) to Bt. r t lo.a, tti a
If m b-l. ant bn-iihy from Hithop
H..o.. II to - f. r lb" tbminn tVtb
.l rhiir l, I. U h pe Hain'y ) hot.
bt If Hitltop H.-aentl Ul . m.hIii
j.ikl for tlo limn to li,i( In ll" -U
i. ill ii nt to nnwr Titf Ami hi
i an a ijiH-ttb t:
t. tt.-t tti ltoman t'atliolle eliureli
bold that periti llll I le i l.til.titu ttm
liillii. i-it i nalil ehioi h tin"-man e.l
lif tiilnM-r ol older it. i.oiuliialioit
nmlhi chlliifficr ARKNotl.lui.l.Y
Mll.H-
An-air, No, Ilo Itommi ('nihollc
el, nr. I bold (milting of the mrt. Hot
if It did, It Wil In- dulnj,' liollilny
woi lliiiii fl at w till li William ol
Ornego aii.l hi ain-naora ill. I, by
I'liig'.Uti law, unlit a very nei nt iio.1,
Within our own lifetime It w-ua in-ci
ny for Honiaii t 'iildolli aiul other
li. !-! n f i in ifl m to lie miii-rieil by an
Al'llUi'llli clel'U.MIiaii III order lo be
l.lilAld.V MAHHIHi. llefom the Wife
of even a private aohli r who wa light
ing umler Knglaiiil H ii,', coidd iIi-iia
halftmy, she bad to bi niiiri h d by an
Aut'lican pi-lent, even though alio were
married by a Homaii Ciithollu priest,
or a tliiKctitlng mliillei-. Her mar
riage waa not I.K.UAt, otherwise.
Hurely an Orangemen ought not to
quarrel with the ltoman Catholic
church for doing what Hnghind uw-d to
do. lint tho ltoman church takes no
Mitch uliHurd poKltlon. It would have
to (ling tho dark stain of illegitimacy
aero tho brows of too many illtiatrloua
sons whom it ha won from Anglican
ism and Protestantism if it did it.
Doom it not hold that tho wives of
ALL men ho married are OJIKUHINKH
and their children illegitimate?
Aimwer. No; but if it did, that is
what Kngliah law did a generation ago
to lloinan Catholics married outside of
the pale of the Anglican church. It is
what The Amkhican would doubtless
be glad to see done here and now to
them, if its envenomed hate could have
lta way.
Do you not believe and teach that
tho poK) has jaiwer to absolve from all
sins, and FHOM OATIIH OK ALLEGIANCE?
Anawer. Let tho question bo divided.
To tho first half, yes, uhmmlilime, as
a Jesuit might any. When penitence
Intervenes between tho sinner and his
sin the ltoman church teaches that the
pojaj can absolve from all sing. Other
wise Ood Himself cannot absolve from
sin, for It would be contrary to His justice
and nature to do It. But the Protestant
ministerial utlaclte of The American
would do as much aa the pope and
more, for the latter generally suffers
tho transgressor to endure the pains of
purgatory, while the Protestant min
lterittl attache sends him straight to
heaven the moment he dies. If the
editor of Thb American believe in a
heaven or a hell at all, and bad oppor
tunity wo aro quite sure he would also
send tho vilest sinner straight to
heaven a soon as he found grace suffic
ient to take tho "patriotic" oath. But
woo lietidu the unfortunate Jess it,
though he were a J4. Francis Xavler In
holiness of life, who had to depend on
him for absolution in order to scale the
heigh tM of heaven.
As to absolving subjects from their
allegiance the rawer to do that used
to las asserted by the popes, and tho
right ha never been formally aban
doned; but if The American would
only take tho time to make a historical
pause for a minute or two, tho power
to absolve subject from their alleg
iance to their sovereign wa not an ex
clusively papal claim in these by-gone
times, Tho subject of Mary, Queen of
Heots, were absolved from their alleg
iance by John Knox and the Scotch
Presbyterian. Tho subjects of Charles
I. of Kngland were absolved from their
allegiance by tho Presbyterian divines,
and Charles' own head cut off without
the slightest question as to the divine
right of a Protestant minister to givo
absolution for treason to a aoverplgn.
The subjects of James II. were absolved
from their allegiance and his crown
given without scruple to The Ameri
can's patron saint, William of Orange,
whose "glorious, pious and Immortal
memory" Is being held in devout con
templation among ua to thia day, by
processions, bands, banners and such
like things.
In olden time pojies and other minis
ter used to claim extraordinary powers,
which sometime were used well, and
sometimes not well. But to make bug
aboo of these things when tho world
haa swept by them ia only worthy of
"patriot" of The American order.
There ia not a ltoman Catholic country
In tho world today in which the pope
would dare attempt to dethrone the
ruler of it; and here in America when
the citizen wish to be released from
their allegiance to their own flag and
constitution, they have already the
power in their own hands. They will
not be at all apt to go abroad for abso
lution. Tbcy did not go abroad a cen
tury ago for absolution when they
released themselves from their alleg
iance to King George. And as for Irish
Roman Catholics, who are the special
object of The American's hatred, we
do not believe that all the ancient
thunders of the Vatican could ever make
them render straight allegiance to
Queen Victoria.
Do you not believe and teach that all
h tU itfi'.ot i tuta lnk 11 til rt !
lea aria tiiosi-t, Knit tml tlo I ail f . to
b. n
Ai.i r No, ll.e ll.ai.an t ail.iMte
i linr h t. lt. to .n h ho nU. ib
Itin.i Ji.lin t Ma it an ami lm
ill. ((!. who tan-l,t tiiat the m-t m
pwtty of tlo luiHion tm . hoc-i-!f
i..id tum-.l to Hen,! flame,
William of 1 rhgi a n ijlw iplt !
I alt In. ainl n h- l Th mhih aVh
l ia ii mini, by whom It uniar, It
nin'M to be Ulr liiltiil. il i-Maigh b 4-
n-it that Bnvtsj-dlng to ItomsBj t'athult
I. ai iiletf an InnumernLli' lnl Ul
mmij llin tiii.i iii.-tt in in-avi n, im
. - n.,!g ii. .1 lo I'M-t lading flame by
t raiik' leaching.
not a faet (lint voor church l
i lithg to ilelrov tin' etll. li lli')' of our
public M-honl Mulem!"
Anwer, A ipientl.ai to help llii tln
g cat Aiuct lean losit, and oil" eaieu-
lat il to belli the I iranife contlncelil "to
oft, t the IrUh in American nlltn', '
audio withdraw Aind 'lean yuiilbv
from Ireland a iltvam ami a-piriitloiiH,
Hut the iiiestloil I tisl Vattc for II" to
niiawer with a categorical ye or no.
The ltoman Catholic church I strain
ing every nerve lo do for all its child
ren, even the MHii'eHt, what every
other religious lasly, ress-ctahle in
mimlN-rs, I seeking to do for the child
ren of their well-to-do immiiiIc. It is
building it own selusiU, and seeking
to gat tier Its own children into them,
to train them up in lta own principles
of rcliirlon and morality. If that 1h a
crime, then we aro all guilty in prin
ciple as tho ltoman Catholics. In Lin
coln there are four or more Protestant
school or colleges side by side with
public school and tho state university.
At Crete there is a Congregational
college; at Hastings there is, we be
lieyo, a Presbyterian college; at Kear
ney there is an Episcopal grammar
school, and here we have our own
Brownell Hall; besides, all over the
land religious and non-rcllglous private
schools are springing up everywhere,
and those wfll-to-do Protestants, who
are able to pay for it, are withdrawing
their children from the public schools
to send thern to these schools, as they
havo the lawful right to do. Roman
Catholics are simply following the logic
of their principles, and at a vost sacri
fice are following out the dictates of
their conscience. The rest of us are
doing it haltingly, and In tho interest
of sjieclal classes only.
But ltoman Catholic are seeking for
a division of the school fund, or at
least for release from taxation, In favor
of their schools!
Well, they violate no law, and no just
principles, in making that request, so
far at least as asking to be exempt
from burdensome taxation for the sup
port of school which they do not use,
and where they stand ready to givo
such a secular education to their child
ren as the state has a right to require.
If, aa Protestants stoutly maintain, the
state ha no right to levy a tax for tho
support of religion, as It would be a
violation of the sacred rights of con
science to compel men to pay for tho
support of a religion in which they did
not believe, bow is it wrong for Roman
Catholics to claim that It I a violation
of their conscience to be forced to sup
port a system of education that is con
fessedly opposed to tho interests of
their religion. Protestants and Infidels
assert that the public schools, in their
Inevitable trend, are opposed to the
Roman Catholic religion, Roman
Catholics believe it. We ourselves
have no shadow of doubt but that they
are, and opposed as well to all other
forms of the christian religion. Why,
then, should It be a crime in Roman
Catholics to claim tho right to educate
their own children in their own faith,
and to be exempt from taxation for the
support of Protestant children?
Of course, it is entirely competent
for tho majority to refuse tho Roman
Catholics plea, because of tho manifest
difficulty of tho case; but as things are,
tho public school system, a conducted
at present, is a menace to the christian
religion in any form. Tho wretched
misery of our shattered Christianity
has delivered up tho education of our
youth to secularism, pure and simple,
to tho manifest glory of infidelity. Of
courso, wo aro very well awaro of tho
plea that christian schools do not al
ways succeed in sending forth chris
tians from thern. It is very true, But
neither do christian Sunday schools,
neither do christian homes. But for
all that wo would hardly be willing to
maintain that Sunday schools and
borne without a christian atmosphere
and christian training are a bad or an
unnecessary thing to have,
If any ono would llko to observe the
difference between the trend of chris
tian and of secular education in our
own city, wo would suggest to him to'
attend the commencement exercise of
both Creighton College and the High
School, and note the trend of the essay
on both occasions, as we have done.
The one school breathe forth a chris
tian spirit in almost every instanco, the
other tho purely secular spirit. We
may or may not agree with the special
form of Christianity exhibited, but the
christian ethics i In the one case
directly exhibited. In the other it is
almost invariably absent.
Whether it is treason or not, if we
vJere forced to choose between purely
secular training, and Jesuit training, I
for sons of our,as we look for alvation
t-t tbn rM, tt!,t not broil lm
b...r, M that a tlo. mnw of ., t,..
! cmMi) AM yi-t m ti t li., i
fullj Mini, r ll. ,l"i.!t U, an,! t,n
inHil.l.il at ii t aUoftinl !iH.n
thrm, utilj !-. w of Nlr Imim It.io
liHm of tba !,,. Catholic fullh
Mat thm wtKil.l rW j ,t h,
Mginl to nay wU r4i.liii te, Prolyl
ant biUttaa m b.., f..ritm f mitu, or
ila-iKliier, T , a pun ly .--utr -,lti
eatlitn, whleh emt the youth i.f our
Inml enmiirinimbtl, day by day, by a
i brUtlnn ntm.wpbetv, U lii ..n both
tolled mid to the ainl.., Jf hrltin
do hot an thia how, amin day thill
children hil m. .
When wn thei-illct of Pirn. VII. r
winded, etc?"
Anwer. lVi- intvly tveln. th. ir
own, or their pn-ihveoi .-dicU, al
though they aomtiimc do, but they
frequently permit them to fail Into
"Innocuous demtettiile" w jt, . chNlige
of times nnri diviiiiikiaiuv. Phi VII,
can senreelv lie reckoned among the
wls. nl or U t of the Roman jhiiiIIiI.
We have not la-fore us tho edict refei n-d
to liy our Inmilsitive eontcmjH.iai y, but
we are quite mim that the impo lin
imgned the virtue of the wives of Prot
estant minister and other, and tho
legitimacy of their children from the
point of view only of the cannon law,
and of the sacrament of holy matrimony,
just as English law, only a little while
ago, Impugned tho lawfulness of mar
riage jMirformed by a Roman priest, or
by a dissenting minister, and the
legitimacy of tho children born of such
marriages. The civil law of Euro),
and the statute law of many of our own
states does exactly tho same thing to
day, when marriages are solemnized by
priest or minister, in neglect or de
fiance of Its provisions. In 1808 the
canon law was tho law of all Roman
Catholic states, and doubtless Pius
VII. may have considered it tho higher
law of every christian stuto.
ineroiano numan or divine neces
sity resting upon us to defend the papal
view of what the perfection of christian
marriago requires. If Orangemen and
other anxious Protestants are disturbed
about this far away papal judgment as
to the lawfulness of their wedlock we
aro sorry, but wo cannot sympathize
deeply. We are quite sure tho old
canon law is not in operative force here
now, even among Roman Catholics;
and that no Protestant who is tho hus
band of one wife is in tho slightest
danger of being refused admission to
the Roman church unless he submits to
a remarriage. No Roman Catholic
bishop or priest will even call in ques
tion tho perfect LEGALITY of many
marriage, which are plainly repugnant
to the word of God, and utterly UN
LAWFUL by every christian law,
Do not priests often have men and
women confess to thern that they have
. . . .i . , . -
pcrpciraicu serious crimes
Answer: Certainly.
Do they not allow thern to go their
way, after giving them absolution.
without Informing a policeman of the
scoundrel.'
Answer. Certainly. And worse, the
civil law sustains them in their per
fect right to do that dreadful thing,
But lawyer and doctor do exactly so,
whenever their client and patients tell
them, confidentially of their crimes, in
their professional capacity; and the
law sustains their right to do so. Their
professional code would pronounce them
inamousfy were the to do otherwise
Are not tho Jesuits today exactly
what they always have boon the worst
enemies of the government which
harbour th m?
Answer, The Jesuit, we presume
are today what they have always been
Still we confess to a certain sort of
diffidence in revealing this much,
while wo are in our "Protestant garb,"
Jiutwe do not think them the worst
enemies our own government bus. Wo
would give the palm, hi that respect,
to men who flaunt their Orange banner
in thl free land, with tho view of stir
ring up religion passion and mutual
hatred Isdween cltlm-ris, and run all
risk of provoking riot and bloodshed
oy caiumny ana insult oiTured to peo
ple, because of their religion ostensibly,
but really because they wish to product
a certain effect upon the politics of an
other nation,
By what process of reasoning do you
arrive ai ine conclusion that a Roman
Utthollc who nas committed tho most
atrocious crimes, arid has been hanged,
goes straight to tho liosom of Christ,
whllo Abraham Lincoln, who was mur
dered by a Roman Catholic, goes to
neu. ana suners unspeakable agony
while time endures?
Answer. It is authoritatively denied
that Booth was a Roman Catholic; but
if ho were, his crime would bo neither
bettor nor worse than it was, whatever
hi religion may have boon. Hicrlme
wa prompted by political feeling and
not by religious conspiracy.
Bishop Scannell arrives at no such
conclusion as that propounded by TllK
American. Redoes not beliove that
a Roman Catholic convicted of, and
hung for atrocious crimes goo straight
to tho bosom of Christ; neither does he
teach that Abraham Lincoln wont
straight or at all to hell, or that he
suffers, or will suffer unspeakable
agonies while tlmo endures. That 1
Intended to bo another clever question
to fire tho American heart, but it is
born of utter ignorance of what the
Roman church does teach, either as to
bad Catholics or to good Protestants.
But tho old-fashioned Calvinist of the
William of Orango type, would cer-
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mm o! M. alt nt in itHHnl thoology, In
pin (mi at hm f..r the pH.wthi!, A
book dealing with thu Meml fun. I lout
of life, HI- with the trttnogrolon of
their t'lfhtful hiwl to I. (Niiinlilei-.il
olw. ne or olio i w !.' nii-nntiiii. to the
moral mtoe of the wrilor, ami tho
io. to which the writer Intend to havn
hi lsk put,
The "Kivuter Nonnta'1 wa rxchnlod
from tho mail by it prudish officer of
tin-mi1m! i 1 1 i,.,,, And y-t tho l"'k
u a tm doulit wilt ten hy Toltol with
the on purpo'-o of tridiig the veil
from tlie lufamoii violation of the law
of purity which Ood lias ordained for
the limrrliip. Ih-iI, a violation which is
tHt infamously prevalent. The Kreuter
Sotintii wa not an olimi-m. Iik, for it
ciime from the heart of It author w ith
a high moral purpos'i. If It were
written by Zola it would doubtless Ihi
obscene. Tho motive makes the differ
once. A medical treatise on the functions
of life and generation, for tho projwr
use of medical students, physicians, mid
lay people, Is not obscene. A pamphlet
edition of the sumo treatise scattered
far and wide for greedy gain," for
prurient use, would be obscene.
The Blo'.e, which deals most plainly,
in some places, with tho laws and fun
ctions of life, and in condemnation of
fleshly sins, is not obscene. But If
these passage were culled out from it
and published by hostile infidels, or by
prejudiced or low-minded gain-dealer
a good prima facie case could bo made
out against the purity of holy scripture.
It is so with Peter Dons' moral
theology. Personally wo do not think
It at all necessary that it should deal,
with such particularity, concerning
some things that even nature ifeclf
should bo sufficient for the guidance of
any fairly intelligent priest. But how
ever revolting, there is no circumstance,
no transgressions of moral law, in rela
tion to natural functions, treated of by
Peter Dens', with which priests may
not bo called lo deal, and concerning
which they ought not to have knowl
edge. It is written and published
under the veil of an unspoken tongue,
and for the solo use of men who ought
to be able to uso it purely, if they are
at all fit, morally, for their calling.
But when tho veil is stripped from
this work, when It is translated into
two tongues In common use, and scat
tered broadcast by a so-called minister
of the gospel, with malignant or mer
cenary motive, or both, for everybody
to read, then it does tx-como obscene
and revolting. When The American
advertises this wretched hook and does
all it pirns I hi y ciin to put It recklessly
into tho hands of people for whom it
was never intended, then it, is guilty of
a crime against morality and good
citizenship.
It iissuuica, and tries to convey tho
Impression that because a priest is in
structed how he is to examine tho con
science of men and women who have
sinned grossly, therefore be is urged
to ply every woman who cornea to him
In confession with question which are
fit to ha naked only of the grossly de
praved. Peter Dens distinctly warns
priest that they aro to be moat cautious
In approaching tho Inner life of their
penitents, and that they must not go
on to the graver questioning, until they
have warrant to proceed by what has
boon already confessed,
Tiik Amkhican desires evidently, to
convey tho Impression that priests are
urged to Inquire Into tho virtue of
every woman, lm she wlfo or maiden,
even to tho asking of tho grossest ques
tions. But that Is Infamously false, as
tho editor must know after reading
even the scurrilous book which hu is
infamously circulating with malignant
hateful intent.
What excel! it In mistiness?
This question is already answered..
Peter Dens' Moral Theology Is veiled
from tho youth of both sexes, by It
publication only in a dead language.
Tho Reverend J. G. White has taken
tho Infamous pains of translating so
much of it as may bo jiervorted to a
prurient puroso, in cheap pamphlet
form, and of scattering it, far and wide,
reckless of moral consequences, for the
double purpose of reaping tho reward
of his pains, in mercenary gain, and of
flashing the charge of probablo lust
and dishonour In tho face of every Ro
man Catholic woman in tho land. This
is both "nasty" and infamous, and for a
partner he has The American.
In pursuance of their vindictive hate,
and their greed of gain tho Rev. J. G.
White and The American leave no
stone unturned, in their endeavour to
clothe with Infamous dishonour ten
millions of our people, and to circulate a
literature whose effect on the Protestant
youth of our land cannot be other than
low and debasing.
Hitherto America has boon poerles
among the nations for Its manhood'
protection of womanhood against wan-
