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THE INQUISITION!
Re?. J, A, Unsitig: TU ff Us rl.
Trfsfnt and futur
It I Much Purl of th Roman
Cslhohc Church Today M M Wt
In lU Plmif il 0y,
Trt! Prnvi-fhs lt. tt, 'Thp tenttor tmr
cles if l In- wtt'ttt-tl imv cruel."
Tim name if tho Roman Catholic
Inquisition ha been a synitsd of tin
(iixitkn1ils cruelty (or many centuries.
It ha always boon, and must always
be, a part of that desjtotlc system which
assumes to dictate to conscience, to
thought, to word, anil to deed.
Cruelty In declared In our text to lie
the mark of wickedness. No cruelties
in the history of the most savage of
mankind can surpass thoso which Uo
man Cat hollo hierarchies, in tho name
of the gracious religion of ChrlHt,
havo perpetrated on mankind. Not
the fierce savagery of the American
aborigine; nor thu human sacrifices of
the Mexican Aztecs; not 1 ho slaughters
of Druidle priests, nor the fierceness of
Cossacks on the steppes of Russia;
neither tho barbarities of ancient
Scythians nor of modern Persians, the
bloodthlrstlness of the Moor, nor tho
reckless cruelty of African savages;
nor the utter disregard of human suf
'ef'.ng shown by Asiatic despots havo
equalled, in tho diversity of methods
employed to inflict human suffering, or
in the numbers of those who have
fallen victims to their cruelty, the
recorded but unspeakable horrors of
the Roman Catholic Inquisition.
Every savago art, tho utmost in
genuity of torture, disregard of every
principle of Justice in apprehending,
confining, Interrogating, torturing and
killing its victims, have been employed,
with the studied and pitiless improve
ments of centuries, and practised with
out remorse or apology, to enslave the
mind, the conscience, and tho heart of
, the.world
It Is not tny purpose so much to re
view the voluminous history of Romish
cruelty, scattered ns It is through ages
of tlmo and through tho annals of
many nations, as it is to show that this
dread and horrid tribunal Is insepar
able from tho papal government; that
it is, therefore, a present as well as a
past part of tho machinery of that
chu 'h, and must remain such in the
futut ; that the church in itself is
responsible for all that tho inquisition
has ever done, being herself Its origi
nator, procurer and executor; and also
that the ascendency of Rome means the
ascendency of persecution In its various
forms, in order to tho establishment of
Its authority. Therefore such ascend
ency shaild bo resisted by every lawful
and pro) t moans ' , any people who
cherish; odom.
Why mild I toll you of a history
with whiflh tho whole world is familiar?
Why dwell on the dread figure which
sum up tho overthrow and desolation
of nations? I might repeat that in tho
first eighteen years of tho Hpanlsh in
quisition, under Torqucmadu, 10,220
persons were burned, and 97,0(X) im
prisoned, banished, and reduced to
want, "In tho Netherlands, under tho
Emperor Charles V., who was not a
bigot, and beforo 1'hllip II. began
harsher measures, tho victims of tho
inquisition, burned, strangled, burled
alive, were established at from a mini
mum of M),000 to a maximum of over
100,000;" 10000 Albigonses wore tor
tured and burned to death BOO men,
women and children being burled alive
on suspicion of heresy at ono time; by
tho revoeation of tho Edict of Nantes
700,000 christian people were exiled
from France; by the massacre of St.
Uartholomow, 70,000 wero slaughtered
withou mercy. Tho inquisition in
Peru tortured to death 100,000 victims.
And these aro but suggestions and In
I noes of the uncounted thousands
I n wnom wore porpeiratou tno re-
tng atrocities dovisod by tho
his prelates.
ad in Llmborch's "History of tho
7 V
Inquisition" the story of Its origin
seven hundred years ago, of its estab
lishment b ' progress In France, Spain,
Italy, Portugal, Poland, Sicily, Sar
dinia, Germany, Holland, and other
parts of tho world. It describes its
ministers and methods, its vicars,
assistants, notaries, judges, and other
officials; the power of tho inquisitors,
and their manner of proceeding. It
unveils their dread tribunal, (pons
'heir blood-stained records, describes
their dungeons, tho secret tortures they
inflicted, tho extreme, merciless, un
mitigated tortures, and also the public
so-called "acts of faith," or burning of
hi retlcs. No secrets could bo withheld
from tho inquisitors; hundreds of per-
ons wero often apprehended in ono
ti.Ht (vtilUnf front Uolr ilnatiti
Hti.le, tottlllV, IhlHlMltd WiW w
appr hctt.h (I. lMon. ctivittn, rtcn
private house, iv trowihH) hh
tlctlnt: the cells f the Inquisition
ere filled and emptied fmti am)
a;aln: lu lorlur rliamln r a lu ll
The iuM inoi-uUUif 'ngiiH' i'i
i Ui'IiMhI to illnliVMlo Uip Hmlof 'en
Irlnler HiiHM II. Thollds were huriHsl
lo the slake. The g I a (aggi
sn.l eriifln'd, S"d t'lirUl llliuiwlf, In
Iho perwtna of Ills member, ubjicUl
U tho anguUh of a smhmh! (Jolgtitha.
I)f IhlsU'rrlflc enginery of grein
menu kept In iNratlon so long a the
hi held sway ovrr any territory
which he wmld govern as he liked, I
wish to show not the past history so
much as It present neceslty, in order
to the execution of Rome's plan. 1
purpose to show exactly from their
own words, laws and usages, what the
papal church believes, employes and
practices, in tho way of cruelty to
humanity, under tho guise of tender
mercy and concern for their souls. For,
with a revolting hypocrisy, all that
sho has ever done has been done under
the claim that sho represents tho
merciful Christ, and is doing Ills will
under Ills immediate orders.
Tho pupal principles demand the
inquisition; tho principle of unehango
ableness; of authority, as they define it;
infallibility, which justifies all the
record of the past as being indisputably
right, and also tho present laws of tho
church. To the proof of this I now
address myself.
I have briefly glanced at tho history
of tho inquisition. I shall show most
fully that it was originated, justified,
and supported by tho popes and pre
lates, This being shown, you see at
once that according to the papal claim,
that tho church Is always the same:
they not only approved of all this post
conduct at tho time, but Insist on hold
lng tho same relation to it now that
they have ever dono. It is the church
that has repeatedly defined heresy and
declared it to be worthy of death. It
is tho approved ofllcors of the church
who have asscrtoti their authority to
put to death all heretics. The inquis
itors and their families have been
ofllcei's whom the church has appointed,
supported, blessed and canoninod. The
buildings of the inquisition, its dun
geons, its instruments of torture, wore
and aro the property of tho church.
So, then, if tho church is unchangeable,
as they everywhere assort, what they
have been they aro now; what they
have dono they would do today; Justify
ing their past, they would make it
present; and tho only escape from this
conclusion is for them to repudiate
their dogmas, their popos, their laws,
and their history,
Tho Roman Catholic church, assert
ing the principle of authority over all
persons and in all respects, enforces
that authority by claiming to bo, and
being, utterly intolerant of all other
religions and opinions. "Since the
thirteenth century, no principle or
doctrlno has been enforced with greater
emphasis and more frequently repeated
by tho popes in their circular letters,
bulls and enactments, than the doctrine
that it is a divine commandment and
sacred duty of every monarch and
every government to make use of the
power that Is given them for suppress
ing those who avow a different creed,
and to permit no freedom in matters of
faith and divine service. Tho dogma
of Infallibility is at the samo tlmo a
declaration of the divine truth of the
doctrlno that Catholic princes and
states, so far as they possess the nec
essary power, aro also bound, as a
matter of consclonco, to tolerate no
other but the Catholic confession, as
far as possible to keep back from official
positions those who differ from it, to
undermine their christian associations,
and finally to extirpate them," "Intol
erance is to bo enforced wherever there
is tho power to enforce it. A measure
of toleration may bo allowed wherever
the government is not strong enough
to withhold it," They officially doolare
that the state is not jtidgo in matters
of religion, and when it allows civil
liberty of worship, it usurps a right
which belongs to tho spiritual power.
To authorize tho liberty of different
forms of worship Is called immoral.
The archbishop of St. Louis is reported
to have uttered theso words"
"Heresy and unbelief are crimes,
and in christian countries, as In Italy
and Spain, for instance, they ure pun-
lsnoa as oilier crimes."
From a Roman Catholic paper called
lha Slwrlttrd of the Valley, St. Louis, Is
taken this sentence:
"Protestantism of every kind, Cathol
icity inserts in her catalogue of mortal
sins. She endures It when and where
sho must; but sho hates it, and directs
all her energies to effect its destruc
tion."
Tho Boston Pilot, under its late
editor, who has been so unduly extolled
y IVoli 1M, m.l" llil attniwitn-v
"There can he no rvHtflutt hiit
the Itupit.Mlon. hlih lly (!
!(,'! fir the promotion t the true
ui ih
IVt lln IX. :
f ' '"The alwtlH MM cflNwenis iWlrltte
or rmtiiL' lit defetieo of IHrH of con
tw'tciHv, are a moot pHltntit error,
a mM of all others tuoM l i utvailiMi
In a !nt. ttrcl lx lie' ho a'rt
the tilerly of conscience and worship.
and all such a malnlnln that tin'
church may not employ force,"
The maintenance of the authority
here el a luted can never exlct without
all the cruelties of the lhitihilioti.
Moreover, on the fundamental dogma
of the infallibility of the poo is based
the fullchl justification of the Inquisi
tion. If tho present hm of Rome is
Infallible, its pact hss have been
equally sot and their deeds have, there
fore, tho fullest sanction and Justifica
tion. If, then, they created, maintained
and encouraged tho inquisition, it is as
wholly justifiable as any dogmn of their
faith. And that they did this we now
proceed to show.
PopeJ'aul IV., who was as energetic
as ho was cruel, published a brief on
the ttith of February, I'M, charging
Valdoz, the grand inquisitor of Spain,
to destroy "utterly all Protestants and
friends of Protestantism, though they
might bo bishops, archbishops, cardi
nals, nuncios, or barons, counts, dukes,
princes, kings or kaisers." So ran the
words of his holiness. And Valdoz
carried them out but too willingly.
Popo Clement XI. preached a gen
cral crusade in 1702, and granted
plenary absolution to all who should
take up arms for tho extermination of
"this cursed and loathsome brood," the
Protestants of France. Thus tho sal
vatlon of Roman Catholic murderers
was made to depend on their slaughter
of protesting christians who denied tho
fulsities ot Romanism,
Pope Eugenlus IV. began his reign
in 1131 by causing a crusade to be
preached against tho Bohemians
throughout all Europe, so that an end,
"once for all, might be made of the
heretics." The Inducements offered
tho crusaders were great. , Not only
were thoy authorized to rob and
plunder, but even "commanded to do
so as a pious duty." They did their
horrible work, assured that tho uproot
ing of heresy was a work agreeable to
God, performing deeds so dreadful that
tho tongue refuses to describe them.
Innocent III., greatest of the popes,
unless it were Gregory VII., in tho
first of his pontificate, despatched his
legato, Reiner, to Spain and tho south
ern provinces of Frunco', charging him
with an encyclical letter to all the
princes, barons, bishops, etc., prescrib
ing tho sternest measures against the
heretics. As a preliminary step, he at
once commanded the arrest of every
known heretic, and tho confiscation of
their iK)ssessIons. Tho children of a
heretic wore made to share their par
ents' ruin. The house in which a hero
tic had taken refuge was, by tho same
decree, commanded to be razed to the
ground. "No one, from mistaken
charity, shall give succor or aid to one
of the accused, under penalty of incurr
ing suspicion of sharing his sin. The
nearest ties of blood or friendship shall
bo held no ground far excuse. An oath
sworn to an heretic shall lie null and
void, for no ono is bound to hold faith
with, but rathor in every way to de-
docelvo, mislead and circumvent him."
"In a long scries of bulls and de
crees," says Von Dollinger, "more than
fifty popes established tho institution
of tho inquisition, or the sacrod oflloe.
Thoy restored it only a few years ago,
after it had been suppressed in papal
states by tho interregnum, and but
recently they have again extolled it on
occasion of the canonization of some in
quisitors. For several centuries they
enforced the rule that whoever per
sisted In differing from the church
doctrine in a slnglo article, was to be
punished by death; they sanctioned
tho principle that a relapsed heretic,
that is, ono who has been convicted of
differing for tho second tlmo from the
doctrlno of the church, was to bo exe
cuted, even if ho recanted. Should tho
Infallibility of popes bo proclaimed
(ho was writing this before 1870), it
would self-evldently extend to tho
whole province of morals as well as to
that of dogmas. It would Iks impossible
to suppose that a pope had ever stood
by a principle that was reprehensible
from a moral point of view, that he
had ever Issued an Immoral decision,
or instituted a proceeding that contra
dicted christian ethlcB, No Catholic
might, under theso circumstances,
either daro to say or think that tho in
stitution of tho inquisition was an
error, or that tho laws for it given by
the pojies had at times been immoral.
"Nevertheless," ho adds, "a glance at
modern literature shows that nowadays,
atall nts outside of Italy, no ono
dare -ny longer to defend the institu
tion as it really was, or the laws and
ptin. .)'. n, n m tip fm it In
th t-n "
t"rt alt lid action of ) , atv
fotwl to one of lialt'rttthe:'Hhi r
that the jopi are itot infallible, or
cle, U-lntf Infallible, a Riimnlm le
rlitni, they jrovi the biijulHlott to U
right, piUflU!i, iui i !) , and to !
pTp- t!it-d, For hat ha t n the
order of the church l still lt standing
law.
I WIiUMlrnl perftccittlon Is ihvlared
In the Romnn (.'alhollc ",w of toil ay to
he a duty. Cvci y hUhop w ho takes the
full inUilel oath has to swear that he
will, to the utmost of hi ability, jierw
cute and exterminate every heretic,
PciHwrutlon Is also enjoined as a duty
upon private persons.
Pope Urban U., in 10HH, decreed, and
it is cmlsslied In the canon law of
Rome, an follows:
"Those are not to lie accounted mur
derers or homicides who, when burning
with love and zeal for their Catholic
mother against cx-eommunleated Prot
estants, shall hnpH'n to kill a few of
them."
"When the cannon law was revised
by a commission of cardinals under
Popo Gregory XIII., I'M), this decree
was left in, and was made an article of
faith. It is now dc.flde and part of tho
unalterable law of the church of Rome,"
Pius IV., when the government of
Lucca hud cnueted a law ottering a re
ward of three hundred crowns and tho
reversal of any sentence of outlawry, or
tho power of transferring any such
pardon, to all persons who should suc
ceed in murdering any of tho Protest
ant refugees who had lied from that
city, described it as a "pious and praise
worthy decree, piously and wisely en
acted, and that nothing could redound
moro to God's honor, provided it was
thoroughly carried into execution."
The penalty of death for heresy was
pronounced by so many popes, con
firmed and repeated so many timos,
and carried into execution so many
more, that it seems almost useless to
adduce further proofs of their respon
sibility; but I must bog to quote a sn
tion of the Bull in C;rt Domini, used
in tho annual cursing, on tho annivers
ary of tho institution of the Lord's
Su?.-. plus V. and Uroan VIII.
ordained that it should be read on each
Maundy Thursday from every Roman
Catholic pulpit in Christendom. On
that day, all who doubted a slnglo
article of faith, according to tho maxim
of canon law, as well us all who refused
absolute obedience to the pope's author
ity, wore' anathematized In languago,
part of which is as follows:
"Cursed, banned, in the name of God.
tho Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, and
In that also of tho blessed St. Peter
and St. Paul, shall bo, firstly, all
Hussites, WlckliflltoM, Lutherans,
Zwinglians, Calvlnists, Huguenots,
Anabaotlsts, Trinitarians, Unitarians,
and all and every other heretic. Sec
ondly, all those who give any succor or
aid to any heretic, comfort him, shelter
him, or show him countenanco in any
way.
"Thirdly, all who buy, read, print,
or disseminate, or favor in any way,
any religious book published without
tno sanction of tho apostolic throne.
"Fourthly, all universities, colleiros,
and cathedral chupters on their appeal
ing 10 a council.
"Fifthly, all who may offer any lot
or hindrance to exH!diting of money
and necessaries, etc,, etc., to tho papal
court, or who sequestrate Its revenues;
further, those also who lay taxes on
the clergy, though they bo kings or
kaisers; those who meddle in ecclesias
tical affairs or plans under papal Juris
diction; thoso who offer any resistance
to tho commands of tho poM's, his
legates or nuncios. Finally, all who
olaty not tho representatives of St.
Peter as it would behoove them to
obey God Himself."
This notorious bull originated un
doubtedly with tho arrogant Boniface
VIII. It was enlarged and perfected
by Urban V., Julius II., Paul III.,
Gregory XIII., and especially by Plus
V. and Urban VIII., and as late as 1864,
In tho states of the church, and in
Rome especially, it was proclaimed on
tho appointed anniversary in every
church.
(To be continued next wstik.)
The Douay Testament.
A few years ago there was an effort
made by tho Roman Catholic church to
havo the King James version of the
Bible, which was used in the public
schools, changed for the Douay version.
As soon as it was suggested, many Prot
estants said, "They do not wish the
Douay version there, and simply uso
this method to push all versions of the
Bible away from tho eyes and tho cars
of the children," and tlmo has shown
this belief to bo correct.
The following communication, which
was written by Rev. Thomas Conncllan,
who was at ono time a priest of tho
Roman Catholic church, will show the
situation in Ireland regarding tho read
ing of the Douay testament, which has
the endorsement of tho papal church:
IltlHH PKIKST8 AND THE DOCAY
Tkstament.
To tho Editor of tho Iumhe Adver
tiser. Sir: I am sure both your readers
and yourself fool that it is time to end
this ciWiHm cl ) Mr. lloSilef l i
d-nilj inahmiv also 1 hate It ler
ntlnai.-d In Th.wtttoa. hat Inf hocn
aktit by my !colh. r to act umpire,
has rvplh-d f. !!,
I't Alhctt 'fepiare, liindiH,
Ah IW-e. Iii2. t
hir; ant In tiiM-tpl of our h-Mi-r of
(lie I'th IdM Tho nupsHon prop isi-d
to te referred to me U one that I could
not entertain- You ttoist eeusc me,
therefore, for declining- to act. Your
faithful!, T. TllOHNTnS.
FoHunalely there I a tribunal yet
atalhilile. have resolved, therefore,
with my brother's consent, to take Mr.
Holder before the tmrof public opinion,
and to leave the dHllon to that gen
erally fair and Impartial tribunal.
Y'our reader will have observed that
Iho statement of my brother which ex
cited Mr. Holder's indignation was, in
Mr. Holder's own words, that "ho
could put case after ease whero even
the Douay testament, of tho church of
Rome had been taken out of tho hands
of Roman Catholics by tho priests
themselves." Mr. Holder at onco con
tradicts this statement In a letter pub
lished in your columns, and says:
"This assertion I contradict, and In
order that my contradiction may not
be a flat one I offer to give A'llO to tho
Dundee Royal Infirmary on his pro
ducing the name of ono culprit and the
evidence that bears out this nefarious
charge." My brother, who was then in
Scotland, at once accepted the chal
lenge, and added: "As S(Hn as I get
back to Ireland I promise to give Mr.
Holder's challenge all necessary atten
tion." Mr, Holder, in a fresh letter,
told your readers that my brother had
gone back to Ireland "to fish" for one
case, and tried to make a point out of
tho fact that he had not quoted cases
off-hand. I wish here to make two re
marks in passing. Scotchmen, who
aro generally gifted with shrewd com
mon sense, must havo thought it a
little strange that Mr. Holder could at
onco go ball for 3,500 Irish priests, He
has boon living for many years in
Dundeo, and could huve no personal
knowledgo of tholr practices., Then,
although my brother know well that
Doeny Testaments had been taken out
of the hands of Irish men and women,
it would manifestly have been unfuir
for him to give their names in public
without their permission. All tho
world knows, especially after tho
Meath election petition, that Irish
priests have a knack of making life
disagreeable for tholr opponents, and
like Rev. Mr. O'Connell In South
Meath, they might apply "fire to their
heels and flro to their toes" had my
brother made public montion of his
witnesses. This Mr. Holder knew as
well as wo did, and I cannot shut my
eyes to tho conviction that it had some
thing to say to his generous offer of jC20
to tho Royal Infirmary, For a hundred
persons whoso Douay Testaments have
been seized by tho priests, not moro
than ono can bo found to bear public
testimony to the fact.
Nevertheless, I am happy to be In a
position to place beforo tho public cer
tain names, with dates, names of priests,
and other particulars, and I shall
leave It to tho publlo to judgo if Mr.
Holder is acting honorably In any
longer keeping his 20 cheque in his
pockot-book,
My first name will bo that of Mary
Jane Short. She is a young Irish girl,
aged 20 years, and her address Is
Brighton Square, Dublin, On tho 14th
of last November alio went to confes
sion to to Father Purcell in Sandy
mount Roman Catholic Chnpol, Dublin.
I had some conversation with her
previously, and had given her a Douay
Testament (Coyne's edition). Sho told
this to Father Purcell. Ho refused
her absolution, and ordered her to go
home and burn the testament.
Tho second enso I shall submit to
Mr. Holder is that of Mary Kenny,
whoso present address is 40 Victoria
street, Dublin. Sho went to confession
to Father Cremmlns in Meath street
Roman Catholic Chapel, Dublin, in
May, 1880, and told him sho was read
ing tho Douay Testament. The priest
ordered her to give up the liook. Mr.
Holder, I know, will be Interested to
learn that both of those girls havo left
the church of Rome, and that it will
bo useless to try and bring priestly
tyranny to boar uinm them.
The third case I wish to submit Is
that of Mrs. Rowan, whose present
address is 802, South York street, Glas
gow. When a young girl, and living
at Clogher, near Ballnghaderin, sho
got a Douay Testament, and found
spiritual jteaec and profit from the
reading of it. Father Spelhnan, of that
place, found her engaged in It perusal.
Ho tore it from her. Sho snatched the
Itook out of his hands and escaped
from him.
My fourth case is that of Annio Kirk,
of Si. John's, Terenuru, Dublin, llcr
mistress, Miss Mistre, offered her a
Douay Testament. Sho refused to
take it, saying, "Roman Catholics are
.. sN.n. .1 to read thw II, hi.. " "lt.it
it j, hip ion t-tm tit," id Miss
M'm- " tt Tather t"haii and h
ill t. ll ?). lt t . ,," The fcltl took
the te.Ulll. lit Shl enl tl eiH!fl,l
on the filloi itig Saturday tit; lit to
Pallet t 'hat les, a wietnts-r of the !
slottUi I ..to in u nl t v at Mount Argu,
Dublin. n her n turn h handed the
lostantent to Miss M.mre, My lng:
'ib'tv, Mi, Father t'hailes told me
thai women are hot allowed to road the
llihlc without -i mission, and then
only in Duffy' edition." Duffy' edition
I may tell your reader. I one In which
the Irish Roman Catholic bishop have
Improved ujsin the work of the holy
spirit, by adding note of their own to
tho word of losl.
My fifth case Is that of Mrs. Wood,
whoso present address l Cloghur, Hal
laghadern. She was chastised by
Father Spoil man, of that place, for
reading tho Douay Testament, and ho
tried each tlmo to take It from her.
My sixth case is that of Anno (Jill, of
Iho same address Clogher, Ballag
haderln. Sho was chastized by Father
Durkln, of that phice, for reading the
Douay Testament.
My seventh ease Is that of Alloc
Harrington (now Mrs. Grovatt, and
living nenr Bray). When a young girl
living at Clogher, Ballaghaderin, she
was challenged by Father Egan, of that
place, for reading the Douity Testa
ment, and he took tho bcsik from her.
Is Mr, Holder yet satisfied, or duos
ho wish for more cases? If so, ho can
havo plenty of them, and, as Mr. Dick
Swlvlor said to (Jullp, "from tho same
shop." His a matter of such publlo
notorluty here In Ireland that tho
priests try to prevent tho reading of
the Douay Testament that oven Roman
Catholics expressed to mo their utter
astonishment at Mn Holder's audacity
in denying tho fact.
There Is a family in Omaha which
was "boycotted" during a tlmo of sick
ness when thoy lived lo Ireland, and
all the help they could got was a
Protestant boy. Tho crop wero nt
in tho flold until tbwy were injured and
not worth gathering, Not Roman
Catholic was allowed by tho priest to
work for this despised heretical family.
The cause wu this: A Roman Catho
lic servant girl wanted a testament.
Sho got permission of the priest, an
old man, to have tho book, and thoy
bought tho book for hor. Another
priest came to that parish, a young
man, and ho found this girl was r nail
ing the Douay Testament, and the
Issik had boon given by the Protestant
family. He established a "boyoot"
during a tlmo when tho whole family
was sick, with the result above stated.
No, tho Roman Catholic church doe
not wish any Bible for the people.
Bkth.
A Letter and Resolution,
Mihhouki Valley, la', Aprils, 1803.
Editor. Tub Amkhican: At a late
meeting of our council it was unani
mously agreed that tho enclosed resolu
tions of resjM-ct bo forwarded to our
American papers in this vicinity for
publication. Our council is a hummer
and wo aro spreading out and wo now
make tho Romans take only such as we
wish to give them. Our spring elec
tion convinced them that, many though
their numbers be, thoy stood no show
with tho A. P. A.' on election day,
even If tho priest did keep tho sidewalk
hot with his mad march all day, We
did them up very quietly and unexpect
edly, as they had agreed, ono to leava
town, and another to walk to the Mis
souri river and drown himself, if they
could not beat our ticket. But wo have
them hero yet and no one inquires
whim they aro going. SKCUETARY.
Tho following resolutions were
adopted by Missouri Valley Council
No. 40. In their hall, March 28, 1803:
Whereas, In view of the loss we
have ustalned by tho decease of our
late friend Milton Berry, and the still
heavier loss sustained by thoso who
were nearest and dearest to him, there
fore bo It
Resolved, That It Is but a just tribute
to tho departed to say that in regret
ting his removal from our midst wo
mourn for ono who was in every way
worthy of our rtspect and regard;
Resolved, That in the death of our
friend we have lost an earnest worker
for tho protection of our American flag
and American Institutions;
Resolved, That wo sincerely condole
with the family of tho deceased on tho
dispensation with which it has pleased
Divine Provldcnco to afflict them, and
commend them for consolation to Him
who docth all things well, and whoso
chastisements are meant in mercy;
Resolved, That this heartfelt testi
monial of our sympathy and sorrow be
forwarded to tho family of our friend
by the secretary and also that they lo
published in THE AMKRlt'AN.
Committee. ,
You should all remember that C. F.
Shaw A Co., 618 S. 16th St., ha al
ways on hand, Vegetable, in season;
also a lull lino of Staple Grocetlss.
Do not forget us when down town.
Go to Dyball for fine candies, 151$
Douglas St.
