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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1895)
O - I I V l I .... I "IITIR A I RITTt .IRI." tavrkd B'ry im''!' " ''J vr hrd h'm dmy H tU ttic-n In THK AumiCAN rrfrilirg Ml T'r ton, rl Udr lriOHnjt i tbt b h: a!wr U1 that il w nolhlnff un tnw In th article. I Hd ' Mm miM-lf, t)d be utus tlattil tt. UU-ntvot. N't cn'.y but thcrr ire mow tbito ort of lt-m-we In SVvlSt, unJ -nn In Thorn ton, who t lrd Mr. OalMi i nmk thce nre itomcnti. If It Is true tt I bdiii-J thra to IU nitn CVboli.-s n d Uld In U ubU tht they rer truo, hlh Uttor U bw done aiain rd jrmin, tLn urtl? bp U not worthy the confidence of either Iloninn Ut or Irwt.-Unt. Neither li any other Iran lo prizes a few dollar above the lilx rty of one of our cillw-n, either of conwU-nc or personal. Such people r- unworthy th name Ameri can cllUen. I am yours for the rijrht, SliiELC. UKEKN, I'a.tor Baptist Church." Uot. Mr. Grt en followed thU letter up with one to The American, written In the following lnniruage: "Swaleuale, la., My 21, INfl. Edltor The Ameiuoan: Underdalo of April 5th I aent you a communication concerning Mix Mamie Thornton, who was taken bv the UoniUh church from this tlllaso and not allowed to return. A g reat howl baa fcono up from Home all over tbU part of the atate, headed by 'Col.' J. II. MoConlough, of Maon City, who It seconded by acme of the Protectant paper. 'I aend you the 'colonolV reply to my article, which wan printed in the Mason City TinKt-llmthl. I ahall leave you to champion the cauue of The American, knowing full well your ability to do bo and also the caue of Protentanttam. I have answered one charge, In the Mason City GaxtM, he makes against mothat of deliberately lying coiirt-rnlng the taking away of the girl. '1 here 1 abundant proof here that, according to the testimony of both Mr. and Mr. Calkins, the girl was not given any preference In the matter whatever. Permit we now, through the colurana of your paper, to answer aonio of the erroneous assertions made by the 'colonel.' When I first read his article I took H to bo a doso of political sour g rapes, ' and you can Imagine my surprise when I found this to be true. He was defeated for ofllee some three or four years ago, and charged the A. P. A. with a band In the affair. An opportunity now afforded Itself to show the people how broad be was In relig ious matters. He wrote two article, one denouncing Priest Phelan, of St. Louis, for his tirade against the Y. P. S. C. E. and the Epworth League; a day or so after he published the answer to my letter In your paper. A blind man could see through such gauze as this. The 'colonel' evidently wants to run for c fllee again. It seems that the 'colonel' has misjudged my religion: I am an American ISainm, and not a Romanist at all. Save the great his torian, Bancroft: 'Freedom of con otenre, unlimited freedom of mind, was, from the 8rst, a trophy of the BaptltU.' (History United Stales, II., G6, 67 ) The cclebraled J. W. Locke says, in his essay on 'Toleration': 'The Bptlsts were the first and only propounded of , absolute liberty, just and true liberty, equal and Impartial liberty,' (Jones' Vindication, 15.) "I say this not only because I m BaptUt, but to show the falseness of Mr. MoConlogue's statement that 'the first banner of religious freedom In this country wss unfurled by the Catholics under Lord Baltimore. I am, indeed, surprised that a Romanist should even mention history. If there is anything they do rot want the world to know anything about, it is their history, and I do not b'ame them, written In the blood of thousands of martyrs. The colonel' deplores my Ignorance of American history. I can say that I neither pose as a great scholar or his torlan, but if his own knowledge of his tory is to be judged from his article I would advise him to attend the public tchooh for a few days, at least, or else take a common school history and re tire to his office and there read it. He surely knows that Rome has forced the withdrawal from our public schools of certain histories because they gave truthful accounts of some of Rome's deeds of darkness. With a great array of eloquence he points to Lord Baltl more as the first champion of freedom pure and absolute. But I fall to find It so recorded In any history except Young Catholic's Fifth Reader,' which I have in mv library. Let us look at the United States history for facts Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts in the early spring of 1636, and founded Providence, R. I This was the beginning of the 'first civil government upon earth that gave equal liberty of conscience.' From the very first It was free from all constraint of the religious conscience. And any man, with or without a religious faith could come and remain without molesta tion of his creed. 'With an effrontery equalled only by its falsity, some papists have claimed Romanism in this country as a friend of religious freedom. Her past history is reeking with the gore of slaughtered millions, while huge vol' umes of records live to recount her murderous hate of the godly. Much can never be recorded, and never was rroorded No Jmuillom can nmove th horrid Ualna by which every pairs) f h-r hitwy Is crtnixined.' (C. C. It itirir on lit U-i.His IJberty ti meet with greater on. I aire in m not supi-w that tbU i the caM la our convent alone. It U jut the aine tSt Lucia, Prato. PUa, I Vrogla, tta. ..! tl.t he 'neer cbangr.- iw aou ioiiwmihii"; n,.-i..r.I,lritl.th, Mme as the ancient. !bt re ber religU ta aufpeaed to be II r neiern .wer is rvtral-d. Kvery , the pure.1, the prleU, moi kt and nun. one of her pre!aU- It a tworn r cutor. The veryoalh of office exact It. Here are lu word: "Heretic, . , L 1 - ,....1 Ilk. tcliixmaiut inu rvmii iuui , lic or hi aforesaid MVf'n, I will, to my utmoft, persecute ar.d opi. hut -a. mhUnuitutm, ft r w lu , ttdt m (l,.i,ii t.onfro r7 urrfnriliu fiiifict, jrro fin yr rwi(ir tl j-ji!nii'." "Uogtr Williams obtained a charter (or hi colony In 1.41, and the ame year wrote his fammi treaty entitled, The Bloody T net of Pem-cutlon lor the Cau of Conscience." Lord Balti more was truly a man much more toler ant In spirit than mopt RomaninU of bi day, and It is true that hi colony la IU4D, five years after Rhode Inland had granted abaolute freedom of con science, granted religious toleration, but not religious liberty. (C. f. Bar clay I., Chap. 7.) "Christianity wa the law of the land." The charter of Maryland rcqutred that all places of worship must be consecrated according to the Vcoleslantlcal laws of England,' and all laws be 'consonant to the laws of England' It vested all church patronage in the proprietor. Lord Baltimore desired a refuge for perse cuted Romanists, and no charter which permitted the exclusion of Protestants could le obtained from an Episcopal king and parliament. To Insure security for Catholics, and yet admit Eplsco- the lintU'kt. ijet u quote Father CMulquy once more. He wa a priet fur some twenty odd year. Same book, ge M: 'I have beard the confelon of more tban txi prieU, and to say the truth, a t; d kno it, 1 mint declare that only teny-one Lad not to weep over the ecret of i ubltc lnoommltU-d through the Irresistible corrupting lnfltieneeof auricular confewiion.' Stx)re of ex prietUarid nun confirm this tort of tetitirr ony, and the only annwerof lU'iue l to say that they were excommuni cated from the church fordrunkennesa, etc., aud howling molM try to murder them, a tbey did ex-Prlext Slattery at Savannah, Ga., a short time ago, or at Keokuk, this state, and many others that we might mention. This is no argument. Again the 'colonel' oays: You will admit, if you know anything about history, that the only religious services offered on the American conti nent for 100 years after the continent was discovert c1 by that great Catholic, Christopher Columbue, were the service of the Roman Catholic church. The reason such a thing was made possible was, as Rid path puts it in his history of the United States, page 27: 'The real object had in view by Melendez was to destroy a colony of French Protestants called Huguenots.' 'Me lendez thought to kill French heretics lecturer of the Jetuit Sherman stamp who will riond to our call for sub cribrr for stock to enable u to eslab- lUh a Daily American. We have consulted with our friend, and they Lave tuggetted this plan: locreaae the capital stock of the American Publishing Co. to ll.VI.OiiO. Divide into I0,0il0 ahare of 1 15 each. Begin buiucMi when I100,0 ha bt n tuhncribed Each cU'tklioider must be a sub- tcrlher. SulMcriptton prle-e of the paper, first year, wiii ie io; tne seoonu, anu halever the ulrectors decide itiere- afur. The management of theeompttny will be placed in the iiand of a board of director, who will be elected Irora among the stockholders, by a majority of the stock represented, at the regular annual mee'.ing. Tbe Indebtedness will not be over 40 per cent, of the capital slock at any time. If vou want to help establish a DAILY American, fill out and return to this office the following blank, keeping this statement as our part of the contract: Fwr a Ksa Sahatioa Anay, Cleveland, Olilo, May 24.-Roman Catholic miionary workers are about to start a Salvation Army movement. except that ome of the old features of the Salvation Army will lie omitted. The missionaries have the Icdortenaent of B shop Horstmann, of thl d ocese. tj the plan of treet work, and ir eet lns will soon be begun on the street corner and curl. A national organi zation will be formed, and the work ex tended to all the great cities of the country. Orangemen. The regular meetings of American Lodge No. 221, L. O. I , will be held every Saturday night at Ked men's hall, Kth ana Douglas street. All memoers are requested to be present. Eat Dy ball's Candies, 1518 Douglas Do you subscribe and pay for Thi Amkkian? yes or n will docide how much you are interested in the advancement of Americanism- ..iu. . nigral rUuKfi In the charter " me 01 patriotism, ana retujwn .i i.j.t;.M tn. nKrt-iUn. wastne way in wnicn to restore nis i.i l,ut .a the leiral enactment? character.' -lUe t-atnouc party at tne The Maryland act of toleration was passed In 1610. This act is 16 and 17 Cecillus, Lord Baltimore, Laws of Maryland at Large. (T. Bacon, 1865.) It was partial toleration, but far from liberty of conscience "First. It provided that 'blasphemy against Cod, denying our Saviour Jesus Christ to be the Son of Ood, or denying the Holy Trinity, or the God head of the three persons,' should be punished with (bath, and confiscation of lands and goods to the lord propriety, Second. 'Persons using any re character.' French court had communicated with the Spanish court the whereabouts of the Huguenots.' In this massacre be tween seven hundred and one thousand Protestants were slain; and thus in Protestiknt blocd was the banner of Rome set up in America. No one has! ever spoken a word against the woi k of I the Catholic soldiers in either the revo lution or the rebellion. Many of them fought bravely; all credit o those who did. And yet the proofs are on file ith the war department at Washing ton that Lincoln was tbe victim oi a 3 a 4 -3 "A O 14 O CO I I sJ SH o I I w J. o o O 2 H CO 03 A u u 3 a. o tD a r hi . . o proaebful word or speeches concerning Plot And, according to Roman .u- .......i ri.i ,,, f Catholic authority, the Jesuits were in line XllUSBl'U UglU miv.ul. v. - m.r Savour, or the holv aoostles or produced into this country by Arch twancidlau. or anv of them, for them. MP Hughes, who clalrred to be such " " ' I .! J !!.. fnsthflrKtnir,.nso to forfeit five pounds great inena oi me manjitu eniee . in ,i.,f,.,,u f m.nutnt to b tain. We do not care a straw how peo- I t 1 I . .5 . Il I it. I- 1 t . t ..,.1 nuhllrlv whtnned or lmorlsoned. at the Pl worsnip uou; out n is vtns poiuiu. nleasure of his lordship or his lleuten- hnd uf Iiome that we obioct l0- The li ii a .. a a -i. i Twurt An nnnHft 'coionur aTtWB un nil a k "at ruo U Ulf'UVtJtJI HI, BtJVUHU wiiouoei vvii pwi'"Jj w third offense, to forfeit lands and goods slander and vilify me, anu uses no nine in . i . r L 1. 1 I (A. It tr. and be forever banished out of the acnpiure vo assisn uim iu m, uun m . . . i fact that the devil can quote more A I . . i 1 t . i .1 .. m, , ., ,. scripture man uiosi eurisuaii wuny. This was thirteen years after Roger . .. . , ... ' m,,l , , , . 1 tlC CTCU UOCU IIU1D CVM W Wl UlUWIIUU V Williams nau openeu up uis rciuo all; yet according to the Romish Arch bishop Hughes, of New York, it was the first preaching and practicing of religious liberty. Like the Scotch leagues, it's all on one side. Compare it with the Rhode Island charter. They wrote to John ClarK, their agent in England, to 'pload our casein such sort as we may not be compelled to exercise any civil power over men's conscience.' The onranlo law of the colony was: 'No person within the said colony, at any time hereafter, shall be, in any wise, molested, punished, disquieted or called in question for any difference of opinion in matters of religion; but that all and everv iwrson or persons, from time to time, and at all times herea'ter, freely and fully have and enjoy his and their udgment and consciences in matters of religious concernment.' I emphatically deny that I in any way Insinuate that all women who be long to the church of Rome are harlots. (When was the brand removed which the Infamous Pope Pius, in 1808, placed . ,1 upon tne wives ana cnuaren oi an heretics, by whose decree has the taint of concubinage and illegitimacy een Catholic Church.' removedr) bet me quote irom ine wriest, woman ana womessiou.., y (Hoffmftn Bros., 1885). All m,. ---- -- nominations teach that a man can priests and nuns. On pages 148 and 149 L wlthout joinlnjf that y. ne says: -it muse wno ou.u And alm08t aU evangelical orthodox tempted to think that I exaggerate.read denomlnatlon8 that man is saved the following extract from the memorls . .... , , rh . . Sfin th ... it i- i.aTii r I oitneveneraDieaoipioaeiwoei,evoa.u . , th , v,,,,-- nn the Catholic bishop or flstoia ana v raw, in hgth everla8tinR lifei, (John 8:Mt Ti.l Tkon m nuKllariAn hv thA I . iwij. r or. 6:47 Acts. 'For bv grace are ye Roman Catholic Italian government to I ved through Wth. and of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of o Cm o o o" 4 at d a t3 a o at bo 03 T3 o ai d a 93 a) o o a El V i T3 u O u o o o D Ch o t i w I O -3 o Cm 03 tn u a) 13 01 4) o Cm 3 si Pm a '& o o a o 0 to win the Lord himself. Then be says: I know the history of the Catholic church from the day Christ commanded his apostles to go and teach all cations, I know the meaning of her ceremonies, I know her dogmas, and I know some' thing of the teachings, origin and his tory of other christian denominations; and. knowing this, I am satisfied and contented with the Catholic church So long as the 'colonel' lives in the United States be shall never be mo lested in his worship of God; but, knowing that religion is a great cloak that Rome spreads over her to cover her political designs and desires, he may as well 6 top down and out of poll tics. He says he 'would not entertain malice toward a single soul' and yet his article sounds very much as though he would like to cut my throat. Ac cording to the teaching of the Roman Catholic church, the assertion he makes that all the denominations are doing a food work Is not true; for anyone who opens to another a iaiee nope is an enemy and not a friend. The Roman Catholic church teaches that there is no 8((rafton outside 'the Holy Roman See 'Catechism of Christian Doctrine,' pages 20 to 23. other de- Also, please fill out the following blank for our information, as we do not want to have a Romanist associated with us in business: D. W. COMSTOCK, PainterVPaper-Hanger KAL! OMININC AND CLAZINO First-class work guaranteed In every par ticular, ijive mt a iriui. 8HOP: 32nd sod Half-Hovud 8t., - I c 1 1 in I p 2 I : CIS) Omaha, Net). Th present II 11 luiiiuanv 1 wo.7S, tlmalia. Nub., Solice. Indebtednesa of tbe Nebraska May mil, !!. Wm. L. Monroe, president. Notice. Samuel Walker, defendant, will take notice that on the til b day of May, IMrt, Jeannette Walker, plaltitllT her. ln. tiled her petition In iIih lilairli't i-niirt of DouL'laa cuuntv. Ne braska, Hitiilnst said defendant, tbe object and prayer of hlcb is to obtain a divorce from said defendant upon the ground of desertion and nf failure to sunuort: and for the custody of John W. L. Walker, an Infant otfspilnKof said 11 arrlane, aud for peruiis iuii to resume her maldea nau.eof Jeannette I'avne. You are reoulred to answer said petition on or before the 17th day of June ins. Dated May tOth, ln. JEANNETTE WALKER. elaintlff. ay Sacniiekh, Mackakland & Dickey, 5-10-4 Her Attorneys Chattel Mortgage Sale. Notli-e la hereby stven, that by virtue of a chattel inortKHKe Riven on the 2nth day of April, ISIU. by .Mrs. Elizabeth K. Howard to A. T. Elwell for two hundred and forty dol lars itJW.llUI uavable alx months after idate with Interest at the rate of ten (10) wr cent per annum from date until paid; now, there fore, in default of said uavmeut and Interest, I will otfer at public auction, on June 21st, ikk,, to me niirnest oiauer ror casn tne prop. erty described In said chattel mortKUKe, to- wlt: A Bve room cottage, situated In Haas addition to the city of Omaha, known as 2414 Bristol street. In the city of Omaha, Douglas county, Nebraska. Dated Omaha, Neb., May 25th, 1W. A. T. ELWELL, 5-31-2 Mortgagee, C. W. BAKER, Undertaker Emalmber Formerly with M. O. Maul. Telephone 696. SIS South 10th St., OMAHA. LADY ASSISTANT FURNISHED. tJO 13 show to the world that some measure had to be taken by the civil and eccles lastlcal authorities, to prevent the na tion from being entirely swept away by the deluge of corruption flowing from the confessional, even among the most perfect of Rome's followers, the monks and nuns. The priests have never dared to deny a single lota of these ter rible revelations. On page 115 we read is 05 3 U3 fcfl r1 1 u a a 0 a to a 03 li cS oS .2 a 03 0 3 S5 o a) a $ 0 c v"! 03 & 3 U-l W o , to OS 00 CHRIST. HAM AN. atctoaler anil Jeweler, Pine Watch Repairing a Specialti 512 South 16 Street. OMAHA. NEB, 0 o 3 o a as a o cS M S 3 5 .2 05 . s o i 3 y r 03 n 0 1 2 el T5 01 13 t2 J3 S '71 u ? -2 a 04 tt m 0 . t o 0 c. a, s.S o3 D -rA ,sh .3 fl -S,i W ii u i a oj a D O 23 a 2 e 3 "0 83 CD o . . . . ' w isi a i H oJ u 3 1 1 h4 works, lest anv man should boast.' ' 1 v Eph. 2:8, 9. Much more might be written, but I forbear, lours very truly for equality before the law, &1UEL. J. UREEN, Pastor Baptist Church." THE NEW DAILY SCHEME. The friends at Omaha are trvlnir to 5.-3 : 03 pq a O 03 fc-1 the following letter from Sister Flavla raise sufficient capital to start an Peraccinl. Drloressof St. Catharine, to American dally. They already have Dr. Thomas Camparlna, rector of the a lair start, out aesire we assistance 01 episcopal seminary in Pistoria: 'Of friends everywiiere in tne united those who have gone out of the world states, uan you lane one or more 1 shall say nothing; of those who are shares, on account of true Americanism? still alive and have very little decency This Is their plan: of conduct, there are many,' (then fol- In answer to repeated requests we lows a long list of names of priests, etc.) Have nnany consented 10 unaeriaKe me 'But. wherefore, anv more, with the tasic 01 starting a uaily American in exceDtlon of three or four, all I have Omaha. This would be an easy thing . 1. 1 r 1 A a. a . 1 known, alive or dead, are the same to 00 11 people were w act as mey tais. ' .... I r . f. . HI t. 1 1 t character.' 'Thev are on more Intimate X e w wm not oe impossioie, even u terms with the nuns than if they were they do not, for there are thousands 01 married.' Page 117: 'The priests are patriots who are anxious to have the the husbands of the nuns.' 'Poorcreat- news anxious to give the Protestant ures, they think they are leaving tha preachers as fair a hearing as is ac world to escape dangers, and they only corded to Roman priests and Itinerant The following numbers of shares have been spoken for in the scheme to get up a patriotic daily paper in Omaha: Omaha, Neb 1.C60 shares. Chicago, 111 509 ' Brownvllle, Neb 10 " Wlsner, Neb 7 " Boone, la 45 " Minneapolis. Minn 2 ' Florence, Neb 1 " Kansas City, Mo 1 " Laramie, Wyo 1 ' There are to be 10,000 shares. Each share is $15, payable when 1100,000 has been subscribed. The capital stock Is to be 1150,000. How many shares will you want? Let us have a dally. Edward Baumley, tor livery, and St. Marys Ave 17th Eat Dy ball's delicious Cream Candies 1518 Douglas St. When down town Crop in at John Rudd's and leave your watch, if It is out of repair, to be fixed. 317 norm 10 bt. G, W. 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