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C JULY 12 !!.'.
Patriotism and
not ba allies.
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William III. I
Ueorj of Navarro
the Orangeman'a
WHEREVER Protestantism la In the
ascendant, the refinements and atuenl
tie of civilization re effulgent.
The Loyal Orange Institution, being
everywhere composed of loyal men, la
ono of the great bulwarks of Protostant
Itm OUR country U inenaood with grae
5unkcio, lu uiv prcsoneaof which do
Protestant freeman can afford to be
tacit.
THE poor dupes who composed King
Jamoa II. 'a army bad about an clear a
conception of tho nature and scope of
civil freedom aa have the Digger In
diana. Thk very peace and pormanance of
society require the maintenance of
Protestant supremacy throughout the
length and breadth of the American
Republic.
THE papal flag ahould nover bo per
mitted to be displayed, eWn on speolal
occasions, on the soli of the Unltod
SUtoi. It la the symbol of foreign
subjection.
William of Orange and hla con
frerea did noble work for the cause of
Protestant liberty on that memorable
July day In 1600, from which datea the
rise of the Loyal Orango Institution.
Genuine Amerlasna. every soul of
them, discountenance the recognition,
in any manner, of the Irish and papal
flags,, which signify robellion and
treason against the Government of the
Unltod Sta'ea.
IT is thahlt bird that flutters. The
senior Simwater has nursed the bottle
of political dictatorship ao long that he
goes Into spasms when tho people take
the management of public affairs Into
their own hands.
The senior Slmwater's price for sell
ing out the Republican party and abu
log the Protestant people f Omaha is
just $2.OO0, and Roman CtUholtc Count
Creighton has been asked to foot tho
bill. Will one of these men dare to
deny the charge?
THE American Protective Aasocla
lion is prohibited by its state constltu
tlon from endorsing candidates for pub
lic offtoe. The by-laws of local council
subjoct members who would bring per
sonal or factional polities into the order
to severe penalties.
The 12th of July is a day of which
every member of the Imperial Anglo-
Saxon race should bp esp slaliy proud;
for the battloof the Boyne was a valiant
and righteous congest for Protestant
ascendancy, which is always a reces
ary coidttlon of civil and religious
liberty.
We are in leeipt of a neat, clean
and perfect little paper printed In
Spanish, called "El Anclano," printed
at Mora, New Mexico, and for a Protes
tant paper it is a Pea warmer. The
Rev. J. J. Gilchrist Is at the helm and
has for h a leader the 17 verse of 1st
chap, of Romans and ia full to the brim
with slaps at the Roman Hierarchy
Long may she live.
Harry Hunter has carried hla
game of deceit far enough. Citizens
who do not wish to ba misrepresented
In the columns of the Omaha Bet should
shun him. The American does not
wish to injure Mr. Hunter, but he will
have to find some other employment
than that of acting as sub-Jesuit to the
man who would assassinate the char
acters of men whom he cannot use.
A member of the Roman Catholic
church who can read the English lan
guage can possess a Protestant Bible
'providing the same is printed in Lt-
In," and a number who can neither read
nor write can own one printed in Eng
ish, without committing a mortal sin,
And, cow comes the latest from his
holiness? on the Tiber, which permits
the working man and bis family to eat
neat on all special fast days except
Friday. What a glorious thing It
for the thousands of Rome's dupes, who
from weakness caused by fasting, have
cot been able to earn sufficient to pay
Peters' pence, and purchase wafergodi
and i their usual amount of rum,
What a great blessing for those poor.
who have no money with which to buy
bread, after paying for masses to re
lease the poor souls from Purgatory
and yet some people contend that the
Holy Roman Catholic church is not
liberal
ROSEWATER S WAY TO REFORM.
There waa never a better oportun!ty
cffrtd Protestants to exe-cim their
faculties of thojght than la presented
to day. On the one hand, they have
Mr. Rooewator abusing and vilifying
men because he aayatbey are dragging
religion Into polities for the pur oe of
depriving a portion of our citizens of
certain Inalienable rights which are
guarautoed by the Constitution and
laws of our common country. Oa the
other band, they have Mr. KoxewaUT
supporting the only party that has
ever thought of dragging religion Into
politics the only party that has ever
attempted to deprive an American
citizen of any of the rights guarantied
by either the lawa or the Constitution.
They have Mr. Rosewater as the
avowed supporter of the only church
party in Douglas county; ai the de
fender of every unmanly act ef men
who do hla bidding without queatlon;
aa the do'amer and detractor of every
man who will not stultify himself and
become hia abject and willing tool; as
the aponaor of disreputable and danger
oua demagogues; as the apologist for
every low, mean, corrupt and untrust
worthy official; as the alder and abe ttor
of boodlors; as the associate and boon
companion of the worst and most law
defying classes; as the consort of dive
keepers and gamblers, and as the
champion of every questionable meas
ure which tends to Increase his hold
upon the vicious and corrupt element
of our population.
Mr. Rose water entered no word of
protest when hla Board of Fire and
Police Commissioners discharged, with
out a trial, twelve capable and efficient
police officers i olely because they were
considered members of the A. P. A.; in
fact, he endorsed in his editorial "nows
columns" the attempt to Romanize the
police department of Omaha. Suppose
the commissioners who are appointed
next month follow the precedent which
bis board has established, and discharge
all the men whom they have recently
placed upon the force, what will be the
result? Mr. Rosewater will howl "re
ligious persecution," Intolerance and
bigotry. It has ever been his policy to
do the very things which ho chargea
against the men whom he is opposing,
and up to this time his game has worked
like a charm. That it will not be so
successful in the future wo are quite
confident, for the people are becoming
aware of hla duplicity and his double'
uallng, so much so that the citizens'
movement which ho attempted to or
ganize, for the sole purpose of return
ng the disreputable and lncpmpetont
Romans to power, has proved his Wa
terloo.
Let us look for one moment at the
men who have been dismissed by his
board and those appointed by it. We
are personally acquainted with Starkey
Halter, Flint, Kirk, Dimes, Story and
Wllbor; and we know no more honett,
honorable, upright and capable men
wera over clothoJ with police powers
AgatnBt them no man Rosewater In'
eluded can truthfully say a word
Thev were the cream of the force. We
were also acquainted with Acting Cap
tain Slgwart, and we challenge any
man to Bay one word derogatory to his
character or that will bring Into ques
tion hla ability, efficiency and capa
bility. Their sole fault was in being
Protest tnta. Wa also know, by repu
tation, most of the new appointees,
Tnelr recommendation was, with three
exceptions, that they were devout Ro
manists. One of them has a record
that smells to heaven. That one
A. Keysor, the ex patrol conductor.
wiio has ben re;eatedly charged with
making improper proposals to at lea-
one respectable woman. In fact, we
saw tho nflllavlt in which she swore
that he had offe ed her a certiin sum
of money if she would allow him to
have criminal Intercourse with her
16-year-old daughter. We understand
that this man' Keysor was married at
the time. If he was, had he accom
plished his purpose, he would have
been liable to the law on two counts-
rape and adultery.
Think of Mr. Rosewater s reform
B ard of Fire and Police Commission
ers appointing sucn a cnaraoier as
Keysor after discharging such a man
as Slgwart! Think of their appointing
McMahon to succeed Protestant Jim
mle Kirk; of a Murphy in the place of
Protestant Flint; of a Gorman in the
place of Protestant Starkey, whom the
B.e lied about and abused last night;
think of discharging a Wilber to make
room for McCauley, and of discharging
Halter, who was all but cut to pieces
in the discharge of his duty, to make
room lor uarameuo, tae utts press
man. Think of all those fourteen Ro
mans in the places formerly filled by
Protestants. Think of this act of Mr.
Roeewater's police commissioners, and
tell us who is organising a church
party in this community. Tell us
the organization of the A. P. A. was
effected any too soon to keep this city
from being as thoroughly Romanized as
was Chicago under John P. Hopkins
We might take up and trace the
eventful years which rounded out the
life of the Prince of Orange, from the
day of his birth, November It, 1&0,
until the day of bis death, March S,
1702; or we might depict the hardships,
deprivations and sufferings of hi loyal
subjects during the long years of their
struggle against Roman encroachment
and aggression, when men, women and
children suffered de.itb by starvation
rather than be under the dominion of
the pope of Rome, acd for the purpose
of perpe'.uatlng Protestantism in the
earth.
We might tell of the Crimea which
Roman thugs and supercilious Protes
tants have committed every twelfth day
of July against the men who honor this
day which commemorates Protestant
victory over papal intolerance, but
when we h id done, we would have told
you only what you know.
For that reason, we shall not review
the past, but shall content ourjelves
ith wishing the Orangemen, their
wives and children and their friends a
pleasant and profitable time the 12. h,
and a wider, if possible, dissemination
of their principles.
The senior Sirawater stated publicly
Tuesday evening that he would like to
meet some of the leaders of tho A. P.
A. ia debate. The American knows
of a number of gentlemen who would
be willing to meet Roman Catholic
Count Crelghton's hired man. It is
doubtful, however, if riot and blood
shed could be avoided ia a large mass-
meeting filled with Roman Catholics
who ate pantln; for the blood of those
who are opposing the Roman Church
party in this city and county. The
treatment of Dr. James Bruner at the
so-culled citizens' meeting last Tuesday
evening is a sample. It was a disgrace
to a civilized community. The demon
stration by Roman Catholics at Savan
nah, Ga., a short time ago, and at East
Boston on the Fourth of July, prcve
the intolerance of the pops's emissaries.
It is generally couceded that the Sim
water contingent is desperate, and no
means will be spared to save their fail
ing fortunes. Mr. Rosewater has raised
a religious issue in this campaign; he
is determined that the Roman Catholic
Church party shall be returned to
power, and he should be Ignored as a
social disturber. The same reason
which impels The American to offer
this advice controlled the founders of
the A. P. A. in making the order se
cret. The blood of Lincoln and Carter
Harrison murdered by Roman Cath
olics cries out and admonishes tho
people of Omaha not to be ensnared
It there is to be a debate, let it be in
the columns of the Omaha Bet and The
American, and not in the presence of
a mixed audience such as would attend
do not think ao, anJ that they fear to
go near lest soma of the sm:ll may atay
ia their clothes.
TUB vicious attack upon ex-Policeman
Starkey by the Omaha JUe was aa
uncalled for at it waa unjust. We have
interviewed the neighbors living around
Mr. S arkey, and they all agree in say
ing that Mr. Starkey has all along said
that If his wife desired the aervtoea of
a priest she could have them. But the
trouble Ilea j ast here: Mrs. Starkey had
left the Roman Catholic church, and
bad concluded to unite with the Epis
copal church presided over by Rev.
Llwyd in fact she would now be a
member of his church bad he remained
in the city instead of going away on his
vacation. The attitude of the Ike
toward Mr. Starkey is not the attitude
of a metropolitan secular paper but that
of a Roman Catholic church paper.
There was no truth in what it published
aside from the fact that a Roman priest
called and was refused admission, but
that refusal was couched ia the most
gentlemanly language, and was the re
sult of instructions from the doctor.
The senior Simwater charges that
some bad men belong to the A. P. A.,
anl that is the reason why all of the
8,000 members in the county should be
Ignored! How about the boodle r An,
tonio Scalze, signer of the citizens'
movement, who advertises himself for
sale to the highest bidder, and who
states that he knows nothing about
political principles and cares nothing
about them? How about the boodler
W. S. Shoemaker, another signer,
whose record smells to heaven, and
who Is being denounced by the Demo
cratic World-Herald' These are only
samples of the Simwater crowd. The
chief boodler is the senior Simwater,
whose price is $25,000. Dare be deny
it?
Ed. Simwater and TomTallon have
been appointed to hang around the
doorways of the A. P. A. councils and
get a list of those who attend. The Ro
man Catholic Young Men's Institute
has partially completed It) arrange
ments for the fall campaign, and among
other details one of its members T. J.
Fitzgerald, an editorial writer on the
Bee, is to try to shape public opinion so
that the interests of the hierarchy will
best be promoted..
The board of Fire and Polico Com
mise loners have demonstrated to the
people of this city the difference be
tween a bod v under the control of E,
Rosewater and that prodded over by
member! of the A. P. A. so ftr as t 1-e-atlon
Is concerted. Because the
Board of Education hesitated to enter
into a contract with Miss Arnold as
superintendent of musio, the Bte raised
a great howl bee tuae she was to be set
aside on account of her religion, but
when the Board of Fire and Police Com
missioners discharged twelve of the
most competent Protestant men upon
the police fo.xi without cause and
without a trial the Bee sustains their
action. And now that the places of
those Protestants have bem given to
R'.nnan Catholics, we presume the Bee
will still find perfection in the acts of its
commissioners, now do the Protestants
like the Romanizatlon of the police
force? Would not their property and
t leir lives ba j tst ai s tfe if those Prot
estants had not been discharged by Mr
Rosowater's hired men?
To make an issue against the Amer
ican Protective Association is to make
an issue against tho system on which
the government was founded. In prin
ciple there would be no difference be
tween an issue against the Masonio or
der, the Odd Fellows and the one which
the Sirawater crowd is trying to bring
into the campaign.
THE seniof Simwater complains in
his Roman organ of politicians who
will sell out for $10. If they would
only be stiller in the back and demand
$2o,000, as the senior Simwater oas
demanded of Roman Catholic Count
Creighton, they would then be respect
able citizens.
ORANGEMEN'S DAY.
It might b3 well to review the causes
which led to the establishment of
Orangemen's day if there were those
who were ignorant of its significance,
but Americans are too intelligent to be
ignorant as to why It has been set apart
and commemorated by the sturdy ele
ment of Protestantism.
Speaking of the star-chamber meth
ods, what do the people think of the
manner in which the presett major
received his nomination? Ed Ros
water sat up all night, before the con
vention, in his editorial room, and car
riages were kept running to all part
of the city bringing delegates to the
Bee office, where acompact was entered
into, and the city convention had noth
ing to do but ratify the job. Tnat con
vention carried out the will of one man.
Would It have been any worse if a ma
jority of the same delegates had gone
into a caucus and agreed upon a line of
action before meeting in the conven
tion? The caucus is an institution to
be criticised most severely when the
other fallow holds the whip hand. So
long as the people of Douglas county
have to contend with the Doodling, un
scrupulous methods of the Simwater
gang the caucus will ba used to defeat
them.
The Sim waters have not yet answered
our charges as nude in this paper some
time ago, but are attempting to justify
their sell-out to the Roman hierarchy
which requires them to abuse men
whom they have heretofore supported.
by saying that an egg may be good to
day but bad to-morrow. Rosewater,
by his silence, stands convicted in this
community of shielding public plun
derers, as far back as 1887, whereat we
are constrained to inquire, Can an egg
that was rotten in 1887 be a sound egg
now? The unanimity with which the
people are keeping out of the so-called
citizens' movement indicates that they
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White street, where it came to a cheer
ing end at about 3:20. 1 he men on the
float were not disturbed at all at any
time, and were for quite a while oblivi
ous as to the exciting events benind
item.
HOW THE scrimmage began.
The rear of the procession, fully half
mile away from the nearest police,
bore the burden of the trouble. When
ne profession had wound its way into
Meridian street, a handsome barouche,
ran four white horses, trailed it. O
1. Emerson, H. E. Roberts, Mrs. O. C
Emerson and Mrs. F. J. Campbell wore
a dress that an artist might have called
yellow, but which the angry crowd
considered orange.
Saratoga street had been traversed
by most of the procession. Nearly all
had passed when a hot little fight took
place near the corner of Brooks street,
The trouble arose from the interchange
of insults between certain Charlestown
men in line and the roughs in the crowd
A couple of toughs made a dash at the
line, were promptly knocked down and
a free fight ensued.
That part of the line left on Saratoga
street broke up in confusion, the march
ing men hurrying back to the scene of
confusion. A number of revolvers were
drawn. It was evldeat to every ob
server that many of the marchers were
armed. But no shots were fired.
Soon the fisrht simmered down, and
that part of the procession reformed
The sucftle, however, had focused the
fiehtincr element of the crowd at this
point, near the corner of Brooks and
Saratoea streets. Hisses were louder
than cheers.
At ten minutes past two the barouche
at the rear of the procession reached
this congested point. Toe apparently
orange dress provoked hoarse shouts
and hooting insults. A drunken woman
reeled from the crowd, following the
carriage with coarse remarks directed
at the occupants of the barouche. She
even laid hands on the side of the car
rlage. A bystander pushed her away
She set up a sbrlll cry.
In a second the jeering mob broke
into action. They downed a gray
haired man in a rush. One man stood
over him with a wicked black jack
The fallen man twisted aside, receiving
the blow on his shoulder.
A mighty roar, and the mob was
surging about the barouche They
tore at the top, they grabbed at the
lady la orange. Even the two gentle
men cried out In fright.
Ju-l at tbia point Albert E. Andrews
of Everett, resplendent in the yellow
and blue uni'orm of the Roxbury Horse
guards, stood on the sidewalk. His tall
boots were spurred, a bright yellow
plume of horsehair waved from his
helmet, a heavy cavalry sabre hung at
his aide.
ne bad ridden all the morning la the
escort of Mayor Curtis and had just re
turned from putting up his horse in the
stable on Northampton street. His
father, Mr. Henry Andrews, lives at
i'l Saratoga street, together with his
two married sisters. His father, an
acknowledged and prominent A. P. A.
member, was in the parade. His
brother-in-law, Robsrt Kenneiy, was
one of the marshal's aids.
He himself is an avowed member of
the A. P. A. His duties with the horse
guards prevented his participation in
the Suho il House parade. He bad just
returned to his father's house, and had
left there to walk down to Lis sister-in-law's
house in Marlon street, where his
wlfj was spending the day.
"Help! help! Won't that soldier
help us?" cried the frightened ladies in
the carriage. A big milk-can sailed
through the air, striking the driver on
the high seat. A shower of old boots
acd small stones followed.
Andrews heard the cry. Without a
moment's hesitation he drew his heavy
sabre and rushed into the melee. The
crowd turned on him with a mighty
yell of 'Down with the cursed Orange
man.' The yellow plume was a spark
to a powder mill.
Yelling, pushing with angry rough
ness through the crowd, came three
men to the rescue of Andrews. One of
them, a young man in a straw hat, with
side whiskers aud a mustache, brand
ished two self-cocking revolvers. What
he yelled was drowned in the roars of
the crowd, but a moment later his two
revolvers spoke sharply. It is very
probable the pistols were loaded with
blank cartridges, as no one fell. One
other revolver came t) the aid of An
drews. The third man wielded a heavy
cane.
But the crowd was irresistible in its
frenzy. Black jacks, stones, fists, all
were used to drive the cavalryman and
his friends down Saratoga street. Once
they gained a temporary foothold on
the steps of a little store, but the crowd
swept them off. It was a desperate
fight. Andrews's cut and battered hel
met testifies to the many blows he re
ceived. ' Twice he was knocked down,
but he quickly recovered. His sword
ever flashed above the heads of the mob.
The crowd made a determined stand,
and the three policemen coutd do little
but defend Andrews. One of them was
sent back for help. The other two
faced the music cooly, in spite of sho v
ers of stones aud blows of the men who
surrounded them, trying to drag them
off their horses. They struck few blows
with their long clubs, contenting them
selves with plunging about on their
heavy horses. ,
'Cover that alley and I can escape.'
panted Andrews. The alley was beside
his father's house. The two officers
forced tbeir rearing horses onto the
sidewalk. Andrews darted unJer the
borses, down the alley, leaped a fence
In the rear and made his way into his
father's house by the back entrance.
For ten minutes the two officers kept
back the mob of several hundred frcn
led men, hoarse with cries of 'Lynch
nim,' -Kill the officers!' 'Curse
the Orargssmon!'
S'.ones flew thickly. Someone in the
crowd fired two more shots, or it may
have been fire-crackers.
The two officers were in a critical
position. The mob grew bolder, seized
the horses' bits and tore at the officers.
After this the police spread out and
guarded the whole procession, which
disbanded on White street without
further rioting.
At 3:30 six mn, who had marched in
the procession, members of branches of
the A. P. A. in Cambridge, Brookline
and Rjxbury, were on their way to the
ferry. By this time the news of the
fighting on Saratoga street had spread.
Both sides were at fjver heat.
The six men marched in close array
on the sidewalk. A hooting mob fol
lowed in the street. Angry taunts
were exchanged, the rancor growing,
till finally blows passed. At this the
dismissed paraders jumped back
against the wall of the Atlantic Works,
pulled revolvers and opened fire. Ten
or twelve shots were fired. At least
six of tbem took eff .-ct.
John E. Wells fell on his face, shot
through the heart. He never spoke
agam. Patrick A. Kelley, bending
over him, was shot in the head. Four
others were wounded. The mob fled
before the bullets.
Police appeared on the scene and
aided in disparsing them. John Ross
and Harold G. Brown were arrested for
the shooting. The rest escaped in the
confusion.
Rain fell in torrents. Black dark'
ness came on. East Boston was in
ferment. The news spread to Boston
and the excitement was intense. But
the rioting ended .with the coming
the night." .
UEV. HKXKY TO OUANUEMEN'
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tantism waa partial, anarchy is general;
the former la relative, the latter is ab
solute; the oae protests against some
thing a, the Utter against everything;
but both are a protest against authority.
Hence the love of the anarcolst for
namea which. Indicate the subversion '
of authority, as the titles of their pub
lications show. Revolt, Insurrectionist,
Tocsin, Reawakening, Liberty, Inoen
diary'a Torch, Corsair, Revenge, Rebel.
These are a few of the favorite titles
they have chosen for the'.r periodicals.
"Tee agitation of the 'anarchist' ia
only one of the many forms of the
agitation of the anti-Christ. Ia fact,
the names differ but little. The spirit
of anti-Christ li that of opposition to
Christ, that spirit which has mani
fested itelf ever since the Babe was
born in Bethlehem. It is the duty of
every man to oppose the spirit, by at
taching himself to Christ. 'Mid the
fury of the storm cling to the 'Rock of
Ages' and you will be saved. The
Barque of Peter will roll, tempest
tossed and weather-beaten, you may
find it difficult to maintain your posi
tion on deck, you may run a risk of
being swept off by the waves, but cling
to the mast, from which the Royal
Standard flutters, the Standaid of the
Cross, and 'mid the darkness you will
be in the light, nor shall the enemy
prevail."
It will be of value to our readers
who are Protestants to get this view of
the fundamental differences between
themselves and Roman Catholics; to
see that the Catholic makes Chris
tianity and Catholicism Identical, and
Protestantism and anarchism one and
the same.
These statements are made in the
face of the fact that up to date every
bomb-thrower, dynamiter and anarch
ist assassin has been a member of the
Holy (?) Catholio church in good and
regular standing.
From a standard Romanist book,
"Plain Talk About Protestantism of
To-Day," by Mgr. Segur, we take the
following: The book starts out by say
ing that Protestantism alms at nothing
except the complete destruction of the
church of Jesus Christ. "In Protestant
homes for little ones the children are
taught blasphemy. It Is infidelity, and
impious in its plottings with an
archy and will lead the people to de
struction. Protestantism is not a re
ligion, but a negation, a rebellion, a
cancer, and the arch-enemy of souls.
Is a heresy. Heresy Is a rebellion
against God. It is the greatest crime
we can commit. A heretio can never
be saved unless he has never had . a
chance to become a Catholic. The,
garbage of the Catholic church be
comes Protestant?. In fact, Luther,
Calvin and many others were suspended
for their crlm?s. and sine 3 tien every
bad priest follows them. They were
the dregs of the Catholio church, and
at once became ministers of the pure
gospel." The strange thing about this
is that following this statement is the
question: "Why are there more bad
Catholics than bad Protestants?" Is It
not a strange question? Hia answer is:
'They put so much on the priest that
he cannot carry It all; and hence, while
Protestants carry no baggage, the way
i easy. However," he says, "a good
Protestant can hardly pass as a good
Catholic, but a bad Catholic is always
an acceptable Protestait. Prot;stants
feast with pride on what the Catholics
rejjetwith loathing. They hurry to
tholr minister to get married to keep
them from coming to the Catholio
church, and those that do come are the
holiest and bet men we have. Protes
tantism is not a religioa, and Protes
tants have no religion. They havero
particular belief about Jesus Christ,
saying he was a Jewish Socrates, ap
peared to bs dead and came to life the
third day. Soma do not even believe
that Jesus existed, and Luther's refor
mation denied the divinity of Christ.
To be a Christian Is to ba a Catholic.
Luther was a bad man . and Calvin was
convicted of infamous crimes against
nature and was publicly branded by
the executioner."
I dare not repeat to this audience
what he said of Luther, Calvin and
Zwlngll. No more than the confessions
as written in their canonical law in
French and Latin dare to be 'printed In
America In Eagllsh, because of their
obscenitv.
The book further says: ""The Infernal
spirit is the spirit of Protestantism.
Freedom of thought is the seal of Prot
estantism, but this freedom of thinking
is simply nonsense. We have only to
believe what the popes acd 'bishops be
lieve, and reject what they condemn.
The Holy Bible is not nor can It be a
rule of faith. The Bible societies are
plagues. A priest Is a priest forever,
and continues a priest in spite of him
self, and has the same power 'over our
souls a9 Jesus Christ in forgiving sins
or cursing sinners; but a minister is a
man who has taken on himsalf the sin
ful charge of attacking the .church of
Christ, but the priest is .the mediator
between God and man. Calvinism en
tered France, and for morejthan a cen
tury, wherever the Huguenot doctrine
gained admittance, we bear nothing
but rebellion and riot !and devastation.
Protettantism has no martyrs, ; for a
martyr must give up his life; In testl-
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