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HE AMERICAN ROME RULESOR RUINS Sh Hu Attempted to Captur. This Country by Diplomacy, Bui Has Failed. (the Ale Failed at the HalM-lWt, aad Will Sw AlUwpt to faptar It HUM Ballet. The following aJJruM wu recently delivered before the patrlotie order of Munc'.e, Indiana: By the terra "Amerk,a,H we men particularly that portloa ol this conti nent over which "Old Glory" wave from the top of court-houaea and school building, though guarding the "land of the free and the borne of the brave." It may em atrange to ome that a fair and favored land like our bouli have an enemy anywhere. Yet It 1 a ead tiuth that everything that ha oome to blo mankind ha encountered enmity which ha lived a long a the blowing lasted, or will live a long a It last. Even Jesus Chrbtt,lhe purest, weetett and loveliest peraoa who ever trod thl earth, the spotless Bon of God, the world' beat friend and greatest benefactor, encountered enemle so ac tuated by base hatred that they thirsted for III blood and actually gloried in III death. So the United Slate of America, the grandest and freeat country under the un, which is peacefully maintaining a form of government, the great founda tion principle of which la: Equal right and equal Justice for all; and whose corner-stones represent: First, free goverament; second, free speech; third, free schools, and fourth, religlou lib erty, ha her enemies, who would glory in her downfall. There i always an advantage In knowing who and where one' enemle are, and what their design are and the method by which they hope to carry them out. There 1 also an ad vantage In knowing (If there be many enemies) which among them may be re garded a the greatest. I believe that the greatest too to all that we, a Amerloan citizens, hold dear, 1 not so much aa external as an Internal one; among us but aot of us a very Judas Iscarlot.or Benedlot Arnold, ready to put the knife to bis country's throat or ell it for the price of blood; fawning upon us, professing friendship, yet constantly waylaying u for a fa vorable opportunity to atrike us down. Of course our opinion a to which among the many enemlea may be re garded aa the greatest will depend largely upon our point of observation. Some conceive that the liquor traffic, with it attendantevlls, I the greatest. Other regard our modern machine politic and our "political boss" ay tern a the greatest; while yet other look upon our monster trust, combine and glgantlo monopolies ai the great est. True, these are all great evils, burden upon the people, and detri mental to the good of the country; but among them all, I believe there la none more cunning, persistent, powerful and dangerous than that religious system known a the Roman Cathollo church a hierarchy whose aupreme head 1 a foreigner, sitting upon a throne In the city of seven hills, on the bank of the Tiber; who wear the mitre of a priest, holds the sceptre of a sovereign, yet who Is described in the book of Revela tion aa a "beast," upon whose back alts a woman drunken with the blood of the saints; whose tracks ' through the ages are tracks of blood. You may ask why I regard this par ticular institution as the greatest en emy to our country and our liberties. It is because: 1. She has always been an enemy to such liberties as we enjoy, and she claims that she never changes; 2. Of her past history, which she still endorses, and longs for the oppor tunity to repeat; 3. Our Amerloan institutions do not accord with some of her leading dog mas; 4. Of her numerous utteranoea avow ing her her designs upoa the govern ment and nation. Some of the claims she sets up that are opposed to the liberties of a free republic are: 1. That their elected head of the church, the pope, Is Christ's vicegerent on earth, and, by virtue of his high office, possesses absolute infallibility when speaking ex cathedra. 2. That he possesses the divine right of absolute religious and political sov ereignty over all the nations of the earth. Upon this point Bellarmine declares that: "The pope, by divine right, hath supreme power over the whole world, in both ecclesiastical and civil affairs." And In September, 1895, a day of special prayer and fasting was observed throughout the United States by the Roman Catholics, la accordance with an appointment of Archbishop Corri gan, for the restoratioa f the pope's temporal power. 3. That he possesses, by divine right, absolute control of the conscience and conduct of all his subjects. Now, with these claims, held just as tenaciously aa ever, hi subjects In this country are, by every means la laeir power, striving to carry out the pope deolgn aad fasten the Romish yoke upon the aeck of the eon of our freedom-loving forefather. Shall Amer ica' son allow them to do It That thl I their dwdg-a will be aeeo from the following eitraoU: Father Decker, la 1S70. declared that: "If the membership of the Cath ollo church Increase during the oeit thirty year a It ha In the past thirty, la the year 1900 sbe will take this country and keep It." Again he says: "We will take thl country and build our institution over the grave of Protestantism." Another Roman Cathollo authority ay: "Unaoubtejiy it is me intention of the pope to posses thl country. In thl intention he 1 aided by the Jes uits, and all Cathollo prelate and priest." Thl last 1 taken from the Brown- ton lUvieic. Judge nallberton prophesies that: Eventually America will be a Catho llo country. The Roman Catholic church bid fair to rlae to importance In America. A soon a they have a majority It beoomea a Cathollo country, with a Cathollo government, with the Cathollo religion established by law." Father McGlyoo once aald: "Thl country must be Cathollo, or else our religlou history will not be a God de signed It to be." Father Wenninger says that: "One of the most glorious enterprise for the Cathollo church to engage in at thl day i the conversion of the United States to the Cathollo faith." Cardinal McCloskey, In 1388, asserted that: "The Catholics of the United States are as strongly devoted to the sustenance and malntainanoe of the temporal power of the holy father aa Catholics in any part of the world, and if It should be necessary to prove it by acts, they are ready to do so." By what acts, and how ready, I ask? May it not be possible that their "readi ness" consists In their armed, equipped and drilled membership, and the "acts" mean the hostile use of these forces against our country and our homes?" Now we see the claims and designs of the papacy upon this country expressed In the clearest and most unmistakable terms, "and by those who, by virtue of their official positions, are supposed to know what the mind and alms of the papacy are. But aome one may ask: I there any very special danger to the stability of our cherished institutions or to the prosperity of our country la the ac complishment of those designs, even? Would Roman Cathollo supremacy in political affairs be so very grottr. ca lamity after all? I firmly believe that it would be one of the greatest calamities that could befall us a a nation of freemen. In deed it would be a very great calamity 1 should any religious sect obtain politi cal control, become established by law and recognized as the state religion; much more so one having behind it such a history of tyrannical persecution and oppression as darkens the past of the Romish hierarchy. Did it evar occur to you that the Ro man Cathollo church was the author of the notorious inquisition? Did it ever occur to you that she has never denied or repudiated the deeds of the inquisitors? Did it ever occur to you that she still endorses and longs for opportunity to use those t ame Inquisitorial methods to rid the world of obnoxious unbelievers and more obnoxious heretics? The Pilot, a Roman Cathollo publica tion, says: "No good government can exist without religion, and there can be no religion without an inquisition, which Is wisely designed for the promo tion and protection of the faith." In Roman Cathollo parlance, that term "Inquisition" means a court or tribunal established for the examina tion and punishment of heretics. This oourt was first established in the twelfth century by Pope Innocent III., for the suppression of heresy. Mahomet overran the east with the Koran in one hand and a aword in the other, and this waa his alternative: "Mahomet or die." The papacy overran western Europe with the crucifix in one hand and the Inqulslt on in the other, and this was her alternative: "Bow and kiss, or burn.". Do we, as American citizens, need, do we want or will we have an inquisition on American soli? Hear what it haj done, and then say if you will have it. An Italian Catholic publication called the Catholic Banner, in Its issue bear ing date July 29, 1883, says editorially "We judge our esteemed subscribers will read with great pleasure the statistics representing those who suf fered under the holy tribunal from the year 1481 to 1808, when this so vener able an Institution was abolished. As our readers will see, it refers to Spain only. We are unable to give the num bers of those who suffered in other countries. We have believed it right also to publish the names of those holy men under whose hands so many sin ners suffered, that good Catholics may venerate their memory: "Bv Torauemada: Men and women burnt alive, 10,220; burnt in effigy. 6,840; condemned toother punishments, 97,871. "By Dlrgi Deta: Men and women burnt alive, 2,592; burnt ia effigy, 829; condemned to other punishments, 32, 652. "By Cardinal Jlmenei de Clsnero: Men and women burnt alive, 3,504; burnt in effigy, 2,232; condemned to other punishment, 4,059. "By Adrian de Florencla: Men and women burnt alive, 1,620; burnt In ef figy, 560; condemned to other punish ment, 21,835. "Thl Inquisitor established the holy office in America, and In 1522, a a re ward for the same, be was elected v icar of Jesu Cb rlst on earth. But co did he love hi former ministry the burning of heretics that ho did not trans'er it to another until the second year of hi pontificate. He burnt dur ing thl time (two years) 324 persons, and .ondemned to various punishment short of death, 4,681. Total number of men and women burnt alive under the ministry of forty-five inquisitor gener al, 35,534; total number burnt in effigy, 18,637; total number condemned to other punishments, 293,533; general to tal, 847,704." We said in the beginning that one of the great foundation principles of our government wa: "Absolute equal ity before the law," or "equal right and equal justice for all." Thta right Rome denle. She maintain that Protestantism ha no right which the papacy i bound to recognize. In up port of thl assertion, I quote from the Catholic Jleview: "Protestantism of every form has not and never can have any right where Catholicity is trlum phant" The Cincinnati Telegraph gives ex pression to its sentiments in the follow ing language: "The Romish church has a right to exercise its authority without any limit set to it by the civil powers. The Romish church and ecclesiastics have a right to im munity from civil law." What a gateway such a condition of things would open for the perpetration of every form of vice and crime, in the name of religion! Where are equal right and equal justice for all in such principles? On the question of free government, Rome is just as outspoken and as an tagonistic aa on the former question. By free government we mean, as one has said, "a government of the people, by the people and for the people;" where every citizen is granted and protected in the exercise and enjoy ment of all the rights and privileges accorded to the most favored, the larg est liberty ol speech ana action, so long as in tbe exercise of these be does not trespass upon the equal rights and liberties of other. Of luch a government, however.Rome I the avowed and persistent enemy. On this question the Duke of Richmond has delivered himseii tnus: "All Am erica will be a Cathollo country. As soon as they have a majority, comes a Cathollo country, with Catholic gov ernment." Translated into Anglo- Saxon, this means a governmentof the priests, by the priests and for the priests, or, more correctly still, of the none, bv the pope and for the pope Father Hecker insists that: "All leg islation must be governed by the Will of God, unerringly Indicated by the pope." These quotations might be greatly multiplied, but I must hasten. The rigm oi iree speecn is one oi those things which the people have wisely reserved to themselves. By it we mean we rignt to puouciy ana freely, by mouth or pen, discuss all questions of a national, political, social or religious character, so long as in the exercise of this liberty or right the liberties or rights of others is not In fringed or curtailed, or where the per son or property of others are not unduly endangered. On this point Pope Plus IX. expresses nimseii tnus, in a sylla bus published Dec. 8, 1864: "The church f Roman Catholic! has tbe power of requiring the state not to permit free expression ol opinion." Again, later, this utterance: "Where Catholicism is dominant, free speech must come to an end." Ana tnis aiso; "no one should be allowed to express opinions oontrary to those expressed by his holi ness the pope." One or the cniei corner-stones oi our free institutions Is our free public schools. These are schools supported by the state, for the benefit of the poor and rich alike, and free from any bias ing, sectarian teaching- oi any cnarac ter. Against this school system and these school the Roman Catholic hier archy ha hurled all her anathemas and arrayed herself solidly. The reason is not hard to find. Where free schools flourish Rome cannot flourish, and the people will demand liberties that ig norance does not aspire to. volumes might be written on Rome's attitude to our lree scnoois, out i must connne my- anlf to a few ouotatlons: The Cincinnati Telegrapn (uatnoucj vents its spleen thus: "it will do a glorious day for Catholics In this coun try wnen, unaer tne oiowb i jueiiiua and morality, the public-school system will hn nhivered to nieces." wnv wui it be such a glorious day for Catholics In this country when the event shall nnmn to nasB? The same organ tells us in the following words: "Because ig norance is tbe mother oi aevotion. Indeed, indeed. So ignoramuses can be more devoted than intelligent, eau nted worshipers! But hear another. Father Shawer: "The pubiio scnoois have produced nothing but a godless veneration of thieves and blackguaras. Fellow citizens, what an insult to our intelligence! So we are all a set of thieves and blackguards, fit subjects for the penitentiary; aye, for the thumb screw, the rack, the stake and torch.or tn ha Mistered to death with hot irons. Father Walker holds up his hands in holv horror and exclaims: "I would as administer the sacraments to dog as to Catholics who send their chil dren to tne puDiio scnoois. - Continued on Page 6. AMER1CA5S, AWAIE! RaauaUU Aralag far Battle Fatrietie Pm Elan the Alarm. The new military organization called the Irish Nationalist ia a serious menace to our country, and ahould be atched. Already, it haa sworn to rob Americans of the right of free speech as soon as it shall be strong enough to do so. At a meeting held at Red Branch Hall, Sunday, December 8, and reported in the San Francisco Chronicle Monday, the 9th, Mr. P. A. Dolan is credited with having aald: "Our or ganization is growing all over the country; before long it will be 50,000 strong in thl city alone. In a day not far distant these serpent will crawl Into their hole, pull their hole In after them, and stop their haranguing against our people." The speakers to whom he refers are the A. P. A. lec turers. He continued: "I, for one, will fight these missionaries of the devil, and fight them with all the energy and vi tality I possess. So long as they con tinue to Invade this beautiful land, just so long will they be fought, if I can make it sd, and it to my hope and belief that when the notional alliance hat ma tured into a full grown organization, these contemptible liart of men trill be telling fewer lies." Dr. P. J. O'Nell said: "If an A. P. A. gives you a knock, give him a knock; if he lies, aa they all must, YOU LIE, for that is the only way to 'get back at him. But such instruction are unnecessary. You all know how to handle the A. P. A.'." The covert threat implied in the rabid speeches of these Irish traitors are a true criteria of Rome's love of free speech and fair discussion. It is claimed that ia three months there 111 be "150,000 well-drilled men" in the organization. Tbe talk of freeing Ireland is all buncombe. The subjugation of Amer ica is the real object of the whole movement. Let us put a few facts to gether and draw some logical conclu sions: Rome haa now from 700,000 to 1,000,- 000 armed men in tbe United States. She has been arming and drilling for years. She has a purpose in view tn this. What is It? Ifccertainly cannot be to aid in preaching the gospel. A gospel of powder and lead would be a novelty. It cannot be for the purpose of upholding and maintaining the in tegrity of the nation to assist it in the hour Of peril. Our proof is drawn from the following facts: First, When Rome could have manifested her will ingness to maintain lawjand order during the great railroad strike of 1894 she failed to do so. Second, When Governor Markham called on the National Guard of California to as sist in preserving the peace, the Ro manists manifested their loyalty by refusing to obey the call. Third, I was informed by a reliable man that the Romanists had three 'express-wagon loads of Winchester rifles outside Sac ramento, all ready to use In invading the town and shooting down the United States soldiers. Only for the restrain ing influence of the American element in the American Railway LUnlon, the plan would have been carrlea out. Rome has laid her plans (to nave a huge military display at Bridgeport, Conn., next summer. It is proposed to send her various military orders there to give a grand military display. The query naturally arises, Why choose the town of Bridgeport for such a gathering? For the following reasons: First, the largest cartridge factory (the Union Metalllo Cartridge Company) In the United States is located there. Second, within a radius of 125 miles the leading gun, rifle oand revolver manufactories are all located. At New Htven, Conn., are the Winchester Re- peatlng-Arms Company and-the Hotch kiss Gun Company. Hartford, Conn., and Worcester, Mass., also contain gun and revolver factories. Third, at Springfield, Mass., there is the United States arsenal, with 1,000,000 or more of rifles. Suppose a cordon of 100,000 armed men should surround each of the above-mentioned cities and capture all the arms and ammunition and then arm the motley rabble from Boston, New York and Chicago, what could be done to check an "On to Washington" move? 27k situation is alarming! Americans, awake! A. P. A. senti nels, sound the alarm! Keep your eye on the enemy, and prepare to defend your liberties! The Early Popes. The second book of Mrs. Oliphant'a volume "Makers of Modern Rome" treats of the popes who made the pa pacy notable Gregory the Great, the Motik Hlldebrand, known as Pope Gregory VII., and Innocent IIL It is not probable that a great scheme of papal authority was in the mind of Gregory when he assumed unques tioned authority over the bishops and the missionaries whom he had estab lished at various stations from Sicily to England. The salvation of souls was undoubtedly his one object, and he used every means in every place to bring that about. He thought, as the apostles thought, that the days of the world were numbered, and that even in bis own time it records might be clewed. He did hi duty energetically. using the prestige of tbe apostolic see freely for any ecclesiastical purpose. He became prince in Rome by stress of circumstance and because every other authority had failed. In hi peculiar work there Is no evidenon of intention on hi part, says Mrs. OU phant, of making himself an arbitrator between king and a judge of the world' move irst. That It wa hi duty to guide and support everything that went on, so far a waa practicable, in tbe church a well a in hi own diocese, wa hi firm conviction, and he guarded hi power jealously, although he rejected the name of It. He wa the first of tbe great ecclesiastic princes who have made Rome Illustrious. He put heart into the wretched city that had been overrun by barbarians. While Gregory had been supreme pontiff in everything but name, it wa reserved for the Monk Hlldebrand to emphasize the power of tbe popo as supreme. He saw what to him were the dangers of authority divided be tween the emperor and the pope. The selection of the pope by the secular power not only subordinated the church, but left the choice of pope to men whose Interests were widely differ ent from those of the church. He in troduced a new law for the choice of a pope, which was passed by the council a law which In its general regula tions is the came as that which exists to-day. Tbe cardinal bishops made their choice first and then submitted it to the cardinals of lower rank. If both agreed, the name of the pope elect was submitted to a final judgment of the people; that is announced to the eager crowd in St. Peter's, who applaud, and all is done. Hlldebrand had still other purposes beside making the church free. He wanted to make her pure to clear out the filth that was already in it and to destroy the system of buying and sell ing the offices of the church. He dreamed, too, of that which Dante dreamed three centuries later, of a pure, disinterested power, the church, which should arbitrate in every quar rel without tbe clashing of swords. Hlldebrand as Pope Gregory VII. was one of the greatest popes. His ideal of the arbiter and universal judge was never realized, yet he secured for a time something like that responsible position for a number of his successors, and he created a sentiment throughout Christendom in favor of the reforms which would purify the church. His failures, even, were prouder than suc cesses on a lower plane. Innocent III. attained the climax of papal power. He carried out the prin ciples of Hlldebrand in regard to the supremacy of the pope as far as It was possible, "but," adds Mrs. Oliphant, "he seems to us the greatest and most perfect demonstration that such a su premacy was impossible." Extract from a Book Review by Caroline K. Sherman in Chicago Chronicle. NOT TOO LATE YET. Manitoba Does Not Fear or Resist In- qulry Orangemen Endorse Wallace. A dispatch to the Winnipeg (Man.) Daily Tribune says: Toronto, December 21. The Ohbe says: "Is it too late to listen to the voioe of reason? Why not accept the invitation of the provincial authorities and have a thorough investigation into the whole tangled question? It Is not as If Manitoba feared or resisted an in quiry. She courts it, and all the Do minion Government need do is to ac cept and straightway the subject Is brought Into a position to be rationally considered, with every prospect of a solution being finally reached." NONO Mills, Can., December 21. Hon. Thomas M. Daly, in a speech here ! last night, said the government recog nized that the affairs of the country must be carried on irrespective of re ligious views and in the Interest of the people at large. The minority of Mani toba must be treated the same as tbe Quebec minority. Under the circum stances he thought all right-minded men, irrespective of religion, would endorse the government's action. Sir Charles H. Tupper said on the appointment of a commission on the school question, that to show the sub terfuge involved in the commission proposition, and that it was only the other rampart on the lines of the Tor res Vedras, one had only to remember what Mr. Laurie r thought of the com mission In February last at Toronto, where he ridiculed the government for having appointed a prohibition com mission, and insisted that the govern ment resorted to this dedge only to evade the awkward questions and to postpone the necessity for handling them. Proceeding to deal with the so-called dictatorial language of the remedial order, Tupper held It followed pre cisely the language oi the queen's or der, yet the order had not been at tacked by any one, nor had its language been characterized as insulting. TORONTO, December 21. A mass meeting of Orangemen, called by the county lodge, was held last evening to endorse the course taken by N. Clarke Wallace. A thousand present were in apparent sympathy with the ex-comptroller. The speakers were Mr. Wal lace, Thomas Crawford, Conservative member of parliament; Major Hughe, member of parliament, and E. E. Shep pard. All, aave Major Sam Hughe, denounced the attitude of tbe Ottawa government on remedial legislation. He, while congratulating Wallace on the pluck shown in resigning, which reflected credit on the order, expressed doubt whether the course of 'the gov ernment after all would not prove to be such a would have allowed Wallace to remain a member thereof. Eesolu tion were passed warmly endorsing ' Wallace's course. NATES II EK HOXOK. Mrs. J. W. Nally Shoot and kills Her Roman Assailant. Lexington, Ky., December 21. Mrs. James W. Nally, wife of a pro fessor in the public schools, shot and Instantly killed Professor Daugherty, also a teacher, while he was attempt ing to criminally assault her. Daugherty called at the Nally home, and, owing to the inclement weather, remained all night In the morning he pretended to be ill, and when Pro fessor Nally left the house Daugherty seized Mrs. Nally and attempted to throw her across the bed. Mrs. Nally broke away, seized a re volver and fired jtwo shot). The first missed Daugherty, who Jthen pleaded for his life. He was answered with an other shot, the bullet J piercing his heart. Daugherty was formerly an assistant at Ge thee mane, the noted ' Roman Cathollo monastery near Bardstown. A Priest Berated. We give place to the following com munication at the request of two ladies who are members of Priest O'Ryan'a church. The lady who signs her name to the article presented it at this office in person, accompanledjby a lady friend. Both were very indignant because of their treatment by.the priest The assertion was made that they had asked the priest to 'aidj Mrs. Branson, an invalid member of Jhls church, in securing transportation back to ber home at Divide, Col., but I had been scornfully refused. Dorothy Phillips, who resides at 322 Nineteenth avenue, also stated that the police o matron of Denver was recently called upon to care for a Mrs. Johnson, a Roman Cath olic woman in need, after the priests of her church had refused to aid her. Our readers will remember the case of an invalid Romish jprlest who was driven from a Romish hospital in this city a year or two since, and who died in misery and want Even Priest Ma lone was forced to condemn the action of the church authorities In that case. Proof is everywhere abundant that Romish charity is all for the pope, and for the priests who are In such health and position as to be of present use to the hierarchy. Our correspondent says: Editor American: At 9:30 a. m. on Friday, December 13, 1895, a call made on Father O'Ryan, in behalf of an aged invalid lady, a member of the RomaH Catholic church and an adherent of thd same faith and religion - that tj Father O'Ryan claims to teach and practice In' hlsevery-day life. The priest awa kened from his slumberi at 9:30 that morning, appeared attired in an im ported smoklng-jacket (the kind the sell bankers wear), doeskin .trousers, t in "toothpick" shoes, and otan silk hose encased his fat legs. When he Lamed the nature of the mission, the priest's temper knew no bounds, and his eyes bespoke a wicked soul some thing akin to a "wolf in lamb's cloth ing." Judging from the experience of this visit to this minister, I can but warn the people of this city and1 state to hold on to their money, andjthus not be "fleeced" by hypocritical ministers. Give vour Christmas offerings with your own hands. The money placed in the hands of the minister, lor the benefit of the poor, may go no farther than the minister's own relatives. There was t3,000 clear profit on the last fair at St. Leo's Church. What became of it? Very respectfully, Dorothy Phillips. Denver American. One on the Irishman. A good, story comes from a small town in Kansas relative to a priest and an Irishman. A priest called on this parishioner for an increase of salary. The man said that he, having a large family to support, was paying all that he was able to pay. The priest pressed the demand, but without success; and , finally, In a passion, left the man, say ing: "I leave you in statu quo!" Pat meditated on the awful condition of "statu quo," and was much alarmed. He raised the money and was at the priest's house the next morning before the priest was up and said: "Here is the money, and for God's sake take me out of Btatu quo!" rpe'g Priests Defy the Czar. A dispatch received at London from Rome on December 4 states that a se rious conflict has arisen between the Russian officials and the Roman Cath ollo clergy in Poland. The governor ordered the priests, under severe pen alties, to announce in tne rtussian lan guage from their altars the birth of Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the czar. This the priest refused to do, and they have appealed to the Vatican to protest against the order.