THE AMERICAN
You Will Find in this Article Indisputable
Evidence That Rome Intends to Over
throw This Government Soon.
She has Her Men Armed and Drilled-Her Women
areCollectirg a War Fund to Seat the Next
Pope in America-Will we Sleep Longer
READ AND REFLECT. THEN ACT.
plot to OTtrthrew this
There U
republic
That plot was batched In Rome.
It U backed by the church in this
reuutry.
The laity ar ortniNd for that
purpose.
They are armed an drilled.
Their wives and daughters
agnized and are paying monthly Into
their society money to defray the ex
penses of the war.
They are expecting the conflict to
follow the death of the present pop e.
They realize that the pope ssuat
leave Italy.
That he will not be tolerated Is ay
country In Europe, and that he mast
find an asylum in the Umited Btatea,
Tbey expect the "No Popery" centl
ment will be so strong here that an
effort will be mode to prevent Ms es
tablishment in this country-
To overcome this thoy have their
Hibernian Rifles, their CSan-Na-Geal,
tholr Mafia, their Catholic Knights,
and other orders.
They claim also that a majority of
the navy, and of the army, are loyat
ubocts of the pope, and the police la
early all the large cities are mem
bers of the "true church."
In Illinois and other papal strong
holds, they are boasting that the
president Is under their control.
They alno boast that the secretary
of the treasury Is under their hand,
and that the arsenals are la their pos
session. We are accustomed to the boasting
of Home, but there Is some truth in
these claims.
Protestants who have Investigated
have admitted that the navy and the
army were both badly Romanized.
The press dispatches, which are
generally under the censorship of
Rome, in May. 1891. stated that "Im
itating Sextus V., Leo XIII. wishes to
leave his successor a tesore pontlfloe
tor exceptional circumstances. SUCH
AS WAR. exile cr penury. It la as
serted that this fund absorbed 30.
800.000 francs (about 6.000,000) of
the sum received by him on the occa
sion of his sacerdotal Jubilee In 1888."
So the pope was expecting war as
far back as 1888!
Tes, as far back as the birth of the
papacy.
Tho spilling of human blood has
been their chief occupation, the sav
ing of souls but a cloak to cover their
damnable work.
But we have not to do with the
popes of the past in this article.
They can be dismissed with the
general assertion that they were bad
men; that many of them wore crim
inals, and that they were all licentious
and Immoral.
But Leo XIII. and the one that Is
to follow him are of vital interest to
this nation.
The passing of the one and the ad
vent of the other may be fraught with
the greatest dangers to not only the
Wnlted States, but to the world at
large.
We say this at this time because
we believe the Church of Rome has
already determined the day when she
will attempt to strike this nation to
the death; because she ban her armed
and drilled soldierly; because she
has a majority of both the army and
the navy; because she has the armed
police In nearly every large city and
because of the subserviency of the
president of the United States to her
wishes.
We say this at this time for the fur
ther reason that the pope of Rome
has recently Invited the Italian gov
rnment to a new contest by declaring
against the monarchy and in favor
of the establishment of a republic in
Italy. That Information comes by way
of the Associated Press, which, as we
have before stated, is not unfriendly
to the papacy. It appeared In the
Daily World-Herald of Saturday,
January 15, 1898. under the misleading
Heading "Italy Tires of a Monarchy.1
But under that heading it conveys
Just as much information as did the
accounts of Roman Catholic assaults
upon antl-Romanlst and ex-Romanist
lectures under the headings of
P. A. Riot."
That dispatch reads as follows:
London, Jan. 14. The Rome corres-
pondent of the Daily Chronicle, in
startling statement this morning,
quotes largely from an article in Civ
Hta Cattollca, which he declares Is dl
reetly inspired by the Vatican and the
pope, advocating as the solution of
the internal question between the vat
lean and the qulrlnsltbe establishment
of an Italian republic. The article,
which is based on the pope's Christ
mas allocution, declares that th
thing that stands opposed to papal
Independence is not an Italian unity. '
but "the special and concrete form
wherein that unity is at present main
tained, with results more disastrous
to the state than to the holv see."
IT PROCEEDS TO ASSERT THAT
THE CO-EXISTENCE OF THE VAT
ICAN AND THE ITALIAN MON
ARCHY IS IMPOSSIBLE, AND THAT
THE ONE OR THE OTHER MUST
CO. It then suggests the con
stitutions - of Switzerland and
America as examples of "ad
mirable and glorious constitutions,
true union of nation and state, though
differing from that of Italy, which
has Doduced aothlng but weakness.
nilry aad starvation."
The article concludes:
"Without the aid of foreign bayo
nets the trne Italy will find for Itself
Its own way and will rise again, let
us hope, from the Ignominy In which
It now lies prostrate, to greatness.
The Dally Chronicle's correspond
ent asserts that this "Is an Interna
tional revelation to the outer world
of the policy actuating now In the
mlad of Cardinal Rampolla" (papal
secretary of stale.)
He adds: "Probably there would be
no truth In the supposition that either
Cardinal Rampolla or the pope has
anr idea of even a temporary am
aace with the republican party; yet
tbey believe that while peace with the
king la impossible, it might be possi
bis with a republic. The reason for
the acnearance of thla astounding pro
nouncement at the present moment is
the belief that not only the ministry
but the dynasty Itself is menaced more
seriously than usual."
It Is not to be supposed that the
king of Italy will quietly submit to
anything like that, and It is more tnan
likely that the challenge will result
In the confiscation of the remainder
of the papal estate by the government.
and the banishment of the pope ana
his princes from that kingdom.
Then, what would be more natural
than for him to seek this country? Or,
if he should be put to death, that his
successor should be Inducted into of
flee In our nation's capital, where the
denuty none now lives T
Romanists are talking this today,
and when they are talking It can they
be surprised If Protestants speculate
as to the future of the church and of
the republic?
Not at all.
Then let us examine this question
according to the light of past and
present eventa.
Rome has always claimed that this
country was discovered by a Roman
Catholic.
This is not true, but she proceeds
upon the theory that a lie well stuck
to is as good as the truth.
Then, it affords her grounds for
claiming, when the time comeB, that
she is its owner by right of discov
ery; ana, an sne nas never ceaea n 10
any government, -she will claim the
right to parcel it out to the faithful
who take ud arms in her behalf, in
conformity with her canon law, which
says, "The goods of heretics UTotest-
ants) are to be confiscated ana ap
plied to the church."
Those unacquainted with Roman
Catholic doctrine and history may lm
aglne that this law Is a dead letter;
but we desire to call their attention
NimniMHl of orients, to which I was
Invited, met at Buffalo, In the spring
of 1851. But what was his disappoint
ment, when hs saw that tne greaiosi
nart of those priests wsre sent by the
Bishops of the United Slates to oppose
and dnfeat his plans!
II vainly spoke with a miming
eloquence for his p scheme. Ths ma
jority coldly answered mm: we are
determined, like you, to take posses
sion of the United States and rule
them; but we cannot do that without
acting secretly and with tne uirani
Isdom. If our plans are Known, m-y
III surely be defeated. What does a
skillful general do when he wants o
conquer a country? Dos he scatter nis
noldlers over the farm lands, and spend
thlr time nnd energy in ploughing
the fields and sowing gralnT No! lie
keeps them well united sronna Ms
banners, and marches at tneir neaa, o
the conquest of the strongholds, the
rich and powerful cities. The farming
countries then submit and become the
price of his victory, without moving a
finger to subdue them. So it is with
us. Silently and patiently, we must
mass our Roman Catholics In the great
cities of the United Siates. remember
ing that the vote of a poor Journey
man, though he be covered with rags,
has as much weight In the scale of
power as the millionaire Astor. and
that if we have two votes against his
one, he will become as powerless at an
oyster. Let us. then, multiply our
votes; let us call our poor but faithful
Irish Catholics from every corner or
the world, and gather them into the
very hearts of those proud citadels
hleh the Yankees are so rapidly
building under the names of Washing
ton, New York. Boston. Chicago. Buf
falo, Albany. Troy, Cincinnati, etc.
Under the shadows of those great
cities, the Americans consider them
selves as a giant and unconquerable
race. They look upon the poor Irish
Catholic people with supreme con
tempt, as only fit to dig their canals,
sweep their streets and work In their
kitchens. Let no one awake those
sleeping Hons, today. Let us pray Ood
that they may sleep and dream their
sweet dreams, a few years more. How
sad will their awakening be, when
with our outnumbering votes, we will
turn them, forever, from every posl
tlon of honor, power and profit! What
111 those hypocritical and godless
sons and daughters of the fanatical
Pilgrim Fathers say, when not a single
Judge, not a single teacher, not a sin
gle policeman, will be elected If he be
not a devoted Irish Roman Catholic?
What will those socalled giants think
of their matchless shrewdness and
ability, when not a single senator or
member of congress will be chosen, If
he be not submitted to our holy father,
the Pope? What a sad figure those
Protestant Yankees will- cut when we
will not only elect the president, but
fill and command the armies, man the
navies, and hold the keys of the public
treasury? It will then be time for our
faithful Irish people to give up their
grog-shops, in order to become the
Judges and governors of the land
Then our poor and humble mechanics
will leave their damp ditches and
muddy streets, to rule the cities In all
their departments, from the stately
mansion of Mayor of New York to the
humble, though not less noble position
of teacher,
"Then, yes! then, we will rule the
United States, and lay them at the feet
of the Vicar of Jesus Christ, that he
may put an end to their godless sys
tem of education, and sweep away
those Impious laws of liberty of con
science, which are an insult to God and
man!'
D'Arcy McGee was left almost
alone when the votes were taken
to the fact that it was revived and
promulgated by Plus IX., In the latter From that time the Catholic priests
part of this, the nineteenth century. w)ta the most admirable ability and
and by his act and sanction ana
authority It became the settled and
established law of the Roman Catho
lic church throughout the world
A damnable doctrine!
Certainly.
But what does the church of Rome
care tor any person wno nas noi
taken orders: has not entered her
service?
Does she contribute a cent to al
leviate the sufferings of her own faith
ful, devoted and deluded followers.
when sickness, disease, or distress
overtakes them?
No!
Instead she demands from them the
last dollar, aye, their last cent, be
fore she will administer the last rites
or say mass for the souls of their
departed.
A church that would rob and leave
destitute Its own members would not
be above putting the canon law into
full force and effect.
And present indications are that
she will attempt to do that In the
very near future, for she baa been pre
paring for years, while Protestants
have been asleep.
Rer. Charles Chlntquy. who was la
the Church of Rome for half a cen
tury. In his excellent work "Fifty
Years In the Church of Rome, ex
poses one of Rome's schemes to sub
vert this country,
That admirable exposure of the de
signs and doings of the Roman Church
is dedicated to the Orangemen of the
world.
In the dedication Rev. Chlnlquy
says: Orangemen: Keaa this door.
success, have gathered their Irish le
gions into the great cities of the
United States, and the American peo
ple must be very blind Indeed, if they
do not see that if tbey do nothing to
prevent it. the day is very near when
the Jesuits will rule this country,
from the magnificent White House at
Washington to the humblest civil and
military department of this vast repuh
lie. They are already the masters or
New York, Baltimore, Chicago, St
Paul, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah,
Cincinnati, Albany, Troy, Milwaukee,
St. Louis, San Francisco, etc. Yes!
San Francisco, the rich, the great
queen of the Pacific, Is in the hands of
the Jesuits!
'From the very first days of the dis
covery of the gold mines of California,
the Jesuits had the hopes of becoming
masters of these Inexhaustible treas
ures, and they secretly laid their plans,
with the most profound ability and
success. They saw, at once, that the
great majority of the lucky miners, of
every creed and nation, were going
back home, as soon as they had enough
to secure an honorable competence, to
their families. It became then evident.
that of those multitudes which the
thirst of gold had brought from every
corner of the world, not on out of
fifty would fix their homes in San
Francisco. The Jesuits saw at a
glance, that if they could persuade the
Irish Catholics to settle and remain
there, they would soon be the masters
and rulers of that golden city, whose
future is so bright and so great! And
that scheme, worked day and night
You will not only understand Roman- with the utmost perseverance, has been
Ism as you never did, but you will
nnd many new reasons to be more
than ever vigilant, fearless and de
voted even to death in the discharge
of the sacred duties imposed upon
you by your love for your country,
your brethren and your God."
And this is Rev. Chlnlquya ac
count of the plot:
When it became evident, in 1851,
that my p!an of forming a grand col
ony of Roman Catholic French-sprak-lng
people on the prairies of Illinois
was to be a success, D Arcy McGee,
then editor of The Freeman's Journal,
official Journal of the Bishop of New
York, wrote me to know my views, and
Immediately determined to put him
self at the head of a similar enterprise
1n behalf of the Irish Roman Catholics.
He published several able articles to
show that the Irish people, with very
few exceptions, were demoralized, de
graded and kept poor, around their
groggerles, and showed how they
would thrive, become respectable and
rich, if they could be Induced to ax-
crowned with perfect success.
"The consequence Is, that while you
find only a few Americans, Germans,
Scotch and English Millionaires in
San Francisco, you find more than fifty
Catholic Irish millionaires in that city.
Its richest bank (Nevada Bank) is in
their hands, and so are all the street
railways. The principal offices of the
city are filled with Irish Roman Catho
lics. Almost all the police are com
posed of the same clas3, as well as the
Jesuits, with their enormous wealth,
compact unity, in the hands of the
volunteer military associations. Their
make them almost supreme masters of
the mines of California and Nevada
"When one knows the absolute, ab
ject submission of the Irish Roman
lyes, and by themselves, eontlaaally
at the feet of the Jesuits, wh swim
In a golden sea.
"No one. If be be not a Roman Cath
olic, or one of those no-called Protest
ant who give their daughters t the
nuns, and their sons to the Jesntts to
be educated, has much hope, where
the Jesuits rnle, of having a lucrative
office in the San Franctco today.
"The Americans, with few excep
tions, do not pay any attention to the
dark cloud which ie rising at their
horizon, from Rome. Though that
cloud Is filled with rivers of team and
blood, they let it grow and rise with
out even caring how they will escape
from the impending hurricane.
It la to San Francisco that yon mast
go to have an Idea of the number of
secret and powerful organisations
with whirh the Chnrch of Rome pre
pare herself for the Impending eon-
let through which she hopes to des-
roy the schools, and every vestige of
human rights and liberties la the
UnMed States.
"In order to more easily drill tie
Roman Catholics and prepare them
for the irrespresslble struggle, the
Jesuits have organised them Into a
great number of secret societies, the
principal of which are: Ancient Order
of Hibernians. Irish American Society,
Knights of St. Patrick. St Patrick's
Cadets, St Patrick Mutual Alliance,
Apostles of Liberty. Benevolent Sons
of the Emerald Isle, Knights of St
Peter, Knights of the Red Braneh,
Knights of the CoInmskUl, The Sacred
Heart, etc., etc
"Almost all these secret associations
are military ones. They have their
headquarters at San Francisco; but
their rank and tile are scattered an
over ths United States. They number
7O8.000 soldiers, who. under the nam
of United States Volunteer Militia, are
officered by some of the most skillful
generals and officers, of this republic.
"Another fact, to wnlen tne Ameri
can Protestants do not sufficiently pay
attention, is that the Jesuits have been
shrewd enough to have a vast majority
of Roman Catholic generals and offi
cers, to command the army and man
the navy of the united States.
Rome is in constant conspiracy
against the rights and liberties of man
all over the world; but she is partleu
larly so In the United States.
"Long before I was ordained a priest.
T knew that my chnrch was the most
Implacable enemy of this republic My
professors of philosophy, history ana
theo'ogy had been unanimous In telling
me that the principles and laws of th
Church of Rome were absolutely an
tagonistic to the laws and principles
which are the foundation-stones of the
constitution of the United States.
1st The most sacred principle of
the United States constitution Is th
equality of every citizen before th
law. But the fundamental principle of
the Church of Rome, Is the denial of
that equality.
2nd. Uberty of conscience Is pro
claimed by the United States, a most
sacred principle which every citizen
must uphold, even at the price of his
blood. But liberty of conscience is de
clared by all the Popes and Councils
of Rome, a most godless, unholy and
diabolical thing, which every good
Catholic must abhor and destroy, at
any cost
"&rd. The American constitution
assures the absolute Independence of
the civil from the ecclesiastical or
church power; but the Church of
Rome declares, through all her Pont
iffs and Councils, that such Independ
ence Is an impiety and a revolt against
God.
"4th. The American constitution
leaves every man free to serve Ood ac
cording to the dictates of his con
science; but the Chnrch of Rome de
clares that no man has ever had such
a right, and that the Pope alone can
know and say what man must believe
and dto.
6th. The constitution of the United
States denies the right In any body to
punish any other for differing from
him in religion. But the Church of
Rome says that she has the right to
punish with confiscation of their goods,
or the penalty of death, those who
differ in faith from the Pope.
"Gth. The United States have es
tablished schools all over their im
mense territories, where they Invlt
the people to send their children, that
they may cultivate their intelligence
end become good and useful citizens.
But the Church of Rome has publicly
cursed all these schools, and forbidden
their children to attend them, under
pain of excommunication In this world
and damnation 1n the next.
"7th. The constitution of the United
States is based on the principle that
the people are the primary source of
all civil power. But hundreds of time,
the Church of Rome has proclaimed
What this principle is Impious and he
retical. She says that 'all government
must rest npon the foundation of th
Catholic faith; with the Pope alon an
the legitimate and infallible couroa and
Interpreter of the law. "
No words of ours arc necessary c
make plain what Rev. Chlntquy has
said In the above extract from his
book. You who live In the large cit
ies know how well the plan baa suc
ceeded. Tammany has captured New York.
Boston is absolutely In the control
of the Roman Catholic Irish Demo
crats.
Chicago is controlled by Harrison,
who was educated In a Roman Cath
olic school, and who is married to a
Roman Catholic woman.
San Francisco Is dominated by the
toughest element of the Roman
church.
And to our knowledge not a single
city in the United States of any Im
portance is completely under Protest
ant control.
And the Roman chnrch, flushed
with victory, Intoxicated with the
success that has attended her move
to capture our chief cities, and drunk
with the knowledge that the presi
dent accords to her the credit of his
election, now proposes to capture this
country and lay it at the feet of the
unchanceablenee.
Urownson says: "what the rnurcn
has done, what she baa expressly or
tacitly approved in the past that la
exactly what ahe will do. expressly or
tacitly approve In the future, it th
name circumstances occur."
The Roman Church approved the
massacre of St Bartholomew.
What were the circumstances?
The Hugenota refused to accept the
doctrines of the Roman Catholic.
church, and thousands of Roman
Catholics were embracing Protestantism.
What are the circumstances today
In America?
The public refuse to accept the
doctrines of the Roman Catholic
Church, and thousands of Roman
Catholics arc going over to Protest
antism.
And Brownson says what the
church has done in the past what she
has approved, she will do and ap
prove again, under like circumstances.
But they were prepared, In 1572,
you say.
Yes, and they are prepared today.
we answer.
Less than two yeara ago what did
we see?
The president of a Roman Catholic
military organization in New York
telegraphing the president of ' tha
plied:
OF THAT.
And tha Irish World, a
Catholic paper published In New
York, says: "Of the rank and flic of
the United State army fully one-half
are Catholics. Over this army arc
nine general officers that Is. three
major generals and six brigadier gen
erals, but of these nine general offi
cers, until Copplnger was appointed,
not one was a Catoollc"
And wc believe it should hare re
mained in that condition.
Should Copplnger succeed to the
command of the army, the subjugatlca
of the country could be made an easy
thing, as the capital could fall before
the rural districts could rally to Uc
defense of the country.
You say this will never happen.
Wc nay it ha happened, aad
when a thing has once happened un
der and by the direction or authority
of the Roman church it can happen
again under and by the same dlrecUc
and authority.
Then, this is made possible
because Copplnger was a member of
the Pope's army in Italy fought un
der his banners before coming to
this country, and before entering onr
army.
As no oath is binding on a Roman
Catholic. Copplnger's oath of alle-
United States that in case of war with I glance to the United States would not
Catholics, rich or poor, to their priests; "Vicar of Christ," so that he may p(it
how the mind, the soul, the will, the an end to the "Godless system of ed
consclence are firmly and irrevocably ucatlon," and "sweep away those im
tled to the feet of the priests, he can pious laws of liberty of conscience."
easily understand that the Jesuits of And their dream may be realized
the United States form one of the rich- unless Americans awake,
est nnd most powerful corporations the 1 There may be another St. Barthol
world ever caw. 'omew massacre.
England over the Venezuelan boun
dary dispute, he had 100,000 armed
and drilled men ready to take the
field.
Think of that you Protestants, who
can see no danger in Romanism.
Think of it as compared with your
standing army of 25,000 men!
Every man of that 100,000 in a loyal
Roman Catholic
One-half of that 25,000 arc loyal
Roman Catholics.
As loyal Roman Catholics they,
every man of them, believe that when
the laws of the state and the church
conflict it la a crime to obey the laws
of the state.
As loyal Roman Catholics they be
lieve that the pope can absolve them
from their oaths of allegiance.
As loyal Roman Catholics they be
lieve it their duty to bring America
under the yoke of Rome.
And as loyal Roman Catholics they
believe it is not a crime to kill a man
who has been laid under an interdict
by the pope.
Believing these things they would
be the deepest dyed traitors not to
strike when their
gave the command.
"But they will never give the com
mand," you say.
"But they did, and the command
was obeyed," we reply.
"But this is the nineteenth century
and the Church of Rome has grown
more liberal, more tolerant," you re
tort. And we say she is just as intoler
ant. She will not permit her chil
dren to attend the public schools. She
will not permit her sons and daugh
ters to marry Protestants. She still
condemns the Masons, the Odd Fel
lows and the Knights of Pythias. She
prohibits her members from contrib
uting to the support of Protestant in
stitutions. She will not permit our
best citizens to join her numerous
secret societies. She brands your
wives as concubines and your children
as illegitimate, and she says your
laws are Inferior to her own.
But the strength of the Roman
Catholic army in the United States is
not confined to one-half our army
and that 100,000 men.
The dispatches and extracts which
follow will give you some Idea of the
extent of the organization:
"You can say for me," Bald Colonel
Scannell, of Boston, "that there are
already In this city several companies
formed. They have been
drilling regularly In their respective
halls, and most of the menbers are
good shooters. The companies are
located in the city proper, South Bos
ton, East Boston, Charleston and
Roxbury, and all told there are 1,300
men enrolled in the new organization.
In addition to drilling in their respec
tive halls, the members of the order
take advantage of their holidays to
go out Into the woods WHERE THEY
PRACTICE WITH THEIR RIFLES.
. At present there is a dif
ference of opinion among the
leaders of the movement on
account of RELIGION entering
Into It In the ranks of the Clan-na-Gael
are many Protestant Irishmen,
including ministers and others. The
question Clan-na-Gaels are now dis
cussing is WHETHER IN THEIR
NEW MOVEMENT IT IS SAFE TO
TRUST SO IMPORTANT A MATTER
TO THE PROTESTANT IRISHMEN.
Some Idea of the strength of
the Clan-na-Gael In this country can
be gained from the statement that
there are fully 700,000 men enrolled
in the organization. Councils of the
Clan-na-Gael are established in every
state In the Union. The union is
strongest In Chicago and Philadel
phia, while New York and Boston
come next In order. Lincoln State
Journal.
Louisville, Ky., Jan. 27, 1896. The
A. P. A. followers In New Albany have
worked themselves into an excited
pitch over a lot of TOY GUNS
shipped by Charles Svendeen, a society
regalia dealer at Cincinnati. A box
arrived at New Albany consigned to
Father Roel, assistant rector of St
Mary's Church. It was apparent that
the shipment was of guns.
New York, Jan. 28, 1896. The first
regiment Irish volunteers, was for
mally turned over to a board fwm tha
Clan-na-Gael at the Grand Central
Palace last night John A. Moran,
formerly lieutenant-colonel of ths
old Sixty-ninth regiment was elected
colonel. There are eleven companies,
and 600 men, NEATLY EQUIPPED
AND ARMED. They have been or
ganizing for the last five months.
Roger F. Scannell told a represent
ative of the Lowell Herald, In Boston,
"That the movement for arming Irish
men and preparing them for WAR
LIKE work is MORE Important and
of VASTLY GREATER SCOPE than
most people imagine. In New
England alone we have at
least 40,000 men who could take the
field almost at a moment's notice. At
a conservative estimate 10.000 of
THESE ARE PROVIDED WITH RE
PEATING RIFLES. We
are also arranging to ARM THE EN-
be binding on him, if the pope were
to absolve his subjects In this country
from such oaths.
He has already absolved tha mk
jects of Italy from their oaths.
And unless the king of Italy in a
coward he will accept the challenge of
the papacy and settle the question.
He will find out whether his kingdom
shall be turned into a republic;
whether It shall be ruined and plun
dered by the Church of Rome, as has
been the case in the United States,
and whether his subjects can have a
divided allegiance, as have the Ro
man Catholic alleged citizens of thm
republic
But the conflict that is on In Italy
will not be settled there. It will be
transferred to this country before K
is finally settled.
We say It confidently.
We say it emphatically.
Those 700,000 Irish Roman Catholics
the most bigoted, the most ignor
ant the most criminal, the most ab
ject slaves to the wills of Roman
Catholic priests who are armed and
drilled, the "importance of such arm-
spirl.ual adviser ! ing and drilling" not being understood
by "most people," will hasten to take
up arms against Italy and this na
tion, being at peace with that country,
will have to make them stack arms
and go back to their avocations, or
appear in the attitude of favoring the
cause of the pope.
We do not know what other Ameri
can citizens think, but we are free
to admit that no Irishman would leave
the United States to fight against Ita
ly and In favor of the Pope, were we
at the head of the government, and
if they did and ever attempted to
land on our shores again they would
be hanged higher than Haman.
This thing of mincing matters for
the sake of the Irish vote, who have
been disloyal to every form of gov
ernment except that of the Roman
Catholic Church, might as well end
now as later on.
They should understand that we re
gard them with suspicion.
They should know that we realise
that they were the most implacable
enemies of this country in its rebel
lion against England.
That we know that more than 70
per cent of those who enlisted to
quell the rebellion deserted before
they served out their enlistment and
after the pope had recognized the
confederacy.
It may e news to you to learn that
Abraham Lincoln did not consider
the internecine war, which cost so
much of the best blood of both th
north and the south, was a local con
test He Bald, in a conversation with
Rev. Charles Chiniquy, at the out
break of the war, that he considered
the war was really backed by the
pope and the Jesuits.
That declaration will be found on
page 696 of "Fifty Years in the Church
of Rome." His exact words are:
"Unfortunately, I feel more and
more, every day, that it Is not against
the Americans of the south, alone. I
am fighting, it is more against the
Pope of Rome, his perfidious Jesuits
and their blind and blood-thirsty
slaves, than against the real American
Protestants, that we have to defend
ourselves. Here is the real danger of
our position. So long as they will
hope to conquer the north they will
spare me; but the day we will rout
their armies (and the day will surely
come, with the help of God), take their
cities, and force them to submit; then,
it is my impression that the Jesuits,
who are the principal rulers of the
south, will do what they have almost
invariably done In the past The
dagger or the pistol of one of their
adepts will do what the strong hands
of the warriors could not achleve.
Thls civil war seems to be nothing
dui a political affair to those who do
not see, as I do, the secret springs of
that terrible drama But it Is more a
religious than a civil war. It is Rome
who wants to rule and degrade the
north as she has ruled and de
graded the south, from the day
of its discovery. There are only
very few of the southern lead
ers who are not more or less
under the Influence of the Jesuits
through their wives, family relations
and their friends. Several members
of the family of Jeff Davis belong to
the Church of Rome. Even the Pro
testant ministers are under the influ
ence of the Jesuits without suspecting
It To keep her ascendancy in th
north, as she does in the south, Rom
is doing here what she has done in
Mexico, and in all the South American
republics; she Is paralyzing, by a civil
war, the arms of the soldiers of Lib
erty. She divides our nation, in order
to weaken, subdue and rule it.
"Surely we have some brave and
reliable Roman Catholic officers and
soldiers In our armies, but they form
an insignificant minority when com
pared with the Roman Catholic trait
ors against whom we have to guard
ourselves, day and night The fact
is, that the immense majority of the
Roman Catholic bishops, priests and
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