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About The American. (Omaha, Nebraska) 1891-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 16, 1898)
I TH1: AMERICAN ! turib at r I r " (-- v j- (, . I .,);, -!., - "". outu,wn, fr !" No; the Af I t John IrrUi ! U th HU-I Mi lium o f lb Hnin f hurvh. It U a frill; good Un to do unto other people jut m you would like to hat thrro do untoymi. Spain' recent attm I at wer.bf ld depriving her of nearly all her Islands, cost her nearly M OoO.OOO. How ran thl country conslstci tly support the Independence of Cuba And ml that of tho rtilllpplno? Copplrger will son bo retired under the age limit Hut ha will live. At the expense of the American people just the ftitir . Tho Kinprestof AutrlA wa stabbed lo di ath by n anarchist the last diiy of IakI week. She wat a devout Roman CAthollo. Vrlcnds Hathswty and Hlrd of Nob raka, and Millhlseruf lows, hAvoour thsnks for t,.'0 given to help wlpo out thedubton Tiis Amkhihan. Thore are a number of people of our acquaintance wh.i think thoro la no danger In Romanism, They mny cbAnga tholr opinion shortly. "Evetv tub must aland on Its own bottom." Llkowl o must every man, woman and child think for themselves If they would be free, InstcAd of a stave to the Idea of other men. No man should bo nominated for the legislature by the Republican pArty unless bo fevers John L Webster for United Sint,?j icnator. Loyalty and fidelity to the party deserve a reward. The re are feople In this world who think Romanl-m U not at bliick at It it often painted. In thla they are wrong, Nothing It to hideout at Romanltra. It It the mister-piece of Sstan't handi work, but lit oourte It almost run. The Flepublloan party of tblt county can elect every man on Itt logtilatlve ticket If It doet not allow the corrupt machine that It trying to get Into thi addle, to diet Ate Itt nominee. Good, clean, oapaM men will have a walk awiy. Rome' recommendation to the In. tolllgent people of thl country comet from the Ignorant, vicious, pauper clatiet from Spain, Ireland, Italy, Auttrla Hungary, and Poland, where neatly 75 per cent of the Inbabltanlt cah neither reAd nor write, Every Kopvb'.lean politician who per jured himself to become an A. I'. A. it now excusing McKlnley't attempted betrayal of the intercuts of tho Amer lean people by appointing a Roman Catholic at a member of the peace com mittee which It to arrange the termt of peace between the Roman Catholic church and thlt country. The dally pspert tay the Roman Catbollo prlettt are Atlrrlng up ttrlfe In the Philippine Islands to at to cause a clash between the Insurgentt under Augulnaldo and tho Amerlcani. The American forcei thould be withdrawn long enough to let the Insurgent! let- tie a few eld score with those same priests. It should be understood that the Roman priesthood It loyal to no government that conflicts in a tingle Instance with the Interest of the Church of Romo. The church It the beginning and the end of their alleg. ianoe. A recent dlspit:h to the Omaha World-Herald stated that Justice White would return to Washington the latter part of the week, and bat at that time the judge would decide whether he would Hand by hi Brit In ten Hon to serve on the peace commit slon. Thlt li a new thing. We have heard of men refusing to serve, and af terward deciding' that he would serve but never before have we heard of a man accepting a position, then, when . t erf U U4 frs'rwto Oe .n,l4 IklsA to e4 !a)l! trtAHK N.'. u. r a n t tV,t vHtf ti'l haoaI uld ,..UrT Ad'' l 'kaeA.i d Aa .trath llalhlr H" A.) At ar bU . rtu wire otwa tbta gl"'y. akI bmor It It ltd to Iblek Iber buiI . Irj. but ! naa wh asrrt bU cH.alry a'l, It . b a he 1 krnt or underlet hardibli unknown U j prltala llf", ct'inplalnt and flndi fault, lavktlbeiralathareHerLtleof ! dler-ib erv to (T r la ttleoee. If jiiu don't want to tuff.r every kind of bardiblp keep out i.f the tervbe of yourrountiy. Tha glory of war It pur cbaoed with Rufferleg. Wouldn't the JetulU Ihj tickled to death If they could get Mllet and Alger Into fight? They are both proles tente-Mlle U a lUptlut and Alger t a direct dttcendanl of the grent de fender of protentanlUm, William, I'rlnco of Dranao. Home alwayt wcart onu proU htant out w.lh another prot etant never with a Koman Catholic, bocauto tho publlj would loon eateh onto tho trick. Secretary Alger and General Mile mould umloriland that no loyal protectant Amurlcan would detlre to too them at out and particu larly at a time when the life of the na lion It In to much dangt r. JciultUm, which nerved the hand that dealt the death-blow toL'ncoln, and putttrength Into the arm that ttruck down the Hewardt, would hall with J' y any evi dence of a contett bttwocn the two it I wart protectant American. Contribution! toward tho fund ttartod i pay (jff tho debt utandlng agulnit Tub Amkiiicam continue to come In at Interval!, Wo had hoped enough men and women who would read thAt appeal could upare from one to one hundred dollart would fool enough Intercut In tho caute to lift the burden we had carried to many yearn, but for tome rcaton but a fow, a very few, have re- pond. Ilcgardleti of that fact we are pleaded to bo able n ttale that by tho mot rigid economy and with tho at tlttanoo of tbote few frlendt we have reduced our Indcbtodnoit tevcral bun dred dollart tinea the flnt day of July To thoe frlendt whose patrlotltm and love of the truth prompted them to oome to our attlttance we now exprott our thankt. To thoe who had the will but not the meant to help, we are alto Indebted for kind word, and to those who regard the publication of Tiic American ai a kutlnesi proportion we acknowledge our obligation to them frr their patronage. SMOKE THE JESUITS OUT. Tho Jesuit know the war 1 not yet ended, and are back of all tblt yelping about neglect and mismanagement In tho war department. Men must be scared so that they will not enlist when tbo next call comet for tropa,?ora call It bound to come sooner or later, and It would not serve Jesuit end to have a loyal, enthusiastic and patriotic answer from the common people. If real Amerlcani are not very careful they will be misled by thlt artful move of the real enemies of their country, and that, too, when it It absolutely un necessary. A remembrance of what war li will dissipate all the ground for complaint. War It one ghastly panorama of horrorr, From the firing of tho first gun until the furling of the last flag privation dttease and death It the companion of the sold lor. It always baa been to; alwavi will be to. Kch Individual soldier know thlt to be a fact. He re membercd the blood-stained foot-mnrkt In the mowi through which tho revo- lutlonAry heroet marched that we might have liberty; they remembered the drinking water of Llbbyand Anderson vlllc, iwarmlng- with maggott and filled with disease which the soldiers of the rebellion drank that the negro might be free: they remembered the fearful carnage of the Dattlei of Hull Run, of the Wilderness, of AoteUm.of Shiloh.of Vlcksburg; of Valley Forge, of Hunker Hill, of MUslon Ridge: they remem bered all this they remembered more they remembered the countless thoui andi who sleep In unmarked gravel, the hearts that were broken, tbe homes that were made desolate, the maimed the: amerioan, Itrt !4 tt Oat a. I ' all ia tUt tle4i' At eytr" Ttf t a ml W 1 htnf M 4r U ttrtr W WA alii k l e '' Ti but fcAUbr ra ba sftVtrg a4 aaiH Thtl aa' Ti t Is a 4aM bt afcat It ttiAn'sm ha ail It n'd lAm,r. to Inspriir, Atd to la'wf with Iba fti. Wat wtuk tf tba rv.al lrtras of tHa army, bit H Is xmr policy for ItiarulMrlttoattimpt to cover ih olntii'-f f itdir with a meailaot eowadli or rabyWm tabid their owe infamy, or to wk eaotlal for th If nt lltlcsl party. Th volua-rrt wer oldlerst It must not b underUd by this that an lnvistlgatton Is unr.eeessary An InvestlgaMon-n t a wMin washing I niH-estary. It should hs ttiorougn, far reichleg ar.d deep- 'l thould cot only loea'e the reHtnslblIlty for the alleged nrgb'ct, b it It thould expoim tbe man who lued tho order which practically disbanded the army before the war wa ended, whloh order had to bo roclnded two daj 11 or. Who but tho Romans would disband a prote- tont army that was fighting a Roman Catholic arn? Hy all meant, ictus have an Invtstlgatloi ; lotus a-cortaln to what length the Jesuit went to make this war a Spanish RomAn Cath olic victory. reparation of ( hiirch and Stale. The salaries of the- reRular t"atli.lt- priests In Potto Itlco nml Cu m have been paid by th Hpnnlnh K-ivei nm. nl ut of the custonm revetiut-a, "iu of the. prb-Htii at Ponce iiiiiilt- upplli atom lecirilly ti (lineiul Wilson fur tb' lr aalnrlca. Me declined to comply with their re(Uet, nml (leiieral Miles Hits iiilnett him, ThlM ileclHlim meet with thn coiillal approval of Archbishop he luml, vho iiiiilerstiuulfi and vvli.' Hove of the iIihnkc I" 'he stlitus of the church In Porto Itlco, now thnt that Island Is aubjeet to the JiiiIh.Hc tlon of a country oim of vIi.m cardinal piltulples U that I her must be no union of church and slate, The arch- lahop says: "There will le no union of chur.ih and state, kik h as Is estai.iHtimi ny uHtoin or concordat In certain Catholic countries of Kurope, There win oe complete protection of all properties mid of all perwii with such prlml- olfN, Cathollca In tho Unit! Htutes are satisfied, and Catholic In our nw possession will be aatlnfled. It mny not b easy for them at first to a1'ip themselves In all caeca to thla ltua tlon, but the eniharrawment felt 'vlll be terntMary, The people will n reallne that It I their duty to suppoit rellalon by voluntary and crsonal eon trlbutlon. In the arrater mimnT of iHirlshe, moreover, church proper! e yield empl revenue to meet all ev penses." A H.rtlon of the onerous and exces sive taxes levied In different way upon th Cubans and Port" Itleans has been t aside for the payment of the sain ,i... ..f Mm elcruv. When tlie Heavy cusli.ms duties have been re.tueed and many oppressive taxes are abolished, (h pie who have been payma in. will l aide to contribute voluntarily t,.r h iiuroos"' none iiiau mtj . . ....... eontrlbutn now Involuntarily, That they will be wlllltiB to contribute liberally the exiwilenee of the l ainono mue n hi this country proved. It lm fared better by deH-nlln on thfl free will offsrlns of H l"lle than If it It had I he state a It collector. The cetodott of Cuba and Porto Itlco ...io .....i,.. mill another chimae in church mnlter. Hy tb oia arranae ment between the Hpanlnh government and the ti the former ha nominated the colonial bishop and he pope ha appointed them. Thl account lor inf ract that those religion dignitaries In Cuba have given so little evidence of sympathy for the suffering of the Cu- ban, even during- the Wtyler period flelng Hpaniards, selected by the b""V ernment, they did not, a a rule feel called on to protest against the fright ful misrule of their Spanish brethren The Jurisdiction of Hpaln oer Cuba slid Porto Itlco having: endud, that power will no longer nominate blsh op. They will be chosen, doubtles, In accordance with the system which prevails In the Catholic church tu this country. Chicago Tribune! ol too Smooth. The tracks of the UNION PACIFIC are so smooth and the cars furnished so complete that you can Imagine your self In your own luxurioui apartment at home. Inspect tbe Buffet Library and Smok ing Cars as they pass through Omaha .'''"'' " - A. jf ( V HON'. JOHN I,. WKUSTHR, ii1 II. U. IKIiY, Caniudatk American Bible Study. MY JOHN 0. THOMPHOM. NUMflKR IX. The last artlolo under tblt headlrg brought the history of the RcmAn nowar dawn to 1?!)8 when ''one of the .... ... ., . .. ncu mmm vuuuucu uuvu uciii li. yoiia.etatl.fled that that part of the' Mr - , i i ' V - . . . . V prophecy of Daniel and of Revelation r'ur"'"" ,v or" .mmnui.-eiy to vor hat been fulfilled, we will leave iUmta tbo, meo "b w,re 'urging papacy for a short time and take up nd klll,Df tho ",nt ' th another line of prophecy found In the Hook of Revelation. In tbe ninth chapter of that book you And It stated that "tho fifth angel sounded, and I saw itar UU from heaven unto the earth; and to blra was given tho key of the bottomlcts pit, And he opetcd tbe bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, a the smoke of a great furnace; and the tun ar.d the ale were darkened by re on of tho smoke of tho pit. And there cstno out of the smoke locust upon tho earth; and unto them was given power, at tho scorpions of the earth have power, And It wa com msndtd them that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but ONLY TIIOHR MKN WHICH HAVI NOT TIIK SEAL OF GOD IN Titr.iit fouie- UK. Aim. And to them it wa given that they should not kill them, but that they should be tormented live months; and tholr torment wa a the torment of a toorplon, whon he strlkcth a man." This prophecy does rot des cribe the papacy. It differs In two essential points from both the other prophuclos which we have seen point out and refer to the papacy. The first difference we notice U, the beasts that represent the papacy have been terri ble, dcitructivr, and wUe, while this power referred to In t'.ie ninth chapter of Revelation Is plctored weak, able only to torment, or bother, or barrass. Tbe other difference I, the papacy wa to make war against the taints of the Most High, while this new power wa to torment only those men who had not the seal of God In their foro- heads. Another and just at Important difference ll the time each power wai to act independently of all other pow en and government. And, again, tbe papacy wat to overcome, to kill the taint! of the Most High, while this now power wai not given power to kill but to torment. Refo-e getting Into thli subject you may be undecided as to what power t(vot renreent. but if you will C.siti.Tn i-on If. S. Sknatok. ,'y i . i-'or tiik Ii(;isi,A'ri'KK. fi l ow a little farther tbe wholo thing will be made perfectly clear. At a tlmo when the papal power was welding tbo fettort of mental tlavery and tuperstltlon on the world, the groat fabric of government of Asia tottored and foil. New schemes of government were tried, but none were satisfactory, Suddenly a weak band broke away and - "sisn......n.ww High. History tell u that the power that os mo eut of Asia and settled In Kurope at that time Is what I now called Tur key. If I am not mistaken tbe Amer ican I .nd Kncyclor iclla Hrltannlca says their advent Into Euroupe occurred "about the second decade of the 13th ontury." Other historians are also uncertain ss to the exact date of their settling In Kurope, but Gibbon, who U not regarded with much favor by tbe papacy, marvel at the curious fate that would, preirve, not only tho year but the day and the month, when they be ok mo a nation. He places the date of the founding of the Turkish empire a July 27, 1209, A it is tbe only positive date v.e have seen in his tory, a to when Turkey wa founded, wo will take It as the starting point, Then, if tho prophecy refers to "The 8lok Man of the fCast," to the unspeak- ab'o Turk, be wis to have power to torment "only those men which have not the teal of God In their forehead,"' If any men wore sealed In their fore heads in the past they must have been those whom the papacy killed, and it would seem simply Justice for God lo allow a power to arUe and torment tho very power that wa wearing out III taint. At any rate that Is what happened. Tbe Turks constantly rav aged the frontier but were never able lo kill or ouertbrow the papacy. At tint the Turks were a mere band of marauders, and It was not until about the middle of tho fifteenth century that they had a klnguand became a power among the nations of the world. The tlmo, or duration of the perioJ, that the Turk were to be ablo to only torment those men who had not been sealed In their foreheads by God, was five months, Asa Hlble month con tained :K)dsy, Ave months would con tain l.'-O days. It was shown In the last article that In prophetic time a day was to be counted a year. Then, the Turkish marauders were to torment the non-chrlstlans 150 years before a king was set over them. Lotus see tetk't i4 ttet tvi K as a t'A'e' tt J y IT I." A44 la tKst.'a )'' it Msg ft eY to tM I.I4 f tka fi'wwAia ere lur Uf. to h s tc, uittl Jlf :?tfc. Htt Tre ! ka4 a king thr. llh 'v4 U oMaa Rrst , of lectioa. f V pnphn fl but thi re w. ie m we f M!o W foil.w The aet c U belle' J rf- f toU a Turkish aere!h causa of the simltsrily i f tin ai 4 da'es. 'A4 the f-ir anget wrre lo hU h were pe. pared f -r an hour, at d a 0r, an! a month, end a jeer, for to li the third prt of men "-H. li. You will get the lda charer If tha verse I rendtred thu: Thefuraa gel wr loosed (l Ich were prtpand to slay tbe third part of men) for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year." New If jou will hcAr In mind thAt a dsy In prcphecy mean a yar It all) be eAsy tounderstAnd that verse. Suppose we set it out In tblt manner: A )cr contains 17- A month contains.. 30 oays. Add tothc.e 1 And you have a total of Wl day. K nplre founded I2'. Tormented un tijOly men.. 1)0 ditys. Ilrlnglng you diwn to 154'. Hut we have tho hour of tbo proph ecy yet to account for. An hour I one twenty fourth part of a daj: as a day In prophecy Is a year, then the hour In prophecy would mean tho ore twenty fourth part of a year. One twenty fourth part of .KIO Is 15; or one-half of a month. And as the start of the em pire aa July 27, It 1 nccosiary to add to that date thlt one-half month or 15 dayi, Ju'y, having 31 day, we will, to Oil It out, take four of thoso fifteen dsyt, which will leave u 1 1 day to go Into August with; and Aug. II, 1810, li tbe very day when Turkey ceased to b an Independent power, It was on that day that the acceptance by Turkey of the peace arranged by Kng'and and otber European powen with Egypt wa placed In the hand ol tho representa tive of the government of Egypt, and from which time the 8ullan bai been known a "The Sick Mai of the East." The history of Turkey and thli prophecy, both ai to conduct and date, are so undeniable alike that It seems Impossible to make a mistake In de ciding that Turkey Is the power which wa described locust In the ninth chapter of Revelation, and a the an gels wnlish were loosed to slay the third part of men. We have not time to go Into this tub ect farther this week, but shall try to resume It In tbe next litue. 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