Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-01-21

The following communication VIC cut from
tho New York I:v. Gazette. 1t contains uch
matter for reflection. not only in religious and
moral point of Wow, but ought to alarm every
woll wishor TO his country.
The Jesuits.
Great alarm exists among our people at tho
rapid increase of Jcsuits in tho United States. 1t
is we'll known that 4 very groat and just dis,lnc
ton is made between tho Jcsuits and all other
classes of Ronish priests. Tho fear that tho Je-
suits will Interfere with political institutions,
that they Will cndcavor by all thoir old practices
to obtain the control of very large estates in time,
and ultimately corrupt the pooplc and make cxor-
tons 10 break down the Republican form Of gov
crnmcnt. is deeply impressed upon the minds Of
all rcn,cting and informed persons.
havo no objection tho Roman Catholic doc
trincs. but fearful Of tho progress Of tho Jo-
suits and my various, among them Is
tho fact that thoy have made great trouble and
caused blood 10 be she'd fcarfu!lv in cvory coun-
try III which they havo been allowed to obtain
foo,hold. In confederation of this, give tho fol-
lowing historical facts which cannot bo denied
Their PRINCIPLES do not accord with those pro-
tossed and received by friends of Republican
government.
They Owe allegiance to a foreign Cove rnmont,
which is dcspotic in tho extreme.
In all countries in which they have settled, they
have made difficulty and caused persecution, exc
cu,ions, horrid barbarticS, mprisonments and
bloodshcd, md have been tho means of cnslaving
tho people.
Thcv have for some or all of these causes,
been banishcd. or driven out by force from noar-
/ " ali countries which they havo inherited md
| their property contiscatcd.
! Tho Society was established by q special bull
Of tho Pope, Paul, III. in ls50.-Thcy spread
| themselves rapidly in Europe as they are now
extending their power in tho United States. They
spread themselves also in Asia and Africa.
Africa first resisted their efforts, and the Copts
! and Ahvssvnians drove them out of the Country
as early as 1911.
| They were hanishcd from France in 1871.
Tho Iro1uois Indians drove them of their
country by force in 1852.
| They expelled from Russia once in 1919,
and again in 1919.
They were driven on. of Portugal IN 1879, ard
from Spain in 1870.
In 1929 they were a third ,no expelled from
Russia.
These dcsi gnng men fled to South America in
the eighteenth century, and what has been the
result! Ignorance. superstition. intolerance. ldlo
ness. poverty and anarchy,
They arc making trouble III Switzerland
and Germany. and unpopular that the
great body Of tho people have risen mass a.
gains. ;lcm. which is the present cause Of the
unsettled state of those countries.
/ These priests are flying to the United
States, tho number of their churches and chap
i pels arc increasing all over our country: and in
/ % years. Judging from history, they will
neither get possession .. .a government. or fail
ing to reduce the Americans under tho .1'c o. me
Pope they will be banished from rio ! niieo
States. as they have been from other lands Let
every man who reads this and doubts inform
himself. Every page ho reads on the subject,
will more and more confirm eyery limo I hive
written about the Jesuits NJ.