Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1856-02-14
JESUITISM UNMASKED!
ProyreSs Of Jcsujtsm IN tile UMtcd
,SutcS.

TIE following article on the progress .
Jesuiism in the United States, is translate
frcm the New York Evening Gazette"
German paper, which copies it from III
."CathoIic Church Gazette" another Germa,
paper also published in New York, and dcvo
ted to the interests of the Catholic Church
The editor is Father Max Oertcl, a Jesu
and cohvelt from Protcs'aDlism. lie is th,
individual who boas,ed that one OF the gen
tlcnei, or President pierce'5 Cabinet, was
member of the Jesuilic Order. Concernin!
the power and influence of the Catholi,
Church in the Uuites States, they'discor.s,
as followe:
"There is much ignorance manifested b,
those who undervalue the power and inAuenc,
Of the Catholic Church in the United States
We have not less than Y Aryh-Bishops, 81
Bishops, 1874 p tests, all of whom are in the
service Of the Pope, aud the Catholic Churci
Besides, we possess 3 Colleges, 81 Semina
yies ('or priests, and / II Female Academies
all Of which are NURSERIES OF JEsUIrlsM
threatening deauh nd destruction to inf
deity and Heresy, to American Know
Nothingism and Foreign Radicalism. And
this Herachcal League, extending from
The Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.snud en-
clo1ing, as with golden wreath, al Doceses
and two Apostolica Vicaries, and which
moreover, is IN CONTINUAL, SECRET, MACNETl.
CAL AND INVISIBLE CONNECTION WITH r ME-
gives us reliable assurance that the Catholic
Church, although perhaps. after sevHre com
bats AMI deep suf'trings, WILL GAIN THE vIo-
TORY OVER ALL TUE sECTs IN AMERICA.
And il we add, TIL 1t there are NJ less than
two millions of Catholics in the Uniteu
States, every one Of whom is baptized and
confirmed Christian, SOLDIER OF THE LORD,
and eady. at the first appeal, 20 take his
place in the ranks, then no one will, we hone
underva'ue the power and INFLUENCE OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH OF TIE UNITED STATES.
81 do not want to throw sahd in The eyes
of any, and therefore say frankly and
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE UNtrEp
STATES, is greater than many believe, and
he who doubts it must be either foolish OF
ignorant.
ave had 1924 Churches last year, and
have at present. even more, Oar Str0nghods
are 1T Cincnniti, St Louis, New Nrlelns
Charleston, Georgetown and New York
Our heaG quarters are at Baltimore. There
is the aear OF the NJ strcp poltan. There urs
the FathersRedc Dptorsts with their pater.
Provincials, and one third Of the inhabitants
OF the city are Catholics. We have Phila
delphja with It's Jcsuits, R,demptorists
AugusLines, and its excellent Clerical Semi
nary, with its rich hurches and its venera,
bic Clergymen. We have also bishops in
Pittsburg, Buffalo and Mlwakie, the latter OF
whom IS IA Germln, and lGbors with astonish,
ing results in his Diocese"
The above sufficiently illustrates the power
and influence, and indicates plainly the
chief DESIGN of the Catholic Church in the
United Stules; and is another evidence OF the
the correctness OF the doctrine held by th5
American party, thas the destruction of civil
as well as religious liberty in thia country
is the object which that silent, invisible, bu
ever active and msst terrible engine OF the
Catholic Church, the "Societas, Jesu' seek,
to accomplish.