The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-08-05
The Change of Base-The National Pro-
testant League. Negro Suffrage the
Ally to Exterminate Catholicity.

Ally to EXter mlnatc Catn0ucltys
Some years ago, a Governor of one Of the
New England States publically declared that
'the trinity of evils which afflicted the coun-
try were Slavery, Popery, and Rum" and
affirmed his determination to war upon them
until they were declared "odious to society
and to the law" "The irrepressible con-
lct" was inaugurated The year 1865 shows
how successfully twas managed against the
first of this "trinity" Now comes the second.
The success of the assault thus far has APP
parently only sharpened their appetites for
new crusade, and another extirpation, in
which Catholicity is to be made the victim.
From the mass of accumulative evidence we
select the following extracts. showing how
the action ofthe hoWlers of war is to be con-
centrated for the overthrow of the second of
this strinity."
The New York Express says, now that the
war with the rebels is over, there are very
nany signs that the "Loyal Leaguers," who
have killed off slavery, are leaguing to kill off
something else. Protestant Leaguers seems
to be the new name w
The Old School General Assembly Presby-
terians are having General Assembly in
Pittsburg, Penn. They seem to be as full of
| fight as the New Schoolers in Brooklyn.
Many of them are certainly very woLFY, and
are itching to kill somebody, or if not to kill,
to fight. The following is not the report
from the Assembly of the Old School in
Plttsburg, but of religious mass-meeting
held there pending the Convention.
The following embody the pith of the
lengthy resolutions referred to, and which
were unanimously adopted by the mass meet
ing. Having set.forth the necessity of 'loy-
atty to the Great King" they proceed:
RESOLVED That the FEARFUL GROWTH OF THE
PAPACY, both as an ecclesiastical and civil power
in this land, is well calculated to awaken the fears
and arouse the mightieSt energies OF the entire
Protestant community; and calls lmperlOusly for
| the adoption of measures at once timely and ade
quate to the emergency, so that we may, under
the Divine blessing be enabled to c0unteract the
secret and malign influence of the man of sin,
| and present an unbroken front OF the army OF
truth against this system Of corruption, which Is
hourly girding itself for THE APPROACHING CON-
FLICT.
RESOLVED, That it is our candid Judgment that
/ the PRESENT Is OUR AUSPICIOUS MOMENT TO lnaugu-
rate such measure, and that while we would not
presume to dictate, we would most respectfully
request tie General Assembly of the presbyterian
Church, now in session in this city, to put forth
suitable deliverance upon these Important SUP
jects; and to take steps to have such aetlen con-
/ CURED in by other branches OF our American
Protestant Church, so to bring about the form
/ alton eff great NATIONAL PROTESTANT LEAGUE,
which, by its Constitution, shall be fully up tol
the urgent demands and necessities OF the Times.
| RESOLVED, Thata committee, CONSISTING o. Tour
ministers and three laymen, be appointed by THIS
meeting to present this subject to the General AS
sembly, and to be associated with similar com
mlttee, to be appointed by that body, III ueVisnS
plans by which A GENERAL AND CONCERTED MOVE
MENT OF ALL THE PROTESTANT FORCES OF THE
lLAND may he brought about and bold, vigorous
and continuous protest, by word and ACT, shall be
enunciated against both, lnfdelty ana Roman
| Catholicism, the arch enemies OF truth III the
midst of the protesting Church of God, and ARCH
TRAITORS to CIVIL and religious freedom through
out the world. n2.7sa 1tia
aLoyaltyn to the Administration is to be.
transferred into ssloyalty' to the Great
King = the Loyal League is to become the
engine of the Great National Protestant
League; the "arch enemies" and "arch /
traitors" having been exterminated in the.
i
South, the same terms are now applied to the
whole body of the Catholic Church: s"the
present is the auspicious moment to inaugu-
rate measures forithe approaching conflict, ;"
for q the general and concerted move
Ement of all the Protestant forces in the land"
"for bold, vigorous and continuous protest
| by word and AcT" against the Catholic
Church
| To aid this second crusade the results OF
the FIRST must be moulded and used. The
negro must assist in driving the Catholic
Church from American shores The N. X!
Observer says: tFss@t satk s'@taN
sa When the fact stares us in the face that the votes of
religious body are controlled by its priests and these
votes are 80 used to give to that religious body pre-
lponde ing influence in the political affairs OF city,
State country it is the duty Of patriotic citizens to be
| on their guard against such an encrOachment
And the more zealously nlust that body be watched
if its principles and practice known to be hostile
tciVil and religious liberty RoMANsM AND FREEDOM ARE
ENEMIES always and everywhere and eternal vigilance
the ice of liberty Even Ialyis shaking Off the DOM
nation that silently but steadily fastening Itself
Ion backs 1t is wise for us to the danger
Il The. Observer likewise, gives prominence
to a communication arguing in favor of negro
suffrage, in order to counterhalancet the grow
ling power of the Roman Catholics in the
: North. The writer says: l.8 g aasIae
81 will not stop point out the fact that the Papa
Church has heen nersisently aiming at political power