The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1872-03-01
mense numerical majority, religion

. PoPCA3 PoohSuCo tuC iohio
ing declarations few years ago:
u, "a Catholic temporal Governme
would be guided in its treatment
Protestants and other recusan
:. :. solely by the rules OF expedienc
< None but an atheist can uphold t
b. principles of religious liberty. Shl
| lead my fellow countrymen to thil
that religion is q matter of privs
m opinion, and tempt him to forget th
a. he has no more right to his religio
ms views than he has to my pnrse.
my horse, or my lifeblood 2? N
Catholicism is the most intolerant
creeds. Il is intolerance itseif' T
q treatment of Hyacinthe, Dolling
ie and others who dared to oppose I
., Infallibllity Dogma, proves the CO
"a rectness of the above statement, th
al "Catholicisnl IS Intolerance itseJf,'
;, A Papal Bull annually "excomm
al nicates and curses, on the part
God Almighty, the Father, Son ar
t. Holy Ghost, all heretics, under wha
+ ever name they may be classed.''
e Canon XII. of the recent Ecumel
: ical Council affirms: "If any thin
that Christ, our Lord and King, b.
only given to his Church a power I
9 guide by advice and permission, br
y not ordain by laws to compel and tfort
: by anterior judgments and salutar
: inflictions, those who thus separat
T themselves, let them be anathema.
Until the present year-and for th
change no thanks to Popery-Protel
tant worship was prohibited in Rome
and to-day where they have IL
power to prevent it, they will no
allow Protestant worship even in
private house. In view of these facts
we may be excused for believing tn
assertion of our Catholic friends
that "J sver the Catholics gain al
immense numerical majority, rsligiou
freedom an this country Is at an end
But is there a possibility of this
Let us see. There was in the United
States in 1870, according to tn,
"CathOlic Dictionary and Ordo," ,
Catholic population of 5000, 600; {
number almost, if not altogether
equal to the number of communicsnt:
in the various branches Of the Protes.
.ant Church in this country.
In 1S40, of the entire population,
one-twelfih was Catholic now about
oneseventh. At their present rate
of increase, they will have in 1900 q
population of nearly 100000. And
it must be remarked that they only
need the balance Of power, and not a
majority, to control the affairs OF
Government. II they increased in
thirty years from one twelfth to one
seventh o! the population, how long
will it take to gain the immense nu
mericsl msjority necessary to end
religious liberty in this country ?
Having been hurled from power in
Europe, and encouraged by successful
encrOachments in this country, they
have turned their attention to the
United States and are actively en-
gagged in propsgsting their faith, and
laying the foundation for an attack
upon the institutions of the country,
and the overthrow of civil and relig-
ious liberty.
Great shrewdness Is exhibited in
the management of Rome's interests.
The whole territory of the United
States is embraced in the field of their
operations. Divided into seven Prov
inces, embracing nfty.three Dioceses,
and nine Bicarites-Apostolic, each un-
der the watchful eye of a Bishop,
there is Do part of this broad land but
Rome claims for her own. Wherever
her interests can be subserved, a
preaching stetion is established, an
academy founded, school opened.
No place OF importance is neglected;
centres of influence, such as State
capitals, county towns, and rapidly
growing cities, are all occupied by
Catholic institutions, and from these
centres her influence is exerted over
the whole country, and public opinion
is everywhere moulded. In the West
strenuous efforts are made to secure
power and control affairs in the inter-
ests of Catholicism. A Catholic paper
in Boston says: "Catholics should
control the West.' Accordingly
among the first arrivals in every new
settlement, of any importance, is the
inevitable Catholic Priest In the
South they are no less active. Or
ganized efforts are made to bring the
freedmen over to Popery. 100000
in gold were contributed by the $50
ciety for propagating the faith" for
one years missionary work among the
freedmen in our country.
Not only in the West and South,
but in the East, with lavish outlay
of means, churches are built, schools
are founded, hospitals erected, Monas
teries and Nunneries established on a
magnificent scale! Tracts and psmph-
lets are gratuitOusly distributed
and public lectures given, pretending
to prove that the Catholic Church is
the guardian of morals and friend OF
liberty. Nor have these efforts been
abortive as the history OF New York
clearly proves. The design of al
these efforts is plain Romanists are
aiming at power, and the power
achieved, Professionalism is destroyed
This Beast still thinks to change
times and laws especially in this coun-
try. In estimating the strength OF
the enemy seeking our destruction,
we must remember that Catholics are
unit. 100000 of our citizens,
who owe their first allegiance to
Rome, are drilled to implicit obedi-
ence and directed by one will; while
Protestants are divided, and many of
them, am sorry to say, are ready to
apologize for and even defend the
encroachments of this enemy in dis
guise. Some of our most influential
papers even advocate the claims and
support the cause of Catholicism.
INSCRIPTIONS in the use of means,
they necessarily WELD a greater in
fiuence over the irreliglous masses
than we.
In the light of facts such as these,
is it any wonder the Catholic World
says: "The question, DO you believe
that this country will ever become
Catholic?' is changed to the question;
sHow soon do you think it will come
to pass?'" Then adds: "Very soon,
if statistics be true, for it appears that
the rate of growth OF the Catholic
religion has been IS per cent. greater
than the ratio of increase of popula
ton; while the rate of theiincrease o.
Professionalism has been IL per cent
less" The Bishop of Cincinnati said
in 1866: "Effectual plans are il
operation to give us the complete
victory over PrOtestantism.' Another
Bishop says: "The time is coming
when the Catholics will have the
ascendency." The Pilot, a Catho-
lie paper of Boston, recently
affirmed "The man is to-day living
who will see majority of the people
of the American Continent Roman
| Catholics" "Let Protestants hate III
if they will,' says another Catholic
paper, shut the time will come ~her
we will compel them to respect u.s.
Should that day ever arrive, we may
expect little favor from q Church, al
of whose Priests, according to the
assertion of one of their members
"Swear, we will persecute this cursed