Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1873-11-21
"RoME IN AMERICA

some one would not do justice to the
late lecture of Rev. Mr.. Harcourt, on
Rome in America" The bored"
hearer who furnished the notice on the
18th discovered in the lecture only
multitudinous words, " wishy-washy
sentences" and "nonsense. The ora
tor store his whiskers," and talked as
one distraught. The nearer in question
was not edited evidently not pleased.
Well, the writer, too, heard the lee
ture, and saw the "orator pull his whis-
kers, /" and now and then interline, with
little pleasantly, a plain, outspoken,
and, we believe, just and fair delinea.
ton of the papal hyerarchy, and of its
perfect antagonism to all our American
ideas of morals, religion or civil polity.
We say fair and just delineation, be-
cause, in his severe characterizing of
the papacy, he read from their own
books, the highest authorities in that
church. AS he read one after another
of the DEGREES, doctrines and practices
of the church, they did not appear so
wishy- washy," so " multitudinous" in
words only-not SO harmless that we
should like to see them introduced into
this country.
The truth was, the "orator" did q
great deal more than to tear his own
whiskers. He tore away, though with
borrowed fingers, little too hard at the
robes of the man in purple; and of
course all the saints present We're not
"edified. And because he said too
much, they were bored" and but for
"discourtesy would have retiredv' The
alarm sounded by the speaker appears
in the fact that every Romanist is So
lemnly bound in allegiance to foreign
power and no oath of allegiance to our
COVE! nment is of the slightest regard if
it come in conflict with the infallible
powers of Rome.
Romanism was portrayed in its i'm
perious demands and pretensions, in its
despotism over conscience, reason and
the will over children, over property,
over all relations, civil, social and polit-
ical, in all climes, and all ages, its terri
BILE 2ogmas, bulls and DEGREES of the
past are in full force to-day. Rome
never changes. Her history is written
in blood /; her trail marked by ignorance,
slavery and infidelity. A power which
has always arrayed herself against the
best interests of humanity; formidable
enemy to everything we bold dear as
American Professionals mighty in subtil-
ty and craftiness ; in her power to con-
troll the ignorant masses; in snowy sym
bolism; in Pagan pomp; in political
wiles and INSCRIPTIONS use of corrupt
legislation. Her religion is power, and
her faith despotism. Her motto is rule
or ruin.
Never was the enmity of Rome to the
Bible and freedom more marked never
her efforts more indefatigable to gain
the ascendancy here which she has
lost in Europe, than at the present mo-
ment. Her eagle eyes arc fixed upon
this new world, the Thermopy@ of
freedom and her emissaries are trying
to surround us with her deadly net.
work, whilo her hand is up fitted to
strike the deadly blow at our national
life-at freedom of thought, freedom OF
8. eech, and freedom of conscience.
1t is well, therefore, in these eventful
times, to look our position fairly in the
face-to understand the character of our
enemy, unchanged and Interchangeable
the determined antagonist Of God and
man; the trampler under foot of all lib
erty, civil or religious the prosecutor of
the saints OF the Most High. Will we
have this man to rule over us u.