The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-09-22
a p1ooTrD PROTESTANT FOOL.
A Vile Caricature of the Pope Nailed
on Church Door in ROCK
Island.
GRAPE ATTACHED TO THE DOOR KNOB.

Tn Saint Mary's church, on Sunday, the
Rev. Father Roles Roman Oatholic) an
from the Altar that an agreement
had been made for the purchase OF what
is known as the First Presbyterian church
property in this city.
This monday morning, there was seen'
nailed upon the Illinois street door OF what
is called the new church, with sixpenny or
eiphtpenny nails large and vile cariea-
mre of His Holiness, Plus IN, (eut from
Harper's Weekly and attached to the
door knob was long piece OF black Grape !
A friend informed us Of this outrageous
and insulting exhibition about 10 O'Clock
in the forenoon, and wanted to know ii 1t
ourhtn't to be torn down. Our answer
was; ''No-by all means let it remain, as
an exhibition of protestant christianity
protestant liberality, and protestant intel
hgence"
We took walk down to the church to
look at this pretty piece Of protestant
chri stan feeling, but it had been removed
nothing left but the big nails, and bit OF
paper hanging to one of them. We walk
ed back to the First National Bank and
asked Mr.. j. NJ. Buford if he knew who
+ removed the exhibition, and he said
e ''Yes-but I'm not going TO tell. H'
;. seemed to feel much hurt that such al
). outrage should have occurred.
Who is the sneaking seouudrel and igno
rant bigot who thus dares to insult tn
8 greatest christian denomination in tn
world? Let the dirty coward avow himsei
publicly and we will give him the benefit o
RS A little free advertising. Have Cathohc
ly no rights in this country? Have they n
as feelings deserving of respect? Are Cath
it oEes of Rock Island to be insulted in thl
n manner. and their Holy Church ridiculed
re The foolish creature who perpetrated tn
ir- act probably don't know that America WI
T. discovered by Catholic; that the Missis
H. ipni river was discovered by Catholic
i'll, that the earliest explorations Of this cou
er, try were made by Catholics that all Il
90 towns in the Mississippi Valley named I
TT, the Saints were founded and named
ua, Catholic missionaries belonging to the ;
ciety of Jesus, and that all over the wor
the Jesuit Missionaries are the pioneers
,cG christianity and civilization. He probat
ade never heard of Columbus or DeSoto. !
ort- Sale and Marquette whose names are hi
q q on the list of the great and the good,
probably never heard Of except in conn
mot zion with towns. We doubt if he e.
5 or heard of the sanity Father DeSmet VIII
recent death filled the papers with colun
The of praise, and whose memory Is reye
1rk by millions. He probably don I know t
Washington once publicly thanked
Urn Roman Catholics for the noble part Il
" took in the Revolution of l776 and t
he said he hoped his Protestant count
5, men would ever remember it with or
'd't tude. He probably don't know that,
INN fifteen hundred years after the adven
nice Our Savioug the Roman Catholic Chu
" W. was the Ohly NhIIs'iaH NhuiNh OH N''i
that his ism. if he belongs TO any churcl
like all Professionalism only about three b
II. dred years old, and that in I'LL its essen
Iiss. Christian features il too = Roman Catho
hell and that the proudest and most noble rec
Ltur- of any people on earth, is that of the
lded man Catholic people Who is this little
,ince norant bigot then, that he should, in
4, es- cowardly way, insult such a people.
any. But we forbear We pity the poor
xpo- who is guilty Of the outrageous Insult,
was we by no means wish to be understood
John Protestauts generally indorse it. We
ar of Heve they generally regret aud eondem
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