, 1874-03-15


| the permanency Of the Napoieonic dynasty. the
ablishmens Of the temporal power OF Lie
| Pope, enoed with 8 united, victorious, and pro-
gressise German Empi1e.
| And here permit mo to say that as German
| American citizen, freely and gladly tender nv
undivided allegiance and oil tile efforts aud ener-
| gics OF my manhood to the country Of my adop-
lion, 'b,l, would be unworthy Of tho blessings
Of our free institutions II were destitute OF all
! symrathy for my native land, i could dlsown
| the German blood, that upon the soil Of France
| WAS 80 layishly 30 braYely poured. forth in de-
fence OF the progressive ideas Of the nineteenth
century. do not glory in the military rcnown
cf the Germun people. will not boast OF its
| great achievements upon the so-called field OF
honor, but TINT German nation has SO glorioustY
won the good fight against tho powers Of dark
ness, against tho enemies OF tolerance and true
| civilization,-the memory Of this Indispensable
| fact will send the blood to my heart in tumnl~
tuous joy, and thrill my soul with immeasu-aEla
PRIDE and satisfaction to the last moment OF my
existence.
REoPES1Ea Hosr111T1Es-
But even the establishment OF the mighty
German Empire has not discouraged the friends
OF Rome. Hardly has the blood dried from the
I bastleileldH OF France,-Lardly have the victims
OF that tremendous struggle mouldered in their
graves,-and the U1tralnontanes are nIreadv
looking forward to q reopenlug Of hostiiiIies.
] second war with France, they fain would believe,
viii change tue present aspect Of European Of
fairs: France is rapidly musto1;,g Its strength,
aud its mcst trusty ailes-the Ultramontaucs-
arc INCREASINGLY, and in part successfully, under
Mining the peace aud harmony OF the newborn
! Empire, in order to pa1alyxe its strength in the
coming struggle. >.
THE Pnoor. ~:
/ Am slandering the friends Of Rome? Let
us search the records for the proof- It is full to
overflowing with conclusive evidence upon the
| pout in question. ALI over Germany lhero are
abundant anu unmistakable indications Of this
reasonable purpose Of Ultramonsanisn. Let it
! be nv humble office tonight to gather these
[ Ecatterod proofs until their united weight cou-
vi;lces the most skeptical understanding,
A glance at that portion OF the public press
which il in tho pay Ut these jealous friends of
Rome reveals the aspirations Of the Jesuitical
/ party. The Bdrarian Iathertand, prominent
organ OF the clerical party, is quite plain on the
'Tho King OF Prussia" Gays the Fdue1'f0nd,
"within year after Sedan. is iudispoaed, seSi-
| ously indisposed. 1t would To q great pity in
deed il the Ring should not live to see the down.
| fAll md ruin Of tbs ao~callea German Empire in
| 1879"
The same paper thus defined the mission Of
the Iuterlatiouais, and called on all the ho1rors
! Of Communism aud anarchy to lend 4 hand in
smiting tbs newborn German Empire: -.
| We do not love this German Empire OF yours !; We
have never lorcd it to us 1t IL ouy dark cloud IN
the heasena 1t il well that you yourself viii long
doliver from this evil Think OF the living Justice
@! God, the Internatonas, who will aka vengeance on
| you IN the pnnoe Of God and humanity.
The Correspondence Of Genera, 1ndustrially
circulated BY the Jesuits througi1our the German
| Empire, thus pou1s ita oil upon the houbled
waters:
The Pope hoped at first to be able to concitate the
pn 81 E5o ,s po: s9ag 4 na I'd
later he must inauguratn an era OF sompete and I'M
pacablo justice II the States cease to recognize the
| Church, the Church can no longer recognize tie
States, and thus the world will witness the most terri
bic butcheriea, ami the Governments will be sadly dis
appointed Il in this struggle they expect to find the
| masses on their side.
| as the cloven foot peeps ont from the long
cloak OF Mephisto and betrayF his satanic na-
ture, so does the feudish purpose OF
sowing strife, disuniou, religious hatred and
fanaticism throughout the German Empire etand
clearly forth as the moving spirit which dictates
quote extracts from tho Ultramontane press,
like those have cited al ini7altuna, it my argu-
ment required any accumuIat1ve evidence upon
the po.nt LII question, and each and every ono OF
ly that the German Minister Plenipotentiary ac-
credited to the Court ut Paris judged th8 politi-
cal s.tuation quite correctly when he Informed
Bismarck in his official dispatches: That the
hope for revenge on the part OF France was
closely connected with the organization OF re-
iicious dissens.ons IL Germany, and Tint Ger
man strength and unity were to be crippled by
means Of religious strife iuaugurateu and trans
feried to the soil Of Germany by the clergy OF
Brussels, Paris, and Rome.
THE PULPIT.
But not only the public press, but also tue
pulpit and the ros.rum, are pressed into the
service Of these infuriated advocates Of tho
Roman hierarchy. At 4 public meeting. in the
City Ct Cologne, wheze over 6 600 Catholics were
assembled, and which was called by the Ultra
montana leaders of tho RheniHh Province, the
principal speaker closed h1B address with tho
following pe1oraticn:
The Catholics q. Germany are charged with the
sac1ed duty to crown that nation with wreath of
laurc which shall restore our AotS rather 70 us
though the strife deruAnta herseH shonld fall
weeping to the ground.
Thunderipg applause followed this speech,
m unmistaknblc indication that religious frenzy
had taken possession OF tho hearers, and that tie
love Of country had succumbed to > wild and ter
rible fanaticism. There Is no class Of men upon
earth that more perfectly understand the art to
play upon the passions aud prejudices OF the
masses aud to guide religious fervor into tho
dark channels Of their own selfish purposes than
these same friends Of Rome
Listen to tlis extinct OF q sermon delivered
from an Ultlamontana pulpit at Laibach, and
then dispute my assertion il you can:
The Pope ia so ragged and poor hat words fail to
describe Ills miserable condition Ihe I Gn1s,,an ~ t;,
new coat. Immediately after the receipt OF the
1nuney His Holiness sent for talor. who took his
measure. When the coat done, tha Pope paid tte
bill and requested the tailor to distribute the surplus
money AMONG the poor. the ragged coat WIS e1-
hbied proof of the Popes poverty, and the faith
full people tore 1t into ahreds to keep Is holy reica.
And tue truthful priest wept bitter tears of
compassion while he recitcd this touching story.
Who can doubt TINT the ignorant masses, fully
believing these ridiculous and absurd inlsohoods.
become highly incensed At ali the elements Of
progress and civilization, at every leading repre-
Sentative Of liberalism in Germany, because, as
they are daily and hourly informed. liberalism
and progress alone n1a the direct cause OF the
poverty Of the Pope.
THE SYLLABUS OF Plus II.
By their efforts to feed this famo Of relig-
ious intolerance and fanaticisr1, in order to d.
vide the German people, the Ultramontancs
give practical effect to the spirit and theory OF
the famous syllabus issued BY Plus IL. in 1864.
This syllabus condemns in unmeasured terms
liberty Of conscience aud Of education, and ad-
gances the principle that, all tho States where
different religious sects exist, none but tho Ko-
man Catholic denomination should Of right be
tolerated. It further maintains tnat tho Apos-
tolic authority extends over the lava Of the
whols world snd over all mankind. and that
every true Catholic must recoguiz this autlor1-
ty uncouditionally that civil government can.
not execute it's authority without the approval OF
the Church aud that every opinion contrary to
this Papa! decree shall DO eTertastingly damned
WAR ON SCIENCE.
assert, without the tear OF successful contra
diction, that this Papal declaration is nothing