The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-08-20

State authority independent OF Church
dictation. This Is a kind OF a wheel
within a Wheel system, that Americans
don't ike. The State is so very apt to
get "out OF its sphere" How has it been
in the experience of other countries. Be
cause Germany would not submit 10
Papal dictation in matters of education
and religion, it was held to have ''gone
out OF its sphere, nand such viruIent war
was made upon the government by the
Jesuits that it was obliged to expel them
for its own safety. Austria went "out
OF its sphere" when it decreed secular
education and civil marriage, and has
been under malediction ever since.
Spain went "out of its sphere" when it
Overthrew the BOurbOns, and so the
Papal fTown rests upon all its fair val
leys. Victor Emanuel went decidedly
''out Of his sphere"when, in obedience to
the will of the people, he made Italy
unit and Rome its capital, and so the
old Pope sits sulkinG in the Vatican. and
every time the gOOh-natured king and
the people seek 10 pacify him gruInhles.
non possuH. | can't do it" Oniy II
short time ago Switzerland went ''oat
of its sphere by insisting on obedience to
its authority, and was obliged to Danish
the Pope's Legate because he refused to
respect civil iaw, declaring that his allie
glance wa, t!ua 70 the Church and not
TO the Stat. And Just recently Glad
stone, having gone of his sphere 90 try
to establish impartial education in Ire
land, the Irish Catirii'. members of Par
liment, under the whip .. sac B0manist
Bishops. combined TO NJ 'iiS ministry
and throw England into lIaC-, if not,
into reaction Whenever Jhc State does
anything that does not suit the Church,
it is ''out of its sphere America to-
day, is ''out of its sphere Oh the school
question, and the Church is beginning
to mutter in Romish accents, 'Our
schools are not properly conducted,
''ouT chiIdren's faith is endangered in
them" IF the church could have con-
troll OF the School, how much better it
would be-" ''If we we're strong enough
we would take such control, but, if while
We gain sufficient strength perhaps flor
the asking the State will give us a part
of the School fund" All this soliloquiz
ing being interpreted means, State,
mind your business.
But You ask when is this vote for or
against CATHOLIC rule to take place. /
answer whenever Il Catholic presents
himself for any public Office. | would
not vote for Catholic for Supervisor,
not for School Director. not for Town
ship Assessor, not for County Auditor,
not for the State Legislature, especially if
his surname was Geghan, not Tor Con-
gresham, not for anything whatever;
for | should consider that every such
vote would have its influence in the ell
courageinent Of Catholicism, ana for that
reason ! should not vote for them.
Again, think that people will soon be
called upon to vote for or against the
taxation of church property. When this
will come up 1 shlll vote ''tdC It,, and
for this among other reasons, the Cath
Olics own very much more church prop
erty ia this country than any other de
nominations; indeed their members are
so taxed by the priests and Bishops that
a large proportion of the whole Catholic
wealth has taken the form of church
property, and every year the govern
ment gives them hundreds of thousands
of dollars in the form of remItted taxes
and this is aS much to their advantage
as though the government should take
the same amount from her treasures and
make them a donation. We may have
an opportunity, which | hope we may
soon have, to vote for change in our
National Constitution TO provide for
this emergency. In all these ways then
we may sHGTt our influence against this
invasion. NOu may by your private
influence establish manufactures of pub
lie opinion upon this question, for upon
this under God, we depend for their over
throw. repeat, | must not vote
against Catholic rule, because | AIN
known in the political world as Repub-
lican, nor must you, my frierd, because
you are a Democrat. but we are both
bound by the principles of Professionalism,
by our holy Christianity, and by the laws
OF God, to vote against it. When the
ROmanist comes TO Us with his demands
for the control of the school fund, ques-
tions like these come To us: Shall they
have such control by vote of the peo-
piel Shall we thus sacrifice our liberties
upon tie bloody altar OF Roman Catho-
licisms Shall We thus be beaten in the
conflict between educated enlighten-
ment ani superstitious ignOrancel To
these questions then let the united voice
OF American Protestants everywhere,
having arisen above the din OF political
musketry, and above tile roar of party
artillery, Toe heard distinctly to say, No,
no, in ,i.e ia,ne of God, NOw