The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1875-12-16


terferance by any sectaran movement; that the
church and state shall remain forever tree ana
independent, and that to all citizens OF the
United States, by whatever name known, shau
be accorded all rights, civil and religious, pro
vided they obey the letter and spirit Of the lag,
and support the government made oy the peop'c
for the people.
I Gen. Daniel Ullman submitted proposed
amendments to the constitution OF the United
States, and of the several States, in accordance
with the spirit of the above, which were
adopted. t#t
Mark that significant proposition, "all
citizens shall
be accorded all rights, civil and religious,
provided they obey the letter and the sPIR
IT of the law" But if they don't obey
the esprit of the law" they shall not be
accorded civil and religious rights!
And who are to determine what the
Esprit of the law is? Why, Generals
Negley and Ullman, and the rest of the
Know Nothing pack. And if they con-
clude that the Catholics are not living
up to the esprit Of the law then they
propose TO deprive them of their civil
and religious rights, to-wit: the right
| to vote, to worship God according to the
dictates of their own conscience, &c.
And what better way to do this than to
burn their churches as they did in the
| old timer
And this pronunciamento of the
Unicn League OF America comes, It
will be observed, right Oh the heels CT
the Presidents message. The war is to
commence on this platform.
! Ii it were fact that the Catholic
church was everywhere advancing to
conquests and dominion; il it was sub
verting dynastics and overthrowing ma
tons, as in The oden time, such an Or
| canized crusade against it rs Grant pro-
! poses to IN ugara.e, mi 9ht be justltiable.
| But however great may be its hold up
on the consciences Of its followers, 1t has
ceased 10 be 4 political power. Its es-
tates have been conhscated in nearly
levery Catholic NATION OF Europe; IN
lGermany, France, Spain and Italy It's
influence IS being Slapped and UNDER
mined by an almost universe: unbelief;
one of its archbishops was shot the other
day by the populace Of Paris; several OF
them are now in Prussan prisons; the
lPope Kim self has been deprived OF his
temporal power, and his kingdom re-
duced to palace, 50 that he has to-day
little more authority in Rome than
Bishop Whpple has in Faribault The
: church as moral agent, working through
moral instrumcntalities for the saving of
!, souls. the conservation OF virtue and the
lnculcation OF temperance, remains a
mighty power; and every Just man even
; though he might believe its dogmas to
be ahsurdities, would regret to see such
gigantic moral teacher driven out of
society and all its splendid institutions
of charity, its hospitals, orphan asy-
lums, and Magdalen rciormatories, with
their attendant Sisters OF Charity,
. wiped out Of existence.
Blu. here in America, where six
seventies Of the people are on-Catholic.
and where, outside Of a few cities and
western settlements peopled by emf
grants, they are politically powerless, the
r horrible phantom OF papal supremacy is
, called up by the chief magistrate OF the
nation, and under the cover OF this theo-
logical bug-a.boo, he proposes to stalk
into the Presidential office for third
, term.
We clip from the Pioneer-Press the
: following standing advertisement:
II DIVORCES LEGALLY OBTAIFED
for incom patibility, etc; residence unnecessa-
! nv: fee after Decree Address L. o. Box 1887,
, Chicago, Ill.
> This country has more TO fear from
that kind OF thing than it has from the
Pope. divorces obtained for incom-
patibility. etc. That "etc.' covers ev-
erything. Residence unnecessary"
That is to say, citizen OF st. Paul or
Crow Wing who has tired Of his wife. or
, fancies a Younger or more buxOm lass,
can, without leaving home, tor an
T "etc.r cause, obtain divorce. without
notice to nis wife, and turn the partner
Of his bosom out OF doors, perhaps onto
| the town, to make living by adding to
the maelstrom Of vice which threatens
, to swallow society. Surely any belief
/ as to the next world which preserves
: virtue and morality in this world, is bet
ter than this worship Of the god Priapus
which is now taking possession Of the
/ world. and turning society into pro-
, longed Roman Saturnalia. And any
friend Of his country and his kind
would cry God speed TO all the churches
Of the land that are working together
for good, and seek to unite them in
: livelier sense OF Christian brotherhood,
as Moody and Sankey. and other men,
bers Of the BROAD Church are doing
to-day, instead Of reviying the passions,
hatreds and bigotries of a by gone age.
: But alas in the armory Of tyrants re-
iigion has always been the readiest and
most formidable weapon; and it may b