The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-09-30

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as numerous as the members of the dis
severed branches Of the "damnable her
esy," and are therefore-even in. point o
numbers, to say nothing of divine righ
entitled to control the future destiniel
of this country.
The number of their priests is indeed
small when compared with the number
of Protestant ministers they are suff
cient, however. to manage the affairs o
the Church with energy and zeal. Anc
an alarming feature in their rapidly in
creasing number is that many ARC
among these the most intelligent, zeal
Gus, efficient and intolerant-are Ameri
can born: Bronson, Doane, Hecker, ano
a long list of others, sons of Methodists
Episcopalians, Congregationalists, and
Presbyterians.
And all, from the highest to the low.
est archbishops, bishops, priests, monks
and nuns are assiduously engaged in ad-
vancing the interests of Rome. One will
controls all. The entire country, from
Maine to California, from Oregon to Flor
ida, is comprised in the field of their op-
erations. Divided into seven provinces,
embracing fifty three dioceses and nine
icariates-apostolic, each under the
watchful eye of a bishop. there is no Sec
ton of this broad land but Rome claims
as her own. Whenever the interests OF
Popery can be subserved, preaching
station is established an academy found
| ed, or schools opened. AS the tide of
emigration rolls westward, Romanism is
always the first to erect hospitals, to
build churches, and to- open institu-
tions for the instruction for the young
We are learning by experience the truth
of the European proverb:-"D Discover a
desert island and the priest is waiting
! for you on the shore.
Great shrewdness is also shown in the
disposition of the men and means at
their disposal
The design of the effort so persistentlY
made in all parts of the West, is clearly
announced in Catholic paper in Boston:
Catholics should control and sway the
West. The Church has the right to
c&sim the immense Valley of the Missis-
sippi, of which the Jesuit missionaries
were the first explorers"
Points are selected which NAV become
centers of influence. Their strength is
not frittered away in sparsely settled ru-
raj districts; but establishing themselves
in State capital, county towns, and rapid
ly growing cities, they effectually guard
the interests of Rome in all the surroun-
ding country, moulding public opinion,
securing influence with those who con-
troll legislation, and in many instances
to the burning shame of Protestan tism-
educating the children of those in the
communion of the true Church.
And in the South they are no less ac-
tive. Organized efforts are made, on an
extensive scale and with lavish outlay
of funds, to bring the freedmen over to
Popery. At convention of bishops
held few years since in Baltimore,
measures to secure this end were adopt
ed. The precaution required by the Pa
pal Church, of conducting their proceed
ings with closed doors, renders it impos-
sible for US heretics to learn all that was
done by these assembled dignitaries
That agencies were inaugurated to pros
elyte the colnred race ON this continent
is beyond question. And that the mea-
sures adopted and referred to the Pope
for firmation-whatever they are-re-
ceived his approval, may be confidently
inferred from the fact that the Society
for Propagating the Faith, whose Office
is at Rome, ,straightway contributed $780,
900 in gold for one years missionary |
work among the freedmen in our coun-
try. Is it not fair to assume that con- |
tribution SO large presupposes effective
agencies for carrying forward the work /
on scale corresponding with the cost? |
j Jesu1ts-who, in worldly wisdom, if not |
in purity of purpose, have always been
e-eminent--seldom invest without Sc
curing large dividends, munifcent re-
turns, in blind attachment to the inter
ests of Rome.
Lavish expenditure is Immediately
succeeded by organized effort. With a
celebrity evincing great earnestness, six
ty-six Romish priests were landed in
New Orleans to commence missionary
efforts. And these, we are informed, are
only the pioreers, whose business it is
to examine the field of operations, and
report to their superiors the force need
ed, and the points where labor can be
most advantageously prosecuted AL
ready they have opened large, we'll
equipped schools for the blacks at Raj
sigh, at Mobile, at New Orleans, and at
many other important centers of infiu-
ence And most of these institutions
are successful to an extent quite dishear-
sening to the friends of Professionalism
They have drawn largely from the
schools opened by the benevolence of
Northern Church, and in some instances
have driven their rivals from the field.
To most Protestants, we presume, it is
out too painfully evident that the Ro-
nanish Church, by its gorgeous displays
S we'll fitted to secure powerful inhu
ance over the hearts of halfcivilized
people. Enslaved by ignorance, natural
y fond of show, and taught by long
years of servitude to yield an unquestion-
ng obedience, they are as likely to ac-
,ept the religion presented them by
Rome as the simple unostentatious Cos
Del of Christ. A future not very remote
nay, therefore, possibly witness a control
by the Romish Church over
his helpless race as complete as that now
over the Irish-a spiritual des-
ootism more debasing in its character
md more permanent in its nature than :
he sla, cry from which they have recent /,
y emerged :
Not alone in the West or South, but in
,he East as WE'LL especially in our large ,
,ities, Rome is laboring untiringly to ac- :
,uire power Magnificent churches are
ouilt, hospitals founded, nunneries and
established, schools open I
ID, tracts and pamphlets distributed gra- .
and popular lectures designed t
o prove that Popery is the guardian of
morals, the friend of civil liberty, the ed t
lcator of the masses, the dispenser of $
charities to the poor, the inspirer of true {
levotion, the only gateway TO heaven =
re frequently and unblushingly deliver :
d in the very heart of cities which owe
IL their greatness TO the principles of the 9
Protestant religion Nor have these eff :
orts proved abortive, as New York, alas, )
an clearly testify. In the centers of
wealth and culture, which invited those :
possessing a religion intensely hostile to .
,ur free institutions, Romanism has
proved a Grecian horse, disgorging le- ,
zion of enemies. Lawlessness, excessive
axation, political corruption, and con- :
empt for the wishes of the people have r