Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1875-09-02
The Romish Church and the Vote
For the Presidency.

The Southern Catholic, of Memphis,
the official organ of the Catholic
Church in the Southern States, con
tains an artisIe which lays down the
programme as follows: "There are
two very essential steps to be taken in
order to win the next Presidential race.
It is scarcely necessary, I trust, to
urge our fellow Catholics to assemble
everywhere around the Democratic
colors, for they are all, by choice or
necessity, external to the Republican
party, and it is incredible to believe
that any Catholic who has q modicum
of self-respect and love for his church
can cooperate with the party. If hith-
erto he has done so, the time is at
hand to abandon an organization
which is confessedly, and without
longer disguise, at war with our holy
religion"
aI It seems as if the Roman Catholic
/ Church was anxious to precipitate
collision with the people of this coun
try. The disturbances produced by
the Papacy in Europe, which led to its
being stripped of its temporal power
and to the expulsion and curbing of
IuC QSnauG DllCSGuOOO III al Z
matters well known to thoughtful
Americans, who regard the claim to
infallibility as shockingly blasphemous
The Pope, who has never left the soil
Of Italy, is in the hands of hierarchy
more unscrupulous than that of the
+ Dark Ages; more given to dissimula-
ton and more inclined to vituperate
and punish where they dare. But Ea-
ropean Roman Catholics are more en-
Heightened than they were, and laugh at
/ the thunders of the Vatican. Europe
an monarchs of Roman Catholic sub
jects, however, have been forced to
break the concordat with infallible
pretensions to their own protection !;
an d we have the sorry spectacle to-
ward the close of the nineteenth cent
Jury of the Romish Church rampant
and trying to ride roughshod over the
people ofthe European Continent.
Il The age and feebleness of mind of
] the Pope, his absolute ignorance OF
the worlds condition outside of Rome
and the mischieveous and untruthful
reports of the Jesuits and other enc
mics of liberty and knowledge, have
] led him to believe that while in Eu-
rope the Roman Church is suferin g
and the priesthood made to obey the
secular law, in this country-a new
country-the people welcome the ad-
vent of Romish emissaries as much as
the Pope did the bestowment of his
alleged infallible attribute. The peO
pie are said to be with the Pope's ma
king an Irish American citizen, Cardi-
nal McCloskey, a Romish prince, but
he being dissatisfied with condescend
ing to be Prince McOloskey, has pro
ceeded to Rome to select more eu
} phonious title.
: The Southern Catholic, of Memphis
| has torn the mask from the face'of tht
: Romish Church and made it stanC
forth in all its debus deformity, as s
political body allied with the worst ele
ment of American politics.
2 Such bold and defiant assertions a
that the self-respeet of the Roman
Catholic American will not allow hin
TO co operate with the Republican par
: ty; and more, if he loves his churcl
S he cannot do so, seems a vile slande
t on many citizens. But be that as
may, the truth as to the Romish hiel
e archy in this country is out and ur
1 disguised, and its attitude known; an
e doubtless, free people, proud of thei
: freedom and general intelligence, an
e understanding their duty will not ia
e to perform it.
l Let the information here given reac
0 every town and city and hamlet in tn
land. Let the people know that tn
g Romish Church has risen up agains
y their political power. And let ever
citizen who loves his country aud it
+ free Institutions prepare to resist til
y influence of the Romish priestho cd i
e their infamous attempt to in terrier
: with the freedom of the suffrage c
n American citizens.