Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-19
ROMAN MAHTERY.

mics earnestly desired silence on the
question and wished 20 he let alone
while they sapped the foundations and
undermined the Free School system.
But being forced TO show their coiors
the direct assault by the Roman
Church is openly and strongly made
while the indirect made by the DEM
Ocratic party which Rome uses IS
made more cautiously. The Public
School system is in danger and the
attacking party is the Democratic
party. It ntroduced the subject into
politics and began the agitation of it.
Leading Democratic candidates and
speakers are never found condemn
ing the policy of those that would
destroy the system. Their declara-
tons OF which they are profuse in
favor of unsectarian schools are no
moro worthy Of respect than their
declarations in favor Of exact justice
to all of whatever race or color which
they never carried out nor meant to.
There is q powerful and crafty effort
made TO make our Schools sectarian
and the sect so doing uses the Demo-
cratic party to accomplish its purpose
as Slavery did in its attempts to over
throw the Union. The South man
aged that party in the interest Of Slav-
cry wishing to spread tar and wide the
curse of traffic in human souls. The
Church now uses it to spread the
curse OF ignorance and abridge reli-
gious liberty. 1t says ''we have prior
claim upon the Democratic party.
The elements composing it are largely
made up in many States of Irish and
German Catholics and they have al
ways been faithful and loyal to the
interests Of the party. Hence the
party is under obligations to us and
should as party redress our griev-
ances." Withdraw the Catholic vote
and this party falls at once from the
POSITION and the power it now holds
and Yields. The party knows this
and so courts It's favor. aud so long
has it favored rho Church SO long
has i, worked 10 carry out her designs;
so long has it been used by her-that
Its pretenses in favor of unsectarian
schools are we'll understood and ex-
cused by the Most Holy Church"
under the plea of doing evil that good
may come. The Pope rules this
party to-day in the great metropolis
of the Nation and holds the balance Of
power in many of the large cities of
the country. Without his influence
the Democratic party would have no
prospect whatever of success in the
coming contest tor power and because
OF his favor it ought to be defeated.
The party the Pope wants the people
ought to be and are against. The
party that can secure power only by
getting the unbroken solid vote" Of
the enemies of our Free Schools is not
the one to rule III this country where
universal liberty and universal sutt-
rage must be secured by universal
education. The danger to our Schools
comes from the Romish Church.
This Church is composed largely OF
an ignorant foreign mass. This mass
is governed politically by Rome and
its agents. Its policy is dictated by
its Infallible Head and is TO be carried
out through some party. And this
party is the one that Slavery used;
that disunion used +; that rum uses
that reputation uses that ignorance
nses that dishonored currency uses.
Should this party succeed by the aid
of this vote-and it cannot in any
other way-then shall the Church
fasten itself on the Nation as the Old
Man of the Sea on the Eeck OF Sinbad
the Sailor. True the Church is in a
in this country, but if this
party is successful then the Churches
friends will be in the majority and in
a great measure controlled by the
Church minority. And because Mi
nority is it not dangerous? Do not
often govern? Did not
though minority compel
the obedience of this same party |
and hold it in subsection for
years Did not the "Ring"
though a small minority rule and
rob New York while this same party
then in power stood by and used the
plumber! 1t is the minority that
makes the majority. And has not mi
norities ruled the world for all time.
And the Catholic party though mi
nority is gaining victory after victory
over willing majority which it uses
in opposition to personal, civil, polit- |
ical and religious liberty. What
party favors Rome's policy? What
leaders fiatter the Church? What |
flatter the Church's
What Legislatures offer |
to propitiate the hier.
archy? What conventions denounce
in favor Of our Public |
School system as "a base appeal to |