The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1881-08-11
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'ofp.rliament. the otherday, when Charles Brad
,,,,b a LEGALLY elected member, in attempting
10 enter. was forcibly elected 10y the police, the
of,icers of the House, and the Deputy Speaker;
his clothes were almost torn of him, and he was
utbsrwise roughly handled. This outrage upon
member is one of the fruits of that lovely IN
ion of Church and State which prevails in Eng
land. and which no many pious people wish to
prevail in the United States A long time ago.
only a few years after the discovery OF America
by Columbus, Henry VIII. was King OF England.
He had a hankering after frequent change Oh
pastnre-that is, he soon tired OF Wiie' anu
wanted to take fresh eoncnbine whenever he
saw another woman that struck his fancy MS
lawful wife was the daughter OF the hing OF
Spain then a powerful nation, and from all ae-
counts, she was very good woman, her only
fapIt being that she was not very handsome III
features, Henry was a Catholic, and on good
terms with the Pope of Rome. When he tired
of his wife. and wished to take a new one,
Ie imagined that he only had to tip the WINK 10
The Poue TO secure divorce. But the Pope
couIdn't .ee 1.-THE Catholic church is opposed
to divorce, except in the most extreme eases,
and in this case there was not the shado" OF
cause, except Henry's whim; therefore, the
Pope refused the request Therenp0n hehr!
waxed wroth. threw off the authority of the
Pope and established church Of his own, that
would grant him divorce, and had himself de-
clared its head That church, established for
the purpose of administering TO the lascivIOus
desires of Henry VIII, is to-day the Establish
ed Church Of England, and rules the country
II has established Oaths, which every member
of Parliament and other official is compelled to
subscribe to, before assuming the duties Of his
Office. Mr. Bradlaugh does not hold to the doc
trines of the Church Of England, and therefore
could not conscientiously subscribe to an oath
containing sentiments that he does not believe
in. This was why he refused his seat, and
hustled ont of the House, as if he had been lou
sy tramp.
This is what the United States will come to.
when the churches can get control of the Gov
ernment. Our present safety lies in the fact
that there are some three or four churches that
want to he at the head, and the jealousy be-
tween them prevents them from concentrating |
for the accomplishment ac of the purpose |
They forcing their church creeds into the
laws, whenever a question arises upon which |
they hold views in common. The great Rebell- |
ion caused by tie churches meddling in the |
affairs Of State; and had it not been that sever
al powerful churches were engaged in a rivalry |
10 he at the head OF the Government, the |
confederacy would probably have come nearer |
to success.
The movement that has been going ON for |
years, TO have God recognized in the Constitu-
tion of the United States is not simpIy from n |
desire TO acknowledge God. The design reaches |
deeper and further than that. 1t is intended as
an entering wedge TO enable the Church TO con-
troll the State As soon as they succeed in get
ting God into the Constitution, they will begin
the agitation for laws to carry out and enforce