The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-29
ROME AND SALT LAKE.

cratic tamllles tnere have lately en-
braced the faith of the Roman
Catholic church. This is 60 much
more remarkable considering the
grand preparations that are being
made by the German protestant
element to celebrate the 4O0th ami
versarv of the birth of DR.. Martin
Luther, at Eisleben, Prussia. Who
ever has followed the policy Of
Prince Bismarck and the continual
struggle between church and state
since 1872, will acknowledge THAI
the iron prince is making conces-
sions to the curry, and that he is on
his way to Canossa. The time
seems to be rapidly approaching
when Rome will again reign SUI
preme over the whole world and
make the state again bow before
the church. Only the blood and
iron policy of Prince Bismarck has
until now been able to check Rome
On its onward march, for the wars
in 1866 against Austria and in 1871
against France were more or less
directed against Rome. Before 1866
Prussia would never have dared to
attempt what Germany did after
1871: declare war to the Pope.
Notwithstanding all these wars and
the millions of lives lost in the
Thirty years war, Rome will again
swallow her own children and come
out victorious. The world will again
kneel down and worship the animal,
and great men and minds will per
haps return to the bosom of the
"Only saving" mother church.
A great many of the German
people of collegiate and CLASSICAL
education, having found the Bsle
an insufficient guide, have denied
revealed religion and Independently
sought for truth, and who will pun
ism for these struggles? The study
of the classics and pagan philosophy
has made these men rati0nallsts,
humanists, men with kind and
benevolent heart for the sufferings
of mankind. The study Of history,
etc, has made this class a moral
and virtuous but not a religious
people, believing that the recogni-
ton of virtue and its causes alone
make us happy, and that every well
doing man is doing Gods will. And
while thus the educated class have
turned rationalists, the lower and a
great many of the middle class have
become atheistic socialists. Being
forced at school under the German
school system to familiariZe them
selves more thoroughly with the
Bible than the educated, excepting
those who pursue theological
studies this class, Of people exercis-
ing their reasoning faculties also
found the Bible an insufficient guide
and became atheists. With these
facts before us no man will deny
that the Protestant element in Ger
many has constantly been loosing
ground and is only kept together
with thu emperor at its head; and
no man will further deny that The
protestant church received a death
blow while DR.. Falk was minister
and established obligatory civil
marriage. One element only has
been gaining strength and
power, not only in Germany but
especially on this our continent, in
this our free republic. 1t is Romei
While the war is raging between
church and state in Germany, Amer
lea will one day be forced to acknOwl-
edge that quietly-working power
which is already influencing the po.-
tiles of our country. Rome never
jumps; it always walks slowly but
surely. There being no religion
taught at our public schools, and
the people at large possessing that
y-making ability. the average
American is Indifferent to religion,
while Rome has taken hold OF the
education ana religious training of
the children of Catholic parents,
and thus has planted seed now
Learing fruit. With all the genius
of some Of our leading statesmen,
the Society Of Jesus" laughs at
them, for they know that the reins
of government are fast slipping out
of the hands of those whose fore
fathers come over on the Mayhower
or are the descendants of those illus
trious and inspired men who framed
our glorious Constitute n. The pol
itics on the democratic side are in
fuenced by the numerous Roman
Celtic family and partly by the Ger
man Roman element, while the ed
ucated German element is chiefly to
be found within the ranks Of the
republican party. Prevailing mon
opoly and the influence of wealth,
however, and to some extent the
water-apostle within the ranks
of the republican party, have in
duced good many of the Germans
to leave that party; but seeing the
real danger to our country within
the democratic ranks, they followed
Schurtz and others and became in
depedent republicans and ciYil-Ger-
vice reformers. So we see again
that, while the republican party has
been losing ground. the democrats
have been constantly gaining. for
the Roman Celtic element, with its
large families, has been constantly
increasing numerically, while the
other side has been diminished
steadily by its army of abortlonists
and fashionable small families.
And if the recent state elections
NAV be taken as indicative, the DEM