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meekness, and in love, and more fol
their good as Catholics than for oul
good as protestants. But we Know
that is not for the best prosperity and
happiness of mankind for the Roman
Catholic religion to prevail in our coun.
try, and it is well for the Protestant
Christian patriot to remember that the
American Revolution, for which sc
many mistaken Christians of the Prot
estant faith thank their God, has serv,
ed to strengthen Catholicism in Amer.
lea. The Revolution has greatly IN
creased Catholic immigration to our
country.
Another very bad effect of the Rev.
olutionary War was that it strength
ened and continued the slavery OF the
African race in our country. What
gross inconsistency was the war for
liberty. The supporters of the wal
declared that the truth "that all men
are created equal, and endowed by the
Creator with the inalienable rights OF
life, liberty, and pursuits of happl'
ness" was so unquestionably plain
and indisputable that it was self evil
dent and yet in utter disregard OF this
noble sentiment, for the defense OF
which the war was said to be Waged,
the "fathers of the Revolution" mani
tested no sympathy or thought of the
negroes in their own country. But II
America had continued in peace her
colonial relation with the mother
country fifty years longer she might
and would have co-operated with her
not only prohibiting the African slave
trade, but in quietly and justly aDol.
ishing slavery in all the colonies OF
the British Empire
How much better it would have
been for the honor of the human char.
acter and the welfare of mankind II
our country had from choice contln-
ued harmoniously her connection
with Great Britain till the year 1884 OF
the time she abolished slavery in the
West India islands, when as an newt
able consequence slavery would have
ccme to a peaceful end in our own
land for, as England had determip-
ed to honorably purge her dom1nlons
of all negro slavery, our own country
| if then in union with her, would have
been freed in peace from such slavery
lOreNoF, dllu u IIlo CVShVuc'A oeAotSi"'N
ton of the shareholders themselves
and such combinations as white
Leagues and "Ku Klux Klans'
would never have been known in oul
country for emancipation accomplish
ed in peace instead of in and by war.
would have strongly tended to bino
the white and black race in bonds o1
everlasting justice and peace together
This blessed result would have beer
an advantage to Cur country, and to
the high interest of philanthropy ana
Christian religion. in comparison with
which all the benefits of the Revolu
ton are poor and trihing indeed
And we must not forget that If there
had been no Revolutionary War there
would have been no war with Great
Britain in 1912, and no Mexican War
and no civil war. One war often LEADS
to another.
In time of the war the sacred rights
of conscience, free speech and proper
ty and home, were cruelty invaded
Some of the best people in the lano
who refused to approve of and engage
in not only the Revolution War. bu1
in any war from conscientious motives
of duty to God, were barbarously
treated in their persons and barely es'
capped with their lives their property
was taken from them by force, though
thew remained meek and unresistine
under the robbery and the abuse o
| their persons.