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OPPOSING ROMANIsM.
An Agitation for the Complete Sever.
ance Of Church and State.
oisFRaNcHIsEMENT OF AL
CATHOLICS ADVOCATED.
The Declarations About the su.
premaey OF the PontiG Sc
sereIy Scored.

premaey OF the PontiG Sc
sereIy Scored.
Boston, March 2i.-The commit.
tee OF 100, which is Protestant or
ganizaion, with headquarters at
Boston, for the protection Of the pub
lie schools against the attacks Of the
Catholic clergy, will issue mex,
week a review Of the last eucyciical
letter Of the Pope, comparing il
with other Catholic utterances upon
the same subject-the relation o.
church and state. 1t makes many
quotations from this letter, and e.
tablishes the point that the Church
OF Rome demands the allegiance oi
its members above all civil author.
ty. From that point 1t goes on to
urge the requirement OF a new ties,
for citizenship, one which will de-
bar every person who owes allegi-
anee to any authority before that Of
the government Of the country.
Some Of the points OF the forthcom-
ing pamphlet are as follows:
The last encyclical Of Leo XIII.
was issued in Rome Jan. 10 last, and
treats OF the civil duties Of Catholics.
One Of the declarations Of the Pop,
is this: "But If the laws Of the stat
are in open contradiction with III,
divine law, IL they command any
thing prejudicial TO the church, o.
are hostile to the duties imposed by
religion, or violate in the person u
the supreme pOntIff the authority Of
Jesus Christ, then indeed il is q
duty to resist them, and crime &c
obey them-a crime fraught with
injury TO the state ITSELF" AS q
Uomnentlry on this is quoted the
sermon Of Vicar Byrne Of
the Boston diocese preached here
March 10, 1899, explaining this en-
cyciical and asserting that the Ca.
tholics are loyal TO our government:
"NO doubt there are times when the
state demands OF usa line Of conduct
maBifestly contrary 10 the dictate
Of our religion. This only happens
when the civil rulers for the time
being overstep their true sphere OF
seek TO make the sacred power OF
the church subservient to their owl
ends. The good citizen will re.
fuse TO obey the immoral com
mand Of the state and peacefully
accept the penalty.o The pam
phlet then say: "POpes have lie
clared the lawsOf nations null anu
void and absolved Romanists from
allegiance TO such governments
Our readers can not have forgotten
how the pOntiG took upon himself
in 1858 10 declare null and void the
laws OF New Granada, in 1856 the
laws OF Mexico, in 1855 the laws O
Sardinia, in the same year the law,
Of Spain and the laws of Piedmont
in 1862 the laws Of Austria; and il
every case the laws which he pro
claimed null are essential parts O
the American constitution and O
our common law. Shortly after th,
4 present pOntiif recovered from hi,
Illness in lSS5, after establishing al
the privileges and immunities o
the Jesuites, he issued a papal de
cree in which occurred this sen
tence: THE judicial functiOnarie.
must refuse obedience to the stat,
and to the laws Of the country
which are in cOntuldi, ton witt
Roman Catholic precepts.' VIVA
il this but preaching downright
rebellion, not only In Italy, whcr,
it means civil war, but in every
country where Roman Catholic
hold any judicial function?''
There is quoted the declaration 10y
Nicar-General Preston in New
York a lettef over a year ago, Will,
! on the wiiness-stand ia court, wheI
asked II the Roman Catholics mus
obey their bishops, wright or wrong
They must obey right or wrong.
The same man, in a sermon in New
York Jan. /, lsSs, said; Every
word which Leo speaks from hi
high chair j. thc voice Of the HOLY
Ghost, and must be obeyed. T,
every Catholic heart comes IL
thought but Obedience. 10 is salt
that politics is not within the prov
incc Of the church and that the
church has only jurisdiction in mat
tiers Of faith. You say, Il will re
ceive my faith from the pontiff, hui
I will not receive my politics from
him. This assertion is disloyal ant
untruthful. You must not think a
you choose, you must think as Cath
olics. The man who says, Il viii
take my faith from Peter, but | vii
not take my politics from Peter j
not true Catholic"
The encyclical is further quote,
TO this effect: "ln politics, which j
inseparably bound up with the law
Of morality AMI religiOusduties.m mel
ought always aud in the first plac
TO serve, rs far rs possible, the inter
tests Of Catholicism. A.. soon as the,
are seen TO be in danger all differ
euces should cease between CathO
lies. Since the fate OF States depend
principally on the disposition Q
those who nre at the bead Of tn
government. the church canno
grant its patronage or favor to me-
whom il knows TO he hostile {
it, who openly refuse to respect ii
right, who seek to break the allianc
established by the nature Of thing
between religious interests and tn
. Frvf e .arHfN ..rafs.W
Commenting on this and on SINH
lar quotations from the encyclicnl
the pamphlet SAYS: cit Is the dut,
of every good Romaniss, in what
ever land he may dwell, 10 obey tn
voice Of the Pore as pretended vice
,erent Of God in preference to tn
commands Of earthly rulers. Tn
oath embodied in the profession q
faith does not differ greatly in tn
material point Of allegiance from
that taken in the Mormon endOw
meDt house, which the courts hav
recently decided renders those VIII
take 1t incapable Of naturalization
Here il is as decided by the Romisl
council at Baltimore in 1855.
| AcAGoN lchbc Aiit i1Uig Natut
lie and Apostolic Roman Church a
the mother and mistress Of a.
churches; and I pledge aud swea
true obedience TO the Roman POT
tiff, vicar Of Jesus Christ and sue
cessor of the blessed Peter, prince {
the Apostles'
"There is rOthing reserved; N
exception Is made Of allegiance {
the government under which tn
person who has taken this oath ma
live, and in the wide field Of cor
flicting sovereignty the duty TO obe
the Pope is imperative and absolu;
over the duty to obey the lawi
This doctrine Of supreme jurisdiC
ton over all earthly powers an