The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1890-03-19
THE BAPTIST CHRONICLES IT,
RADE AGAINST THE CATHO-
OLIC CHURCH AND THE LOT
Terry COMPANY.

The most shameful, the most dis
gnstiug and the most ignorant and
savage production that, we firmly be-
lieve, ever appeared ia print, adorned
in late issue the pages of the Baptist
Chron Gle, published at Shreveport, La
The article in question was an edi
torial TRADE against the Roman Cath
olic Church, in which it is charged
that but for the said church such an
institution as the Louisiana Lottery
Company would he unknown to the
Constitution of the State. "Roman
votes grounded the Lottery Company
in the laws of the State and Roman
votes will grant a renewal of Its
charter"
In its tissue of falsehoods and utter
auces of diabolical hate, in its pitiable
arraignment of priests and members of
the most venerable and enlightened
church Of all ages, the Baptist Chroni
Gle editor surely must have temporarily
lost his head. Read the following ex-
tract from his insane editorial:
I'VE 5e1iece from IKE t:achings Of tie
Roman Catholic Church, its practices,
its open oppression on great mora1 qstcs
tons, the RIGHTEOUSNESS Of lis priesthood,
and the general immortality Of It's men,
bership, that 1t is the greatest cavse in
Louisiana, morally, politically, fnan-
cialy or any OTHER way."
"The general immortality of its
membership Now, if the writer of
this nauseating, revolving and lying
paragraph should not he horsewlipped,
tarred and feathered and made to quit
the country, what ought to be done
with him? But he is crazy, hear
you reply. Mad! Perhaps so. Well,
then, it is the only palliative excuse ;
but commitment to the State Asy-
lum should at once be made out for
him, and he should be confined in a
separate cell all alone, for his is a most
dangerous malady.
It will puzzle scientific medical men
to truly diagnose the kind of mental
alteration from which this unfortunate
editor apparently SO acutely suffers +;
for, on further perusal of the edlto-
rial referred to, we find that police in
spection of converts and nunneries is
strongly advocated that once rid of
the Louisiana Lottery Company, next
the christians (s) must solidly unite and
drive out every Catholic now within
the borders Of the State, because
wherever the Catholic Church acquires
predominance there the result is death
ening and blight cast upon the
people.
Mad, mad, mad and grossly igno-
rant of the truth of history and of pre-
sent existing conditions. In the Uni
ted States to-day Roman Catholics
outnumber Baptists 'hardshell," free
will or any other kind-in the ratio of
5 to l, and far exceed in greater ratio
all other denominations of a like heter-
ogeneous type, yet does everybody
praise the progress shown in these
same United States, and they are held
up in foreign countries as in their uni
ty representing and actually constitu-
ting the most perfect republic the
world has ever seen. Wherein did
you discover the germs of death and
everlasting blight, o, most wonderful
and pious editor, before whom should
all immoral members of the debasing
Roman Church PROSTATE themselves
and beg pardon and promise reforma-
ton if allowed to remain in their loved
louisiana
You surely did not find them in the
history of your country. Your conn-
try, that is, if you are an American,
the which is hard to believe, for only
from the bittercst North of Ireland
Protestant or Tory Orangeman could
such an effusion as yours emanate!
All! it is You that have our utmost
sympathy, for after what you have
been guilty of in placing such outra-
geous gibbelish before the subscribers
of the Baptist Chronicle. Poor man,
your head must fall. Further, as we
plainly see the impossibility of any
part of your attractive and most unique
programme being carried out. Again,
dearly beloved and misguided confrere,
we beg to offer expressions of condo
lence, although you are unworthy of
them. Your ambition is lofty; you
aim at being regarded as modern
Cromwell, and you succeed in being
regarded as modern ass, because you
bray like one. You pose as accuser,
and hardly any man has ever dared to
usurp to himself the insulting AFRO
gance you betray in your indictment
of the priests and members of your
bette noir, the Catholic Church; accord
ing to your dialribe, nothing moral is
found outside of that church of stag
gering foundation, the Baptist, OF
which we presume you are a devout,
but not representative member; and
in all we can trace the fact and come
to the conclusion that first, by the pro.
cess of evolution, you are an undoubt.
ed reproduction of the intolerant and
oppressive sixteenth century type Of
manhood, upon which, nowadays. PEG