The Irish standard., 1892-05-28
A BIGOTED BLATHERSKITE.


who went East to address the Bostonians
on the evils of Romanism, David Nc
Caslin, of the Bethlehem Presbyterian
church, has been forging thunderbolts
and hurting them at popery with more
force than precision. He has not the
ability or the ready command of lnvective
that Go Lightly has, but as els begin
ner in the arena of polemics we must be
lenient with him. He is diligently con-
ming the many anti Catholic publications
with which the country is flooded, and
since the advent of Chiniquy in the north
west he has pored over that renegade's
history of his conversion where he found
that P ope Plus TX. wrote letter of SYM
pathy to jeff. Davis. He is therefore
getting we'll equipped for attacking
popery, and before the end of the year
he will undoubtedly acquire a notoriety
second to mono of his confreres. McCas-
lin is an Orange 6rebrand of small
calibre who ought to be in Belfast or
Toronto. He is the champion and eulo-
gist of the allied secret orders Of bigots
"who are thoroughly American and alive
to the danger of Jesuit intrigue in poll
tics" He makes free use of the we'll
known stereotyped quotations credited
to popes and bishops, and then declares
he lis not afraid of the Romanists ever
endangering our liberties. He is not op
posed to Catholic laymen believing as
they please, but he does not want them
to fill any political offices, and he glories
in the fact that in the recent elections in
Cleveland and Omaha, the papists "heard
drop" through the organized
efforts of Protestant patriots. The poor,
ignorant lay Catholics mean we'll enough,
but he would nevertheless deprive them
Of enjoying the rights of citizenship. We
cannot but feel obliged to David for his
to the laymen. The des-
oised layman who writes this article will
give David some historical facts that
may be new to him. In every country
IN which Professionalism was preached,
'edition and rebellion were inaugurated,
and the deposition of the lawful ruler
9nsued through the mischievous preach
ng of clerical fanatics like McCaslin.
Knox, the Chiniquy of his day and the
ounder of McCaslin's creed, taught his
leluded adherents that princes may be
lethroned by their subjects, and that it
vas blasphemy to say that kings were to
% obeyed, whether good or bad, the
Bible to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Every inventor of sect, every impious
wretch, every bigoted blatherskite like
NcCaslin, have at all times, in every age
md country, forced themselves to think
hat the Church of Rome would soon
otter to it's fall by their bombardment.
Julian, the apostate, thought SO and
ooasted of preparing the grave of the
1alilean, that is of annihilati the
church which Christ had established, and
against which the gates of hell shall not
prevail. But Julian died and the Church
IT'LL lives and is ruled by ''the old fraud
~ the Tiber," as McCaslin calls the ven
srable Leo XIII. Luther, the licentious
md revolutionary ex. monk, said that he
would torment the Pope during his life
lime and after his death he would prove
ais destruction; but Luther has gone to
his reward and the panacy still fourishes
IN perennial youth in spite Of Luther's
menaces. Voltaire said he was weary of
hearing that twelve men founded the
Catholic religion, and he wanted to show
the world that one man (himself) was
sufficient to destroy it. But the bias
phemer died calling for Catholic priest
to anoint him, and the Church still sur
wives The infdel. Go Lightly Morrill,,
Rev. Geistweit, David Tice, David Nc
Caslin and such small fry may have am
bltion to achieve what many powerful
assailants failed to accomplish, but their
labor is vain. The Catholic Church fears
nothing from thsir puny attacks. She