Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1893-11-10

to rob them az all their rights 81
civil and political liberty
i he wished to reply to my article
he should prove the falsehood Of the
assertions made BY an American
Protestant Judge, James H. Brewater
as published IN said article.
He should prove that the Catho-
lies are enemies and traitors to the
country and should adduce .instan-
ces from the history Of tile United
States.
He should prove that the Catholics
did not have any part in the making
of our Republic and that George
Washington never said thef0llowing
words. 5ssssf
Il hope ever to see America among
the foremost nations In examples 81
justice and liberality and / presume
that your fellow citizens will not for,
get the patriotic part which you the
Catholics) took in the accomplish
ment Of their revolution and the es-
tablishment OF their government. for
the important assistance which they
received from q. nation in which the
Roman Catholic Religio ion Is protested !,
In order to prove that Catholics
are enemies Of religious liberty he
should reply to said article hy refut-
ing the historica fact quoted therein
that the first steps towards religious
free dom, taken on this continent,
were taken by the Roman Catholic
proprietors OF Maryland; and that,
too, at q time when the Puritans
were driving out the Baptists from
their colony and the Puritans were
themselves being driven from the
colony of Virginia.-Let him
prove that it is not historical
fact that sixtof the signers Of the
Declaration OF Independence were
Roman Catholics.
Let him show that the Catholics
have no right to the free exercise OF
their religion and the Catholic Church
has not the right to increase the
number of her adherents by free and
legal persuasion and conviction and
that the A. P. Aists. consequently are
right in making war upon said
Church and her members as indicat-
ed by their oath;-let him prove that
there is no such an ordinance in our
American Constitution as the follow
ing one: Congress shall make no
law respecting the establishment OF
religion, or prohibiting the free exer-
else thereof 3. = . .@..y
Let anyone show how the A. P. A.
can stand in the face OF the following
article of the constitution of the State
of Minnesota. ~ ~ = 1
''The right of every man to wor-
ship God according to the dictates oi
his conscience shall never be infringed;
nor shall any control of or interior
ance with the rights of conscience be
permitted or any preference be given
by law to any religious establish
ment or mode of worship. Sec. 16:
mo religious test Or amount OF
property shall ever be required as a
qualification for any office of public
trust under the state" Sec.l4. And
now compare the above oath of the
A. =. A. with these articles OF our
constitution.
So far so good. AS I have said in
the beginning of this answer, >this is
to be my last utterance on the sub
ject. In my first letter did not pro
duce a single subjective sentence;
only quotations.; I abstained from
every trait of personality in said
article. Notwithstanding, my Rev.
opponent found it worth his while to
raise such a howl over an article
that could in no way do any harm
to his A. p. "A. friends ,.$
Therefore If you wish to reply on
said article you should, an swer its
contents as suggested above. ,ss :.
Once more I pray that. God may
again restore the former peaceful re-
lations in our beloved city, by NOV
ing the A. p. A. lists to desist from
their hostility against their harm
less and loyal Catholic fellow citizens.
l have perfectly reached my pro-
posed aim namely to inform our A..
P. A. friends of the fact the Catholics
are aware of their secret onslaught
against them. Z
" A. r. CITIZEN.