The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-10-25

ton that at present there are in the
schools of Columbus $40 teachers; that
of these thirteen are catholics; that not
one catholic has been removed during
the past year; that there may be one
or two more now than there were q year
ago.
II Is Untrue.
4. It has also been currently reported
that 50 per cent. of the Columbus police
men were Roman catholics. A year ago
when this report was first put in circula-
ton there were 112 men on the force, Of
whom forty-fve were Roman catholics.
We have this information from the for
mer clerk of the police commission, who
is a protestant. There are now probably
few more protestants on the force than
there were year ago.
5. The statement has been freely
made that all the county officers of
Franklin county have long been Roman
catholics. The truth is, that of the
twenty county officials whose names are
in our city directory there are three
Roman catholics. One year ago there
were five. The statement that the
schools and the officers have been over
run by Roman catholics does not seem
to be based upon facts.
BaseIess Publications.
6. The stories everywhere current
about warlike preparations of the Roman
catholics are also baseless fabrications
Everywhere the most alarming tales are
told about consignments of rifles to
priests; about the storage of arms in
churches: about the drilling of troops in
the Easements of churches. For all
these stories there is not solitary fact
to show. We cannot find a particle of
evidence that any such preparations for
war have been made or even thought of
by Roman catholics. If any such evi-
dence existed it would surely be pro-
duced. Several churches thus suspected
in other places have been searched,
with the hearty cooperation of the
priests in charge, and not a sign of
warlike implement has been found. Our
Roman catholic neighbors, though suf-
fering previously under these wicked
ISLANDERS, are quietly going about their
daily work, waiting for this epidemic
of prejudice and passion to abate. 1t
is not likely that their love for protest
ants viii be increased by the experience
through which they are now passing;
but their patience under this trial has
been exemplary.
Utterly UnmanIy.
May we not venture to add that this
anti-papal panic is utterly unmanly? Out
of the seventy millions of our population
the Roman catholics claim only nine or
ten millions. The capital of the country
is in far larger proportion in protestant
hands. Is there any danger that sixty
millions Of protestants, with most OF the
offices in their hands, with the bulk of
the wealth of the nation in their hands,
are going to be overrun and exterminated
by ten millions of Roman catholics
whose resources are small? We trust
hot IA rr0feQfantC of this a "a
not such q weak and cowardly genera
ton that one Roman catholic can put
six of them to flight.
We make these statements, let us re-
peat, not only in the interests of truth
and decency and common humanity, but
also in the interest Of professionalism
And we call upon all protestant gentle
men, in every community, to acquaint
themselves with the literature which is
being secretly disseminated among the
ignorant professionals Of their neighbor-
hood, and to speak out about ii as every
man of honor is bound to do. If the pur-
poses of Roman catholics need for any
reason be opposed or resisted, let us OPP
pose and resist them like men.
The signers.
William E. Moore, pastor Second pres
byterian church.
) A E. E. Taylor, pastor Westminster
presbyterian church.
EiohOlo "a .AehAJ' ASS"cA Se' @uA .
episcopal church.
Alexander Milne, pastor Plymouth
congregational church.
William H. Scott, president Ohio state
university.
Edward Orion, professor Ohio state
university.
Samuel c. Derby, professor in Ohio
state university.
Henry Stauffer, pastor Mayfower con-
gregational chapel.
r. S. Linsay, pastor Eastwood congre-
gational church.
Richard r. Graham, rector church of
Good Shepherd.
James Poindexter, pastor Second
baptist church.
Washington GLADDEN., pastor First con-
gregational church.
d. Fisk Harris, minister st. Clair con-
gressional chapel.
salist church.
C. H. Robe, pastor Trinity German
Lutheran church.
Richard T. Swain, Westerville.
George II. Schodde. professor in Capt.
tai university.
I am too recent conner to Columbus
to append my signature to any document
purporting to represent conditions In this
city. With the general spirit and pur-
pose of this paper. however, / am very
deeply in sympathy, and feel 1t my duty
to do anything I can do to allay sus-
picions which are calculated to work
great mischief, and which, judging from
all means of information at my conn
mand. are wholly groundless.
WILLIAM MACAFEE,
Pastor of Broad-st- Methodist Episcopal
Church.
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