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

in any caucus or convention of
Roman Catholic for any Office in the
gift of the American people, and that
1 will not votefor, norcounsel others
to,yote for, any Roman Catholic but
will vote only for a Protestant; that
| will endeavOr at all times to place
political positions of this govern
ment in the hands of Professionals
| (Repeat) To all OF which I do most
solemnly promise and swear, so help
me. God. Amen.-St. Paul Daily
Globe, Nov. 6, 1898. -. -
| Now ask any non-Catholic reader
what they would say if the Catholics
would ever organize such society
and bind the members thereof with a
similar oath against their non-C Cath
Ole brethren? "Wha tsoever you
would that men should do toyou, do
you also to them" AS to the reply
of Rev. Moore I say what follow
did not write my article as pastor
of the German Catholic church, but
as a Catholic citizen. My critic re-
plies in his capacity as a minister
and in a sermon in the church. Con-
corning the alleged steps taken by
some members of my parishioners I
do not even know that such a CON-
mittee was formed much less the
names of them. I earnestly protest
against an imputation to the effect
that said committee acted on special
instruction from a power behind
them. As to my childlike confidence
in the st. Paul Daily Globe I must
state 'that by it's timely and frank in
reference in SO important a cause /
have still more been confirmed in
this, childlike confidence In the
part of a Republican paper I find
such carping judgement on a leading
Democra tic paper quite natural.
In my article not the least mention
was made of the discharge or en-
ploy OF a certain individual much less
was there anything said as to the
character of any individual. AS to
the action of the committee men,
toned above, am not in the least
responsible for the doings of my.
parishioners in matters of politics or
Of other affairs not strictly within the
sphere of the care ofsouls. Catholics
are just as well able as their nom
Catholic fellow citizens to manage
their political and temporal affairs
without first obtaining an ad vice or
order from their priests.
The Rev. Speaker further assumed
an air as though the Catholics had
started the whole trouble. How
long were not the Catholics patiently
and quietly looking on whilst the
basest and most slanderous litera-
ture was being scattered broadcast
among the people Of our city and
vicinity, well calculated to rouse an
intense and implacable hatred in the
hearts Of the people against Catholic
church, her institutions and her
priests, not to speak of the cock and
bull stories that were and are yet
being circulated among their dupes
In one point I am forced to ac-
knowledge the decided superiority of
my Rev. critic, namely in his way of
convincing the public OF his patriot
ism and truly American fair-nlinded-
ness by publishing in the papers
where he buys his clothes, and that
he attends Catholic entertainments
land for whom he cast his vote.
Truly a man can never get through
learning. II the papers would lend
line their columns would likewise
publish wherever buy CATHOLIC
sausage or a pair OF Baptist rubber
boots, or thinkers beer,
Don't faint. pray. for ! am not get
Icivilized enough as to favor more re-
fined increhences, and no wonder T
am only eight and shalt years in
this connty-or when eat Cahensly
sauerkrout or cast an agnostic vote
and have the church bell ring while
am reading Milton's Paradise
/ Lost and in the sight Of snch facts
4 ] shall challenge the whole country
to e0nYiet me Of i;loyalty and
bigotry
II the Rev. critic wishes to reply to
] the article of Nov. 5 he must first
prove that no attempt has ever been
made to start this A. r. A. society in
our town; further he should show
that they are not bound by oath to
cypress the religious and civil we'll
flare OF their Catholic fellow citizens
and to disirancbise taem entirely and
thus 20 press them even beneath the
, level 81 the Indian. the Nero and the
naturaIizeal Chinese.
II he II finding fault With the Cath
Olics, defending their rights after they
had been forced into self defense. ne
should first prove that the above
mentioned oatl, 40 taken BY "a. r.
As. lists e constitutional and second
he should exhibit 4 law or q statute
obliging the atholic citizens q this
country 20 patiently and quietly ant
fer the 4. T. Is. fellow citizens tnpull
their skin over their heads that ii