The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-05
NO QUARTER FOR A. P. A.
A JERSEY CITY CLERG YMAN DE-
N0UNCES TIE ORGANIZE TON.
The Rev. mr. stoddard OF ~. Johns Epic
oopsi Church says the Order 10 Uncon-
ttitutional, Unpr stestant, aud untras.

lie says. a,tors
that there Is about TO be Staiteu ~
Jersey city branch OF the A. 4. a. ~
this be true | desire TO raise PI",,Si
against THIS new calamity ao'ut 20 i"s
upon US. Having gotten id OF lots ~
racing and gambnns ana Sttth s"O,to
men. it - possible that We are 70
AFFLICTED with this new plague ne -
h. A. claims 20 be a secret society VIC
members. uu0cr oath, are bound 70 ae''c
opposition toward Roman Ca'iAoi' rI
They are 90 vote against them MU.N
against them. refuse 20 trade WIN lheIn.
I'm short 10 boVcott them socially ana
ruin them POLITICALLY. Let IL nc o.uS
stood that the a. =. \. does tHlS a. rno-
cause Roman Catholics are odu are
pie but SIMPLY because ony,4inafed
Catholics The best man H1.',tt%iiun
for place may be C3lho.o'
but he u.s. nevertheless, 10 DC No'eN "'"'''
Ills religion condemns nun. 49,, A.,
1T wou.d seem almost IMPOSING 'ndt
I'm ms latter part Of the MI eteeath cen
tIrN am organization IKE tHt ~ -,
could dare Ia cam w Ip,nre n d0cs
claim surn Support, and even uhdcI lIe
acgls oi religion Isl arkthb Vut 9VSis
mon 90 unite with IT, lei me IN re"
words beg those who are invited INTO Us
s,rrrt and taudti,dl paTlor TO take coun-
sci with tuor better selves before they
follow down ts winding star we ne
lsve tho s. j. a. 10 De me most Nl. VIZ i5
and daueorous institution organized IN
This country during the present century.
W. lrye. H 90 be unconstitutional, uu-
democratic, unprotestdnt, untrue.
.ff b. orr glory that we have Tree
church 700 % free state. that there shall
De among us no discrimination against
any WlU on account Of his reiiSious opih-
ions. That any body OF men shaii be iFee
10 fOM. a church and worship without
mo.sstdIion as their COuscienceS shall nc
tate. To form "A secret organization Tor
the purpose OF prosecuting any SUI"
body. making II impossible, or even an
r.I.. or Fn m
the exercise II their religion rs opposed
20 the spirit of the Constitution ana
exhibits a bigotry and tauaugism over
which even Russia ought 10 blush ana
Turkey shed tears. 49,,
'The Puritans. indeed. though they
came here 20 worship COD IN tretnoIn'
had for half a century little a.. J; a
society organized, not against 'Alh"HrSi
but against Quakers and BapuSls, ana
these they pcrseculed AFTER INC pItdSdl,,
ancient fashion But the country sGou
rose out of this spirit OF intolerance
The Puritan methods were tVttde"''a, ,J
BdptiSts. Cuakcr5, FreSbNtel lahS, anu
numbcriess other sccts were perHitteu 10
dwell here and thrive I'm peace. fOr t"o
hundred wears a democratic land has
meant land whore, " man olntI WIS.,
behave himself. he may worship buu,'n"
or Jove with no loss Of p0hucal r'eht9
and without its being thought necessary
90 slit his tongue or bore his ears. ne
a. T. a. spirit Is the old Fuillah Sp.tN
revived In its worst form ana TWO nun
.
professionalism stands Tor the riSht OF
private judgment the right OF private IN
depreciation OF scripture ne IlEhL vi "a
man to believe as Dee likes. mere are III
resDect 10 this question OF judgment only
two grounds ou which man can Stduu
to-day one is that there Is an authoiiI{
outside OF man which Shdli direct Mn
in matters Of faith ana rellSloh. ne
other ground is that the only authority
or an least the mai authority, IN such
matters as within man, the aulh0llIy Oh
..ft
shirt OF God. Ii e man stand on the ITsl
ground o., is logically bound 10 become
Roman Catholic and accept the DEGREES
OF the church Of Rome. II ne Stdhu on
tle second ground ne Is Protestant, ana
must hc "a Iorical one. lie himself IS au-
thouty for what bee believes ana docs;
lie Acknowledges the Bible as the Woru
of God. bat 10 is his own conscience en-
lghtcucd by the spirit Of God when ia
the last result must decide what FOR MIN
Scripture shall mean; TINS Is the s9lilt
like the 4. 4. a. AS ridiculous as II Is
vicious. 10 !. as Protestant, claim the
right Of private judgment, l must let my
kick off AN ecclesiastical harness or to
submit To- the authority of Rome. The
Catholic can logically claim authority over
men. The Protestant cent He is com
miticd io freedom. The A. +. a. Is un-
protestant
ut is untrue based. that Is. upon un-
truth, and existing only to fight am enemy
which exists only Ia IT'S diStemPered brain.
The A. H. A. claims that The Catholics
are "a set of designing schcmers, plotting
TO undermine the free Institutions of our
country. aud ready TO sacrifice 1T to the
interest OF the church. Does any one
really believe this? If there are 100000
Catholics in this country. controilus -
OuuoOl votes there are 1oOu1.O0D WHO are
not Catholics and who control U.pooi)
Notes- li any Issue WAS raised, and The
2"pw" catholic voters, which Is veg
doubtful. acted m concert would not H.
upouu Protestant votes overwhelm them,
with marsIu TO spare? But the tales
Of conspiracy on the part OF CdthOucS,
with which the a. L. y. seeks 10 in
nucnce IT'S victims, have been proved
false again and again. There are bad
Roman Catholics, as there are bad EpiS-
copdlldus and bad PTesbyterians, but 90
charee plots ana treason upon our 10000
90 Catholic brethren. TO accuse them of
undermining our Institutions and seeking
10 bring MS under the dominion of a for
elEh ponuu. would. II II were not so
grossly malicious. bc food for derisive
laughter among the Olympian gods | am
not writing IN defence Of Roman Catho-
lics-thev are able 10 defend themselves
but ] write IN defence of American prin-
Ciples. the principle Of freedom, federation
and lafEc-mindei faith In man. and /
write against narrow fanaticisn1 "a hich
would raise against the Catholics to-day
Just that sort OF persecution which IL is
claimed The Roman Church exercised
nsdlns, frotestants three centuries ago
l write aSdlnst any attempt to raise
among as war of sects religious in
tolerance and strife ana hatred among
ffnercrt followers Of Jesus Christ
II denounce the tales by which ID is
sought 10 excite this strife as untrue /
20 further and say that II the A. =. A.
could succeed In driving Catholicism out
OF one of our great cities. the spirtu9l
life of that city would be largely paralyZ-
ed. IL Is said that we have CDOOO Catholics
I'm Jersey city. Suppose there are but
1000. and that this modern bigutry could
close every Roman Catholic church. every
pdrochial school, and drive out every
priest and every Sister of Charity. what
should We PrCtcstants do with these 10
90 men, women and children? Binder
than mOieS must We be- II We fail To see
that over them their religion eXeTts a
most wholesome restraint. What have we
TO offer them should their Church bo
taken away have we room for half OF
them in our churches Would we lu<u-
even II they wanted TO come? | trow not
Gould we expect them. accustomed to
the warm emotional perhaps We would
say too human religious pomp and WOr-
shin Of Rome, 10 sit down OF our Protest
ant benches and gaze az our blank walls
and listen 10 one of our uOCIriral ser
mons? Why, II takes the labor of Her
.culcs TO get our Protestant poor people TO
come 20 church without drums. Sunday
concerts and mission praying bands. /
doubt ID the 4. L. \. leaders have any
idea OF the work done by the priests
OF the Roman Church TO Instruct. re
strain aud mt up their people We
Army, but forget that the prlests OF
Rome have done that sort Of work for
j. 900 years or more. We speak OF the de
Voti0n Of the Army lasses in going after
the fallen. and let us give them al due
praise. but do not FORGET lhat tens oil