The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1894-10-26
The 9emufrat.
Honor To Whom?

That the United States is great nation '
loes not admit of doubt. No one except ,
q monarchist, who can see nothing good in {
even calls this fact in ques- q
ton. Whence comes this greatnessp =
Every effect must have cause. The uni .
ted States is no exception to this princi- {
pie. Its magnitude is not the result o
chance. 1t is not the spontaneous out
growth of fortuitous combination of cir
but the outcome Of deter
mined effort on the part of the founders of
the nation, and their successors, to estab-
lsa government upon the principles of
the Bible.
Now, that the government is establish
ed, and the nation is mighty power on
the earth, many claims are made for the
glory Of its establishment and greatness.
Evea the Catholics claim much Of the
glory of the founding of the greatest gov
ernment under heaven, upon some part OF
which, from the pine-clod forests cf Maine
to the extreme western Aleu- tian Island, |
the sun is always shining. One reason
assigned for this claim is, that Columbus,
the discoverer of the western world, was a
Catholic. They forget, however, that the
Catholic church would not, and did not,
help him to secure the means that would
enable him to make his voyage of discov-
cry, Instead of helping him, they 6eclar-
ed him he,erodox in his belief in regard to
the rotundity cf the earth. All the assist
ance that he received was from individuals,
and they, not the Catholic church, are en-
titled to the honor. il honor is due to any
one. The church is somewhat like the old
man who watched his wife kill the bear,
and then said 'see what bear we killed. F"
But 10 how much glory was the old man
entitled? More than the Catholic church
is for the development and advancement Of
the western world. He threw no obstacles
in his wife's way; but the Roman Catholic
church has done all that was in her power
to hinder the progress of civi! and religi-
ous liberty in the United States. And to-
day, if she could, she would destroy the
grandsst government under the sun by de-
siroyiEg its bulwark, the public schools
toward which she is constantly manifest
ing her unrelenting wrath. The grea
body of the Catholic priesthood may b
classed as enemies of the public schools
and many of them go SO far as to threateI
their Pensioners with excommunicatior
from the church and consequent exclusion
from heaven, if they send their children
elsewhere than to the Parochial school.
is said that there are 10000 priests in tn
United States, nearly all aliens and for
eigners, without families, who are seeking
to dictate to the American people how the.
shall educate their children. As far as III
councils of Romish popss, papal ablegates
cardinals, bishops, and priests are concern
ed, bel; I'VE the whole public school sys
tenn is doomed to destruction, and with /
the government Of the people by the peo
pie. This is evidently their ultimate aim
To whom, then, does the hoLor of th
greatness of the United States belong
Certainly not TO the Roman Catholi
church. Some of it may be due to mem
bers Of that church, who have done nObl
for the. country of their adoption, vhel
their help was needed. But to the Romisl
Hierarchy not one jot or title of The hon
or OF the establishment and advancement
OF the United States government belongs
To whom, then does it belong? First o
all TO Him 10 whose hands are the destinie
q men and nations; and then, to all me-
81 eTsVer found, that he has used as hi
gents in the accomplishment of his purpos
in the formation of the American continent
The first Of these agents was Christophe
Columbus, who himself Is said to have be
lieved that he was divinely chosen for tt
work of discovery. Ling before bis brit
he had been elected as the agent 10
employed in the discovery of the America
Continent and when the fulness Of Tim
came for the accomplishment Of th= ~or
for which he had been chosen, he Wi
raised up and inspired with the lelief thi
the earth Is a globe, and not a plan
and taat he could find land on Ii
otter side OF the Atlantic Ocean
sailing westward. His faith was ii
motive power to action, and his divinel
appointed work was done. The Ne
World was discovered,
Ia Catholic Convention Germany W;
found another Providential agent, to who
the United States government oSes a grei
debt Of gralitrde for i.sgreatness and pros
perity. From the heart of Martin Laih
went forth a civitely inspired inAuen'
which shook all Europe from Rome TO 81
orAneys, and from the Caspian to the Ba
tic, an influence which is now felt in q
parts Of the ear.h when the doctrine
Justification by faith Is preached and b.
iieved, but nowhere more than In Ii
United States of America. Martin Lu
th:r was the divineiy appointed agent |
whose teachings the Reformation W:
largely done; and 10 him and Melanctho
in Germany. Zwingli and John Calvin
OidumCf III Lui
land, Patrick II imilton and John Knox j
Scotland, and TO all the reformers Of he I6i
and 18th cent uries, we Ct the 18TH centuI
are under debt Of gratitude which we wi
never be able to pay. Without the eariel
Of these reforrers, there would have bee
no pro esters against the ASTON OK th
majority at the Dict of Spires on the Ioi
of April 1896; and, for sught we know, th
Protest and religion would never nave bee
known to the world. And without Proies
;an.ism in he hearts ard HANDS Of III
Anglo-Saxon race, The government Of til
United Stats cou & not have existed an
exer,ed the tremendous influence which sh
now wieids among the nations OF the cart
Professionalism, pure and unadulierate,
In The heats CT men, Is a mighty powe
which always TENS to make them mani,
selfie!isnt and independent. History ney
has given. AMI never will give, a record
purely Protestant na'ion long enslaved |
the shackles Of ignorance and despoiisl
The highest type of civil and religio
advancement always follows in the wake
Psotesi aulism; AID the Catholic priest
San Frine;sco Cal, uttered a tremendo
ate.hond i, tnaaL;oo of taxt kooL. a. 4