The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-17

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g. q monssrous forgery, and expresses his
perpetrsted I. should have thought for q
moment that they would gain credence in
any quarter. "The men," he writes, "vho
forged this precious manifesto and put the
pope's name at the head OF IL, and the
signatures OF nine Of their feilow-citizens
ct the foot of it, seem to have no misgiv-
ing that those TO whom 1t was shown
would laugh in their faces.
There are great masses of our people to
whom IL does not seem improbable that
the Roman Catholic arch5ishops would
publish such . document as this (the
alleged sncycl,cal calling upon Catholics
to murder Protestantsl We might have
thought il an easy task TO convincs this
multitude that these prelates were great
knaves, but who would have imagined
tina, credence would be given to a docu-
ment which represents them - preposter-
Gus fools7"
Of dwelling upon what the immortal
Washington said and did for American
independence. but they are very careful
not to mention that Irishmen and Catho-
lies were among Washington's most
trusted friends and counsellors. In 1870
formal address was presented to President
Washington on the part Of the Catholics
Of the United States. This address was
signed by Bishop Carroll, the founder Of
the American Catholic hierarchy; by
Charles Carroll of Carrollton, the last sur
vivor Of the iliustrious signers of the
Declaration Of Independence; by his
cousin. Daniel Carroll, OF Maryland, one
Of the. trainers of the constitutions; by
Thomas Fitzsimmons. president of the
Philadelphia Chamber Of Commerce, ma
tive Irishman, who commanded . COM
psny Of patriots in the Revolution and
So, 900 for the relief of the suffering SOL
diers, and by Dominick Lynch. ono Of
the famous Lynch family. whose services
TO the cause had endeared them to the
people of the young republic.
President Washington in his reply to
this address said:
al find myself disposed to consider that
resulting from the able support and extra
ordinary candor of my feliow-citizens Of
oil denominations.
And presume that your fellow-citizens
will not forget the patriotic part which
you took In the ACCOMPLISHMENT of their
Revolution and the establishment of their
government, or the important assistance
which they received from a nation in
which the Catholic faith il professed.
And may the members of your society in
America, animated alone by the pure
spirit of Christianity and still conducting
themselves rs the faithful subjects of our
free government, enjoy every temporal
and spiritual felicity"
The frat American congress refused to
establish religious test as the measure
for mans fitness for any position. public
or private, when il proposed an amend
ment To tho constitution prohibiting the
establishment of a state religion. The
anti-state church amendment heads the
list Of mendnents, and reads: Congress
shall mako DO law respecting an establish
mcnt of religion. or prohibiting the free
exercise thereof" The founders Of the
republic thus put them selves on record as
opposed to the religious bigotry the A. +.
A. Is trying TO propagate. Article of the
constitution declares that mo religious
test shall ever be required as a QuaiGca-
ton 20 any Office or public trust under the
United States"
The 4. +. A. in its antl-Ca,holic procla-
nations ignores and tramples on the let
ter Of the constitution and on the spirit o
fundamental American institutions. No
wonder such political society hides itself
behind a curtain OF secrecy; no wonder il
celebrates behind closed doors. II Is
utterly un-American and cannot sxpec,
anything bat n sIckly and sporadic life
on American soil. The presenss that the
American public school is in danger is
utter nonsense. The American public
school never had so many friends among
the Roman Catholics and Protestants of
this country as IL has today. The present
pope has relieved all Catholics from any
danger FOR the future of any ecclesiastical
rebuke or discipline when they prefer the
public 90 the psroohial school, and the Old
time Protestant dcnomina,ional schools
and colleges are becoming less sec,aran
every day. Brown university. In Pfovi-
dence. r l.. is trying today 20 draw its
alumni nearer TO Ii REGARDLESS OF
UNCONVENTIONAL lean,nrs The same
is true Of Rochester university, New
York. Both Of these institutions
are Baptis; colleges ard were founded tn
the day when i; Was the practice for each
denomination 70 run It's own educational
institutions. The Philadelphia Baptis,
Association founded Brown university
aSou, $50 years ago. hu, today this college
no longer seeks 10 grow within the mar
row denomin ssionsI policy az 81 year. ago.
Harvard Was originally conducted by Y'ar-
bat today every denomination. Catholic a.
eell as Protestant, 10 henored wish an in
viia.ion to preach before is students lis
hoard Of ovesseers !nelgde men Of all re-
lls.oas faiths: Bishop rhiillps Brook.
ana Catholic Bishop kesns both preached
before lis students. Unitarian dlvines.
uSe Walker, Edward Everett, A. T. Pea
bo3y ant Andrews Norton have been in
Guided in Its faculty. aud the New Eng
lard hsresses Emerson, Parker, Holmes
snd rockingham we're among i:s grada-
stes> Yale university 10 nomlaalIy under
TIE control Of ihe C0ngregasionaiists, bat
'Haay % Iss richest eniosmen,s in recent
pears have come from Episeopaliana Cor
.fs