The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1895-04-04
EDITORIAL.
ROME AND RUIN.

Is indeed a very grave subject ana
one, which we believe, will have to
be met by The American people at
a no very distant day. We hope
when it does have to be met, our
grand country will not be so much
in the power of the monster, that it
will be impossible to throw off the
terrible yoke.
The TIMES knows very little
about the A. p. A. organization,
but true Americans, who have CIV
EN- very much study to the subject
must sympathize with its main cb-
ject, the prevention of the growth
of the Roman Catholic power in
this country.
We do not saythis from any i'll
feeling on our part toward those
who belong to the Roman Catholic
church We have had among them
warm friends. But we do II Ost
earnestly protest against the secret,
grasping, intolerant system of the
Romanish church. We believe it is
the duty of the press to warn the
people when danger threatens and
in speaking thus we only feel as
though we were discharging that
duty.
Marquis de La Fayette, a man
whom all Americans delight to
honor for his assistance in gaining
our liberties, said: "You have a
great nation, but beware of the Ro-
man Clergy. If the liberties of
American people are ever destroy
ed, it will be by the hands of the
Roman Clergy"
Even in that early period this
great friend of America saw her
greatest danger and gave the warn.
ing. To-day that danger is no less,
but has grown to enormous and
threatening proportions. One OF
the greatest Americans, Abraham
Lincoln, "A man full of patriotic mo.
tives felt it his duty to warn the
country and said: 81 do not pretend
to be prophet, but though not 8
prophet, see very dark cloud on
our horizon, and that cloud is com.
ing from Rome. 1t is filled
with tears of blood. The true mo
tive power is secreted behind the
thick walls CT the Vatican, the col
leges and schools of the Jesuits, the
converts of the nuns, and the con
fessional boxes of Rome"
Is certainly does not take pro.
phet to see danger in the growing
power of Rome in the politics o
our country. The liberty loving
people must awake. Too many o
our Protestant editors are willing
to defend this evil when it is as
sailed and the cry of religious intol
erance is sent up by men wht
ought to see the danger threatened
and spring to the defence of Amer
lea. The TIMES believes in the doc
trine that every man should hav,
the right to worship God accOrdin,
to the dictates of his own con
science, but when powerful or
ganization, poseing as church ant
at the same time using its organiza
ton as means for controlling anC
running a free nation, it is time tina
the sacred name of church shoult
no longer keep the people from ris
ing up against it's wicked schemes
) and defending their threatened lib
critics.
Rome is intolerant and once il
power.in this country the Inquisi
ton and all its horrors would be re
sorted to and martyrs would not b
thing of the past. You ask no,
we know this? From the edito
rails in their church papers. TIL
"Boston Pilot" said: "No good gov
eminent can exist without religion
and there can be no religion
without an Inquisition, which i
wisely designed for the promotion
and protection of true faith"
The "Rambler," one of the princi
pal organs of the Catholic Church
said: "You ask if he (the pope
were lord in the land, and yeu wer
in the minority, if not in number
yet, in power; what would he do t
you? That we say, depends emit
rely on circumstances; if it woul
benefit the cause of Catholicism, h
would tolerate you, if expedient, h
would imprison you, Danish yor
fine you, possibly he might eve
hang you-but be assured of on
thing, he would never tolerate yol
for the glorious principals of civi
and religious liberty" And Prizes
Hecker has SAID, 1--WE will take thi
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