The San Francisco call., 1896-01-24

and that their duty to the Pope sewers their
obligation to the President. Under such IN
struction it is no sin to be traitor 10 their
country. At banquet in Washington the
toast ''The Pope" came first on the programme
and that of "Our President" second.
Rome is sleepless foe. She IS wldeawake at TO
her interests. She watches her chances. While
Uncle Sam slept she wound the threads or &C.
! clesiastical despotism around him, like the
Liliputians did to Gulliver OF old. Rome Keeps
her eye open and watches current events.
She keeps her finger on Uncle Sans pulse so as
10 be aware OF any symptom OF patrlouc 1eVer'
Her priestly buZzards feed on political carrion.
They swoop down cities that revel in politl-
cal filth. Rome watches with unceaslng vigil
lance the bills that are introduced in Congress.
No legislation inimical TO her interests can
pass ii she can help it. Every measure TO ald
her she pushes to the front She is constantly
working TO increase her power. To meet her
we must wake up. We must be as ylgllant In
the interests of America as she is OF Rome.
Rome Is an unreaSon1ng Zoe. She Is In
trenched in ignorance. II we could meet ana
calmly discuss the merits OF the question with
our Romanist citizens, and they had the priv
ilege 10 abide by the dictates OF reason and
common-Sense, it would soon be decided in
our favor But they are not allowed to use
their reason. The use OF reason is religious
treason with them. Ii is the fact OF the lg-
noranee of the great mass of Papists that
makes them so formidable. Stones would
answer argument, bullets discount logic ana
truth be silenced by brute force. In the broad
arena OF thought Rome would stand no chance
to win. To reason with Papal mob Is casting
makes them foes Give them a Chance TO
, think for themselves and they would cease to
be the dupes of priests.
Rome is an impudent foe. The braZen au-
dacity and superlatiYe impudence of ROmanism
stagger belief Fraudulent claims, assumed
power and unjustifable encroachments on
Others srlghts stamp Romanism as the 1nearna-
tlon OF lmpudence. For hypocrlt1cal preten-
sions it cannot be beaten. Priestly buster 1t
can always muster. For depth of gall the Pope
beats them all.
No intend palliDu ottap+iop tn Coma of 10
malicious and audacious utterances of Ro-
manists concerning Americas best people.
The Catholic Sentinel o. Philadelphia, COM
mentlng some years since upon the sermon OF
Mr.. McCella, an eminent Presbyterian minis
ter, who eulogiZed New England, thus reflected
upon that great people:
Their minds are warped by fanatlcism,
darkness and bigotry, and vitiated by the
abhorred and atrocious principles inculcated
by the vice OF sanguinary wretches called the
Pilgrim Fathers"
When we consider the fact that the Roman
lists who first settled in America drenched its
soil in blood, we can gather faint idea of such
an impudent assertion. The Pilgrim Fathers
sought this land that they might have ''the free
dom TO worship God" while Rome coloniZed
for wealth ana plunder. Mexico settled by
RomaniSts-a land of sunshine and flowers, OF
rich mines and tropical beauty-eursed and
blighted. While the bleak, barren and sterile
coasts of New England, cOloniZed by Puritans
has nodded the destiny OF the United States and
produced men whose names adorn history s
scror. New England, overrun by foreign i'm
migrants, while Mexico has to offer $50 head
and not get hardly any.
Take the vile slanders relative to our public
school system, such as that they are "pits OF
corruption" nurseries of hell - land have
produced nothing but g goddess generation OF
thieves and blsckguards," Considering the
fact that the largest per cent of our criminal
classes are Romanists the papal gall is at once
man ltest IN the utterance OF such a slanderous
charge against the public scnool system II
our schools nursed Romanism they would have
told the truth when charging them with being
the nurseries of hell" )" but seeing they do not
We brand the statement as falsehood.
The Pilot, Romish sheet printed in Boston,
calls the Americans common liars, defamers
and vagabonds." Charity might suggest that
ii was giving pen picture OF the members OF
its own communion, but as the word Ameri-
can is used TO denote the native Protestant
element we viii have TO let the charge stand
as written. 1mPudence is part OF a priests
stock in trade. Without it he would be lost.
The superlative height OF impudence is
reached in claiming absolute power IN earth
heaven and hell for the Pope. Such an absurd
idea can only be maintained by the audacious
assumptions and the Jesuitical conniving OF
men whose brazen cheek would shame GOV.
ernment mule. II. W. BOWMAN.